3 fun things lately...

First off, the State Fair. Cole and I drove up earlier this month on a Sunday afternoon with a fun group of friends. t was, well, the fair. Need I say too much more?! This was my first visit since I was a little girl. Should I mention that Daddy took me to the last one to see Billy Ray Cyrus in concert?! I was crazy about his music... embarrassing, I know! Talking about being vulnerable!

Chocolate-Dipped Banana with Peanuts

Ferris Wheel

I have never seen so much fried food in my life. I did try my share of food, but resorted to the healthiest thing I could find...a chocolate-covered frozen banana rolled in peanuts. That's pretty sad! We did the usual rides...the ferris wheel and the high swings and it was SO fun! Although I am normally a sucker for crazy rides, I realized for the first time how DANGEROUS they are. As a kid I guess danger doesn't really cross your mind. I never thought about the fact that you just fold and pack these rides right up, drive them to the next stop, and normal people that can make mistakes put them right back together. To me this is different than the stationary ones at theme parks. You better believe I wasn't getting on the pirate ship, drop zone, and roller coasters.  The sandcastle below was the highlight of my time at the fair. Isn't it cool?! It reminded me of the huge sandcastle they build at the Holiday Festival of Lights each year and got me excited about it already!!

Sandcastle

The second fun event this week was the Wycliff Bible Dinner sponsored by our church. Our Bible Study group attended the dinner and presentation. Wycliff is a Bible-translation ministry, and we really learned a lot about the progress to achieve the goal to have a Bible in each "mother tongue" of the whole world. We have about 2, 000 more to go. It made me really appreciate that I have a Bible that I can read, understand, and use to learn about the Lord and pray to Him. Our Bible Study is studying the book of Acts and learning how the church first spread from Jerusalem to around the world, so it was so neat to see a bigger picture of what that is looking like today!! See Molly's blog for more details about the organization. 

Bible Study Girls (minus a few). 

This mission is a great place to give. See other great places here.


The third fun event was a Charleston harbor cruise through Captain's Source with Marian and Josh (my sister and her bf). This was a groupon from Mom, and I believe the best one we have used yet!

Patriot's Point was our point of departure on the sailboat. I was fascinated to find out that it is the permanent home of our captain and his wife!! There were eight of us total for the cruise, and we fit quite comfortably on the 50 foot boat. We enjoyed a 2 and a 1/2 hour cruise around the harbor and up the Ashley River complete with chicken tenders, crackers, and complimentary wine. 

 We were free to move throughout the boat throughout the cruise with the only stipulation that we lay down flat when we tacked and the jib switched sides. It was pretty fun angle to experience it from!

 It was a beautiful and pleasant place to enjoy the sunset over Charleston.

As it was getting dark we witnessed the coast guard practicing recovery with a boat and helicopter. It was an extra bonus to see this up close!

I needed some R&R!!!

I would definitely recommend this ride to anyone. I am not sure how much it normally costs, but with the groupon, it was a steal! The couple was so friendly and fun to be around, and it was definitely more like a local experience rather than a touristy one.