Catching up--Part 2: The County Fair

At this rate...I may never get "caught up"!! =)
The County 4-H Fair followed right on the heels of Stacy's visit! This was the first year for both Brock and Erica to be in 4-H!

Brock completed a self-determined project. He chose to do a "farm scene" and did a GREAT job!!! He loves to carpet farm in his room and all over the house...so he chose to make a project out of that. He did a little research on some of the John Deere equipment that he had, and make a "life-like" scene of a farm during harvest! He worked hard, and was proud of the final result (and we were proud of him!)

Erica did cake decorating and goats. Her cake turned out very cute, and she learned of neat cake decorating techniques in the process. She has become the family cake decorator. She also showed the 2 goats (Patches and Tin Can) that she has been taking care of for the past several months. This was her first time in "the show ring"...but, she was so calm and did an awesome job!

It was fun for the kids to "show" during the fair...but the real fun for us, as parents, was watching them learn some new things and work hard to do their "personal best". I was hesitant about adding to the commitments of summer (and still have some other reservations about the whole 4-H scene), but I am very thankful for how this first year of 4-H turned out for both of them.

Oh, and by the way, Micah had a blast at the fair getting to meet everyone!! So fun!!