Tuesday evening the Logan County Fair was scheduled to kick off with the livestock judging contest. Around 11:00 our school got word that the contest was postponed due to the stress of the heat on the animals and on us. (It was 106 degrees.)
On Thursday from 3-7 the indoor entries were accepted. I got:
first place on my cactus terrarium
first place on my potted plants arrangement
third place on my star ornament
third place on my painted plate
fourth place on my decoupage
first place on my painted t-shirt
first place on my watercolor
I think that's everything.
Friday afternoon we moved into the dairy barn. We set up everything and scrubbed all the girls. We don't clip at county. There's too much risk of them getting sunburned before OK State Fair. We have to be really careful between OKC and Tulsa.
Then Friday night at 6 I entered the homemade cake and pie contest. I entered my great grandpa's favorite cake I make for him: Mexican Wedding Cake. It's been Grand Champion before, but I had a little trouble this time. I didn't get it frosted while it was still hot. Oh well, it got second, but my "Christy's World Famous Frozen Lemonade Pie" got 1st. Then they took the 1st place cake and the 1st place pie and had a final taste test for Grand Champion. Guess who won? Check out the awesome rosette and ten bucks!
After the contest, all cakes and pies are cut. For a dollar, you can get a plate and try as many desserts as you want. My pie sold out.
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| Homemade Cake and Pie GRAND CHAMPION Jr. Division |
Friday was also an awesome night because it POURED DOWN RAIN!!! Yea! Too bad we had several hundred pounds of feed in the back of the truck. I'm hoping it didn't draw too much moisture.
Saturday morning we got to the barn at 8. We forked out the manure from overnight, fluffed straw, fed, and watered. At 11 we spot washed.
After lunch we continued to clean up after the girls and keep them fed full of hay. We sorted through the halter box and found halters to fit each one. We changed into our dairy whites. We brushed straw off the girls. We put on the show halters and gave everyone a last minute drink before we took them in.
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| A few really awesome people :) |
My mom is the county dairy superintendent. She got my friend Kristy to be a ribbon girl for her during our show.
I only took three heifers to the county fair. My June and August heifers (Fara and Prim) are too little. I couldn't take Posey, my Ayrshire cow, or Ayan, my Brown Swiss cow, because our county doesn't have a milking parlor. But I got:
Juicy - Brown Swiss - 2nd place;
Stopnstare - Jersey - 1st place;
Carmelita - Jersey - 1st place;
Stopnstare Champion Jersey;
Carmelita Reserve Champion Jersey;
Juicy Reserve Champion Brown Swiss.
In the grand drive, the judge said that I would have been first alternate with Stopnstare if he had been placing everyone else after he awarded Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion. That was nice to know. :)
My friend Kasey got Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion. Go, Kasey!
So we got to go home after the beef show. Before we left, I got a photo taken with each of my girls. They're all shaggy looking, but at least it's a current photo. I'm waiting for them to be posted on the photographer's web site so I can order some. MawMaw took some pics of me while I was posing. They are kind of fuzzy, and I'm goofing off a lot, but I like them.
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| Stopnstare |
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| Carmelita |
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| Juicy |
Just 17 days and 21 hours until we are on the road to the TULSA STATE FAIR!
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