August 2021

Fair Time!  The girls showed sheep and pigs this year.  Maya took projects in Fabric & Fashion, Quilting, and Cake Decorating.  Gabi took projects in Woodworking and Foods.  Both girls had lots of fun during Johnson County Fair & Rodeo.

Maya showing her lamb, "Stu"

Gabi with her lamb, "Ferdinand"

Sleepy Sheepy - Maya took this picture and captioned it. :)

Pretty good buds this year

Maya made this tank top and modeled it during the Public Style Review

Friends at the Sheep Lead

Maya won her division of the Sheep Lead

Gabi's pig, "Neo"

Maya's pig, "George"

Oink.

Our 4-H Club's Parade Float - we won both the Youth and Overall!

Maya with her "Things I Love" paper pieced wall hanging quilt

Her quilt won Overall Grand Champion at the Wyoming State Fair!! She worked very hard on this, so it was great to see her hard work pay off. It also looks great hanging in her bedroom and will be a fun keepsake for her.

Gabi with her Grand Champion woodworking project - a barnwood chalkboard

Both girls rode on the Parade of Champions during the rodeo

Cotton candy mustache.

After fair, I took the kids down to Colorado to spend some time with my parents and do some back to school shopping!  We had a fun time!

Jacob has wanted a tank top all summer - he was so pumped to show of his "guns"

Jacob at the Ft. Collins Discovery Museum

The next weekend, we rented a huge cabin near Ashton, ID with some other families.  Even though one of the families couldn't come due to Covid, we had a great time visiting, relaxing, hiking, and floating the river.  It was great to get away and spend time as a family before the craziness of school starts.

Hiking kids - they made the trek down to the bottom of Lower Mesa Falls - beautiful!

A little dip in the river to cool off

A group went golfing one morning

We all enjoyed the huge hot tub!

Fun roasting smores

A favorite activity was rafting the river - we had two big rafts full and played all the way down the river.  Not many pictures since it was so wet due to all of the splashing and shenanigans!

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL 2021-2022!

Maya is in 7th Grade

Gabi is in 8th Grade

Jacob is in 2nd Grade

It was cold and windy, so they weren't very keen on me taking many pictures!

Jacob on one of our many evening walks.  He's a pretty adventurous boy!