The rest of our visit with the AZ Walquists was also filled with lots of time outdoors. Can you tell that these 3 little ones are ready to go outside? :)
We spent Saturday morning visiting our downtown farmer's market. We were all quite impressed with these humongous zucchini. Andrew was especially intrigued by the yellow zucchini and purchased one (for only $1) so that we could grill it and try it at home. (Our later consensus-- not bad, but we'd rather stick with green.)
Sarah got some great pictures of the many food displays. I love her artsy eye and creative perspectives!
After a while of wandering around, tasting a few samples, and purchasing a few goods (salsa mix, garden veggie tortillas), we decided to buy a little snack for everyone. Fresh lemonade was first on our list. Cody was a big fan.
Then, while our crepes were being prepared, Jason and Andrew took the kids across the street for a close-up look at our downtown's animal art statues.
The crepes were definitely worth the wait. Yum!
We found a nice spot in the shade to relax and enjoy our treats.
The kiddos loved getting a taste of all 4 kinds of crepes we ordered.
What a fun morning!
In the late-afternoon, we headed out to the MT state fair. The fair only comes to town for 9 days, so we were excited that it overlapped with Drew, Sarah, and Abby's visit. Unfortunately, Jason wasn't able to join us on this outing since he was leading Saturday night worship at church. The fair experience was still a great one, though! Drew and Sarah did a great job of helping to take care of their little nephews.
Our first stop was to a building called the Ag Sprouts building since it was full of activities for younger kids. We arrived just in time to catch the last part of the kids' Stick Horse Rodeo. It was a very small-scale, simple event but fun to watch. Then we headed over to the petting zoo where we saw horses,
cows (Cody nearly got licked by this one!),
donkeys, goats, and chickens.
We even got a chance to milk this over-sized cow.
The spot that entertained the kids for the longest period of time was this sandbox full of corn.
By the end of our visit here, all 3 toddlers were very dusty, and Cody's socks were nearly yellow, but it seemed to be worth the fun they had.
Then, we walked around the fairgrounds, purchased a bit of fair food, and settled down to eat next to this outdoor gazebo. The group performing was called Kazual, an a capella singing group that said they'd been in the top 20 of America's Got Talent. They really were quite good!
While listening to the music, the kiddos ate the sack dinner that we had packed. For dessert, the boys loved their samples of funnel cake.
Finally, we planned to just walk by some of the rides, but we gave in and purchased a few ride tickets. We rode these fun monster trucks first.
Jaden had the pleasure of riding with Aunt Sarah on this particular ride. He was excited to pick his own color of truck-- "Greee!"
Cody was very intent on carefully steering the wheel as the truck bumped over the 'hills.'
Next, we went on the carousel. We didn't get a picture of him, but this time even Jaden rode his own horse! Cody was happy riding near Uncle Andrew,
and Abby seemed to be in carousel heaven! :)
As we were leaving the fair, we stopped to watch a few dance performances on this community stage.
Abby really got into the music and was dancing right along-- with gusto!
Back at home, we put the kids to bed and then enjoyed an adults-only dinner out on the deck. The evening was getting cool enough that I even had to put on a jacket by the dinner's end. Andrew and Sarah especially loved our cool, pleasant evenings!
The next morning we went to church and then-- you guessed it-- spent some more playtime outside!
Aunt Sarah had the greatest idea to put the bubble-maker on our playset. What fun-- bubbles were everywhere!
At some point during the day, Uncle Andrew brought out the tattoos we got at the fair.
Jaden's first-ever tattoo, "I heart Beef," didn't last long at all. He was interested in it for only a few minutes before he started wiping at it and crying, "off, off, off." Cody refused the tattoo altogether. Only little Abby marched proudly around, showing off her new tattoo!
The rest of Sunday was spent napping, playing with toys, visiting, and reading before the Arizonans had to return home that evening.
We laughed at how these 3 blondies could be mistaken for triplets. It was fun to see them play together and see Abby jump right in with all of Jaden and Cody's favorite things.
What a fun, relaxing time we had with you, Sarah, Drew, and Abby. We were so thankful that you came visit us! Thanks for the game-time, play time, great conversations, and all the great memories.
We love you 3!
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