A Busy, yet Joyful Weekend

The Newbern Fair is a big deal around here.  This year Delaney's dance class (to earn money for competition) and Cailin and Delaney's Drama class both had booths at the fair to earn money and give awareness to their upcoming projects.  (The drama class will be presenting The Suessified Romeo and Juliet )

I made pepperoni swirl bread for the dance class and flower headbands for the drama class to sell. Cailin had a great time (forgot to get her photo) helping at the booth for the Drama class.

Delaney, Liam, Brianne and I decided to skip the cost of the Newbern Fair and head over to Fairlawn to the church of a friend (Renee East) and participate in their church's fall festival.

Ever since summer camp, when Delaney struggled to overcome her fears of getting on a horse, she's been wanting to try again....her day came!  How joyful she was to get up and ride this horse!

These three enjoyed a bouncy house, hotdog lunch and horse back riding.....until the ever joyful Brianne TOTALLY LOST IT!!!  

When it was her time to get off the horse, to let someone else ride it....she became unhinged, unglued,  unhappy....completely UN joyful!  She proceeded to throw a tantrum that last over 20 to 30 minutes.  I did all the usual tricks to calm her.  BUT SHE WOULD HAVE NONE OF IT!!!

She wanted back on that horse and THAT WAS THAT!!

Needless to say, that was the end of that joyous activity.  We went home.

Liam was thrilled....full of JOY to be up on a horse for the first time in his life!

Back at home, Connor enjoyed some time with his friend Daxton while Ryan had fun playing Pathfinder at Game Quest in Radford.

Sunday morning...bright and joyful....We had stake Conference.  Lately we've been able to go to our ward building for a satellite broadcast from the stake center but this time we needed to go to Pembroke because Ryan was going to be ordained an Elder in the Melchizedek Priesthood.

Fall picture time......Cailin 13

 Liam 6

 Delaney 9

 Ryan 18

Brianne 3

Connor 15