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Gotta show San Juan being represented at the State Fair for all my Monticello and Blanding friends and Family. :D

State Fair Work and Fun

Sept 8-18 was the Utah State Fair and my good friend Karen was able to hook me up with a job working as a ticket taker. THANK YOU AGAIN KAREN!!!!I hadn't been to the State Fair since I was a little girl. It was a lot of fun. I made some friends, saw A LOT of interesting people (Some I really wish I could inconspicuously taken pictures of) and overall had a great time. I spent all 11 days of the fair at the fair. I had Tuesday and Thursday off because of my 5-6:30 math class. But we also got free tickets to go, so James waited for me to get out of class and we headed down over to check out some things. I got to see friends and family too. Lexi and Jon (my niece and her fiance) came down to help Jon's mom. She was participating in a couple of the cook out contests. I got to spend my lunch time with them and even a little time after I got off work.In those 11 days I did eat too much fair food, but didn't get a chance to try any of the extremely unique items like I wanted to. But hey there's always next year. :) But I think some of my favorite times at the fair was getting off work and just walking around taking everything in before I headed home. Some days were hard and the whole thing was kinda exhausting. But overall it was really great. Here are some pictures of my 11 day adventure. Some are with my phone because I didn't have my camera when I wandered.This little guy sat just like this on his blacklegs looking around at everyone. He was so cute.Sea lion showMy gate supervisor Darren. Such a nice guy.When we would come into work the ladies in the office would always have little treats for us. I was working the Saturday that the big rivalry BYU/Utah game was on. These were our treats for the day. :)

Labor Day update

My parents decided to stay an extra day and they came up to spend labor day with us. Since my dad realy likes planes. we decided to take them to the Hill Aerospace Museum.I have been to the outside of the museum plenty of times, but never inside. So I was excited to finally go in. Oh and getting back to normal Kristene tradition...I took A LOT of photos. here are a few...

3rd Annual Family BBQ

In 2009 I decided it would be fun to try and get the family together with my dad's side of the family and have a BBQ. It was a success so we decided to keep it going. 2011 marks the 3rd year and even though my dad's side of the family couldn't make it (i.e. the Peck Family) we decided to continue the tradition anyway. So on Sept 3rd we all headed to the same park in Riverton and continue the celebration. This year James and I brought our newly acquired gas grill (thanks Nikki & Justin) to make things a little easier. We all had a great time. The kids loved the splash pad and even tried to start a water fight. Which quickly went downhill when the adults they kept dumping cups full of water decided to retaliate. There was baseball, football, and extreme Frisbee enjoyed by most. :) All in all it was a great day. Oh and my nieces FIANCE was able to join the festivities. :) So excited for them. Here's some fun pictures of the day. (P.S. I didn't get very many pictures since I accidentally dropped my camera in a small puddle. :( it survived after a useful rice tip from my sister. The man on the left is our newest family member. My niece Lexi's fiance. :) Congrats again to them.The number 1 cause of broken legs for children? SLIDES! Beware the Slide.All that playing is hard work. Thanks to my family for joining in and helping out by bringing food. next year same place..maybe same time. :)