What an adventure!!

Yesterday Mike and I took the kids to the Rockingham County Fairgrounds. Mike won tickets from the radio to the Big Game Show they were hosting there. The kids were free so our admission was cost free. The main purpose of the show was for hunters and outdoor people, but our reason for going was the fact that the monster truck, Virginia Giant, was there giving free rides. Ever since taking him to a monster truck show last summer, Ryan has been a HUGE fan of the monster trucks. He was quite excited about it!

After getting our van stuck in the out of control mud, in the grassy, melting snow plowed parking area (there were two tractors there pulling people out of the mess),

Mike and the kids got on the Virginia Giant truck. The ride was pretty quick, but they LOVED it!!!

Once they finished their ride, we went inside to the Game Show. They had some baby bear cubs, a wolf, mountain lion and tiger cubs too. The kids enjoyed watching the bears. They were playing, but the other cubs were just resting.

We went by the new Transformers edition Camaro, that was on display, it looks like Bumblebee from the movie. Ryan was in complete awe! He kept talking about how if Bumblebee transformed he would be so tall and would poke a hole in the roof. He kept asking about it transforming and notified us that he wanted to have this car. :) We think he thinks it WAS Bumblebee. :) After getting balloon animals, we headed home. What a fun day!!

Monster Truckin

Thanks to one of our great neighbors, we had free tickets to the Monster Truck Show in Fishersville Friday night. We are not big Monster Truck fans, but I thought Ryan would really enjoy going. Mike had to work so going as a family was not an option.

We were given 4 tickets, but felt Lydia and Emily would not enjoy it as a result of the noise. Once we arrived and heard that it was not as

noisy as I thought it would be. I think they would

have been fine. They ended up staying with my

parents and my friend Rabia and her daughter,

Frances (she is Ryan's age) went with us. Her little boy, Henry, tagged along too. He sat on Rabia's lap and hung with us (wanting to sleep towards the end) really well the entire time. Plus, his admission was free :). Ryan and Frances really enjoyed the trucks! They both knew who Gravedigger was and I really pushed him liking Virginia Giant. This same great neighbor gave us a poster of Virginia Giant that I gave him the next day. VERY EXCITED!

Henry's "ear plugs" :)

We found that these shows have a lot of down time. The trucks themselves do not run that much. There is a lot of "entertainment skits" that are done between heats. Megasaurus was part of the entertainment. It was a "transformer" that "ate" a car. Ryan LOVED it!!

We did not get back to my parents house until 11:30 and did not get home and in the bed until 12:30, but it was fun and Ryan was pretty excited to get his Gravedigger pennant.