The Palouse Empire Fair

THe Palouse Empire Fair

What a great experience for our family. It was a lot of FUN, but a lot of work. We will wait and see when they get their checks in the mail if it was worth it to them. Taylor, Stephen, and Jordan worked with their lambs everyday for about 7 weeks. They trained them to walk with them, "set up", do figure eights and then they also memorized terms and anatomy associated with lambs. They were each put in different classes. There were about 150 lambs in 6 classes. 1st and second place ribbons were given for each class- Stephen got 1st in his!!! It was really exciting to see Taylor's class as the judge could not decide between Taylor and another girl for second place. After about 7 minutes of holding our breath and Taylor and this other girl doing what the judge asked- Taylor got moved up to second! Jordan originally had a lamb named Lena- which he worked and worked with for about 5 weeks until we determined that Lena would not work for Jordan- just a little bit too stubborn. We then got a different lamb for Jordan and he named it Stanley. Jordan had only 2 weeks to train this lamb- and he was a little stubborn too, but Jordan still as able to place 4th in his class. We were extra proud of him. He always had a smile on his face. Holly was involved with Daddy's little shepherd- all of the kids got ribbons and Holly was sure proud of hers. She never stopped smiling and looking at the judge!!! Thank goodness my mom was there to help- we were there from 7:30 am until barn duty was over at 6pm- oh we did ride the rides after that! THanks mom- we couldn't have done it without you!

HOlly working the judge!