No pictures, sorry to disappoint

Well, it's summer time and the heat is on. Ellie graduated from preschool on Thursday (wait, was that really only yesterday?) and it was ADORABLE! I have some pictures to share, but I'm waaaaaay too tired to upload them tonight. My dad and Lola are gone so the house is a little empty and sad. Luckily my kids are officially worn out from the family parties and sleepovers, so they have been sleeping like angels.

Tonight was the Stake Fair. Our Stake has the most amazing fair. We're talking real wooden booths with fun games, prizes, bands, pie, contests (limbo, jam, bread, chicken dance. . .), a talent show, pony rides, cart rides, a petting zoo. . . Just a great time.

We did the whole picnic thing and then headed into the fair grounds for an evening of allergies and animal germs. Ellie got her face painted, played basketball, drew pictures with marbles, threw apples into baskets. . . and Nate ate popcorn. And ran around. We did the whole pony ride thing. That was Ellie's favorite part. The line was killer though, so we took turns standing in line with some friends. Nate loved petting the ponies that were "resting" nearby. Apparently he has lost his fear of animals. Then the kiddos went on a pony cart ride. The line for that was muuuuch shorter. After that I headed off with Nate to get some pie while Dustin, Ellie and our friends went to stand in line for the petting zoo. I manage to balance 3 plates of pie to share, Nate, and a bottle of water when Dustin informs he's going to go get his own pie. About this time, Ellie decides she has to go to the bathroom. So now I have Nate, three pies, a bottle of water and Ellie doing to potty dance. So I put Nate down to set down the waters and pie. Michelle (our firend who is waiting in line) then offers to watch Nate. I then realize, Nate is not standing next to me. Of course then over the microphone we hear "We have an unidentified preformer on the stage. He's been dancing since the very young age of 3 months. He's pretty cute and has mastered the art of spinning. . ." You guessed it! Nate is on the stage dancing. The HUMILIATION! So of course I had to run up and get him and the announcer looooooved that. "It seems his partner has arrived. She's going in for the lift. . . PERFECT!" Luckily there were only a few hundred people watching since the talent show hadn't quite started yet.

But the kids did get to do the petting zoo. Nate looooooooved it. He was all about chasing the big old turkey and letting the goats eat him. He would just laugh anyti,e he got near an animal. Ellie was more into petting the bunnies and chasing the chicks. Then we watched a little talent show and headed home for our very tired children to go to bed. Dustin's off with a friend at a movie, so I'm checking out and hitting the sack.