State Fair

Horse Dressage

Gabby rides again

Hercules (Unrelated to topic, but so cute!)

For fun we went to the State Fair in Springfield last Saturday. It was a state fair unlike any I'd ever been to before. We walked a lot, ate a lot, and then were sore and achy a lot. We saw horse competitions and arts and crafts exhibits. My favorite part was taking the tram ride across the whole park and seeing all there was to see that way. The Mid-West is known for its farming, and they take their state fairs very serious. We saw stables and animals a-plenty. Great fun for all. John somehow survived it all walking around with his broken toe. He wanted to stop at Godfather's Pizza while we were there. It was there that John's dad noticed our car was making a funny noise or something. So we went to the gas station and got some oil to put in our car. Not much longer, on the highway (late at night) we got a flat tire! It was similar to that movie, "A Christmas Story," and it took forever to get the tire changed. Finally, we were ready to drive 2 hours home on our spare tire. Good times.