Pig Day

This was the first time we have ever done anything like this before.  And only ended up taking care of the pigs ourselves because of the price everyone else wanted to charge for doing it. I had to drop the baby off that morning so Megan had my camara while I was gone. And boy did she enjoy this whole process.  I only choose a few of her photos to give you an idea what steps we took.  It was hard to choose from all the ones she took from beginning to end.   

                                          Zack and A.J giving Lunch her last bath

                                               Arron and Dad working on getting the hair off

                                           Madison's turn to help. You can see the smooth white skin is the parts that's been done and the darker spot is left to do.

                                          Last step to do before hanging it up for the night

                                          Team work to get it to the garage to be hung

                                          The kids were all excited to help guide Dinner up for her turn.  Notice all the extra kids.  Some how we ended up sleepovers  while doing this so there was always people coming and going all weekend when this process was going on.

                                          Tyler watching Zack get the gun ready

                                          Megan waiting for her turn to help get the hair off.

Turkey's this year

                                           Madison was in charge of the  Turkey's this year and she did very well.

                                          Like most year's we had mainly Tom's

                                           Even the Hen's are good size. The biggest this year was 43 pounds and the smallest was 22 pounds.

4-H Awards Night

This year at 4-H awards night.  The kids had a great time.  They couldn't wait to get through with the awards and talking so they could get to the ice cream part.

 

Madison getting her ribbon for her giant sunflower

                                          Zack getting his certificate for his giant pumpkin

                                          All three kids and Joey with their 4-H records

The Emperor's New Clothes

 This year's play was The Emperor's New Clothes. And the kids did a great job like they do every year. It's so fun to watch them go from Monday morning getting their lines parts to Saturday when they put the whole thing together. The Stage Company does a wonderful job working with the kids.

                                          Madison and Kailey hanging out before showtime

                                          Most of the cast.  I think we only had 30-35 kids this year. Which was way down from last year but they all did great.

                                          Madison wasn't happy about having to wear the bonnet.

                                          The town's folk

                                           And a closer photo of Madison with some of the other kids.

Zack's geese

                                          3 of Zack's male Chinese geese running in the yard