Update

Well, Erika did okay with her demonstration at the fair. Not as good as she did at the county level but I think she was a little more nervous. Roger and Kris and the kids were there to watch as well as her dad from Twin Falls. He came and spent the day with her at the fair.
Her livestock judging turned into a little bit bigger of an ordeal than we thought. It started at 4:00 pm and lasted until about 8:30. I think they ended up judging 10 different classes. Three beef classes. One market steers, feeder calves and a class of charlois cattle. She is not really sure what the classes were. Two classes of swine. Two of goats and three sheep classes and then they gave oral reasons on three different classes. Good learning experience. I hope they focus a little bit more on learning what they are supposed to be doing in Bannock County for next year. The other two girls on her team both showed promise of being good at it even though they were bored stiff. I know you can get scholarship money from judging though. It will be a good thing to have on your records if you are going to a land grant school or agricultural school.

We ended up going to my brothers house on Sunday. My aunts are here from Oregon and California and one uncle from Boise. My Grandma has been on hospice care but they are going to take her off of it because she is pretty stable. Her health has been steadily declining for the last couple of years. We may have to stay with her to take full time care of her in the future. We will just be ready for when and if the time comes.

In the mean time, Roger's dad is having surgery in the morning so we will be going to Utah early in the morning. Erika will stay with mom and dad and they get soccer practice duty tomorrow night. Makes a long day for my mom. I really appreciate all they do for us. We will keep you posted on how things go.