Jude is 7

Jude's birthday was near the end of August.  We celebrated by going to the county fair.  Jude's big day happened to fall on the fair's "Kid's Day," so it worked out perfectly.

Jude's biggest concerns were getting to ride a couple of rides and seeing the rodeo.  We fulfilled both of those wishes.  We also saw Grace's photography entries and Elizabeth's dress.  Grace accidentally entered Liz in the adult class, but Liz's dress still received a blue ribbon.  The whole family was so excited for her.

 We also dropped by the bee booth to see Lydia.  She spent a few hours that day answering people's questions about bees and giving them honey samples.  She was in her element.

Jude took the whole family to Dairy Queen for dinner with a gift card he had received for his birthday from Grandpa Tom and Grandma Jane.  After dinner, we headed back to the fair to partake of elephant ears and the rodeo.

Joseph is really into horses right now, so he loved every minute of the show.  Daddy and I tried to convince Jude that we should head home at about 8:30 p.m.  No dice--he wanted to stay to the very end, so that's what we did.  Thankfully, Auntie Em and Uncle Wade watched Rachel for us during our time at the fair (almost 8 hours).

The next day, the whole family enjoyed another party for Jude at his godparent's house.  We got to go swimming and grill hamburgers (Jude never gets tired of those) and birthday cake--chocolate, with cowboys on top.