2009 NC State Fair Fun

Today we took part in a North Carolina tradition - The NC State Fair! This is an annual favorite for our family and Sierra's first exposure.

Like most state fairs the goal is to indulge in as many foods and activities that are extremely bad for your health. Mission accomplished as we took in corn off the grill, corn dogs, maple cotton candy, caramel apple, popcorn, donuts, pizza, chicken pita, ice cream and last but not least a deep fried snickers!

Of course, we also took part in the activities that are at the fair. The boys rode as many rides as they could.

They also rode the ponies, visited the petting zoo and milked a cow - all of which they like to do each year.

The boys added a new activity this year and did the bungee jumping! And Sierra met her first Llama.
However, what sets the NC State Fair apart from all the rest (even ESPN agrees!) are the Pig Races!!! This year the boys were chosen to captain one of the races. Needless to say fun was had by all!

Light the Night Walk

Our family walked with a team from our church in the Light the Night Walk on October 17th in honor of two very good friends. Gene Kennedy is currently battling Lymphoma and Sherwin Murphy was diagnosed only a few months ago with Leukemia. Both are amazing men and an inspiration to our family.

Sterling's Children's Choir Debut

When mom had finally given up on trying to get Sterling to join the children's choir at church Sterling surprised her and said he wanted to join. It seems that Miss Allana is a favorite of his! :-) He was so excited to wear a robe for the first time and did a great job singing and doing the signs that went with the song. We couldn't be prouder. :-) He sings again on 11/8.