It was a GREAT first county fair!

This past week was Peighton's first official county fair.

It was a hot one but it sure was a good one!

We all had lots of fun and made lots of wonderful memories.

And some of us have never sweated that much in our entire lives!!!!!

Our first event was Clothing Selection.

We had fun shopping for a sleeveless collared shirt that can be worn for fun and also for livestock shows!

She ended the day winning the junior division!

Then we were at Dallmeyer Hall bright and early for non-livestock judging.

The judge LOVED her Cinnamon Roll Apple Pie.

She would have sent it to the State Fair if Peighton had been eligible...maybe next year!

She did get an honorable mention for it though.

Getting her sewing projects judged.

She did  a great job getting all of her 13 projects judged.

She ended the day with 7 purple honorable mentions, 5 blues and 1 red.

Tuesday afternoon was the breeding heifer show.

Peighton and her favorite girl, Anastasia, took Champion Hereford!

She was super excited to get a trophy.

Giving her girl some love.

Peighton and Cinderella ended up with Reserve Champion Simmental heifer.

Then they were back in for the Championship drive.

Peighton got 5th Overall Breeding Heifer.

She was the only red one in the top 5.

Peighton loves her red calves!

The cheering section.

She had a great day showing her girls!

Then we were off and running for the pig show on Wednesday.

Peighton and Duke took champion Duroc.

She won Reserve Champion Purebred and also took Reserve in the junior showmanship division.

The showmanship makes all of us the most proud of all of her awards...we lovingly call her "Rickie Bobbie" from the movie Talledega Nights....The character, Rickie Bobbie, is always shouting, "If you're not first, you're last..."

Well, that is Peighton.

At any given pig show this season if she didn't stand first in showmanship, she stood DEAD LAST.

This girl has come a long way!

Way to Go, RB!

Thursday brought another sweltering day and the steer show.

It was her final show with Gus.

They both did a great job in the ring and ended the day with Reserve Champion Simmental.

Gus Boy and his funky head.

I'd say she had a great first fair!

The camper is cleaned out, the Thank you's are written and she's ready for her next big event...the STATE FAIR!!!!!

Fun at the Fair-the only FUN of it's kind!

Washington County Fair 2015 was another super fun week!

The weather could not have been any better.

We took advantage of the great weather and spent most of the week there!

 

 

 

 

We made a stop at the Depot and took time for a quick picture.

 

They all love to sit on any type of equipment.

All agree that one of these would be great at the farm!

 

We entered the tall corn contest.

 

Hayden was the big winner!

 

I LOVE when they walk in a line!

Makes a cute picture!

 

 

 

 

This year there was a large animal contest!

We were lucky enough to get to see the largest rabbit up close and personal!

We chased him around for quite awhile.

 

We also met "Hef" the big bull!

We can't wait to cheer him on at the state fair!

 

We took the camper in this year and had a great time camping at the fair.

 

This kid would live in the camper if we let him!

 

Lego Land was a new addition this year and a BIG hit with my crew!

 

Annual picture in front of the sign!

Pretty soon we'll be adding animals to our yearly picture.

 

More equipment.

They liked that there was a front and a back on this one.

 

Another favorite place is the corn pit.

 

Peighton had two awesome clover kid projects on display this year!

 

Oreo Stacking!

 

He made a great stack but it ended up falling down!

 

Peighton is a professional oreo stacker.

 

Pony rides on Kid's Day are a must do.

Although I wonder how much longer she'll be able  to ride the small ponies with those long legs of hers!

 

Loved it.

 

Grandpa Steve thought we should do the money scramble.

 

The little kid group was pretty tame.

 

Peighton's age group was pretty aggressive!

 

Pedal pulling is better when you stick your tongue out.

 

Peighton had to ride the big tractor this year.

And I think there was more weight on it too!

 

We waited all week to ride the train with Ryker!

Everyone enjoyed the ride!

 

I tried to get them to all hold hands but it didn't work out!

 

Almost all of Grandma and Grandpa's little ones!

They all had fun at the fair!

 

Everyone wanted to ride!

 

We had a great week at the fair!

Next up the STATE FAIR!!!!