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| Dillon is #75 |
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| Tony #82 |
Jimmy is working at Wendy's and has his own car so I don't have to worry about getting him from A to B anymore, and I am loving the fact that I can use him for pick up and delivery of his brothers when he isn't working.
Because the boys have animals at the fair and I had the CTMH booth, we all took the week off work/school and had a camper set up at the fair, and we enjoyed a weeks vacation of action packed events. It wall started off with decorating the hog barns Friday night (I skipped the varsity football game, to do this), then on Saturday we had Hog Weigh-In's, the camper was set up, my Fine Arts Entries were turned in and I started decorating the 4-H booth. This year we lucked out and all 4 hogs were in the prime weigh classes, with Dillon's hog Two-Face weighing 260 lbs, Tony's hog Baby weighing 268 lbs, Jimmy's hog Ida Kno weighing 270 lbs, and finally Robbie's hog Lola weighing 275 lbs. Surprisingly with all 4 hogs weights being so close none of the boys were in the same weight class.
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| Dillon at weigh-ins with his an Jimmy's hogs. |
Sunday started bright and early with the boys getting their pictures with their hogs for the buyers signs, then Robbie and Tony went and got the goats, Jimmy and Dillon moved into the camper, while I worked on getting the 4-H booth finished set up. The goats both made weight with Robbie's Bubba weighing in at 80lbs and Tony's Leroy weighing 85lbs. Then finally at 6pm after the 4-H booth was done Karen, Betty and I set up our Close To My Heart booth, and we were all ready for the week to begin.
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| this years 4-H booth |
Monday was the Opening day of the fair and the boys school actually didn't have classes this day so they hung out with their friends while I ran the CTMH booth.
On Tuesday it was Show day for the Hogs and I took the day off from watching the CTMH booth. The boys & their hogs did fairly well this year Robbie, Jimmy, and Tony all got 5th place in their weight classes and Dillon got 9th, not bad and we all got done in time for Tony to make football practice and Dillon to make his football game.
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| Robbie & Lola, Lola got 5th place in her weight class |
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| Jimmy & Ida Kno Ida got 5th place in her weight class |
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| Tony & Baby Baby got 5th place in her weight class |
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| Dillon & Two-Face Two-Face got 9th in her weight class |
Then on Wednesday (It wasn't a good day) I watched the CTMH booth in the morning, then the boys had How showmanship at 4pm. While I was on my way to the hog arena my Aunt and Granny stopped me, wanting to find my Dad cause my Mom had fallen and was being taken to the hospital by ambulance. (Panic time) Luckily it didn't take long for us to find him, and while my Aunt, Granny, Dad, and Brother's family went to the hospital to be with Mom I got to watch the boys do showmanship. It was not a good year for the boys in showmanship, Dillon did a good job showing but didn't make the final cut, Tony was complemented by the judge and you could tell he really wanted Tony in the final cut but Baby had other ideas and would not cooperate. Jimmy did make the final cut and ended up with 5th place, Robbie automatically got first place as he was the only 18 year old showing. Wednesday night finished with us in the ER again as Jhett, a good friend of Jimmy's, was hurt on a ride and taken by ambulance to the hospital, so it made for a long night.
Thursday came and made up for the events of Wednesday. Our day started bright and early as we had made arrangements the night before to help get Jhett's goat ready for the show, as we weren't sure he would be out of the ER in time to show. (He made it with 10 minutes to spare). This was our first year of taking goats so we were a little unsure what the judge would be looking for, though Dani did a wonderful job teaching Robbie how to show a goat cause Robbie got 2nd place in the 1st year showmanship class. Once we got to the individual weight classes where they judged the goat and not the 4-H we hit jackpot. Robbie got first place in his weight class!!! Then Tony got last in his weight class, bummer but he has a couple of years left to show, for Robbie it was his last harrah.
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| Robbie and Bubba getting first place in Weight Class 2 |
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| Tony walking Leroy in Weight Class 3 |
the best part of Thursday was when they brought in all the first and second place goats from the 4 weight classes and the judge picked out Bubba as the 2011 Tuscarawas County Fair Grand Champion Market Goat. I don't know who had the bigger smile, Robbie or Dani.
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| Robbie and Dani with the Grand Champion banner and Bubba in front of the Ag-Land booth where Dani works and the buyers of Bubba |
After the goat show on Thursday, the rest of the week went pretty quickly. the boys sold their hogs Thursday night and got the best overall price per pound we have gotten since they started taking hogs. Jimmy got $3.25 a pound, Robbie & Tony got $2.75 a pound and Dillon got $2.50 a pound, we were very please with the results. Friday was pretty much a wind down day as Tony & Dillon had the varsity football game that night, and the rest of us just hung out at the fair. Saturday the boys sold the goats with Robbie getting $750 for Bubba and Tony getting $225 for Leroy. Sunday came and we were in clean up mode, we cleaned out the camper, the animal pens, tore down our booths, and said goodbye to all our fair friends for another year. In all the 2011 Tuscarwas County Fair was a good one, and we were all sad/happy to see it come to an end.
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| This is the make shift sign that this display made after my Mom fell when she missed the step. I of course had to snap a picture of it for her scrapbook. |
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