The Beach Boys

 Emma found out The Beach Boys were coming and really wanted to go  so I got tickets for a girls night out!  

The girls were so excited 

We got there just in time for the sunset 

We scored a close parking spot even though it was only 15 minutes before start time.

There really isn’t a bad seat at Northern Quest. 

I loved the background pictures 

There was even an intermission so the girls got ice cream 

We met two ladies while we were in line for t-shirts and they saw us at intermission and asked the girls how they liked the concert. Then they offered to take our pictures. 

The girls actually had a lot of nice folks come up to them and ask how they liked it…the average audience age was 60+. The girls loved it though. 

The t-shits!  What a fun concert…so glad we did this. 

Party Time

Our end of summer party was held last night. 

Raymond and Robert came a day early to help us get ready. The boys got everything clean and set up…

Time to party! 

Let’s do this!  

We had a great turnout. Here are the Gaffaney’s with Bret

The Helm’s

Ryan came too!

Max was here from New Zealand

Our friends from Lakeside 

The girls and some of their friends 

The Nine’s

More neighbors 

The Stark clan and their friends 

Food was delicious 

Mark and Jessica made it too

Awe

Selfie

AVISTA coworkers 

The Rose’s and Brose’s 

Zack with the littles

The teens played spike ball

Margaret and her dad

Friends from Riverside 

There was a lot of volleyball 

And some shots

The Stark’s were responsible for these

Cute

Good times

The party went late

Oh boy!

Robert Max and Raymond were the last ones standing. Another successful party!!!!

 

Fair Time...Fitting and Showing Day

It's fair time!  Marcus has worked really hard with his pig, Tank, all spring and summer.  He brought Tank to the fair Weds night and weighed in at 271 lbs!  Big enough to sell at market!

This morning was fitting and showing.  This is Marcus's second year.  Last year he showed through 4-H and this year he is showing through his Riverside FFA chapter.  They started out with a meeting with the judge.  Marcus listened intently and then shook her hand at the end.

He was in the first group which was a senior group mainly made up of the FFA students.  Tank did so well...look at his head held high and Marcus is making eye contact with the judge.  Great job!

The judge had Marcus pen his pig, that is usually a good sign.

Blake also penned his pig which is another good sign since he is pretty much Marcus's mentor in this whole thing.  Pretty cool.

The judge interviewed Marcus, he likes to talk so I'm sure he did well.

So proud!

Then he came back out and walked around some more.

Tank decided to get stuck in a corner for a bit.

But Marcus got him out.

Keep your head up Tank

I was super proud of Marcus.

and Tank too.

Hayley's pig kept wanting to walk along with Tank.   Marcus said it was fine.

Margaret and Marcus...Margaret kept her pig at our house since pigs should not be alone and she has always done goats in the past (she still does goats).  I think the pigs found each other eventually and decided to stick together again.  Kinda sweet really.

The judge gave out 2 purple ribbons and then called Marcus up.  She said he was a purple until the last few minutes when Tank decided to get stuck in the corner.  It was a tie between 3 kids' pigs and in the end our friend, Riley, won.  Marcus got the 1st blue ribbon of his class though...that is amazing for his second time doing this!

I think he was a little disappointed though.

Margaret and Marcus…these two spent a lot of time together this summer. 

Marcus also got a blue ribbon for market show, the judge said Tank looked amazing and Marcus fed him well.  Overall a successful fair.  Market sale is tomorrow!