Orange County Fair 2010

A couple of weeks ago, Southland, performed at the Orange County Fair. (You can read about it at http://southlandmusicministries.blogspot.com). This also gave us a wonderful excuse to go to the fair as a family.
Many of our family and friends came out to see them. Here are some of my aunts and uncles, whom I have not seen in about 3 or 4 years.

My Grandparents came also. Are they not the cutest?

And the big surprise of the day was getting to see my Jr. High English teacher. We had reconnected via facebook, which is also how she learned about Southland playing. It was really good to see her and meet her sister too.

As you know, my kids are huge horse fans, so you can only imagine their excitement when we saw these large Clydesdale's walking through the fair.

The kids were given the choice to ride either the Elephant or the Ponies. Even though they have and ride their own horses all the time, they still choose to ride the ponies. Go figure! I actually think the thought of riding that big 'ol elephant scared them.

I tried to get a cut sibling picture in front of the gardens, but these next four pictures is what I received. I actually like that it portrays their fun personality and relationship.

My mom came too and even though I had to push her around in her wheelchair, she was a huge help. She was able to watch two of the kids while I rushed the other one to the bathroom and keep an eye on all of them while I worked Southland's CD table.

Elsie wanted a picture with her Grandma and it turned out really cute.

Then we tried for a family picture.....

This one turned out cute.

Wayne's cousin was there with her daughter, Jayda, who is only 3 months younger than Elsie. Cute cousins!

After this picture we were on the hunt for dinner, only to either not agree on what we wanted or we would get distracted by various things to see. Needless to say, we ended up going to Denny's and because I didn't look at the time all day, I didn't realize that it was 9:30pm when I finally fed the kids dinner! Ooops! Oh well, it doesn't happen very often (that was actually the 1st time) and we had tons of fun.

Kya's 1st Day of Kindergarten

Kya started Kindergarten on Monday. This is a whole new experience for her from preschool. New school, new teacher and new friends. She likes everything about it, but currently she is the only girl and of course she would like to have some little girls to play with. There are supposed to be 12 kids in her class and I did see some girls names, but so far only 8 kids have come to school. The good thing is that they combine all 3 kindergarten classes for recess and lunch, so she will be able to play with the girls in the other classes.

She told me today that she is enjoying learning new songs and hearing new stories being read. The best thing though was they made chocolate chip cookies yesterday! lol

I thought of having her hold a sign with the grade and year at the last minute. But I love the idea so much, that I am going to go out and buy a small chalkboard to do this with all the kids each year.
Our dog Nud had to sniff the sign.

I am sure she grew up overnight. I think she looks so much older all of a sudden and I am not sure how I feel about it. lol