Tuesday, we had made plans with one of our friends to visit the State Fair. It was looking to be a wonderful day, and just before we left we were running a meal over to a couple in our church who just had a baby. As we got everything packed and our hands were full to walk out the door, it started raining. Nothing big, just steady rain.
Since it is "Skirtember," I was wearing one of my favorite dresses and planning to wear some cute flats. Well, I'm sure most of you know as well as I do that suede flats and rain don't mix. We were pretty sure that based on how quickly the storm happened that it would leave just as quickly and we'd be back to normal...except the ground would be wet. I decided to change clothes.
I felt that the weather was confusing, so just to be safe I decided to go change into a tshirt and shorts. When I came back outside about a minute later it started hailing probably quarter sized hail.
There it is starting to hail...
Now it's really hailing...
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| "Should we stay, or should we go now? If we go there will be trouble....." |
After the hail, the wind got crazy...so I took a video.
(In case you're from another part of this earth, this is what Oklahomans do when we have weird weather. We go on the front porch and watch or take pictures and videos to prove that our state's weather is psycho.)
Wow, glad we weren't already at the state fair when THAT happened!
Just to make this clear, it was sunny 10 minutes before I took this video, and it was sunny again 5 minutes after I took this video.
Just to make this clear, it was sunny 10 minutes before I took this video, and it was sunny again 5 minutes after I took this video.
Finally, the rain stopped. We gathered our things and left...and because I was still confused about what to wear (feeling bad I was betrying skirtember, obviously) I brought 3 possible pairs of shoes and the dress I had been wearing earlier.
Here is the logic behind the shoes I brought...
Unfortunately in Oklahoma, we may never truly be able to answer those questions, so I brought them all!
The Oklahoma State Fair
Luckily, the weather cleared up, we made it to the state fair, and the Oklahoma sunset was beautiful...as always.
The boys examining the fried food coupons...
The ground was wet! Glad I chose the boat shoes!
Colorful lights and wet streets just capture the nostalgic side of me. I love it!
Color, color, everywhere. That's why we say OklaHOME.
Do you see that GIANT pumpkin???!!! It weighs 209 pounds!
That's almost 100 pounds more than me!
Tyler examining the 4H kids rock and fossil collections...his hobby.
At this point the fair was closing and they kicked us out.
Did you guys realize how worth it those coupon books you can buy there are? We got Indian Tacos and Cinnamon Rolls....and they were so yummy and unhealthy I could feel my arteries clogging with each delicious bite I took.
Woohoo state fair!
