County Fair

The first weekend in August, Cowley County has their annual county fair. This year, we didn't realize the date, so the first night of the fair, Claire was off visiting Chase's parents for the weekend. The first night, Chase, one of his friends, Roo & I headed out after the guys got off of work. We walked, ate way too much, had fun crowd watching & Roo & I cheered on the guys while they attempted to win something from the games on the midway.

Carter was such a trooper while we were out there, taking in the sights & sounds. Around 9:30, he started to get cranky, as it was an hour after his bedtime. I snugged him up in his Moby & tried to get him fall asleep. I covered his head, gave him his favorite lovey & paced the midway, trying to soothe him.

Monday, the kids & I stopped at Wal-Mart to run in & get some stuff before naptime. As I was trying to get the kids from the car to the basket, a man was getting out of his car next to us. When he saw me, he got this look of shock on his face & asked if I lived here in town. He then asked if I'd been at the fair, carrying a baby. When I said yes, he said "I took your picture at the fair. I just assumed you were from out of town because I'd never seen you before. I've had your picture on display with my exhibit at the coffee shop. I hope you don't mind. I'd be happy to take it down if you'd like." I told him that, no, I didn't mind at all & that I'd be headed out there to see it soon.

Chase & I took the kids there for lunch yesterday. The picture was up with a whole collection of others taken during the fair. Chase liked the picture so much he bought it before we left. It's now hanging in our dining room with some of our other treasures & it makes me smile each time I walk by.

All photo credit goes to Ron Shufflebarger of Winfield. He can be found here and here.