Fall Kick Off

So this fall started out like so many in the past, we once again received peaches from Luke's grandparents. I'm not the biggest fan of peaches. Previously we've canned them, eaten them or simply just given them away, but last year we made jam. Suprisingly I like peach jam. It also made for nice Christmas gifts for our friends and neighbors. This year we decided we'd do the same thing (including giving jam as Christmas gifts again). We did 2 batches of canned peaches, kept a few fresh ones to eat, and the rest we made jam - and jam and jam and jam. We did try freezer jam this year which we didn't try last year. Haven't tried it yet to see if I like it better, same or not at all - we'll see...

This fall was something new for us. Skylee started Joy School - preschool - which we were all excited about. Skylee was a little disappointed when she found out that she didn't get to ride the bus to school - and with the construction of the new schools, probably never will. But after much insistence we agreed to get her backpack, which she doesn't really need - not a lot of homework in preschool. Come to find out all the kids -5 of them - each had to have a backpack. I put a sweater in it, just so it's not empty.

So another fall item for us is attending the Utah State Fair. We've attendend for the past 4 or 5 years. No exception this year, except Skylee wasn't free to go on rides anymore - she may not have been free last year, but they let her on. We do the norm and see some of the booths, check out some of the displays, see the animals, eat and go on rides.

Whenever Skylee saw the photo cut outs, she wanted to get her picture done, so when we found one for 3 people we had to get a pic - I think I actually have 4 different cut outs with her in them.

So on to the animals, seriously they smell foul. Of course Skylee just wanted to see them and touch them. Me, not so much. I took her to pet the pigs - where she could just stick her hand through the bars - I let my dad take her up to the cows to pet, which she loved.

The fair has this Little Hands on the Farm area where the kids get to go and do farm things - kid version (my version too) of course, nothing real - but Skylee just loved it. We missed it last year, but we won't be missing it again.

With all the many things to do at the fair, there is of course the kiddie rides. There's this race car ride that whips the kids around the track, and Skylee just wanted to ride it over and over again. It was one of her favorites last year and again this year.

Last year she wasn't tall enough for the majority of the rides, but this year she was barely tall enough. Well one of the fun house type of rides has this spinning barrel the kids have to walk through. Most of the other kids ran through, but Skylee decided to take it slower and crawl through - it was quite entertaining for us to watch.