Circus

 Matt's friend, Doug, invited us to go to the circus with him and his little boy, Lucas.  He had some extra free kids tickets.  Stephan and his family also went.  We had a lot of fun- we all loved it!  

 While we waited for the show to start, we let the kids take a pony ride.

 Then we decided to go on an elephant ride.

This is the kids waiting excitedly for their turn.

 Matt took Rylee, Ashlyn, and Mercedes.

They thought it was pretty cool!

 Bradley didn't want to ride it, so he just watched the others with me and Stephan.

 Matt and Anna

 We had to get cotton candy, of course!

 And the biggest surprise of the night was when we won a bike!

Matt bought a program and entered to win a bike and we won!  Yes, we were all shocked.  We don't win much, so we were pretty excited.  They gave Matt a helmet and a gift card for Walmart so we could get the bike later.  Well, since Ashlyn already has a bike that works just fine, we decided to use the gift card for other things.  But it was still cool to win something!

 Ashlyn and Lucas watching intently.

 This one scared me to death.  He started on the platform which was high enough and then kept adding chairs- I thought he was going to fall.  It was a little windy too, so I was amazed that he did it!

 Rylee wanted a clown to make her something out of a balloon, but by the time Matt took Rylee down to get one, the clowns weren't there.  But there was an extra balloon lying on the ground, so she got it.  She was pretty excited just playing with the balloon not blown up.  But when Matt blew it up today she was even more excited.  And then Matt looked up how to make a dog, so she was pretty much the happiest girl ever!