Quick Update :)

Hi Everyone--

Sorry that we haven't posted to update for awhile... Life has been an absolute blur over the past three weeks. Just after our anniversary week-end, on July 28-29, we took our family plus Chelsea's 4-H skit team to the Ohio State Fair for the state championships. Ellie-Kate LOVED seeing the animals, especially the sheep and horses. The team won Outstanding of the Day again!! On August 1, Emmy showed Coco at the county dog show, winning fifth place, in spite of Coco really NOT liking the judge. After Emmy showed, we got in the car and headed back to the state fair for photography judging. Emmy and Chelsea both competed, earning excellent marks, but falling a bit short of an award.

This past week, we have been practically living at the county fair. Chelsea had seven rabbits on the grounds, and we struggled to keep them cool and alive in the heat. However, she did amazing at the show. She won Senior Showmanship as well as first place in both of her market classes. She also won Grand Champion New Zealand and Reserve Grand Champion for the overall market breed competition. Chelsea is on Junior Fair Board, and Britti is on the Junior Fair Committee so they worked a number of livestock shows as well as met up with friends throughout the week. Meanwhile, the little girls enjoyed visiting with the animals and riding rides, especially the pony ride and carousel. It was so cool to watch Ellie-Kate's face as she experienced all of these new things. She had the BEST time!! Of course, she also got LOTS of compliments on her brand new cowgirl boots and hat as she toddled around the fairgrounds every day :)

I need to sign off for now, but I'll post pictures in the next few days. Although the fair was an awesome experience (as always!!), we're all pretty beat from far too little sleep during the week. We're hoping to catch up a bit because Chelsea has five tennis matches (three away!) over the next six days.

Hope that all is well with everyone!!

Cute pictures from the fairs coming soon--

Christie