It was a bit of a whirlwind at the Pend Oreille County Fair this last weekend (including 7.5 hours each way in the car). Avery did pretty well with the drive, but honestly, at 4.5 you'd think maybe she could sleep a little more in the car. I got 30 minutes of sleep out of her on the way home (and she was very exhausted at that point). Here are a few highlights of the fair:
Avery LOVED the fair pins, and even took along the one I gave her from last year!
Avery hanging out in the grandstands during the pig showing. 
4 Generations: Grandpa-grandpa John, grandpa Gary, uncle Jon Paul, and Avery
Getting some special attention from uncle Jon Paul (before he went off to Washington State University for his freshman year of college on Monday)
Avery & aunt Jessie's best friend Rachel (although Avery considers Rachel a best friend, too)
Aunt Jessie, grandpa Gary, Avery, & uncle Jon Paul
First thing on Friday morning it was time for aunt Jessie to show her pigs. Here is just part of the group of Market Hogs. I believe there were 38 total, so they had to sort them out into whites, reds, & blues. Jessie was in the blue group, and spent along time waiting for the red & white grade pigs to get out of the way before her group was allowed out in the main arena. It was chaos -- as pigs do fight viciously (and about 5 men with boards were running around trying to break them up). 
Jessie's market hog (yes, it went to slaughter on Monday morning, hence the title "market" -- it sold for $2.75/pound, and weighed 270 pounds, not a terrible way to earn $742.50).
Aunt Jessie waiting in the "blue ribbon pen" while the lower grade hogs were being judged
Blue ribbon show time
Jessie's wiener pigs being judged
A rest after a workout!
Cousin Kaleigh showing her sheep. She's a junior 4-H'er, and was the top showman in her class! She did a great job!
Kaleigh's full Fitting & Showing sheep class
Avery got to see & pet alot of animals, but was disappointed not to get a ride. Uncle Jon Paul's girlfriend, Randi, had her horse there, but it had recently dumped her, and she wasn't comfortable putting a kid on her, so no horse rides for Avery this time. She did seem oddly fascinated by this miniature, though.
Petting an angora goat
Sitting on cousin Don's steer, Bruce, with cousin Kaleigh
After Kaleigh left she had to prove to me she was brave enough to sit on Bruce by herself. But Don was never around when we were looking for him to take her for a real ride.
Avery met this sheep, Dewey, and they were fast friends. She even started pulling hay out of another sheep's pen and feeding it to Dewey. Luckily she was only feeding him one straw at a time. . . we spent hours in the sheep barn doing this. . . .
Avery loved Smokey, and loved her newest joke (learned from cousin Nathan during her trip to Waterloo a few weeks ago): What do you call a bear with no teeth? A gummy bear!
She had more than a few trips down the jumpy-slide
The Pend Oreille Spirit horse drill team
Grandpa Gary had a golf cart to ride around the fair grounds (to keep him from getting too tired). Avery and new friend Jennifer (one of Kaleigh's cousins on the other side) found that they could strap themselves in where the golf bags go and ride around like crazy
Uncle Jon Paul was very popular at the Senior Class dunk tank, and was sent into the icy-cold water many times (at least it was warm on Saturday, but they did dump ice into the water before he got up there).
On the way in -- brrrrrrr!
Avery was too hot, so she had uncle Jon Paul kick some of that icy water onto her
Right on the fair grounds is the re-built homestead house of my great grandfather, Frank Lindsey. My grandmother Martha Lindsey Driver was born in this house in 1928, and my grandma & grandfather (John) were living in it when my dad was born in 1948. It stood on our family property until the mid-1970s, and was then dis-assembled & stored for about 15 years, before it was re-assembled at the fair grounds as a historical building. Almost all the materials (inside & out) are original, except the stairs going up to the bedrooms (one girl room & one boy room) were re-built closer to current code than the "ladder" that used to be in there.
Back at the farm, there's almost always a deer (or 5) in the pasture, and we never get tired of watching them grazing around.
Avery hanging out in the grandstands during the pig showing. 
4 Generations: Grandpa-grandpa John, grandpa Gary, uncle Jon Paul, and Avery
Getting some special attention from uncle Jon Paul (before he went off to Washington State University for his freshman year of college on Monday)
Avery & aunt Jessie's best friend Rachel (although Avery considers Rachel a best friend, too)
Aunt Jessie, grandpa Gary, Avery, & uncle Jon Paul
First thing on Friday morning it was time for aunt Jessie to show her pigs. Here is just part of the group of Market Hogs. I believe there were 38 total, so they had to sort them out into whites, reds, & blues. Jessie was in the blue group, and spent along time waiting for the red & white grade pigs to get out of the way before her group was allowed out in the main arena. It was chaos -- as pigs do fight viciously (and about 5 men with boards were running around trying to break them up). 
Jessie's market hog (yes, it went to slaughter on Monday morning, hence the title "market" -- it sold for $2.75/pound, and weighed 270 pounds, not a terrible way to earn $742.50).
Aunt Jessie waiting in the "blue ribbon pen" while the lower grade hogs were being judged
Blue ribbon show time
Jessie's wiener pigs being judged
A rest after a workout! 
Cousin Kaleigh showing her sheep. She's a junior 4-H'er, and was the top showman in her class! She did a great job! 
Kaleigh's full Fitting & Showing sheep class
Avery got to see & pet alot of animals, but was disappointed not to get a ride. Uncle Jon Paul's girlfriend, Randi, had her horse there, but it had recently dumped her, and she wasn't comfortable putting a kid on her, so no horse rides for Avery this time. She did seem oddly fascinated by this miniature, though. 
Petting an angora goat
Sitting on cousin Don's steer, Bruce, with cousin Kaleigh
After Kaleigh left she had to prove to me she was brave enough to sit on Bruce by herself. But Don was never around when we were looking for him to take her for a real ride. 
Avery met this sheep, Dewey, and they were fast friends. She even started pulling hay out of another sheep's pen and feeding it to Dewey. Luckily she was only feeding him one straw at a time. . . we spent hours in the sheep barn doing this. . . . 
Avery loved Smokey, and loved her newest joke (learned from cousin Nathan during her trip to Waterloo a few weeks ago): What do you call a bear with no teeth? A gummy bear! 
She had more than a few trips down the jumpy-slide 
The Pend Oreille Spirit horse drill team
Grandpa Gary had a golf cart to ride around the fair grounds (to keep him from getting too tired). Avery and new friend Jennifer (one of Kaleigh's cousins on the other side) found that they could strap themselves in where the golf bags go and ride around like crazy
Uncle Jon Paul was very popular at the Senior Class dunk tank, and was sent into the icy-cold water many times (at least it was warm on Saturday, but they did dump ice into the water before he got up there). 
On the way in -- brrrrrrr! 
Avery was too hot, so she had uncle Jon Paul kick some of that icy water onto her
Right on the fair grounds is the re-built homestead house of my great grandfather, Frank Lindsey. My grandmother Martha Lindsey Driver was born in this house in 1928, and my grandma & grandfather (John) were living in it when my dad was born in 1948. It stood on our family property until the mid-1970s, and was then dis-assembled & stored for about 15 years, before it was re-assembled at the fair grounds as a historical building. Almost all the materials (inside & out) are original, except the stairs going up to the bedrooms (one girl room & one boy room) were re-built closer to current code than the "ladder" that used to be in there. 
Back at the farm, there's almost always a deer (or 5) in the pasture, and we never get tired of watching them grazing around. 
1 comment:
2.75 per pound! That is awesome. Send some up here!
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