August visitors!

This past month, Grandma and Grandpa Titus came to spend a few days with us, and then a week later, Matt’s brother and sister-in-law, Jason and Tatiana, came to see us on their way back from Chicago! We had a great time visiting, hanging out, and showing them around our favorite spots in Mason and Lansing. Thanks so much for visiting! We had an awesome time!

Hot Air Balloons!

One evening after supper, we spotted some visitors in the sky around our house…

At least 8 hot air balloons were floating directly over the soybean fields beside and behind our house. They were quite low so the “whoosh whoosh” of the flames were pretty loud.  We watched from our side yard as the balloons kept getting lower and lower. (We were hoping they weren’t going to land in the soybeans or clip our power lines!)

We put Ashleigh in the stroller and started to walk down the road where the balloons were landing in our neighbor’s yard!

(We thought it was pretty funny that the Michigan and Michigan State balloons both landed in the same yard!)

So as we were walking closer to the balloon, the pilot and owner of the Michigan State balloon asked if we wanted to go up! We said yes! As we got closer to the balloon, Ashleigh freaked out. She was terrified of the flame and the noise. So Matt and I took turns holding Ashleigh  and we each got to go up in the balloon. It was so peaceful! (well, besides the fact that Ashleigh was screaming on the ground below!)

What a fun evening!

Jackson County Fair

So, Ashleigh and Frankie had so much fun at the Ingham County Fair that we decided to take them to the Jackson County Fair.  We had  a great time watching Ashleigh and Frankie hang out together, and Matt and I enjoyed spending time with Frankie’s parents. We enjoyed eating Friske fries and elephant ears and hot cinnamon rolls. Yum!

Riding the spinning strawberries (kind of like the tea cups)

I guess that’s the last of the fairs…until next year!!

Ingham County Fair

The Ingham County fairgrounds are about 3 miles down the road from our house, so when the fair came into town, we just had to go and experience a small town fair! Matt, Ashleigh, and I met up with Ashleigh’s best friend, Frankie, and his mommy. Ashleigh was a daredevil and wanted to ride all the rides. Frankie was a bit more hesitant, but he did manage to ride a couple of rides with Ashleigh.

The hit of the fair was looking at all the animals! The petting zoo was their favorite!