Final Fair...

2 weeks ago the boys and I headed up to Nana and Papa's house for the Gold Country Fair! This was going to be Trevor's last fair, so we wanted to be there to watch everything!!!

Soooo excited!!! Lovin' on Uncle T!

The first day Trevor showed his pig, and Papa worked hard with the boards keeping the pigs from fighting!The following day was the steer show! Trevor had 2 steers he wanted to show and sell, so Aubrey ended up taking one on as her project with Trevor's help. This was because you can only sell one animal as an exhibitor unless you win grand or reserve with more than one. They started off with showmanship! This is where the exhibitors are judged on the care of their animal, it's grooming as well as their own, how well they "show" the animal, and their knowledge of the questions asked of them regarding the animals.
Trev was up first!

The judge was from Oklahoma and was a crack up! Here he was razzing Trevor, because he was the only young man in a group with 8 girls!

You betcha!!! Trevor won and was complimented very highly by the judge!!! He told the audience and the exhibitors that he does this a lot to recruit for the college in Oklahoma and gets a lot of great showmen and women to come their and be on the judging team from all over. He asked Trevor his age and if he had graduated and selected a college. When Trevor told him he had, the gentleman said that he was going to tell him to come to Oklahoma! HUGE compliment!!!Aubrey was up next in really her first attempt at showing a steer!

She did pretty well and got third in a group of many who've shown before!

Later that afternoon was the market show, where the Grand and Reserve Champion steers were chosen! Guess who won Reserve?!?

AUBREY!!!Here he is!

Since Trevor won showmanship, he got to participate in the Master Showmanship competition!!! This is where the exhibitors who won showmanship for their species compete for the award of Master Showman!!! Trev got to show a pig...

...and a steer, both of which he was comfortable with! But then also had to show a lamb......as well as meat and dairy goats! These he's only shown once before! Immediately after showing he had to pack up and head off to college! He got the phone call before boarding his plane that he had won!!! Your Master Showman right there!!!

We had a lot of fun at the fair, so come back and we'll show you more!