Happy Independence Day!

We celebrated Independence Day with our good friends, Angie, Alex, and Allesha this year.  Our original plan was to have lunch and then spend the afternoon swimming and then later that evening go down to the Evansville Riverfront for the fireworks at the Hadi Shriner's Fest.  However, the weather didn't cooperate and it was in the low to mid-70's, which was way to chilly for me to swim.  Instead we had lunch at their house; we brought fried chicken, potato salad, baked beans, and garlic bread, and they provided the drinks and yummy brownies!  After lunch we just sat around and visited and I played Uno Attack with the girls.  Around 6:00 p.m., we headed to the riverfront and set up our chairs by the WOW booth, and then walked around the festival to see what all there was.  Come to find out, we were sitting directly in front of where the barge parked to let off fireworks, and that combined with the echo of the fireworks going off with the buildings in the background make the experience that much more fun!

About an hour before the fireworks started, there was a small air show, which was alot of fun to watch.

It's time for the fireworks!!  Next year, I'd like to sit in the same location, only sit down a few steps so I don't have the wires of the lights in all my pictures, nor have people standing in them!

 

After the fireworks were over, we left.  On the walk back to our car we witnessed some sort of crazy fight where some older man got knocked down in the process.  Come to find out, the older man was a plain clothes officer and we saw him grab one of the individuals in the fight and slam her up against a car and cuff her and then plop her down on the ground.  It was crazy!!  After that we were ready to get in the car and get the heck out of town; however it took us forever to get out of downtown because of all the traffic!  

Corn Dogs, Sno Cones, Taffy & Fair Fun!

Last Thursday when I took a vacation day to go to Rockport to go swimming, I also wanted to go to the Spencer County Fair.  I hadn't been to the fair in years, but remembered how much fun it was to go when we were kids.  The size of the fair sure has changed since then, but we still had a great time.  Mom went with me and Gavin and we had a great time eating yummy fair food....burgers, corn dogs, popcorn, taffy & sno cones!  We also enjoyed some performances from the Boom Squad and Daniel Epperson.  And we were all over the ride area letting Gavin ride rides and jump in the bounce house  That was probably his favorite part.  Who would of thought that the kid who was terrified of them two years ago would love them so much now!

 

 The best sno cones ever!!  I think the thing that makes them great is that you can put your own syrups on and put on as much or as little as you want!

 

Watching the Boom Squad perform.  I've always enjoyed listening to them in parades and at fall festivals.  It's such a great group for the community and the kids! 

 



Rolling Video Games ..this thing was really neat!  It was a big trailer that inside had a long, comfy leather bench seat and 4 big screen TV's set up with video games on them.  I need one of these to send Shawn and the boys too when he rents those fights!  You can rent them and they just roll up in front of your house for two hours of gaming fun!

 

 Daniel Epperson was also performing at the fair.  He's a local boy with some great country music talent!

 

 

One of our many stops in the bounce house!  When I as taking the picture below, I didn't realize there was a little Boom Squad boy doing a flip!  LOL!

Gavin told me he wanted to ride the Sky Wheel.  I told him he probably didn't want too!

 

 

Super Slide Fun!  I tried to get him to go down the slide earlier in the day, but he didn't want too.  Later in the evening he said he did.  I really didn't think he would make it up the steps, but he surprised me.  There was actually a little girl in line who mother henned him for me!  Hee!  She helped him up the steps and then get in the potato sack and down he went....although I don't think he was in the sack properly because he came down the slide sideways and laying down.  I thought for sure that would of done him in, but he went back for a second time! Gavin is in the middle lane in these pictures...

 

Back in line with Mother Hen for his second ride down!  I'm thankful for that little girl for helping him so that Aunt Stace wouldn't have to go down the slide with him!  LOL!