Fair week approaches!

The Genesee County fair starts this weekend. We are trying to finish up all the kids' projects. I'm glad that they each only signed up for a couple projects because that is plenty for me. We went and got the goats from Charlie's parents' house last Thursday. Charlie finished the fence today. The poor goats had to be on dog leads until then. They survived though. It actually made them easier to catch too. Now that they are loose in the pen, the kids have to chase them more. This is the first year this fair has had a separate Boer goat class. It's been interesting for us because the goat superintendant keeps changing her mind on how she wants them to be shown. It's probably going to be pretty funny this year. It's good for the kids, right?

It would've been so much easier for us had Mom been here to guide us through. But, lucky for us, we landed in one of the only 4-H groups that has other members with Boer goats. In fact, our leader is the one who introduced the first Boer to the fair last year and because they didn't have a class for it they made it show like a dairy. It's very perculiar here. The whole goat show pretty much centers around Pygmy goats, so weird. Anyway, we're hoping to make the Boer goat a more popular goat here this year. We are going to go this week to track down some potential buyers. We've never been able to do this, so it's a learning experience also. Yeah for learning!