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We’re just about recovered from our fair week last week. It’s a great week but it takes about a whole week of prep, then the week you’re actually there and a week to recover.
 
This year we had a lot of rain and spent a lot of time with wet feet. Monday when we got there many of the barns had flooding. None of our exhibits or animals got wet, but it did make finding dry wood shavings for the pens challenging at times!
Of course we had our surprises and disappointments as always. Logan once again took Champion for the Intermediate Showmanship division which landed him a trophy. He was hoping to take Grand Champion but couldn’t quite get it done. Next year, he says! Taylor also got 3rd in that same showmanship class which was great for his first year in Intermediate division. Logan's Rhode Island Reds who won Grand Champ as pullets last year placed third as hens this year too. Lexie, Taylor, Logan and Ariel all had honorable mention on at least one bird but our pullets were young so they didn’t place.
Ariel had an exciting year as she received Champion for her Speech for the first time. She also got chosen to be on the Ag Olympic team which for some reason she was very excited about. They draw names for this and when her name wasn’t drawn for the poultry barn she went to some of the other barns where she also exhibited to see if she could get on a team. Home Economics was the winner, I think partly from her bugging the lady ever hour or so, although Ariel will disagree with me on that point.
It’s really a bunch of silly races they do on the last day but for some reason she was very excited to do this. Home Economics ended up in the finals and placed 3rd so she got another ribbon and some other rewards.
When it’s done we load up all our canning, sewing, crafts, photography, pictures, chickens, bunches of ribbons and head out a little after midnight. Then we spend the next three or four days trying to get it all put away along with getting all the things like laundry and housekeeping that didn’t get done while we were at fair.
Is it worth it, definitely. Is it tiring, absolutely!
Now onto getting last minute school planning and restocking the freezer (with meals) before the first day of school! | 
