First day of school

 

Two Juniors and a Freshman

They all had amazing days…hard to believe they are all in high school now. 

End of summer party!

We held our end of summer party Saturday and I literally took ONE picture!  I must have been having too much fun. We had a smaller turn out this year but we did it later in the summer and the weather wasn’t great. We had about 50 people total consisting of Avista friends, Riverside friends, neighbors, softball families and even some of Marc’s buddies from Rainier!  George Coffee, Robert Gehrke and Mark Edwards were here and I did not get one single picture!  It will forever be in my memory though…it was a great night spent with great friends. 

 

Fair Highlights

Friday morning was show day at the fair. We were all there to support Marcus. 

The girls are so excited. 

Marcus did so well!

Kevin did great too. 

Marcus was told not to smile and he did great. 

Proud daddy in the background. 

Tim giving Marcus some pointers. 

Love his smile. He was allowed to this time. 

They work well together. 

Poppi and Marc reminiscing about the old days. 

Loving every minute. 

Nice work. 

The judge giving Marcus some tips. 

First place ribbon 

Hard work pays off for these two. 

Marcus was in his element here. 

He has made some lifelong friends for sure. 

Most of these boys go to school together. 

One of the moms shared this one with me…all Riverside kids. 

They all loved this. 

Big thanks to Jennifer for literally holding our hands through this entire process. 

Marcus is so proud of Kevin. 

What a great day!

Marcus made this poster…another blue ribbon. 

We took some time to explore and the kids played some bingo. 

Olivia won a game!

Elle was there too…

So was Baylor. 

The kids got fake tattoos 

Marcus worked in the barn every hour. 

Thanksgiving for coming!

Lunch date. 

Marcus worked the rodeo Friday night. One of th other moms took this awesome photo. 

Great job kids. 

Then Marcus was up early Saturday and had to go to town for football practice. He came right back to take care of his pig and stopped by the goat barn to see a friend. 

Saturday afternoon was market sale. Marc looked like he was ready to bid on some livestock. 

Marcus was a great salesman. 

Ready to sell Kevin. 

There were at least 4 companies fighting for his pig. In the end he got $5 per pound from Gaffaney Electric. 

There was another rodeo Saturday. Lots of Riverside kids came. 

Marcus and Blake raked during barrel races. 

Good work.  The night ended with dancing. 

The kids spent one last day with their animals. They took group photos…this is Marcus’s 4-H group. 

What great memories. It was hard to say goodbye to Kevin but Marcus had a great support group here and he is looking forward to doing this again next year!  

 

It’s Fair Time!

Our fair adventure has begun. We rented a trailer and loaded Kevin up yesterday afternoon. Marcus had his first high school football practice so Marc agreed to get the pig ready to go. Emma helped too. 

Loading was a piece of cake and he got a bath. 

Stuart said goodbye…

Penny said farewell…sort of a sad moment there. 

We got to the fair and unloaded Kevin. He did so well. Look at the smile on Marcus’s face. 

He went into a holding pen to start. 

One proud kid!  

Then they weighed him and put him in his new home. He weighed in at 245…225 is market sale weight so he made it!  Great job Marcus!

Kevin fits right in at the fair. He snuggled in for the night next to some of his brothers that he hasn’t seen since we got him. Pretty cute. Marcus is having a ball!  More to come!