Labor Day Festival

Sunday afternoon we headed to the West Liberty Labor Day Festival. After 1/2 hour of being there we got separated. Brad said I was "looking too long" at one of the flea market set-ups so he moved on with Dane. I spent the next 1/2 roaming the isles of junk looking for them. I was beyond irritated.

I was about to give up and go sit at the car when I finally saw them. Thank god Brad is so tall! We grabbed some lunch and strolled around some more.

Just some guy walking around with a parakeet on his shoulder.

The Alpacas. So cute. Dane loved them.

The pony rides. Pretty lame really, you could tell the pony was beyond bored and didn't want to keep walking in a circle, he kept stopping. Dane didn't care, he had a blast!

Whoopie Pies

I surprised Brad with dessert after dinner on Monday. Dane "helped" me make these. Actually, he just likes to run the Kitchen Aid, so that was his job.

You can make these with any kind of cake mix. I just chose carrot, cause that's what we had and it's our favorite.

Mix one box cake mix with 1/4cup water and 2 eggs. That's it! Then place 1TBS about 2 inches apart on a baking sheet and bake at 350 for 11 minutes.

After they cool, go around and turn 1/2 of them over

Choose whatever kind of frosting you desire. I of course used cream cheese flavored. Place in a ziploc bag and snip off the corner to make a piping bag.

Smoosh the cookies together to make little whoopie pies.

Yum! These were great! and a less messy way to eat a cupcake.

Lucky Girl

We went down to Zanesfield/Goshen Church to watch the Rob Hayden Ride go by Saturday. We use to participate in this every year pre Dane and we thought he'd get a kick out of seeing all the motorcycles. He waved at them all and there were probably over 400 bikes!

I couldn't be any luckier, look at my boys :)

Love this photo.

I love the sunflare, but most of all I love that look on Dane's face. It seems inquisitive.

Breakfast At Young's

Sunday morning everyone was up early and we decided that it would be fun to take Dane to Young's Dairy for breakfast and fun. Breakfast was yummy and they have the BEST cup of coffee! I wonder what makes it so good, I can't describe it, and it's just so smooth.

After that we headed out to the animal portion. Dane was a little timid at first and scared to pet the goats but he warmed up.

This little cutie was my favorite. He was very friendly. Not long after this photo this goat sneezed right in my face! Oh Gross! I felt it splatter across my cheek and had to wipe it off the lense of my camera! Brad and Dane thought it was hysterical!

In the barn they had 2 baby Jersey Cows.

Check out Danes expression as the cow licks his shirt! Too funny :)

Then back outside to ride the "train"

Over to the batting cages next where Dane played dress up while watching Brad try to hit a few balls. Yeah, that's right, I said TRY.

Then we went to the giant blow up cow bouncy thing.

Dane had a blast!

He willingly got out to move on to other things but I think he would have stayed in there all day