Tuesday, August 25, 2009

County Fair and Rodeo

Last week was the county fair, and John and I entered a few items. John had some beans from my mom's garden that he entered. He was pretty proud of his second place ribbon!

I entered a bag that I made, a raggy flag quilt, some of my most delicious rolls, and pumkin bread. As you can see, I got first place on all of them. Yep, I still got it, I can enter stuff into the county fair and still get the blue!!
On Saturday John entered the syphon setting contest. (they are metal tubes that some of the farmers use to water their fields, he had to try and set them as fast as he could) He was able to get a few set, good job for never having done it before. Way to go John!


Two of the nights we went to the rodeo. Doesn't John make a great cowboy? Complete with wranglers, boots, buckle and hat!!


Trevin and Colby were in the Cowboy Challenge two different nights before the rodeo started. They had to get dressed in the outhouse with their partner, then put up a fence and weave a wheelbarrow in an out of it, then build a gate and milk a saw horse cow, then get on their stick horse and race back to the outhouse. Colby's team won, and Trevin just gave us all a good laugh.


This is Colby's team on the far right.






Trevin and Preston (my cousin) on the far left.



They did a little firework show right before the bull riding every night. I love fire works.
Taylor and John the cowboys.

LtoR: Taylor (brother), Brandon (cousin), Trevin (brother), Preston (cousin), John, Isaac (Cousin's husband)
Well, we had a great week at the county fair!! John, Taylor, and Trevin will be entering the wild cow ride at the Adam's county fair in the middle of next month, so be looking for video and pictures of that!!















Friday, August 21, 2009

Grand Coulee Dam

We had lots of extended family in town and decided to take a trip up to the Grand Coulee dam. On the way we stopped by Dry Falls for a few pictures.

Once upon a time these were the worlds largest waterfalls, but that was really a long time ago.


The boys thought it would be funny to pretend they were going to jump off the edge. I was freaking out, it is a long way down there.


John sitting in front of the dam. Because of this dam, we can irrigate the feilds, and most of the northwestern states have power. At night they bring water over the dam and do a laser light show explaining the history of the dam.




This is some of the family that was with us.









Trevin was just too excited to watch the whole show.







John being silly inside the visitor center. We have been having lots of fun in Washington, more pictures to come, including the fair and rodeo!