Well, we are home from the fair and finished washing and putting everything away from our super extended stay away from home. This past week, we went to the Downey fair on Monday. We retured from a 6 day vacation to Oregon and Washington which was preceeded by 5 days of house sitting for a friend here in Pocatello. Too long for me to be away from home! Makes me tired and cranky!
Erika did a great job at the fair again this year. She won the rosette for her scrapbook and got a blue on her record book, her leather work, her fitting and showing for her lamb and her bucket calf and a blue for quality on her calf. She had a couple of red ribbons. Her cookies were a little dry. (They tasted good to me!) and her lamb was a little roly poly. (He fit really well in this family! We could all do with a little more excericise and a little less cookies!)
It was good to be home and go to church. It sures makes me feel like I am missing out when I miss my home church.
My neice Courtney stayed with us at the fair. Good times. She is just enough older than Erika that Erika is wiped out by the end of the day by hanging out with her. She is crashed hard again today! Sleeping off the running non stop.
We had to sell Erika's calf and it looks like it was a project to teach the kids all about the hard facts of life. The buyer that was going to buy the bucket calves did not pay as much for the dairy breeds so 6 of the 9 kids that had the project are bound to have lost money. It cost more to raise them and sell them at this age than they made selling them. A bunch of sad little kids loading their little calves into the trailer. Tough lessons.
My nephew was a treat to watch with his chickens. Finally something to spark some interest in the boy. He is entralled with chickens! My sister in law likes them too! Go figure! Pretty funny! A couple of fair photos for your enjoyment.