The Kansas State Fair.
The Kansas State Fair is much more than livestock judging and tractors. It's a wonderland of rides, all things fried and gooey, and just good old fashioned family fun.
However, the State Fair is so much more than that to our family. My husband's grandfather served on the State Fair Board for many years. My mother-in-law (which I am very blessed to be able to say I get along with wonderfully and have a very dear friendship with) spent her childhood summers at the State Fair with her family. Later, as she began her own family, she then took her children to the State Fair each year. My husband has many, many memories of exploring the State Fair with his grandfather as he served his duties on the Fair Board.
Sadly, I never met my husband's grandfather, for he passed before I even met my husband. But his memory lives on in the family, and we did not think twice about loading up the car and taking the little man to the fair.
While not as interested in the animals as I thought he would be, little man spent the day laughing and riding all of the kiddie rides, eating ice cream and batting his little blue eyes and Nana and Grandpa when he saw a toy for sale he thought he needed.
{Which, of course, worked wonderfully.}
And at the end of the day, when we had had our fill of ice cream and funnel cakes, we loaded up the car and made the trek home.
And with that, the love the State Fair was instilled in the fourth generation of our family.
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I always loved going to the fair!!We were only about 30 minutes away, so we went multiple times some years. My favorite foods were the Pronto Pups and the fresh root beer. I didn't realize KK's State Fair roots; very cool.
Did it rain? My dad always says, "it always rains during fair week."
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