I promise to post photos tomorrow - I just wanted to post a quick update to say that the fair is over, the hogs are sold, and Quincy keeps telling everyone who will listen that the pigs went to Heaven (sad). Mallory, Madison and Cameron all got blue ribbons on their pigs, Colin had the champion cross-bred hog. Cameron won 2nd place in the rate of gain contest - with his pig gaining 2.66 pounds per day - he lost first place by a 10th of a pound per day. The foods, posters, and flowers did well also, and Mallory and Colin both baked cookies which qualify to go to the state fair.
We spent yesterday trying to catch up on laundry, and house cleaning - my house was a total disaster after running in and out for the week...the laundry was not so easy to catch up on since it has been raining and our dryer broke. We have been drying things on makeshift clotheslines and on the backs of chairs. We have the local repair guy coming tomorrow...he and his wife were running the concession stand at the fair, so he had no time last week!
We spent today with Jim's sister who has been visiting from Virgina. We attempted to go to the KU Natural History Museum, only to find that because of the economy, they have started being closed on Mondays. We then trecked across Lawrence to go to the Prairie Park Nature Preserve only to find that they are also closed on Monday. The kids had a fun time playing at the park and going to Wells Overlook Tower. Photos to come!
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