Trip to the Texas State Fair

October 2009

 

Our first stop was Alan’s football game.  The Dragons won 53-0 and Alan won the game ball!

 

We said hello to Big Tex and hit the Midway

 

The theme this year was bananas!

 

They kept winning bananas

 

Banan-E and Banan-O!

 

I too had game skills!  After scoring 190 points in skee ball, I won Scoobie.

 

Georgia linked up with friends at the Crazy Mouse ride.

 

 

Aw Nuts!!!  Alan saw Boris the 1000 pound pig.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grant and Alan decided they were going to be like Josh and Drake and sneak in to see Oprah Winfrey. 

So in a crowd of about 500 people who were clambering to see Oprah, the boys weaved through the crowd to the very front.  Alan is taller than all the other children so I got a good shot of him.

Grant was buried but in the front.  They asked Oprah for an autograph but they forgot paper!

Alan asked her to sign his arm.  She said “No sweetie.”  Grant asked her to sign his shirt.  She said “No honey.”  Or maybe Grant was sweetie and Alan was honey, I forgot.  Anyway, they came away with a great memory, but no autograph L