The Puyallup Fair...Final Post!

Alyssa's FAVORITE rides were the roller coasters! She loved, loved, loved them! Her and Alexandra went on the going through the water roller coaster. McKenzie was a couple of inches too short, so she wasn't able to ride them. Later in the day we all rode the WILD CAT roller coaster. WOW!!! Scary stuff! It was a pretty big roller coaster, not the biggest one there, but I thought it was pretty big. Alyssa and Alexandra rode in front and McKenzie and I rode behind them. McKenzie was tall enough for this one, but I think half way through the ride she was thinking she might not want to be tall enough. She did great (me too!) but neither one of us wanted to do it again. Alyssa did though! Later on, Alyssa's last ride was the big coaster! It was too dark for me to get a good picture, but she had fun!

We also rode the Ferris Wheel. When we were up in the air, Alyssa took some pictures of the ground and some of the fair. It was pretty cool. We saw tons of places that we missed! It was pretty late in the day, but we saw a couple of things that we wanted to see.

Alexandra, McKenzie and I rode on the swings while Alyssa did the BIG COASTER!

Near the end of the day, we walked past this tent that said "Take a tour of Africa". Since Alexandra and us, just adopted children from World Vision, we thought that would be so cool to see what it would be like in Africa. When we walked in the tent, Alexandra said, "Look Mom! There are more kids to adopt!" It was a World vision tent! We got to take a "passport" and tour different "parts" of Africa. They had a different sections were they saw and did different activities. There was the Clinic, the School and work. They got to carry water from the "village" to the "clinic" to see what it would be like. It had lots of fun information and facts. The girls even got to play African instruments (that's what they are doing in the picture), and grind corn.

It was a great display. I think the girls (and I) had a great time learning and getting a first hand look at where our "kids" are. It was probably my favorite part of the whole day.

I couldn't resist this picture! McKenzie's favorite animal is an elephant. We saw this cardboard cutout and I told her to stand next to it. When I looked on my viewfinder to preview the picture, I couldn't believe it! It totally looked 3D!

All in all...the day was a fun one. We left the house around 8:30 Sunday morning and got home around 10:30 that night. It was long! It was FUN! I would do it again if we got free tickets, free rides, AND some food coupons! I would even buy the rides if we got a good discount on the food!

We shall see what happens next year! For now....it was a great time, and if I scrap it soon....we will remember it for a long time!

this is your brain...

This is a brain. This is not my brain. It is a REAL HUMAN brain! EEEWWWWW! At the Puyallup Fair, they had an exhibit called Al's Brain. We got to see a 3D movie, learn some interesting facts, and touch a real human brain. It was pretty neat.

On the far left is a vertabre. The long skinny rope in the middle is your spinal cord. On the right is your cerebral cortex (the under part of your brain).

This picture has all three of my girls touching (with plastic gloves!) the BRAIN!

We are getting ready to watch the 3D movie. I don't think Alexandra or McKenzie has ever seen a 3D movie before. It was a lot of fun. They kept saying ,"It came right at ME!"

Alexandra says, "It was WIERD!!"

McKenzie said, "It was totally WIERD!"

We rode more rides. I don't ride the rides usually. I just take the pictures. I am happy doing that. I like to take pictures. I don't like to ride rides. But, with them giving us each 7 free rides, I did ride some rides. Now I remember why I like to take pictures.
I went on the Wind runner with McKenzie and Alexandra. McKenzie went on this ride on the Lynden Fair, Alexandra is a pro at this ride, she doesn't even hang on! McKenzie and I have a death grip on the bar. (I think my grip was tighter!) Alyssa took my place on the ground with my camera. Next time, I am taking my spot back :)

I'll be back later with more of the Fair.

Do the Puyallup...

This is Alyssa with our 4 winning tickets! Yeah Alyssa!

We did a lot of walking! Lots and lots of walking. We were very tired at the end of the day!

This was our hand stamp to get back in the fair. It said DO THE PUYALLUP

Part one....

It all started last week.....Kendy called me and told me to listen to Spirit 105.3 and play the name game. At 1:00 the name was Alyssa, and if you were the 5th caller and were either Alyssa, or Alyssa's parent (that was me!) then you win. What did you win? I didn't know. I didn't really care...I didn't really think I would win.

So.....I wait untill 1:00 and hear...Alyssa, be the fifth caller right now....And I dialed that phone......"you are caller number 1."

"OK BYE!"

Quick hang up and try again! ......

"Good afternoon...what is your name?"

WHHOOOOO! I WON! I was caller number 5!

"My name is Kellie....(Silence on the other end)....but I am Alyssa's mom!

"Congratulations! You just won 4 tickets to the Puyallup Fair with 7 rides each!

And that is how we ended up going to the Puyallup Fair.....on a Sunday....really far away!

But we had ssooooooo much fun!

This is the Sky Ride. I forget what they call it. You get to go in this little bucket and travel 70 feet in the air and ride all the way to the other side of the fair. And you get to pay for it...one ticket for one way...two tickets if you want to come back...we didn't go back :) We rode it all the way across the fair, got off, and started our travels from that end.

This is us 70 feet in the air! No one looks terrified....we also aren't looking down either! :) We had a great day! (Thanks Alyssa for the great photo!)

More later on the brain! :)