Pumpkin Show 2008

Another Pumpkin Show has come to an end. I absolutely love Pumpkin Show. My feet are liking it less and less each year though.

This year's biggest pumpkin was 1375.5 lbs. This is the girls in front of the 2 biggest.

Upon seeing me take a picture of Vanessa and Harley, Adrienne looked up at me as if to say "hey, why aren't you taking MY picture?" So here she is...

Here is Vanessa, Harley and Adrienne watching a drum corp concert.
Here is Tony with Adrienne and Olivia. Olivia is 2 months younger than Mo. She is the daughter of our oldest niece.
Here is a view from the big ferris wheel. I don't think the 3 of us (Vanessa, Harley and me) will be able to ride in the same carriage next year.

Here are Vanessa and Harley on the kiddie ferris wheel. Just before this picture some little boy snatched Harley's tickets. My brother grabbed him and got them back.

This year was hard because the girls are getting too big for the kiddie rides but are not yet big enough for the big rides. They want to ride them but I would have to ride with them. We have rode the big Viking Boat. They wanted to ride the Round Up. I never liked that ride so I'm dodging it. They wanted to ride what I call the 'Star'. It has enclosed cages, it goes around and around and you control whether it goes upside-down or not. Or at least that's what is supposed to happen. It was my favorite ride when I was growing up. Since the girls were tall enough I decided I would take them, one at a time, on the ride. I wasn't going to go upside down with them, I figured it would be too much. Vanessa was first to go with me. I wanted the bar to be as far down as possible for her safety. It was against my leg and stomach but not so tight I couldn't move. The ride starts off. She's okay with it. I was able to keep it from going upside down. It was a completely different story once they got all of the people on and it started going around fast. It went upside down, Vanessa freaked out, which made me freak out. It's a lot harder to control than you think. When I was a kid, I wanted to it go upside. My friend Kathy and I used to hold the lever so we be upside down on top and right-side up on the bottom of the ride. That didn't work with Vanessa. I yelled at the operator to stop. I yelled 4 times around. He got mad, stopped the ride and made everyone get off. What a nice guy! Vanessa has now sworn off the Star ride and most other big rides. I didn't take Harley on the ride. I was in a lot of pain. See, the bar was apparently TOO close to my legs and belly. I now have ENORMOUS, purple and black, bruises on my upper legs and across my belly. It looks like I was in a bad car accident. I have never had bruises hurt so much. I can barely have material touch my legs. To wrap things up, Mama ain't riding no more rides!

Only 367 days til the next Pumpkin Show!!