Raising 2 boys and Praising HIM through it all: It's that time of the year!

Taking the boys to the fair comes close to Christmas. Seeing their face light up with excitement is one of the best things about being a parent!! The only downfall this year was the fact that instead of being cool like the fair normally is, it was HOT!! It almost made you wonder if the fair changed dates of when they came! But in general we had a GREAT time!! We had company too. Pop joined us for the fair, he says we never invite him to do anything with us, so we decided to change that!
One of the biggest differences, as far as the boys go, was that they were tall enough to ride all the "big" rides. Which excited them.......at first :)! We all rode a mini roller coaster together, which we enjoyed. Well, with the exception of Pierce. He said he made his stomach feel funny! Bless him! The only thing Colton said negative about it was that it looked like we were going to fall off right before it would sling us around a corner! There were other rides that they said looked fun until they saw them in motion and they quickly changed their minds. In time, that will come. So for now I am going to enjoy them being little!!

Colton in the line to ride the Yo-Yo

Pierce in line (you see a pattern with his faces and eyes in pictures?)

Getting all buckled in!

No you aren't seeing things!!

Both of the boys smiling AND in the same picture!

Even daddy wanted to join in the fun! (if this picture were larger, you

would be able to see what I call "the Sanford tongue". Ryan and Pierce

both stick out their tongue when they are concentrating on something!

After they had fun in the play house, we all rode another ride called the Orbiter. Man, its been a long time since I have been on a ride!! I wasn't sure how the boys would react since it went a lot faster and spun a lot more than any ride they had ever ridden, but they were troopers!! I thought Colton was going to get sick on me at first, and then realized that it might be me that got sick.. Wouldn't have been fun at all! All in all, I got the same responses, Pierce said it made his tummy feel weird and Colton's back rubbed against the back of the sit the whole time, with his skinny self :)! Colton seemed a little "drunk" at first when we got off but he was ok. Next, Colton and Ryan rode the Ring of Fire, which is a big ride!! Colton was excited to ride with his daddy! However, he was scared that he would fall out cause those sits are really big. So he cuddled up to daddy and rode that way!! Daddy didn't mind at all!!