Tulip Festival 2008 with Papa & Grandma Sandy

My dad and stepmom Sandy came to visit last weekend. We did some projects around the house, hung out, on Sunday Sandy and I tried out some new recipes, and the best part - Saturday we went to the Tulip Festival. There's so much for the kids to do, Ainsleigh hardly cared about the flowers, although I have to say they didn't impress me near as much this year as they did last year. The weather was not very cooperative for them, so the fields didn't look as good - but it's still really cool to see all the different varieties. Here are some of the super fun things we did out there...
Played with the duck races


Played in the straw area jungle gym thing. Ainsleigh kept stepping into the cracks between the hay and would get very concerned when her foot would sink in.


The famous horse swings - she went on them 4-5 different times, but we could never get her to actually look at the camera for a picture with her favorite thing.

Visited with the birds - she thought they were cool - like the mommy macaw on Diego. She also would say she wanted to hold one, but then would get too scared to.


Went on the jumpy toy in helicopter land - she like the car a lot.

And even for a horsey ride - this one gave the swing a run for it's money on being the favorite, she kept wanting to go back and do it again, so we tried to just stay out of the immediate area. Like any other time she's in or on something moving - she held on really tight. She wouldn't even think about letting go to wave at daddy for the camera. The whole time she just kept saying, "riding horsey."


We rode the cow train - she thought it was really exciting when we drove through mud puddles.

Posed for pictures with the fun things they had their.

This is my favorite picture - it's a keeper.

And took pictures with the family out in the flower fields.

with Papa & Grandma Sandy

our family

It was a really fun day, pretty tiring. We ate lunch before we left and she fell asleep in the car on the way home. No better way to tire yourself out than playing with family!