Fair Time in Montana

It was fair time in Montana this past weekend and we went to cheer on Moo Moo’s FFA kids as they showed their heifers.  We had a late night Friday night with it finally ending around 2 AM (rebels…we know!) so Saturday morning we slept in a bit more than we wanted to but it was worth it.  We got up, got dressed, and headed to the Fair by 9 AM.  We got there in time to see her kids show their heifers, then for them to show their pen of 3.  Although they placed very well they didn’t win the class, and my husband was pretty vocal about his disgust with the judge – and he calls me a “fair mom”!  Anyway, the FFA kids did great and even more importantly they enjoyed showing their heifers and can’t wait to come back next year & do it again.  After we got done watching the shows we headed to the food pavilion to get us some breakfast.  The Search & Rescue team here puts on a breakfast fundraiser every year here at the fair and their breakfast was pretty tasty!  Then we headed to look at the exhibits where I got 2 beautiful handmade African woven baskets, and grabbed some other things for the house as well.  We stayed to have a nice fair hamburger with his parents & get us a signature 4H cup that everyone had to have, and then left that afternoon to go home & do things around the ranch.  While this fair is nothing compared to the Washington County Fair, it is the first Fair that Wesley and I have attended together so it was pretty darn special for us both.

When we got home that afternoon we headed out to wash the swather & put it away until next haying season, then washed the tractor as well.  The swather was really dirty, and took me about 2 hours to wash it alone.  While Wesley was finishing up the tractor I went & took the chickens for a walk (yes, we have chickens.  Yes, they come to their names.  Yes, they do love their walks), fed our little bum calf Sassy, and took care of David & Moo Moo’s dogs since they were spending the night in town that evening.  Wesley requested I made fried chicken that evening for supper, so of course I obliged his request even at 9 PM at night (he’s pretty spoiled but I wouldn’t have it any other way J)!  We enjoyed a delicious meal of fried chicken, pea salad, and potato salad…it was delicious! 

Sunday we had a roping at our friends Jay & Edyna’s house, so after breakfast we headed over to load up the horses & horse trailer & get ready for the roping.  I got to love on little Hayes again on Sunday as Sarah & Clint were at the roping.  He’s such a little chunk but a great baby!  They ended up having 2 different ropings, and David won 2^nd place in both ropings!  He was pretty happy with himself.  We got home about 9 that evening from the roping in time to catch up on a few shows we had recorded and get things ready for the week ahead. 

This weekend we have a roping again on Saturday, but Friday Wesley and I are going on a date!  We have yet to decide where we’re going…but we are pretty excited about our date!  Sunday we are working around our house and doing what we love best – firing up the grill and BBQ’ing!  We are getting pretty serious with our grilling activities lately so we are always experimenting & trying new things.  We love to BBQ and have people over and we are looking forward to getting to BBQ for my parents when they are here!