The Baptism and the Fair

A couple of weeks ago, our church held it's annual picnic and baptism. Since we live in the Great White North, we only do baptisms once a year and then in August so it's not too terribly cold. But, this year, it was 60 degrees and rainy the weekend of the baptism. Mr. Math Teacher is an elder so he was in the water for all 22 baptisms. The most exciting thing, though, is that Wild Man was baptized this year. He said it was quite chilly, but one of the ladies gave him a cup of hot chocolate as soon as he got out of the water and wrapped up in a towel. We were all thrilled about the event!

The Fair has also been a big deal here. Ga'Hoole Girl was in four different Fair events. In June, she won a first place in the Clothing Revue for her purchased outfit for the Consumer Savvy Project. Three weeks ago, she showed two of our cats at the Cat and Small Animal show. Both of them won seconds. Sophie might have gotten a first if she hadn't hissed at the judge!! Two weeks ago was Foods - I showed a picture of her cupcakes in one of my recent posts. Last week was The Fair. Since we don't have livestock (thankfully), Ga'Hoole Girl just entered some artwork. The only one I have a good picture of is her origami. That piece won a third place (although I thought it was amazing!). Her painting (sunset) and drawing (owl) both won seconds. The kids went on the Midway on Saturday afternoon. I'm glad I didn't go since my headache started Saturday evening (and it's still not gone - Yikes!).

One of the other exciting things about Fair Week is getting to see how well our friends do. My best friend and her girls spent Wednesday through Friday nights with us - generally from about 10:30pm to 6am. We live close to the Fairgrounds so it is easier for the girls to get up early and get to the Fairgrounds to do chores first thing in the morning. What is really cool is that their goats did very well and one of the girls who shows dairy cows also did quite well. Overall, it was a good week!