FWSSR 2014

On February 2, 2014, Kade showed at his very first major livestock show, the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo.  I can't quite remember how many classes of goats there were, but I believe it was around 10.  Each class had approximately 80 goats.  Kade was in a heavy weight class.  Out of the approximate 80 in his class, Kade and his goat ended up 10th.  We were so excited!  This just meant a ribbon and $20, but we made the cut and saw that months of hard work paid off.

 

 

Baylor Co. Jr. Livestock Show 2014

Our annual county livestock show was early this year.  It was held January 2-4.  Kade showed rabbits, goats and a heifer.  

We had a horrible year with our rabbits and lost five out of eight rabbits before the show came around.  We had the three remaining ones living in our kitchen in a guinea pig cage just trying to keep them alive!  We placed in the bottom of both single classes we showed in.

We had some awesome goats this year.  They were both in the same weight class, but Kade had a friend show the doe for him.  He ended up first with his wether, Sylvester, and his friend received second with his doe, Twitty.  Sylvester ended up being Reserve Grand Champion overall.  Kade received 2nd place in the Jr. Goat Showmanship.

Our heifer project was so much fun this year.  Clint says it will probably never be this easy again.  Our Red Angus, Millie, is super gentle.  It only took us a week to halter break her and teach her to lead!  Kade received first in his class with Millie.  We were tickled with those results.  He also received 3rd place Jr. Heifer Showmanship....he had some really tough competition, so we were pumped with that placing, too.

Kade also entered the photography contest.  He and Babers went and captured some really neat scenes one Sunday afternoon.

I love how Millie has her tongue stuck out!

This photo has been promoted to the district contest.

4-H Consumer Decision Making

On Wednesday, May 1, Kade participated in the District 3 4-H Consumer Decision Making contest.  This was his second year and he took top honors in the junior division with the overall high score in placings and oral reasons.  This was his second year to earn the top spot!  I laugh, because he comes from it honestly...Clint and I are so tight with our money and put a calculator to all of our purchases!  Kade and Layton are already the same way.

If you are wondering just what consumer decision making skills is, I found this good description of it:  Good consumer skills can help you get more for your money. Consumer Decision Making gives youth the opportunity to make wise decisions when shopping. Consumer Decision Making is a judging contest designed to teach kids to observe, compare and make consumer based decisions based on facts.  4-Hers use their consumer knowledge to rank similarly based products to fit a given scenario.  Kids learn to organize their thoughts and to defend their decisions in oral reasons.

4-H Shooting Extravaganza

On Saturday, April 20, 2013, we all traveled to Brownwood, TX, so that Kade could participate in his very first 4-H Shooting Extravaganza.  It was quite an experience!  He participated in the Compound Basic Archery and the Light Rifle competitions.  He loved the archery competition and held his ground against his competitor, even though we were total amateurs and only brought 3 arrows to the contest!  Luckily, 4-H believes in training their kids up to be nice and respectful and another kid allowed Kade to borrow some of his arrows.  We were embarrassed at the time, but look back on it now and laugh.  Live and learn --- it was a good lesson for Kade!  The wind was blowing pretty steady that entire Saturday, so it made the light rifle competition pretty difficult, but we went and had a great time.