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Fair is done! Wow, what a week. We had a lot of fun but are always glad it’s over! There’s always some fun surprises and some disappointments too. Here’s a few of our highlights from this year.
It was definitely Logan’s (my 15 yr. olds) fair. There’re just those years that everything goes their way and this was his year. To start it right off he took Champion of the Intermediate division in Showmanship. This is the event where he shows the judge what he knows about the chickens and how to handle them. I had told all the kids this was there area to shine this year since our birds were not in the best show condition. He got 100% on his score sheet. He was thrilled! He’s got lots of placings and even reserve champion before but this is his first trophy.
Next, even though I thought our birds didn’t look very good, he got Champion pair of laying pullets with his Rhode Island Reds which are his favorite chickens. I was quite surprised!
To end the fair on the last day he did his illustrated speech on the Roman army. My younger son also did his speech on the Atmosphere. Logan took Champion of his class and Taylor took reserve for his!
Taylor (12 yr. old) also placed 3rd in showmanship (for the second year in a row, seems to be his spot), and had two chickens with honorable mention I think. For sure though his highlight was showing his bird called “Tweety”. We’ve had her for about 14 months before the fair and just one week before we left she started crowing! When we got to fair needless to say we had to change her/his class! He created a lot of attention being such an unusual bird and Taylor loved showing him. The judge even gave him an honorable mention which was a real surprise because he’s not a “recognized” breed. He’s called a “show girl” chicken which is a cross between a Turken and a Silkie.
 Ariel (10 yr old) had some disappointments this year but I think her biggest accomplishment was finishing her quilt. It was quite a feat for a 10 year old. She did a nice job for her first quilt! It only received a B. They noted “to trim strings before bringing to fair” on the back of the tag as a reason for the B. We did trim (maybe we missed one or two?), but it seemed pretty picky to us. I certainly never made anything that impressive when I was 10! Ariel also placed 5th in Showmanship. She did many other projects and we finished all but one or two that she had planned which you’d appreciate if you saw her list! She’s very ambitious but also a procrastinator!
Lexie (my 8 yr old) also did very well in Showmanship placing 4th. Her list wasn’t quite as long as her sisters but she did several other things including a pillow, a poem, art, photography, muffins, cookies, jewelry and probably a couple more I’m forgetting. She feel asleep on her pillow in the car late last night while we were bring everything home. It was very cute!
We may do some things differently next year but we had a good year all in all. Grandma and Grandpa came the last day to see everything and spend the day with us which is nice. They are also a big help in getting everything at 11p.m. to go home! Many hands do make light work!
So here’s to memories of a good week and a chance to relax now and rest for at least a day or two! | 
