"Fair Days"

So every year around the Labor Day Weekend the SE Washington Fair happens here in Walla Walla. Every year we don't go! People who know Matt pretty well tend to know that he doesn't really like the fair---I know, party pooper---however this year it was a little different. We had Malenky!!! and we wanted to make an outing of it. So earlier in the day Arseny and I went to the fair with our friends Denise, Asher and Selah while dads were at work and checked it out. He rode the John Deere Tractors through the Hay Bale Maze and then of course didn't want to get off. Then we went over and checked out the roping and riding of horses and hay bales. In the picture above our friend Gustavo is trying to rope the hay bale steer but Arseny is in the way taking "the bull by the horns" it was fun but very hot so after a good nap at home we trucked on back in the evening with our friends the Philos to visit Old McDonald's farm and check out the kiddie rides. I thought the dad's complete with strollers in the picture above was quite funny as we were passing the animal barns---OH how things have changed! Then Arseny got to see all the animals at the baby animal farm. Here's Matt and Malenky staring down the Llama...we weren't quite sure if it was going to spit or not so we stood back a little bit. Then Arseny got to pet the baby horse, and he saw goats, pigs, bunnies etc. He LOVED it! So did we, it's amazing how excited you get for your children when they get to experience something for the first time. Amazingly we got in the car to go home and Matt said "that actually wasn't too bad and surprisingly pleasant" I couldn't believe it! We did have a really good time!