July 31, 2008

Where has the time gone? Only 2 more weeks and the girls go back to school! They are very excited as is Mom and Dad. The fair week was hectic, but we enjoyed it! We did not do well in the animal judging, but Mom and Dad don't want to spend the cash to improve in that area. Anyway, the most memorable times according to Tressa was eating the "Lions Paw" and for Kennedy it was talking to the Queen. K did great showing pigs and sheep Mini and Tressa improved in showing on her pigs. Above is Tressa showing Wilbur, while Kennedy was off talking to the Queen. Great job girls we are so proud of you!

July 11, 2008

The County Fair starts tomorrow. We are excited and stressed at the same time. This past week we have taken photography, electric and flowers in to be judged. Tressa received blue ribbons on all three projects. We are so proud of her and enjoy making the memories as we prepare these projects each year. The time goes by so quickly. We take the pigs in tomorrow and will show on Monday. Kennedy will show Mini on Wed and Thurs. She did a beef poster for mini beef. Will update next week on the status of the busy week.

Our pictures over July 4th weekend, consisted of the Laura Ingalls theme...hope you enjoy! We enjoyed the company of the Hunts including the tractor and camera. Owen and Tressa had a good time riding with Shannon on the trail ride of Mules. A big "Thank You" to Derrick in suppling fireworks and keeping us safe.

Week of June 23rd

Tressa left for Rainbow Christian Camp on the 22nd she will be gone for 6 days! What are we to do? Who will walk the pigs, feed the dog and cat, take care of Kennedy? Oh that's right the parents. Who else? We will miss her, this is the longest she has been gone from us, but we know she will have a good time, this her third year at Rainbow.
To keep Kennedy busy we scheduled a week of activites, Monday was time with Sarah, Tuesday off to the gym, Wednesday a day with the "Chicks" which meant dressing up as batman, and Thursday Mom and Aunt Karen took her to the Childrens Museum. At the Childrens Museum her favorite part was the Carousel and the dress-up area where you could put on your favorite superhero costume. Her favorite was Superman and Superwomen. She looked so cute and darn if I did not take my camera!
By Tuesday she was telling everyone how much she missed her sister, but at night she would rally because she could sleep in her sisters bed. Alas, Friday arrived and we awaited the arrival of our dear daughter, preparing ourselves for the smelly suitcase and the grumpy girl who lacked sleep. Dad and Mom waited in the shed as the time approached acting like two kids awaiting Santa Claus. Finally the rattle of stones, appearance of the van and a ruffled blonde head girl appeared, dropping her bags in the drive waiting for the doorman (Dad) to pick them up and deposit inside. With a brief hug and hello she jumped in the air, grabbed the remote and landed on the couch at same time hitting the Nickolodean channel, six days away from TV can't slow down this girl! We left her to rest, but learned later that her favorite part about camp was the slip and slide (awesome!), meeting new friends and learning more about the Bible. She explained to me that some say that in heaven the streets are made of gold and have pearly gates, but it actually says that it looks like gold and pearl, which means it is even better then gold and pearl! Yes, we want all of to meet us there someday and walk those special streets and enter those magnificant gates as long as you believe in Jesus Christ he is who we put our faith in each and every day. God Bless.