Baseball, Picnics, and State Fairs...

Here are some photos of our most recent outings...

These first pictures are from July 4th weekend that I actually forgot to post before. Oops. Our cousin, Trevor, played baseball in Salem, so we went to watch. Trevor played great - way to go, buddy!

Cousin Trevor

Cousin (and coach) Greg

Start of the game - several Duddings (mom's family) are in the line up as coaches/players!

We had a quickly pulled together picnic at Greenhill Park a couple 

Sunday afternoons ago. The weather was great, the water was cool, 

the food was tasty, and the crowd was entertaining! 

Thanks, Cis, for the great idea!

Freddie loves when I take pictures, can you tell?

:-)

John, Peyton, and Kenzie and I went to the library then followed 

that up with a quick stop by Walrond Park. Aren't they CUTE?!

(Peyton is being Spiderman, by the way)

Our cousins, Autumn and Zachary, entered sheep into the 

WV State Fair again this year. So, we headed over to the fair this weekend to see them 

(and the rest of the fair) and had a blast.

We watched the sheep showing a while, played some games, 

rode some rides, and of course, at some yummy fair food!

Peyton stepped in poop right off the bat! LOL

Autumn and one of her sheep

Me and Kenz :-)

Zachary and one of his sheep

This is the look John usually gives me when I talk to him.

Ugh. I mean, can I get a SMILE please?!

Well, there's half of one!

Kenzie did a little weaving

Steak and cheese sandwich with the works for Chel! 

And for me too!
No, we didn't share...we each had our own. YUMMMM!

Gametime!

 John was REALLY enjoying the games with his sister and brother. ;-)

 He tried REALLY hard to climb that latter. Maybe next time, Lil P!

Freddie gave it a try...ALMOST made it to the top! :-)

Still enjoying the games...

Zachary showing his pair of sheep. He won THIRD PLACE 

in this round. Woo!

Autumn showing her pair

We walked around the animals barns...Complete with Llamas

huge cows...

a massive bull (can you tell these three were on edge?! Hahahahhhah!)...

babies!...

 (this one was born at 4am the same day!)

 (this cow is birthing a calf right there!)

I thought this was a very clever play on words. The MOOternity! 

 and huge, beautiful horses!

Time to ride!

Peyton got off this one before it started...still a little too much for right now. 

Kenzie had a blast, though!

Now we're talking. That's more the right speed. :-)

He liked it so much he rode it once more...with me :-)

Here's a video of Peyton playing his favorite game: 

Water at the target to make the balloon pop. He is FOCUSED during this game. 

Do NOT mess with him!