The Great Minnesota Get Together

On Saturday, we went to the MN State Fair! My mom, Zach, Alex and I hit the road a little later than we had hoped. When we got down to the fairgrounds, shortly after 10am, all of the parking lots were full. So we headed on over to the opposite side of the fair and found some good parking behind the mid-way at a UofM building. After we squeezed our car into the tiny parking spot, we were on our way to the gate!

We entered the gates of the fair just before 11am. Our first stop was the French Fries booth (across from the Midway). Here, we ran into Timmy and his mom, Kirsten! We stood and chatted for a while and then headed on over towards the Miracle of Birth center. Walked through the building, and before long – we lost them. The boys! Zach, Timmy and Alex thought it would be funner for them to hang out at the fair on their own. So we set up a time to meet them, and they were off!

My mom, Kirsten and I made our way towards the corn fritters, the Twins booth, and then to the PetCenter. Sophie got a new sweater for winter and I couldn’t resist buying her a pair of jeans with suspenders! They are too cute! We got Libbey a cute Fido Fleece too!

Funny story: Zach called me and told me they were at the Twins booth and that Joe Mauer, Michael Cuddyer and Denard Span were all there. My mom, Kirsten and I walked as fast as we could to go and see them! We were so excited!!! We were expecting to see large crowds, but by the time we got over there, the crowd wasn’t nearly as large as we had anticipated. We looked and looked for these guys, but couldn’t find them. My mom walked around the corner - and there they were....

Me and the guys!

We were somewhat disappointed, but took the photo opp anyways... Little stinker!

After that we stopped for some Karoake at the Giant Sing Along (we sang Sweet Caroline!), enjoyed some Walleye sticks and made our way through the Global Bazaar.

Kirsten, Mom, me and Bethany

We then met up with the kids and they coaxed me into joining them in the haunted house. I screamed all the way through it – but it wasn’t as bad as I remembered it to be when I was little.

After that we split up again. The boys headed in their own direction, as did us adults. Later on, we met up in the Midway. We watched Zach and Alex play lots of games and win lots of little stuffed animals.

To make sure we ended the night in our standard traditional fashion, we made our way over to Sweet Martha’s Cookie Jar and got a bucket of cookies! YUM!

 

All in all, it was a good day at the fair! There were lots of things that we didn’t do or see… where did the time go? And also since Sherri didn’t get to join us, we are heading back to the fair on Friday (the 2^nd) for more fun and food!