farmington founder's festival

the horrible humidity finally left and just in time for the annual farmington founders festival. i decided to call mom and dad and see if they'd like to walk around with us just to get out of the house for bit. the agreed and we decided to meet up in a parking lot. as i was getting ready to leave i packed up the stroller, the baby bjorn, the snacks for hayden, the bottles and formula for talan, a change of clothes, diapers, a blanket...you know, all the essentials you would need for a 2 hour outing. i looked at my camera and thought....should i bring this? should i take pictures of our stroll in farmington today? i haven't blogged in awhile. we haven't done anything blog worthy enough. but then i decided not to take it. i mean, just because i'm getting out of the house and that's exciting to me doesn't mean the rest of america wants to see pictures of the walk i took and the snowcone i ate (i didn't even get a snowcone i'll have you know. they weren't open when we were in that area, and then when we were leaving i didn't feel like stopping for one and having to wait while hayden ate one and then yelled that he didn't want to go home again).
well, we got there and farmington had decided to kick the founder's festival up a few notches this year. so there were rides and such. blogging worthy attractions. i have to realize that i'm a blogger now. and being a blogger means i must carry my camera with me at all times. it's just my responsibility now. lucky for me, grandma was there with her camera.
so basically, we took a nice stroll, enjoyed the 70ish degree weather with no humidity, didn't eat snowcones and watched hayden ride rides for half the day.
photo copyrights go to susan kellogg. thanks for the help mom! the pictures are great, and america thanks you. seriously, what would my fine readers do if they couldn't see photos of hayden on more rides?!

on the roller coaster which later i was told was his favorite ride of the day:
again with the roller coaster:
after the fifth time or so he started putting his hands up going up the hill but would put them down once they started going down the hill. by the last time he went, he had his hands up for the entire ride. that's my boy:
the huge slide that he first referred to as the "big slide" only to correct himself and say "no, no. the fun slide. that's what the sign says at the top." yes my 4 year old hayden, that's what the sign said:
on the carousel:
i was a little afraid to put him on the swings as i thought once they got too high he might freak out and want to come down. mom was scared that he'd fall out. none of the above happened and he went again and again: