Caleb Baker, 10 months, thoroughly enjoyed playing with a straw, much to the amusement of his grandfather, Phill.
Nicholas Bartoszek, right, celebrated a 10th place finish in the swine show with friends Kylie Duquette of Myakka City Elementary School and fellow Nolan Middle School students Ashley Huddleston and Jerod Ballard.
Darrius Breveard dished out sirloin tip steaks to hungry fair-goers.
Fair-goers enjoyed a smorgasbord of food.
Midway rides lit up the skyline around the fair.
Makayla Fredenburg, 6, Gina Alvarez, 8, and Mariah Fredenburg, 9, enjoyed dinner with their families.
Ricardo Gayosso, 3, enjoyed the midway with his mother, Lorena Hernandez.
FFA students Jennifer Greene, Harlee Maddox and Olivia White all attend Lakewood Ranch High School.
Missy Hartley of Publix demonstrated how to decorate wedding cakes.
Myakka City Elementary student Hunter Hickman, 11, showed his 4-month-old calf, Pickle.
Haile Middle School students Michaela Hostetler, Zoe Soler and Beth Clemniecki all had pigs in the fair.
Chloe Huth, 5, with her grandmother Debbie Roberts, was mesmerized by the Pirates of the Colombian Caribbean show.
Four-year-old Ali Karst enjoyed looking at the art exhibit.
Five-year-old Brook Strickland, front, rode the carousel with her cousin, Hope Kennedy.
Dianna Lebel, a student at the State College of Florida, gave her best shot at the ladder climb.
Cameron Vickers, 8, made it to the next round of the Kids Tractor Pull.
