perfect end to a perfect day (cliffhanger resolved)

the trouble with a cliffhanger ending, i have learned, is that it does put a lot of pressure on the next post. i mean, with all that anticipation i feel like i should be announcing that i met jake gyllenhaal in a gas station in vernal and now we're engaged, or something equally magnificent. but really the perfect end to our perfect day was that, on our way home, we stumbled upon the most perfect small town parade in duschene.

disappointed? well, it was no jake gyllenhaal, but it was still pretty much the best thing ever. it was everything you might expect from a small town parade, including a high school band, pretty girls on pretty horses and children who probably can't even walk driving four-wheel vehicles.








there was also candy! so much candy! just flying through the air. we did pretty well, but not as well as the kids next to us. there were pretty aggressive, and if you check out their stash, i think you'll agree that it paid off.







but, did the fun end there? of course not! we learned from the people standing next to us that it wasn't just a parade. there was a fair! a real life, small town fair. which is my favorite kind. it was cousin bucky's first fair, so i think you can imagine how excited he was.







after i completely mortified myself dancing along to the music of some completely lame and untalented band, we settled down to a delicious dinner of fair food, one of my favorite kinds of food, and luckily one of heidi's, too. even heather broke her no-wheat, no-sugar, no-dairy rule (you kind of have to with fair food) and joined us.

we started with dutch over potatoes...









... then a red dog, which was really just an oddly-colored hot dog (don't ask, don't tell, right?)...



and finished it off with funnel cake, the ultimate in small town fair indulgence.





so, not jake gyllenhaal down on one knee (maybe if i keep typing it, it will come true), but not a bad perfect ending, wouldn't you say?