the carnival

Right up the street from our house – there was a carnival this weekend.  Nate’s been eyeing the rides for about a week as they set everything up.  So while Wes was out of town, Ryan took an afternoon snooze at my parent’s and Nate and I ventured off on a little carnival date.

It was a HOT day.  Way too hot for October which made for a very sweaty afternoon.  Mainly because the parking situation was horrendous.  We walked a really long way to get to the entrance and then back to the other side of the carnival for the little guy rides.  I have to say that Nate was a TROOPER and walked a good part of the way.  The rest of the time was spent on my back or shoulders. 

We met up with Harrison and his dad [Harrison’s mom, Alex almost went in to full-blown labor that morning] and the boys had a blast.  They rode ride after ride after ride.  We would have stayed all day but Ryan couldn’t stay at my parents for very long [they hosted their ENTIRE ward in their backyard for dinner that night] so after an hour or two we got a slushie and a candy necklace and made the 2 mile trek back to the car.

We’re hoping this carnival comes back next year . . . and that dad is in town . . . and we’ll plan on spending the day there eating funnel cakes & drinking lemonade.