Fair and Adventureland fun in Des Moines.

The girls and I came to Des Moines for a few days for some back to school fun! (Kley had to stay back to work.) We came on Monday and were able to hang out for awhile with my brother Keaton and his family, before they left on Tuesday for a trip. Tuesday we went to the fair with my mom (my dad and sister Kayla were working), and Wednesday my dad and Kayla were able to join too for Adventureland! We headed home Thursday morning.

The girls had never been to Adventureland before and I hadn't been in a a long time (maybe 15 years?). It was SO much fun to take them! All three girls love rides. Ellory not quite as much as Norah and Lucy, but she rode a couple of the bigger roller coasters! One she liked and one was too bumpy, but she was brave! Norah was super brave and tried a crazy coaster that was super fast and was her first upside down ride (she went totally willingly, not forced!), and unfortunately really didn't like it, but she was so brave to try! She tried a few others though, Lucy too, and those were a hit.

The girls played two games at the very end and amazingly came away with two prizes! They did the pick the duck with a net game where everyone wins, but I thought they'd get a tootsie roll or something, but they actually got a decent sized stuffed animal! And then they did another game of throwing the ball into these holes and the worker was incredibly sweet and let them keep trying until they got it, so they got another small stuffed animal keychain. They loved it!

Lucy rode the motorcycle while Norah, Ellory, and I were on the tilt-a-whirl in the background. Lucy is adventurous but doesn't always love to spin fast on rides. 

My dad, Kayla, and Norah on these super high spinning swings. My mom, Ellory, Lucy, and I rode the bumper cars. Most of the rides we all did together, but a few we split up for different wants.

Another set of swings.

As much as I would have loved to have Kley join, he really hates rides and wouldn't have liked this day as much as we did, so it was a fun group of 7 that could all do lots of "big kid" rides together!

First ride of the day- hopped on the carousel right when we walked in. The weather was cooler and the lines weren't bad at all- it was a wonderful day to go! We were there for almost the entire time it was open!

The fair was fun too! I'm so glad it was a cooler weather week because it made these outside events way better. We were there about five hours and that was the perfect length for us. 

We rode the Sky Glider, Giant Slide, saw the butter cow, biggest pig, biggest cow, animal barn, watched the one man band and part of a horse show, had lunch and a treat, and enjoyed walking around and taking it all in. It was fun!

Thankful for a fun few days and that we could do two special outings before school starts soon!