The OC Fair

This past Saturday, headed back to the Orange County Fair. I was excited because though I had always heard about the OC Fair but I had never been before. In fact, I had never been to any type of fair except for small school fairs when I was young ... so going to the OC Fair was going to be a real treat. I was looking forward to the animals, the rides and games and of course ... the FOOD! Fried this, fried that ... strange this ... weird that ... eat, eat, eat. After all, the theme of the fair this year is, "Let's Eat"... so, let's eat!!!

Of course, you can't go to a fair alone so we asked Christine and Kylie (Sophie's best friend who had just moved to Orange County) to meet us there. And then, coincidentally, my very good friend Gretchen said she was going with her family - her hubby, Tom, and kiddos KaraLin and J.J and some friends so it was going to be an incredibly fun day with some of our favorite people!

Kylie and Sophie sharing the feed for the animals

Sophie was so cute.
She was so scared of the goats but she tried so hard to be brave.
This is about as close as she would get to the goats before scurrying
back to give me the feed before the goats could even touch it.
But seriously, what was she thinking???
That I wasn't scared myself? I'll admit it :)

Our favorite ride ... the trains

I think we went round and round and round
at least three times ... wheeeeeeee ....

With friends Kim and Elijah Kim, us (Charlotte and Sophie)
and Christine and Kylie Kim

We hit up the tent with the magic show
Sophie LOVED it ...

Blake ... well, he didn't like the magic show so much.
Every single time there was a loud noise, his lip would go into down.
Poor little guy ...

Let's go EAT!
Fried Kool Aid anyone?

Fried Twinkie
Yes please!

Chocolate Covered Pickle????
No thank you ...

This is my friend Gretchen ...
she is one of my most FAVORITE people in the world.
You just have to meet her and you will know why.

The Hoovers
Tom, Gretchen, KaraLin and J.J.
The kiddos had so much fun they just passed out!

And Sophie had so much fun, she fell asleep just like this.
Which is exactly how one should sleep at a fair!

Two parents + Two sleeping kids =
a VERY good day at the OC Fair!

And while the babies slept, Andrew tried his hand at the duck game.

And after we left the fair, post nap, we headed over to Christine and Kylie's house to go for a swim and then out to dinner at a Korean BBQ restaurant. I was too busy stuffing my face so no photos at the restaurant. It was delish!

My little Blake-man tanning

The two besties (and daddy) in floaties

My two favorite guys!

Ruffles!