Rantoul Tractor Show

On August 24, we went to our cousin Will's 2nd birthday party in Athens. We then spent the night in LeRoy on Saturday night and traveled to Rantoul on Sunday morning for a big tractor show. It was huge! Papa brought his John Deere golf cart and all 7 of us rode around all day in it. We definitely got some looks when we came driving by. Everybody wanted to take our picture! The kids obviously had a blast and they can't wait to go back in two years!

New Windsor Rodeo

We decided to take the kids to the rodeo this year and invited mamaw and papa to go with us. We even met up with Keith, Jean Ann, Val, Anna, Sally, John, and Will. The kids absolutely loved it and we've spent many nights since then playing "rodeo."

             This cracks me up, you can tell Shane told him to put his hands down.

                                                                   Rodeo selfie!

 Mamaw was scared to death to watch the bull riding. Blaine kept covering her face with his hat.

It was such a great night and they are so excited to come back again next year! 

State Fair

We went to the State Fair on Saturday August 10th. It was hot, just like it always is! We did all the usual things but added in the butter cow this year and the lumber jack show. Next year we want to add in the high diving show and maybe a show in the collesium.

                                      They always love seeing the huge fish!

 There were 9 hidden hearts in the cow and we were determined to find all 9. Bryce was super into it, but we never found the ninth one!

 Both boys got to spend some of their birthday money on some farm toys. They had fun hanging out in the cattle barns before it was time to go home showing off their new toys.

Family Pictures with Grammie and Grandpa

We got pictures done with Grammie Gale and Grandpa Bill this summer at their house and they turned out so cute! He's a few of my favorites!