Holiday Weekend

We started the holiday by heading to New Castle to gather with my family and watch my brother-in-law race go karts. Turns out it is one of the premier tracks in the nation! His engine wasn't quite fast enough this weekend, but I am sure they will be back. We had a great visit and a wonderful Italian dinner together. Here is David with his pit crew.

On Saturday Rebecca worked with her big steer. We think he's looking pretty good, we'll have to see what the competition looks like when we get to fair. This is Tucker. The hole in his ear is from the first 4H tag, which he ripped out. The second one is placed much deeper in his ear and has held so far.


Saturday night we went to a friends annual Fourth of July party. Always great food and a good time. The rain stopped just long enough for them to get the fireworks off.

Sunday was scheduled to be goat preparation day. To show the goats they need to be slick shaved 10 - 14 days before the fair. We have little clippers that we use for the dogs but we really needed the large animal clippers for the goats. Luckily, our friend who has dairy cows had a pair he was willing to let us borrow for a day. So while Chris built the goat stand Rebecca and I got to work washing the goats so they would be dry when the stand was ready. It worked beautifully! Isn't Chris' stand nice! I was pleasantly surprised at how smoothly everything went. Chris used the big clippers because in addition to being borrowed they were heavy and very expensive! Rebecca used the dog clippers on their legs, bellies, necks and facs. She also trimmed their hooves herself, which is great because I really dislike trimming hooves. She worked hard all day and it shows. The goats look beautiful. I just realized I don't have a finished photo, so you'll have to wait for fair photos to see the final product!