Ticket to Ride

No worries if you weren't able to attend the fair with us. We have 1200 pictures all for your viewing pleasure. It was SO hot on this day, but I remember being a kid and riding rides was my favorite part of the fair. However, I will say that even as a kid and especially as an adult, I have this fear that the ride that was probably thrown together in 45 minutes is going to break apart while I'm on it and kill me. :) Just a thought. I used to pray going up the hills on EVERY roller coaster. Got saved on each and every one. ;)

Midway, here we come.

The first thing that we rode was the swings. I always loved these when I was little, and I can still remember standing in the line with my brother when I was a kid. Coming back as an adult, they seemed to be so much smaller because they seemed to go SO high as a child.

Another reality would be that they ARE so much smaller. Ha ha. I barely fit in that seat and actually had some imprints on my legs from the side bars. #embarrassing

Jaggar waited patiently on the side with my parents while we rode the swings. When we got done, we wanted to do something that he could ride: the merry-go-round.

How sweet is that? And the nice man didn't charge ME a ticket to hold Jaggar on the ride. What a concept.

How sweet are they?

Okay, so this was the FIRST year that Sage was tall enough to ride some bigger rides. We were like, "YES!" We should have thought it through a little more because they were still too big for HER. The himalaya was always a favorite of mine. I thought, "This will be perfect for her. It's fast but that's about it." Um...not only was it fast, but this particular one was like elevated, and the cars swung out. It went forwards and backwards. It was a lot, even for me, and as she laid her head in my side asking when it would end, I knew I made a motherly fail. :( She got through it though.

Then Travis and Kevin rode a ride together.

And Travis had to move a seat over because he didn't want anyone thinking they were gay.

Meanwhile... ;)

Oh, Travis

Then there was another ride that Jaggar was able to ride: the big slide! I thought this was pretty big for him. When we were walking up the large amount of steps to get there, I started to get a bit nervous. I don't care for heights. That and the "thrown together in 45 minutes" combo just gets me. But Jaggar looked at me going up the steps and said, "This fun!" So cute.

And off we went! Travis got another "flip book" of pics that all turned out nicely of this.

I couldn't see his face so it was nice to be able to look back and see his sweet expression and know he enjoyed it.

Then Travis and Sage rode some bigger swings. Don't you love it when a random person looks like they're actually supposed to be in your picture too?

Then Mom took Jaggar over to some mechanical bears that were singing. She said that he wasn't so sure about it, but he didn't want to leave either.

Then the heat got to Mom. It was getting to all of us, but she had to sit for a few. By that time, I was done with the heat, so these next pictures are when Travis and Sage came back out on the midway later that evening after it had cooled off some.

View from the ferris wheel

Her little roller coaster

This was another bigger ride that she rode that spun around really fast. I think that she liked this one.

Travis was SO proud of this picture.

I'm so glad that she finally got to do the hamster ball. These were in the middle of our mall for a few months last year, but I thought they looked kind of cheesy for what they charged there.

She said that this was one of her favorite things.

Mom, Jaggar and I came back out to meet them later that night. Then we (except for Travis, who stayed with our things) rode the ferris wheel.

Then, even though Jaggar was about an inch or 2 short, the man let Jaggar ride this train. Height wasn't the issue as much as maturity in my opinion. It was just a little train that went around the track, but I was afraid that he could get up and try to get out at any time. Travis made sure the belt was really secure though and tight enough to prevent that.

Cute! This lasted for a really long time. I hate that I can't see Jaggar's smiling face in this.

Sage rode so many rides that day and into the night that she got to the point of not caring if she rode anymore. THAT is a lot of rides for a kid to get to that point. That's what it's about!