Just one of the carnies

Every year over the 4th of July Franklin holds their town carnival. Papa Michael is the co-chair of the carnival and usually also runs the booth sponsored by the Franklin Democratic Committee. This year his daughter Kristen is pretty much in charge of the booth. Every year Lincoln and I volunteer to help at the booth which sells bottled water, pizza, and calzones. While Lincoln and I work the booth Shani takes the kids around on all the rides. She works out a deal with the real carnies that in exchange for food they let her (and the kids) go on rides for free. It's a great deal. Today Hunter, Tracy, and Cheryl joined us and the kids had a blast. Here is a picture of Hannah and Hunter on "The Crazy Bus" ride.

While the kids had a blast, and Jake was even excited that he was tall enough to go on the swing ride right before we left, it didn't end on the best note. Jake ended up throwing up in the car on the way home. Luckily he made it into the trash bucket so there wasn't any real mess. Obviously we need to keep him off the wild wides for awhile. Hannah, on the other hand, LOVES them. She's quite the little daredevil at the carnival.

Here is a picture of Jake and Hannah on the ride that eventually did Jake in....