VIP for a night...

The Iowa State fair is not a must see for me for so many reasons...

1.) It is hot, typically the hottest part in the Iowa summer, and I don't enjoy being in large crowdes walking around looking at livestock while over heating.

2.) It is SO expensive. To park. To get in. To have something on a stick or to drink sugar water or water.

3.) Lets just say that the Iowa State fair does not bring out the best that Des Moines has to offer, it's almost like Wal Mart

exploded for 10 days on the east side of Des Moines.

4.) There is not really a whole lot I care to see...

I mean great there is a cow over 3,000 lbs. I see dinner for the next year for me and my friends.

You can't go to the fair and not see the butter cow and whatever the theme of the year is out of butter... BEHOLD the butter cow and Dr. Seuss theme set... I am sure that was his dieing wish..please make a display of my greatest books out of butter for all of Iowa to see.

My thoughts on the state fair can pretty much be summed up by saying if you have never been, new to Iowa it is a good thing to go check out. Every year, for 10 days in a row, I will pass.

However this year was different and since I

have not been to the fair in a few years (ok like 8ish) it was time to give it a go around. A parishioner got free tickets into the fair, free parking IN the fair grounds and free tickets to see Mercy Me and Newsboys in the 7th row on the floor and thought that he would share them with some of the Youth Ministry kids, and active adults. This took care of a few of the things that I dislike about the fair, Parking - CHECK!, getting in - CHECK!, it was the hottest day of the fair with the heat index of 105 but two out of three things is not bad! And check out the eye candy on the lead singer of Newsboys, I was having hot flashes and it had nothing to do with how hot it was outside. It was a great evening with good friends, great music (other then Mercy Me and the base) and I got to try a bite of a fried snickers on a stick. It was great to feel like a VIP for an evening and even better that I got to share it with some amazing kids, and rockin adults! I will look forward to the next fair trip in 2018.

***Please note I took none of these pictures myself, thanks friends for taking pictures for me to illustrate my points.***