2013 County Fair

 

Congrats to the girls for our best fair ever!  We could not be prouder!  Tressa won State Fair with a black and white salon print.  She was Supreme Showman winner overall, Reserve Swine Showman and Reserve Dairy Showman. We placed the best ever with our pigs! 

Supreme Showman Winner

I think they just said I won!

 

That's right they did!  Congrats to Tressa winning Supreme Showmanship in the Round Robin last night.  Now we know when you put your mind to you there is no stopping you!

Whats in a Name....a new family member!

Recently, a new member of the Family Tree arrived, a beautiful baby girl.

She arrived on a special day for Tressa, the day she received her drivers license.  Now this baby girl has something in common with her father, for her father was born the day I was driving around Wabash County for my drivers training.  When I pulled up with my drivers education teacher I saw Ashton at the back door with toys all over the floor and I knew my sister was at the hospital having the baby.

Well, you say what is the babys name?  Well as it goes with most names they start out as the proper full name and then eventually get shorten or changed.  When I became an Aunt in 1979, I thought I would be "Aunt Leah," nope.  Ashton for some reason called me Dee Dee, which then became Deedy, then eventually ended up as Deed.  Tressa was born Tressa Ann then eventually became T-Bird, Kennedy became Boo-Boo or Marge (according to Andon). 

This lovely girl has the beautiful name of Cadley Mae, I love the name and look forward to what nickname we will come up with down the road.

HAPPY FATHERS DAY!

Today we celebrate Fathers Day, which consisted of going to Church, gym, lunch and a nap.  The evening consisted of working with the Dairy calves and pigs.  The above picture is of Chis and his Dad who he calls "Chub."  As long as I have known Chris he has always told me that Chub is his hero, the one that he has always looked up to and tries to model himself after.  As you can see Chris enjoys hearing the stories, life lessons and jokes from his Dad as they sit around the barn. 

My girls are very fortunate to have Chub and Grandma in their life, they never think of themselves it is always about how they can help others.  Grandma is the best cook, just ask the girls and Chub just keeps them laughing. 

Chris is right about many things and this is one of them..."I couldn't ask for better parents or role models." 

The two new puppies

We recently brought home 2 puppies, their names are Hershey and Chocolate.  We have found out that they like to chew on shoes, leashes, collars etc.  We have learned to keep the patio cushions inside the house.  Marley has taught them that she runs the house around here.   They are very cute and I would of had a better picture, but we are having a difficult downloading pictures from the Iphones.