Last month of summer fun

I haven't posted in forever, so here are some of the fun things we have been up to the last month. We took the kids to the Utah State Fair and they had so much fun! They loved the animals. Kenzie especially loved the bunnies.........
The John Deere bikes at Hands on the Farm(Kenzie wouldn't wear her cute apron)..........
The rides! Jake LOVED all the rides.........
Jake also loved Hands on the Farm. I think that's what it was called. It was the best part of the fair. The kids got to wear an apron, and carry around a basket to all the different parts of the "farm". They got to plant seeds, harvest them, milk a cow, ride John Deere bikes, pick apples off trees, etc. In the end they trade in all their food and what they have collected for a fun dollar bill just like if they were a farmer selling their harvest. Then they take their dollar to the "grocery store". The store had all sorts of fruit and little snack packs they could buy with their "dollar". It was great!
The hubby and I were able to take a week trip to Orlando, without the kids! My mom and dad came to stay with them here and they had a blast while we were gone. Mike served his mission in Orlando and has been really wanting to go back. He has kept in touch with a few families and also wanted to show me other parts of Florida besides the touristy stuff. We were able to go to the Orlando Temple..........

Go on an Airboat ride! These are so fun! A true redneck drove us around the swamps and we saw some Alligators. It was cool to see real swamp areas. Kind of creepy too!
Redneck swampland..........They also enjoyed showing us their redneck trucks.........
Redneck backyard where they had to show us the wild hog they just caught that day!.........
and their redneck stash of aluminum cans.............I have lots of other redneck pictures but these were the best!
We also went to the beach two mornings to watch the sun come up. It was so nice to just relax on the beach at 7am and it was warm! The water was warm too! By about 9 we had to leave because it was getting too hot. Crazy, I know. We collected lots of fun shells for the kids and just had fun being together.

We played some mini putt and guess who won? Yep, me! I was pretty happy that I beat my Mike in his favorite sport! Well, a much smaller version. I wouldn't even attempt to go out against him on the real course.
We drove up to Citrus Springs to visit Adam and Caralee Horal. Adam and Mike spent many of Mike's p-days on his mission golfing. Adam was the one who first taught Mike to golf. We had so much fun visiting with them and their super cute boys. Adam and Mike did get to go real golfing on a beautiful course. I just sat in the cart.We also were able to visit with the Dunda's. They used to live in Florida when Mike was on his mission but now live in Kentucky. It was a fun coincidence that they happened to be on vacation in Orlando the same time as us so Mike was able to see them again! We met them in the Lego store and talked and talked. I wish both these families lived closer because they are so much fun!
One of the most fun parts of our trip was visiting Disney World. There was so much to see and do that you really need a week down there. We think it would be fun to take the kids when they are much older and can enjoy it. We enjoyed being kids for a day and going on all the fun rides that reminded us of when we were kids at Disney Land. I mean, you can't go to Magic Kingdom and not go on Haunted Mansion and Pirates!
And at the end of the day......we always had to come back to our good ol' rent a car, our PT Cruiser. I apologize to any of you who may have one of these, but we HATED it!! It was a gas guzzling, gutless car but it got us to where we needed to go. Good times.
So the other day, I went to hang out with my best buddies from college. This is what Jake decided to do with Heather's sidewalk chalk. He said he was drawing a "birthday cake"..........

and then said he "ate the birthday cake"! I love my little dude. What and imagination.