Ohio State Fair

We survived.

The kids had fun (heck, we had a blast).

We started off with lots of late nights before show day practicing in the show ring (and a trip down to Columbus for Jessie and I at 5:30 in the morning on Wednesday).....

We said going down there that we weren't going to win it all but were going for the learning experience and to have fun.

I think we succeeded.

Jessie ended up 12th in showmanship out of 26 and 10th in the market hog class out of 17. And she ended up 11th out of 30 on the swine skillathon.

And no - I didn't get lots of pictures. I was to busy enjoying it. And biting my nails while watching her show. We rented a camper for the days we were there - which was such a blessing. There was 15 people in our "group" - we ate way to much, stayed up way to late and had way to much fun. We also rented a golf cart - it was a very, very long way from the campgrounds to the pig barn - a 5 min. trip one way on the golf cart.

Tyler did get to show in the open show on Sunday - he didn't place but he is ready to do it again.

I think he could end up being a better showman than his sister.

The best thing about the past week? Jessie came home last night fired up to work with her pigs and her steer for our County Fair. She knows what she needs to work on now and is anxious to get started......

Caught Up

I am certainly NOT all caught up, but I thought I was for a brief period in time!!!

Saturday morning found us hurrying up to get all of our errands done. THere was a party to go to with lots of this:

And this:

You get the idea.

Sunday I spent working around the house - the cleaning, cooking, washing that I specifically tell the babysitters not to mess with.

But I finished Flair. And I love it.

Not the best photo but hopefully I'll get some better ones tonight. I started another sweater right away. This is giving me LOTS of sitting in the sun time.

And THANK YOU for all of your good wishes concerning our trial. It was continued to August 28th due to a scheduling error with the Court. We are still hopeful, but I am SO READY for this garbage to be over.

Have a great day

Kris

Weekend work

We (ahem, rather TODD) turned this:

(Asphalt grindings from a recent-road-resurfacing- around-the-corner-dirt-cheap-turned-into-barn-flooring to prevent a pond in the barn when it rains).

Into this:




Which we will stack our roundbales on once it is packed down (eventually the whole barn floor will be like this - no more mud).

And we finally got calves weaned, which I will post about later. And I worked out in my garden, and we had friends and Grandparents over for dinner both nights. But that has been it for the weekend.

And of course, it was so stinking hot, we had to do this as well:




Kris