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Busy at the Fair

 I had overbooked myself and had way too many things going on in one day during the county fair. We had spent the night in the camper so we were already at the fair to start our day off. I had to run Jayden to Harcourt to the Spillman’s so they could take her to Bible study in Stratford. The boys and I drove her, then headed back to the fair for Jacob’s art work judging. I wanted to give him a chance to show off his talent too. I wanted him to have a moment in the spotlight. He had a drawing that he did of a farm and he colored it the night before. He likes to draw and isn’t much for coloring. He was given a purple ribbon which not very many purples were given. I made sure he knew that it was a big deal to get a purple and how good he did.
  Next it was on the road to Stratford to pick Jayden up from her bible study. Then home to get the horse and all the stuff loaded in the trailer to head back to the fair. All 3 kids went with me to the fair where Grandpa Peepaw was there graciously to help me unload and prepare the stall. He even ran into town to buy just the right outlet for the fan. Cousin Jaynie spends from sun up to sun down at the fair all week without a camper. She hangs out with Jayden a lot of the time. She happily helped Jayden decorate her stall for Jessie. The theme this year was pirates. My Dad took the boys home with him to stay for two nights to help me out. My parents are so helpful to me.
  I didn’t have much extra time and I had to hurry back home to take a shower and head back into Boone to judge the Boone county fair open photography class. We were in such a hurry, we drove through the drive through and ate as we drove, not even getting to finish our fries.  I was asked a while back to judge and thought it sounded good at the time. I was tired and my feet hurt so bad and we stood the whole 2 hours and judged. Jayden tagged along with me too.  That night when I crawled into bed, it felt so good to be in my own bed with the A/C.

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