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State Fair

This year Jeff and I went to the State Fair with Hunter, Lauren, and Tillie! Now, there is something you need to know about how my family enjoys the fair. We basically go for the food and not much else. So, all of the following pictures are basically of food...that's just how we roll.



The first sampling of the day was PUMPKIN funnel cake!!!!! It had cinnamon, icing, and caramel on top of it. YUMMY! 

Then we went to get some corn from the same place we have gotten our corn for several years and look who we bumped into! The funniest part about this was that we didn't even plan to run into dad and Anna, it just happened. I'm glad we did though, it was nice to have some time together.

Jeff got his once a year giant turkey leg:

Lauren got her once a year fried Oreo's. The only difference was that this year she got them fried in red velvet batter. I got to taste one and it was good, but boy was that sweet!

Anna got her once a year fried Uncrustable's sandwich. Look carefully at this picture and notice all of the powdered sugar on that fried PB&J. This is what led to the following picture:

Anna chocked on the sugar and ended up spewing powered sugar all over dad's shirt. It was quite amusing to watch!


Then we were heading to the Little Village so I can see all of the old time crafts. On the way there Anna (aka. cat hoarder) found some lovely cat hats and of course had to get one for Tillie. 

Adorably cute picture of dad and Tillie; she couldn't take her eyes off of him!

It was very bright outside so Tillie borrowed my sunglasses for a short bit:

 After a long day of snacking and walking we were all beat and headed home on the tram. I stole Tillie on the ride back to our cars because, let's just admit it, she is adorably cute!

The weirdest part about the fair this year was thinking that this is the last year that Jeff and I will be going as a couple. Next year we will have a little one to join us in a stroller!


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