Harvest Fair

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We have just returned from the annual harvest fair. We managed to get our stuff together and be out there by about 10:30, because as we all know:

Vikings vs. Packers. And there's no way Hans is missing that.

He tried to pretend that he pulled a muscle as he was putting Annika into her carseat, but I still forced him to go to the harvest fair. I mean, what could be better on a sunny Sunday morning? A harvest fair full of screaming kids, cotton candy and crafts. Crafts, people! What red-blooded American male would want to watch football over spending the day looking at overpriced crafts with their families?

We'll see how his back turns out. Something tells me that when Brett Favre makes that much anticipated touchdown, he'll be jumping up and down in rage. Make no mistake, that touchdown will be made.

Josiah just said "Look at all those silly Vikings, they have food on their heads!!"

I'll just leave it up to you to imagine what Hans said to that one.

Comments

Anonymous said…
As Hans knows by now, the harvest thing was a WHOLE lot more fun than the Vikings game! Joe and Annie look like they had a great time...thanks for the pictures too!
October 1, 2007 at 4:20:00 PM GMT+2
Anonymous said…
I guess that this festival could have been some kind of a makeup for the Threshing Bee that got deluged out when you were here. Let us not go to those Vikings, I had to leave before the end as it was too painful to watch. They said that the Vikings have had 13 or 14 quarterbacks since Favre has been at Green Bay. Can you name his backup? I can't.
October 4, 2007 at 2:59:00 AM GMT+2
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