KY State Fair

It's that time of year again . . . when the Preston family gets strangely and manically excited about the fair. This year we were joined by my sister and her daughter, and we had a great time. Here are some highlights and pictures!

Okay, I know it's not a picture of our family, but this was the most beautiful rooster I've ever seen. His tail was so perfectly rounded and his colors were amazing. I hope he won a prize. BTW, Maddie can do an amazingly accurate immitation of a rooster. I also got to hold baby chicks which was fun, but pretty much guaranteed I wouldn't be eating any chicken that day!

This is Caroline (obviously) in front of the rabbits. There were some amazing rabbits there, especially ones called Otter Black rabbits - Beautiful!
(Above and Below) Asa and Maddie both made beeswax candles at the 4H exhibit area. We always enjoy seeing the beehive and seeing if we can find the queen. Asa also enjoys looking at the bug collections in the judging area. He's well on his way to having a pretty cool collection.

What fair is complete without having a cutout picture taken. Here Abe and Mary Todd enjoying the day.

You may not be able to see this very well, but this is "Bruiser - The World's Largest Dog". We were all siked about seeing this enormous dog and we had even spent considerable time discussing the breed beforehand - "Was it a great Dane or a Saint Bernard?" -- NEITHER! It was a dumb dressed up dog that we darted over to see! Uh! One parent, upon seeing Bruiser, even uttered a phrase that my kids have never heard before! YIKES! As Jessi, my niece, said, "We need some earmuffs!"

Above are pictures of one of the highlights - the National Guard Obstacle Course. We had told Maddie she was too small, but she insisted she could do it! That girl always amazes us with her tenacity and fire. She did that entire course by herself with only one nudge from Logan along the way. She is so full of spirit!
Becky, Jessi and the kids on the tram taking us to the rides.

This is the part that Maddie is still talking about - the bungee jumping thing. She had so much fun - until the guy tried getting her to do a flip. At 10:00 at night, she is not interested in doing flips. Anyway, here are a couple more of her doing that!