State Fair Bound!!

Nathaniel and Isaiah (yes, I do have these sons, though you'd not be able to prove it with a picture on my blog...) left yesterday morning for the Minnesota State Fair!!

They are down there with a 4-H livestock encampment--

Isaiah with one of his goats

and Nathaniel with his Brown Swiss heifer.

They left yesterday (Wed.) and will be back Sunday evening.

Dennis and I are leaving tonight in order to be down in time for 

Isaiah's goat show at 8 AM TOMORROW MORNING!

We will stay over night with my brother and his family

so that we can be there to watch 

Nathaniel's dairy show at 

8 AM ON SATURDAY MORNING!

(I think that's an insane time for a show...just sayin')

Here are some pictures I took with my cell phone

as they were loadin' up to

 move 'em out.

This is not our animal...just a picture for you

"city folk" to see the type of trailer they take them in 

and how they do it.

See?  See that guy heading down the ramp?

That's Nathaniel.

I bet you'd be able to recognize him anywhere now, 

wouldn't you? 

He had just loaded his heifer.

Picture proof that he exists.

See?  See that guy at the entrance to the trailer?

The one with the cowboy hat?

Oh, you can't see him 'cause of the shadow?

Well, that's Number 2 son Isaiah,

loading his goat,

affectionately named Lefse.

Ya, ve're dat Norsky so as to name animals

after Scandinavian dishes.

My persona faveof the day were 

the fancy jackets that the sheep wear.

Stylin', no?

A far-away shot of the bus

the kids rode on.

You didn't think that they'd go 

on the stock trailer did you????

A closer up shot of the bus,

taken from the front seat of our van

as I was driving away from the 

County Fairgrounds;

they were heading out ahead of me.

They're gonna have a GREAT time.

I know it.

And Dennis, Ivy and I are, too.

I know it.