Sunday 7/25/10 - Madison County Fair

Every year, in July, Highland hosts the Madison County Fair.  Jack and I used to go every year, but since we've had kids, we haven't been able to go.  Today, I noticed in the paper, they had tractor pulls and truck pulls.  I thought the kids would have fun watching them and looking at all the animals.  It took awhile for the tractor pulls to get started.  They were supposed to start around 1pm, but it was more like 1:45pm before they began.  It is very difficult to keep a little mischievious boy occupied for that long.  We stayed to watch for about a hour before we left.  The kids were getting antsy and bored.  Jack and I wanted to stay to watch the school bus races too, but unfortunately they were later on this evening.  We needed to keep moving to keep our two kiddos entertained.  It was also very hot out.  Atleast we were under some shade while watching the tractor & truck pulls. 


This little boy was totally fascinated with this tractor...

This is how he looked at me when I told him it was time to get down.  He looks like,"Are you serious?"  He's such a cool lil' dude!

Since her brother liked playing on the tractors, she had to give it a try too.  Monkey see, monkey do!

There were rides for the kids, but they didn't open up til 5pm. 

All the tractors lining up, getting ready to see who could pull the most and the farthest

READY!  SET!  GO!!

All the John Deere tractors beat the other tractors.  I'm partial to John Deere like I am to Chevy!  GO GREEN & YELLOW!!

The Internationals weren't bad though...

 Do ya think this person is proud of his Chevy??  Kinda reminds me of a big tacky belt buckle...lol.  Since it's a Chevy emblem, I'm willing to over look it. 

This is the back of the Chevy truck.  Isn't it cool??  It's got a lotta bling goin' on!  Nice to see others who are Chevy proud too!

This was a 1983 Ford F150.  He pulled the most and the farthest.  A Chevy was in second place (when we left).

After the kids had enough of the loud truck and tractor noises, we decided to go see some animals.  There were all kinds there!  These are some chickens...

I believe this is a banty chicken. 

There were some adorable bunny rabbits!  Some were on sale for $20.  I didn't tell Brianna because she'd wanna take one home!  They were cute, but not THAT cute!

We saw little goats too.  There was a lady spraying water on her dog (to cool him off.  It was very hot out today), outside the fence, while we were there.  All the goats were watching her thru the fence!  It was so funny!

There were cows there too.  All the animals were raised by the 4 H club.

After being at the fair for a few hours, the kids were getting tired and we were all hot and thirsty.  We decided it was time to go home.  The kids had a fun time!  Maybe next year we can stay longer for the tractor pulls.