Fair, Food & Fun in the Sun

Last Wednesday (Yes, I know I am a bit behind in my blogging, please forgive me) I went to the America's Fair in Hamburg New York with my family. We were suppose to leave the house by 9am but did not get out of the driveway until about 9:20am. We stopped at a NAPA store for a belt for the lawn mower. Finally we were off to the fair.
We arrived at the fair around 10:30 and headed straight for the Creative Arts building where my sisters, sister-in-law and mom all entered crafts to be judged. My sister Amy and my sister-in-law, Sara had photos that were considered for the Tri-color award in photography division of creative arts. Hurray!!!! Cassandra took a second place award for both a painted egg and a crocheted doily she made. Mom took a few seconds in different categories. Seeing the entries of others I may enter some photographs next year and maybe a few pages of my scrapbook. I will have to be reminded of my intent.
After the Creative Arts building we headed to the concession stands. I ordered my yearly favorite, a chicken pita. Ummm Good!!! Cassandra and Amy got ribboned potatoes. After we got our food we were suppose to meet our parents over by the horse corrals to see horse jumping. We decided to eat first and then headed over to the corrals.
When we arrived at the corrals the horse jumping was in full swing or should I say in full jump. We watched the horse jumping for about and hour before heading over to see the Peking Chinese acrobats performance. Even though I have seen them many times over the past six years it is always amazing to see the show again. Each show is a little bit different. I am amazed at how agile the women and men performers seem to be. It takes a lot of work to do what they do.
After the Peking acrobats we saw a break dance performance. It was a lot of fun even if it was only a short performance.
After both of those shows we walked around a little bit in the Ag center to see the different products on display this year. Sometimes it is interesting other times I would rather be doing something else.
We got dinner another chicken pita and then we were off to see the Balloon man. He put on an interesting performance. I liked most of it, but there were times when he was speaking a little bit negatively to the young children he had up on stage.
Over all it was a great day. We left the fair around 8:30 pm. I was exhausted. It was nice to be able to take a day off from work and enjoy it with my family.
Until next Time!
Blessings to you~~