Birthdays and Bull Riding?!?

Saturday we had a lazy morning and waited for the rest of our crew to join us. Heather, Cameron, Lori, Tim, Kristen, Emily, Marr, Jacinda, Dom, Aaron and his daughter Hannah we all expected to arrive after 10am. Heather and Cam arrived first followed by my partner in crime Lori and family which included taylors BFF from the cruise Kristen. Marr and clan didn't make it to Bubbas before leaving for lunch but they were going to meet us at the restaurant. It was a big birthday party for Dom (5), Emily and Brooke (both 6) at a local pizza place. The kids played video games, ate pizza and impatiently waited for marr and clan to show up. Luckily she made it just before we were going to cut the cake without them. The birthday kids had a great time and happily opened their presents.
Thanks for the cake BandV! It was great. After lunch we headed over to the beach to park and take the shuttle to the Ventura County Fair. This is where the fun began. Carnie food and lots of it. I was not feeling so great from all the crap I had eaten over the weekend, but I had to have funnel cake. We all split up and hit different parts of the fair. Lori and I took Kristen and taylor to the big rides first. Then we found tim and emily and went off to find the livestock. I went to my very first rodeo and saw the bull riders.
I was impressed. My first rodeo...so many people who would be impressed by that! After the rodeo we finally found the livestock. I took pictures of the grand champion heifer and swine and we walked around and saw all of the other animals. Then Lori took emily to use the last of her tickets. Tim and I and the kids found everyone else sitting down and we got my funnel cake, corn dog and beer and relaxed. We all decided it was time to leave and headed back on our special yellow bus shuttle to the beach. We took some time at the beach to let the kids run around and play in the sand. It was a beautiful evening and the kids had a great time. Then we headed back to the house to start our evening of reminising of vacations past. Of course it included drinking and plans for our next vacation. Repo anyone!? Summer 2010! We had to say goodbye to heather, cam, lori, tim, kristen and emily as they were just down for the day.
Taylor, kristen and emily. too cute!

It was sad to see them go but it was great to see them! Our night ended a little later than the previous night but we were all tore up and tired and bed was calling our names!