Tag: 4H

County Fair 2017

August 22, 2017August 22, 2017 · Leave a comment ·

I enjoy being creative and that means art, canning, photography, and writing. I hope these blog posts will be memories in the future. For myself and also for my children. I hope they remember we laughed, created things, loved each other and had fun. County Fair is all of those things wrapped into one. This past week was the Swift County. Our fair is 5 days and we made it there everyday. It may have been entering our items, working the fair, checking out or ribbons, or catching the entertainment.

This year I entered 30 items into the fair. Greta entered 2 in 4H and 2 in open class. Henry entered 2 in 4H. Chad said his customary line,”I really need to make something for the fair next year.”

We had fun at the fair. From working the 4H food booth.

To seeing the kids projects. Greta had some great drawings which earned a blue. Henry ended up with a grand champion in Aerospace.

We ate well at the fair. From pork chops to pie.

There were animals, balloons and rides oh my!

I experienced something new at this fair. We went to a demo derby. I took the kids and it was fun. Not what I expected and I couldn’t believe how many people were there.

The big exciting thing at our fair was Marty Stewart and His Fabulous Superlatives were there Saturday night. As a radio person I plugged this event for a month so I was darn excited to get there. It was fun and totally worth the wait.

I faired pretty well with ribbons this year. Came home with a grand champion also which made my year.

The fair is over for the year but my mind is already mulling over what can be made and created for next year. I sure hope this is something that we never say,” Do you remember when we had county fairs?”

Till next year…

State Fair

September 17, 2015 · Leave a comment ·

We traveled across the state from our land of flat to the land of people, traffic and food on a stick. We traveled to the Minnesota State Fair, The Great Minnesota Get Together. This really wasn’t a planned trip. Not one we were anticipating all … Continue reading State Fair

Fair Time

August 23, 2015 · Leave a comment ·

It is the busy time of summer again called, county fair. Both kids are active in a 4H group and projects had to be made and deadlines were looming. Fair time reminds me a tad of Christmas time. So much to get done and finished … Continue reading Fair Time

A Fabulous Weekend

October 27, 2014 · Leave a comment ·

This weekend was one of friends and family. I had so much fun this weekend I don’t want it to end. First this weekend had a lot of fear in me. The kids had their Tae Kwon Do tournament, last year my hearing took a dive on this weekend. I was starting to get nervous would history repeat itself? The tournament was on, the movie we watched that night and I was so scared because I couldn’t hear it, part 2 of the movie was on this weekend. What are the odd’s? I was getting really scared and nervous and reached out to a friend of mine. This friend was my ASL (American Sign Language) teacher. We became friends and I vented to her. She ended up coming with me to the tournament and we had a fabulous day! We were both a tad nervous about hanging out, would we get along, would the kids like this, would there be a communication barrier, were all things I though about. All these things were unneeded worry. We had a great day. I got to hang out with another wonderful friend also. Her daughter is just a doll, love her like a daughter. You will see her in some of these pictures also. Greta helped at the tournament and Henry competed. He ended up getting 3rd place in his forms and 1st place in sparring. Here are some pictures from our day our Saturday.

Sunday is a family day in my mind. Today we had lunch together then a day off playing for the kids and watching some Sons of Anarchy for Chad and I. This evening we went to a Halloween party for our 4H group. What a fun evening. We met out a an old Town Hall building. Think one room school house. There was pumpkin carving, sscavengerhunt, a potluck supper, and lots of playing. Here are some pictures from tonight. Greta was dressed at Katniss from Hunger Games and Henry was superman and then stripped that off and he was wearing all camo under there so an army man.

I hope you all had great weekends and I hope that wonderful feeling I have now will carry on through the whole week.

County Fair

August 20, 2014 · 2 Comments ·

Every year as the thermometer creeps up and the nights get a little shorter we have a wonderful event that our family fully loves….The County Fair. We are not a family of livestock or crops but we love the fair for the neighbors we will see, the hard work of our community members and our favorites the 4H and open class buildings.

Both kids are in 4H and this is a big deal getting all the projects put together and then going to the fair and judge them. Greta brought 8 projects to the fair. She came home with 8 blue ribbons, 2 grand champion ribbons and a honorable mention. I think that is pretty good for an 11 year old. Henry is in Cloverbuds and he brought with 4 projects and came home with 4 ribbons.

Chad and I entered open class which is always a fun thing to do and so different from year to year. Chad entered a welded candle holder and got a second place ribbon. I entered a variety of items and got a variety of ribbons from first to 3rd. Here is our 2014 fair experience in pictures….

Henry’s judging and his ribbons

Greta’s judging and ribbons

A sampling of my ribbons

A great time was had at the fair and not even two full days after the fair has been done we are already asking ourselves the question…WHAT SHOULD WE MAKE FOR NEXT YEAR?