County Show and FFA Banquet

The week after Thanksgiving was filled with activities from county stock show. Both girls had their goat to show but Emily helped out with showing chickens and entered some of the youth fair events as well.

Both goats placed 12th in their division which is not that bad but we thought they should have done better. Hopefully the Major show in March will be better!

Allie did a wonderful job in the ring. She handled her goat with ease and had no problems with him at all. I was very proud of her.

Emily got excellent ribbons for her photo entries but she took us all by surprise and won Reserve Grand Champion with her Carrot Cake. She did it all on her own with a little coaching from Grannie. Both girls will be entering more in the youth fair next year as there are so many categories they can choose from.

This past Thursday was the FFA Banquet. Emily had to say the FFA creed in front of the entire audience (about 250 people). She did it flawlessly and did not even seem nervous. She received certificates for her achievement thus far this year - quite a lot of them actually....

Allie got a certificate for showing her goat in the county fair as well. She wants to have more next year so she is already thinking about what projects she can do.

The girls have really thrived in FFA & 4H. I am so very glad we took on this challenging yet exciting adventure as a family!