Wayne County Fair … plus some.

… about a month late… (September 10-15)

On Saturday, I went to watch Sam and Lilli show their goats.  They went into this fair knowing their goats weren’t going to come home with big championship ribbons.  Lilli’s goat, Eddie, had some serious health problems right when they got him.  He worked through a lot of them, but he was just a little guy.  He barely made weight to show – needed to be 50 pounds; he weighed in at 52.  Sam’s goat, Russ, was a beauty, but so young.  They barely had him by the June 1st cut-off.  They needed about 2 more week or so before he would have been at his peak.  But some years are like that.  Eddie actually ended up placing 2nd in his weight class, which was awesome!  Russ was 6th or 7th, I think.  Sam and Lilli both did a good job doing what they do. 

              

While I was there, the girls were able to go on a school field trip to see the boat that Mrs. Grimm was on all summer with the Teacher-at-Sea program.  It was anchored in Lake Erie and was NOAA (I don’t know what those letters mean).  They had a great time touring the boat, seeing all the equipment, and learning what she did.

 

Jeremy was also busy on this Saturday.  He participated in the Velosano bike ride to raise money/awareness for cancer research.  He hadn’t done a long ride like that in awhile.  I was glad he could go.  He said he felt good after all his Peloton training!

We went back to the fair as a family on Sunday.  Ellie was getting a special award for her hard work on her dog project.  I think it felt really good to her to go forward and receive her big trophy! 

    

We took time to look at the 4-H booth – all art created by the club and all the posters of the kids’ projects.

    

And artwork from school.

         

Picked up some Lerch’s donuts before leaving

On Monday, we had a special appointment for Ellie in the morning (more on that in another post), but we went all afternoon and evening back to the fair.  The girls got to ride rides.  I am not sure if they will choose to do this next year.  Ellie isn’t a fan of a lot of them, and Madison would like to go with someone.  But they did do a few big rides (and I did one with Madison)

             

before moving to the kiddie rides.

         

Jeremy and Gloria met us there for supper before we headed to see the Zach Williams concert.  It was a great concert! 

         

Somewhere in all that, we were able to celebrate Jeremy’s birthday.  He had fair food for dinner and a little present party with decorations beforehand.  One gift he got was a helmet he got to use for his bike ride.  (Aren’t presents exciting when you get old?)

              

First Day of School

August 22 was our first day of school.  This year, I had four days of professional development prior to day 1.  Then, students started with a FIVE day week.  It was a lot.  But kids (and teachers) persevered.  And we all appreciated the first weekend!

Here is Madison on her first day of 7th Grade!  Third year of middle school and a move to the bottom floor of the building.  This is more of a junior high type move.  While she has been in the middle school wing, Madison mentioned that walking down the stairs every day felt different.  She also gets to play volleyball which is pretty cool.  (Side note: My plan is to just post one big volleyball post at the end of the season.)  The bottom right is last year’s picture…

         

Ellie on the first day of 5th Grade!  She moved up to the middle school at Dalton.  This means we are all on the same school hours now.  No more sleeping in and no more staying late.  She was a bit apprehensive about moving up – new teachers, transitioning classes, having a locker, etc.  However, on the day it came and went… she had a great day!  The bottom right is last year’s picture…

         

Their sisterly first day…

And all of us

Good luck to all of us (obviously, we are pretty busy since this post is a month late…)