Wordless Wednesday

County Fair 2012

Our County fair was a week ago

It was about 107 degrees for 3 days of our fair

It actually cooled off to 85ish on Saturday evening

Then there was lightning

and Thunder

and eventually some of that wet stuff

RAIN

about a 1/2 inch to be exact

Not complaining but stating a fact

it hardly settled the dust

we'll take more

anytime

CB ended up the Grand Champion Intermediate Showman

I was a bit surprised

He did good...I thought he could have done better

sorry, just keeping it real here...

but apparently the judge thought it was good enough

I about fell over when he went over and handed CB the

GRAND Champ BUCKLE!

This is CB's lamb #39. See, our boys are past the point of naming their lambs

They are simply called a number. Their ear tag to be exact.

It's almost James Bond like.

Or not.

{smile}

ZB moved to Senior Showmanship this year.

It's a bit more competitive...to say the least.

He assured us he was ready.

He was.

But his flashy little ewe, #13 was not.

See how she is squatting in this pic?

NOT COOL

She literally just had a come-a-part as the judge put his hand on her

Not sure what her problem was.

Maybe the heat???

Who knows. Unfortunately that little incident cost him.

He never got a second look.

There is always next year right?

CB and #39

Rock stars in Showmanship!

Did I mention it was about 110 on Friday night?

ZB and #13 again.

This time, we're NOT in showmanship class

We are in the crossbred market class-lightweights

 

She was pretty enough to win her class!

(it really isn't a beauty contest)

 

She was good enough to be

Crossbred champ overall!

JB and I were shocked...we knew she wasn't very big

but our sheep kind of quit eating for the last month...

it's just been too hot..

We thought 2nd Blue would be ok

they never pick the lightweight lambs for champs

NOT! 

 Here is the judge telling ZB he needs to take her to the State Fair

We can't.  They had to be registered back in June.  Who knew.

ZB had both of his lambs in the Grand Champion drive.

Pretty cool year for us.

Considering we started out with 5 lambs

Ended up with 3

(death loss was high this year)

That were not as big as they should have been

Because they didn't want to eat

Because it was too hot

Because we are in a drought

Because....

Fair.

Glad to see it come, glad to see it go.

Hard to believe we are about to start another 4-H year

ZB's 9th...CB's 6th

Great news @County Fair

I am a proud momma of a Grand Champion Intermediate Sheep Showman...AND
a Crossbred Champion Lamb...well, I'm not the momma of the lamb LOL
But...My oldest did GREAT with his lightweight ewe...she was the breed Champ!

Sorry...no pics...yet.  I'm home for just a bit and had a few extra minutes to share, the camera with all the pics...is still at the camper {grin}

Life is flying on by fast and furious...our fair will be over on Tuesday and then it's time to get serious about filling out enrollment papers for school {sad face}

More to come later...and pics.

Have a blessed Sunday folks...we are off to 4-H church at our fair!
p.s.  we got a half inch of rain last night~hallelujah! Thankful for anything we get!
Oh yea...and it's not 110 either...it is 70 ish this morning...only going to be 95ish today.

Check it out!!

Check this out...I've been FEATURED.  Pretty exciting stuff I think~check out this blog...these girls are doing a great job of featuring agriculture in many aspects.  I have enjoyed reading all of their features and I encourage you to do the same!

Thank you Faces of Agriculture!!

wordless Wednesday

BeForE and AfTeR

This is looking south~the wall on the right made

a very small hallway and two small living rooms

Looking north in the hallway~toward the kitchen

Behind that wall on the left is the HUGE built in cabinet

Just a pic of the living room with NO paneling!!

Was already brighter with bare sheetrock

Looking north now...this is my living room. The wall is GONE

The cabinet has been moved to the far right against the wall

SO much better!!

Looking into my kitchen(north)

Before

Looking north again! MUCH BETTER

I don't seem to have a great "after pic"

will do that

More south living room~the removal of the wall.

Same as above

Before the wall was removed and the built in was moved

Oops a duplicate pic and I can't make it go away

The living room now. behind the clock on the shelf was the laundry

room door.  That room is now a big linen closet/storage.

More to come later...but we are almost done!  One door lacks trim and a couple of other little things to be done.  LOVE my new floors and all of it...oh so very thankful it's done.

LiFe

is busy
is good
is frustrating
has me wondering sometimes
can be blessed
goes too fast
is dry and hot
without Jesus is not good
takes turns we don't expect
is such a gift
is full of surprises
sometimes ends to soon
is a miracle
can be beautiful





I am a major blog slacker, non posting, can't even find the computer kind of gal.
My house is sooooooo close to being finished.  Carpet should be done today.
I am beyond ready.  I have many pics to share.  I will post them. Eventually.
Stay tuned.