Summer of Fairs

 We sure made our way through a variety of fairs this summer. This was the first year that Blaine was able to show. He had his heart set on showing a goat so with some help from Dane Libby and Madelyn Pruett we were able to make that happen. He did so great for his first time. Now he says that he wants to show both goats and pigs next year. We started the season at the ROWVA Show, then Henry Country, Knox County, Mercer County, 4-H Fair, Stark County, and finally the State Fair. Blaine showed goats only at the ROWVA Show and the 4-H fair. Bryce showed pigs at all of the shows. During the Knox County fair, the boys decided that they wanted to go the big concert in the grandstands instead of riding the rides and Ali decided that she wanted to do the rides instead of the concert. So we divided and conquered and everyone had a great time! During the weekend of the State Fair we stayed at the Binkleys in Springfield again and it was so much fun to spend time with them. 

Bryce made this TV stand for his 4-H wood working project. He is putting it to good use. 

                    Bryce won showmanship at Stark Country 

While waiting for Bryce to show his pigs, Blaine and Ali had fun doing some kid activities around the fair. 

We of course had to see the butter cow and they had this really cool selfie station set up in one of the buildings.