Gillespie County Fair and Parade

Every year, Fredericksburg has a County Fair and Parade. We haven't been in years! This year, Brent took off and we headed to Fredericksburg Friday morning for the parade. We met up with a friend of ours from high school, Jamie, that had her car parked on Main street since MONDAY for the parade. It was a great spot. Shaded the whole time. The parade was fun, but LONG. I think they said there were 138 entries in the parade. Gosh! The kids enjoyed it though. (Michelle, Jamie's sister-in-law, took pictures, so I need to get them from her.)

After the parade, we headed to the Wildseed Farm to visit with my grandma and eat lunch. The kids LOVE grammie and the Wildseed Farm. It is always a treat to go out there.

Friday evening, Oma and Opa kept all three kids and Brent and I were able to go to the Fair by ourselves for the dance! It was great! It wasn't too crowded and we were able to dance and dance. It has been a while since we have been able to do something like that, so it was a real treat.

Saturday was a jam-packed day. We had friends from SA meet up with us in Fredericksburg to enjoy the races and carnival. We met up with them on Main Street for lunch, ice cream and "shopping".

After Main Streeting, we headed to the fair grounds for the horse races. The girls didn't last long at the races because we were hot and tired. So, we headed back to Oma and Opa's to rest and relax before the carnival. Brent, Ezra and Rob stayed at the races for a little bit. Ezra actually had Brent bet on a horse who won the race and profited 3.40! If Brent would have picked the horse to win instead of place, Ezra would have been rich!

After resting and relaxing at Oma and Opa's we headed to the carnival! It was so fun. Since we waited till evening to go to the fair, it was not bad outside. However, it was SO DUSTY! But, that did not stop us. We rode all the kid rides we could and got to see the stock show animals. I am pretty sure the kids had a blast. Emersyn was such a BIG GIRL. She kept up like she was 4. She would walk up to the ride, hand the guy her tickets and climb right in to her seat. No FEAR! I was a proud mama! It just made me a little sad to see how fast she really is growing up. She wants to be like Ezra and definitely tries to do EVERYTHING he does. I am pretty sure she thinks she if 4 too!

We ended our big night with Funnel Cakes! It was a great, fun, busy weekend!

The gang ready to go. Elynn was asleep in the stroller.

You can't really tell, but Emersyn had the biggest smile and was laughing so hard!