Franklin County Fair

Last week was the Franklin County Fair. Now the fair isn't necessarily my favorite thing in the whole world, but I do enjoy everyone coming back and hanging out with a lot of my friends. Since most of the summer I've been mainly been hanging out at home with my mom and Isaac it was nice to hang out with other people and catch up with them. Here's a break-down of my fair week.

Thursday:
I worked during the day and then came home and ate supper. After supper I headed over to Jamie's house and met up with Angela, Traci, and Jamie. We then walked around the fair for a little bit before we headed to the grandstand for the rodeo. The rodeo wasn't the best, but it was nice to catch-up with everyone. It was also the first time I believe that I stayed for the whole thing. My favorite part was probably the announcer saying 1 billion times "on a Thursday night" After the rodeo we got some mini donuts and looked at some animals. Then we went back to Jamie's house and played the game boxers or briefs and just  talked about things. It was really great to catch-up.

Friday:
I ended up babysitting for a family and so I didn't go to the fair. Instead I hung out in the morning with the kids and then came back in the evening

Saturday:
On Saturday I went with my parents and my cousin Gabe to the fair around noon. Gabe was doing a livestock judging contest so first we walked around for a bit and then we met up with the rest of the people doing the judging. We also ate lunch and just walked around some more. Then after the contest we headed back home. Then around 5 I headed back to Jamie's house and met up with Tara, Thomas, and Jamie. We went to the fair and walked around a bit. Then I found Anna and Ben and they joined us while we walked around looking at some livestock and things. Then Kelly and Nate also joined us and all of us went over to play bingo. We played for quite a while and both Jamie and Tara won. After bingo we headed to the grandstand for the Rodney Atkins concert. We decided to head to the beer garden. At the beer garden Traci and Paige met up with us. Then Macala came for a bit to chat with us. I didn't pay a ton of attention to the concert. I mainly just talked to everyone and caught up. It was again great to see everyone. After the concert Tara, Jamie, Thomas, Paige, Traci and I headed back to Jamie's and again played boxers or briefs before going home.

Sunday:
I started the day by going to church with my family at the fairgrounds. Then I stayed and hung out with Jamie, Thomas, Traci, Dean, and Gwana and we walked around the fairgrounds for quite awhile. We looked at the train set, historical museum, and pleasant hill. Traci and Jamie even taught us a small little lesson in the school house. After doing that the Wirtjes crew went back to their house for lunch. Traci and I decided to walk around a little more and then we went to the talent show, and hypnotist. After that we went to the grandstands for the monster truck show. Traci's parents, Jamie, and Thomas all met us in the grandstands and sat with us. The show wasn't that good since they didn't get started on time and then they just had long pauses between things where they weren't doing anything. After the show we ate some food. Then Traci and I went back to my house and watched the end of the bachelorette.

The fair was quite a bit better this year than it has been for me in the past. I think it was because I haven't gone in 3 years and this year I really hadn't seen a lot of my friends in awhile. I loved catching up with them and really seeing them for 3 days. It's been a little bit of a letdown this week not spending time with any of them.