minnesota statefair!!

we spent the day at the fair.

here our some photographs from our day.

^^ someone at more cheese curds than his mama!!

after getting some food and getting settled in, we made our way over to the animals. sheep, chickens, pigs, cows, horses.. oh my!! we are loving learning about animals here in our house, so seeing them in person was very exciting :)

 ^^ he loved watching this cow eat hay

  

 

^^ award winning chickens

  

 ^ he makes me SO happy

^2 seconds later...haha

i am not one to be shy about public nursing, however we found out these booths were air conditioned, had recliners, free water, sunscreen, free diapers, and coloring books/toy table....

 

^ staying hydrated on this hot summer day, it was "only" 85, but it felt like 105!

... so we went on quite the adventure to find a "lactation station". what a wonderful thing our fair offers.. from newborn to toddlers all mama's in there were laughing together because we were all so hot and sweaty and pretty much all were fighting over the fans.

 ^mee-maw met up with us for the late afternoon

the fair always is an indicator for me that summer will be coming to a close soon, school has started for most kids, and fall is just around the corner. trying to soak up the sun and enjoy everyday with this sweet family of mine.

summer saturday

 

 ^^ the baklava was truly heavenly!!


after greekfest, we headed down to our alma mater to explore for the afternoon

 ^^ walking the lakes, surrounded by bluffs

^^ sharing a malt at the drive in

dogg parkk

i am not sure who enjoys the dog park most these days...

mac because he loves to chase and play with other dogs and sniff around the entire park

nash becuase he loves all things dogs, and he screams and points everytime one runs by him. he even gets lucky sometimes and gets a kiss or a wet nose on the cheek from a puppy.

nick because he is so care free and happy and runs around with mac, or gets nash laughing so hard, i don't think nick is ever in a bad mood at the dog park.

or me. . . watching all this happening brings me so much happiness, i sometimes just stand there and watch all three of my boys have the time of their life, and nothing makes me happier than that.

park play

we have been going to the park a lot these past few weeks, now that nash is more steady on his feet he likes to explore and climb on the jungle gym's.

we met up with some friends and it is so fun to see nash get more intrigued and social with other kids/baby's

 ^^ waving hi to everyone and everything , hi tree, hi rocks, hi dog, hi mom, hi piece of garbage hahah

neil is only 2 months younger than nash, it has been so neat to see them both change so much and play together from being newborns to now walking, babbling 1 year olds!