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Our State Fair is the Best State Fair--Sing With Me Now

We've been busy with fall stuff--back to school, fairs, etc. Lovin' the corn on the cob, and Phoebe is loving eating it without braces.


We always enjoy our Sunday  night visits in Sugar City. Here's some of the usual shenanigans.






On Labor Day, Kory and I took Chloe and Caleb to Victor--everyone else had to work or had other plans. We took some 4-wheeler rides, ate ribs, visited, and enjoyed the beauty of Victor. Caleb felt the need for a nap. It was actually pretty chilly up in Victor that day.





Friday we got Isaac checked in up on campus, took him to lunch, and then later went to the parent/student meetings. BYUI does a good job of orienting students. After the meetings were over, we waited while Isaac auditioned for Men's Choir and he was SO HAPPY that he made it. That has been his biggest hope all summer, because he loves listening to the BYU Men's Choir. We weren't too teary dropping him off since he's taking a class from each of us this semester, so we'll be able to keep an eye on him. 


Today we enjoyed the state fair. Kory decided to really take his life in his hands and try the chicken-fried bacon. It was a decision he regretted more and more throughout the day. Then we enjoyed some Mexican corn and a surprisingly delicious carmel dipped Twizzler, but then I'm a licorice girl.


Kory, later that night, taking his Tums



I visit teach a spunky, amazing 93-year-old woman, so I always check out her preserves at the fair. Here's one of her blue ribbons. 


After the fair, we headed to Rigby for our Browning family reunion. Kory thought he wouldn't know anyone there outside of our family, but he ran into a cousin, an old student, some old EFY counselors, and a current student. (It's a small world.) We had lunch at the park in Rigby and visited. Jerry shared some pictures and stories of Grandma and Grandpa Browning and the family.



After that, we went out to Annis to the old Browning homestead. They had to tear down Grandma's house for safety reasons, but they salvaged some of the wood and are building this little picnic shelter, and made a cool flagpole with bricks representing each of the family members and then their descendants writing their names in the cement. We did some family pics, which, at this point, was just me and Kory and mom and dad.



After that we had dinner with Kory's family at Chuk-o-rama and then went to the evening session of stake conference. Busy, busy day!

LaRell here with our two grand-kids, his great grand-kids.

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  1. KelleySeptember 11, 2016 at 8:38 PM

    Wow! I can't believe all the stuff you packed into one day! I love the food pics! Once, I ate a deep fried Twinkie and later I thought I needed to go to the ER. Not recommended. What a fun, busy, active, full life you live!

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