Nicollet Co Fair

I'm not really a fair lover so when it came time for the county fair it didn't excite me and I thought maybe it would go unnoticed, but it didn't. Oh well. Brian and our friend Jeff went to the demo-derby while Jeff's wife, Sharon, the girls and I went to all the barns looking at the animals and petting some. This was Natalie's first up-close and personal experience with animals and it was quite funny. Her expressions cracked us all up! After the barns we got ice cream cones and after that we got cheese curds. (Sharon's pregnant, hence the food choices) We took cover in one of the tents where, Michael, a very talented musician that we know was playing. Two downpours came while we were listening to him and people were scrambling out of the demo-derby just drenched. Brian and Jeff being two of them! The night ended with Rachel slipping off the picnic table and scrapping off the first layer of her skin (a 4 inch scrape) and crying very hard-almost a scream. Luckily most people didn't notice because the music was loud enough to drown her out. It was a good night and thank goodness it'll be another year before the next one. :)