Puyallup Fair

 

We went to the Puyallup Fair yesterday. We were there from 11am until just after 8pm. It takes about an hour to drive there from our place. First stop was the merry go round.

 It took some convincing to get her to go on some rides by herself, but after the first one, she was good to go!

 Pumpkin Carving.

 Jared was going to take her on the ferris wheel, but she was too short.

 She wanted to go on the trampoline so badly, but we couldn't decide if she was old enough. She met the requirements, but needed to be able to listen to directions. After watching for a while and seeing her excitement and then watching another little girl her age go on, we decided to let her do it. She had so much fun!

 last time I took her to the petting zoo, she would have nothing to do with touching them, but this time she loved it. She got to pet baby goats, baby rabbit and some baby chicks.

 We had to try at least one deep fried specialty item each. Jared got the deep fried snickers and I got chocolate covered bacon - while mine tasted ok, it was cold and kinda weird. I was disappointed.

 Walking through the farm animal area, there were bins everywhere which had this label. 

Not something you see everyday.

 They had free face painting. Aubrey was hesitant to have her face painted and after some coaxing she decided to have it on her leg. She really wanted a dragon, so the lady made it look girly for her.

 There were two things I havn't had for over 10 years (last time I went to a fair): corn dogs and cotton candy. We had both. I think the cotton candy made me feel sick last night!

 I wanted to stick around for the lights to turn on the rides so I could get some photos. I only brought my camera phone, so I was happy that they turned out ok.

Visiting Victoria

I made another trip to Victoria to take some wedding photos (you can see them here).

Aubrey and I had a nice visit in Duncan and then went down to Victoria for a couple days before Jared joined us.

 The start of our road trip.

 Playing with cousins on the trampoline - probably the first time she actually jumped and had fun!

 Picking strawberries with Grandma and Nya

 eating the strawberries!

 After dinner at Jared's dad's restaurant we all went to the nearby beach for the sunset.

 Aubrey in Grandpa Wight's car outside his restaurant.

Aubrey making weed salad and chocolate milk with Jordan. She doesn't get to play like this in the city.

Good finds

 

I pulled the rail off the chalkboard...now what?

yesterday I found some great finds (I didn't take photos of everything).

I found this old picnic basket for $3. I have been looking for one just like it for a while now. I wanted one with a hard top to lay babies on. I think I might paint the whole thing white.

I found this bucket while in Duncan last week. 

I also found a really nice linen table cloth, a pair of wedge black shoes, capris, some Dr. Seuss books, some Cars movie cars for Aubrey, A super cute yellow jacket and sweater for Aubrey as well. All for under $20. Oh, I also found a really nice Armani suit for Jared (which he really needs) for $40 and it's too large, even to alter. Oh well.

Shutter Shelf Update

 

I found some black knobs for $1.40 each and painted them white then distressed the edges a bit.

 

Shutters

 

I got 4 white shutters from craigslist for free a couple weeks ago. There were two sets (two different sizes). I saved one set to possibly make a headboard for Aubrey's bed one day. 

I painted one, took the hinges off and then nailed it together to form a shelf. 

I hung it in Aubrey's room, and tonight I bought 3 little knobs to attach to the bottom part so I can hang her hair clip holder and umbrella etc. from it.

 

 

Another craigslist find today: free 4'x6' school room chalkboard!

I really wanted a large board to use as a photo backdrop (you can write thought bubbles etc. behind a small child etc.) and this was certainly large enough. I ripped off the metal chalk holder edge as I'm using it vertically, but now I don't know how to finish it. Should I rip off all the molding and reframe it? Should I find a matching piece of molding and add it in the rails place? Should I mount the whole thing to the wall where it is and let Aubrey place with it, and use it for a memo board in the mean time? Any good ideas out there?? It's in pretty rough shape, so I might repaint it with black chalk board paint to freshen it up. It's not magnetic either - does anyone know how to make it magnetic??

Gallery wall

 

I have been wanting a gallery wall in my entrance for a while now, but just didn't know how to group together all the frames I had. I've finally put something together that I'm happy with. 

I have some frames to paint (ie: the bright pink one) and some photos to swap out.

Family Photos

I was back in Victoria for a wedding and we managed to get all together for a complete family photo:

There was this great tree that we also managed to get all the grand kids in - that was a little more work!

These are the only two that I've edited so far, I still have Brent & Tracey's family photos to do.