Utah State Fair 2009

As I was growing up my family always went to the state fair. It's something that I still look forward to going to, and enjoy. Marla, Kaylee, Gabby, and I went to the fair yesterday afternoon. We met up with Wendy, Spencer, and Roman for a bit. We were there for 4-1/2 hours and didn't even do everything.

We started out at the Fishing Pond, where it was catch and release fishing. The kids listened to a little presentation about fishing and then got fishing poles The very first time we threw out Gabby's line a fish caught her hook. As we reeled it in though the fish got away with her worm. The fishes got 2 more of her worms without actually getting caught. Kaylee didn't have any better luck. Those fish were pretty smart on getting the worm off the hook without getting caught.

After we were done in the fishing area we went over the animal barns. We walked through all the different animal areas. The kids "talked" to the animals in their own language.

One of the things my kids were looking forward to at the fair was pony rides.


Another fun thing my kids enjoy at the fair is "Helping Hands on the Farm" where the kids get to go through an area and pretend to help with several different farm chores. Everything is fake/pretend but they don't mind. They get corn, feed and milk a cow, brush a sheep, pick apples, plant a garden, harvest, deliver hay, drop off their goods at the farmers market, and get paid for their hard work. Then they get to go to the store and spend their play money on real treats.

by this time my kids were very vocal about the fast that they were starving...especially Gabby. So, we went and found something for dinner. Gabby and Kaylee enjoyed a cheese quesadilla, while Marla and I had BBQ turkey sandwiches.

One more favorite at the fair is the BIG yellow slide. Kaylee and Marla went down at the same time. Somehow when they got the the bottom of the slide Kaylee lost her shoe and burlap sack and just kept sliding. It was pretty funny. Gabby and I went down together and Gabby was laughing the whole way down the slide.

This year they had an area that was "The Lego Experience". There were several booths set up with legos that you could build whatever you felt like. They had a whole bunch of lego structure diplays that were amazing. After the girls had been building for a few minutes the guy told them they had 2 minutes to build their favorite food. Gabby built pancakes and Kaylee built some very colorful string cheese.

Last years trip to the fair (click here)