Washington County SUPER Fair!

The theme this year for the fair was Celebrating the Super Hero in all of us.  The logo stated that it would be "SUPER FUN" so we decided to go. As we walked into the fair grounds we saw this huge zip line and there were only a few people in line so David and Ben went over to get in line.  Joel went over with them, I thought just to keep an eye on them because he is afraid of heights and I thought wouldn't go down, but low and behold he went.  Cape and all!  It was awesome!

One of the main reasons we went to the fair was because they said that there would be a Kendama competition and Josh really wanted to see what nationally ranked pros would show up.  But when we showed up to the booth the lady in charge asked the boys if they wanted to enter into the contest.  It seems that it was just for whomever wanted to do it.  It wasn't a fancy contest where pros were invited.  So they said sure and jumped in.  Little did we know that her son was a pretty much a pro and that it was kinda rigged.  But they had fun anyway.

After that we walked around and found a guy doing a cool reptile show who had the oldest living snapping turtle in the world and another person that had a couple sugar gliders from Australia.  One really liked Josh.

On the way out we saw some people taking a picture with the Avengers!  

But more importantly...we got snowcones.

Sun Devils Cedar Tournament Day 2

When we got to Gubler Park we found out that we were playing against the team that wanted Ben to play with them before he went with Lane and the Sun Devils.  So half of his friends were on the other team.  He was kind of sad but he did a stellar job of playing his best and keeping his head in the game.

 Here he is Daxton Carroll.  Daxton also does swim team with us.  He's a good kid.

 

Joel helped coach 1st base.  It was fun to watch.  One of the main reasons I fell in love with Joel was because he was out on the field...umping, coaching, playing.  I absolutely love seeing him out there with Ben.  I wish it happened more often.

 We went to Denny's afterward and Ben got a double cheeseburger.  When it came he was surprised and pleased with how big it was.  I told him that I'd be shocked if he could finish it, but he did just to show me.

 

He had an awesome game.  He hit 4 for 4 and had 0 errors.  He's by far the best kid on the team.  He was so full after that cheeseburger that he couldn't even touch his fries.  But he didn't throw up!

Sun Devils Cedar Tournament

Day 1 of this Cedar City tournament.

  Luckily we have Kortland Sullivan on our team as our catcher.  He's awesome and we love his family!

Left to Right - Sophie, Shayne, David, Josh, Kashton, Carl and Dannette. 

Carl and Danette have been Shayne's other parents since 6th grade when she and Kyson became best friends.  Now Sophie and Kash are, Josh and their daughter Kinzie are, and Kortland and Ben are.  We have a kid in every grade together.  Kari and David are the same age but they don't know each other yet.  They will when they get to 6th grade and go to Fossil Ridge together.

Ben was one of the team captains for this game and got to call the coin toss.

He played 1st base and loved it.  He did an outstanding job!

Then he played 3rd and was amazing there too!

In the van on the way up, I painted my toenails.  Cute huh?  They are Pine View colors.

We won!

The ball fields are just up the street from the new temple site.  So we ran down there and took a picture.  That white house out there now is just a trailer.  There's nothing there except for a backhoe and a big empty lot.  I can't wait to go to it when it's done.

Then we ran over to the Discovery Park and let the kids run around since they were tired of sitting, watching ball all day.

Josh and David did some Ninja Warrior moves all over the place.

Then we went to BRAD'S FOOD HUT for dinner.  Our favorite place to eat in Cedar.  I don't know why this is the only picture that I have of it but it is.  Thanks Shayne for paying attention and smiling.