Leighton's pig (Clover) was fourth place overall. Not the grand or reserve champion we are used to having but Leighton did a good job with her. Our friend Robby was grand champion and I'm really happy that he won our show. His mom has always been a great help to me and he works so hard with his animals! Yeah Robby! Our other friend, Vanessa, was reserve champion and she worked really hard with her pig too. We have a lot of people to be proud of! :-)
And then there is Bob...the goat I have fallen in love with, lol! I like Bob...can you tell? I will be so sad when he goes bye-bye. He was GRAND CHAMPION...YEAH! He was also donated back to us after the auction so we are busy finding him a good home. Hmmmmmmm....where will he go????
He was such a champ in the arena...look how calmly he walked with Leigh Leigh!
And finally, the food projects. Leighton made this yummy apple pie. The recipe is from The Pioneer Woman's cooking blog and it is the second year that we have used recipes from her site. If you haven't checked out her cooking blog you really should. There are some wonderful recipes there. You might recall that last year when Leighton was in the kitchen he was eating cookie dough off the floor. Needless to say, he has a tendency to sling things around in the kitchen. It is for this reason that I asked David to oversee his cooking session. Leighton was busy cooking while I was on the phone with a friend when David came to me and asked "where is the recipe for the crumb topping?" I said, "Well, I thought he was just cutting the flour into the butter." David (who is a wonderfully talented cook) said, "well, that made a paste." I said, "that WAS the crumb topping!" Leighton had mixed it into the apples and filled the pie crust and was ready to pop his pie into the oven. "Oh, gawd!" I moaned! I had high hopes for this pie. I had made it before and it was absolutely delicious. Suddenly I saw my aspirations of having another grand champion food entry dashed. "UGH! Just put it in the oven and bake it I said. It is what it is," I said. "It will probably taste better anyway," I added as I tried to remove the worry I had created for my son. Well, would you believe that the pie that was made totally not by the recipe was, afterall, GRAND CHAMPION! I told you this pie is GOOD!!!
Jacque made these dipped gingersnaps and they are wonderfully tasty too! She does such an excellent job in the kitchen. No one needs to watch her...she knows what she's doing. She's a big Food Channel junkie and has apparently learned a lot from watching Paula Deen and all her cooking friends, lol! Jacque was first place cookie. And these cookies taste as good as they look!
Last but not least, Jacque's photo was 3rd place. I was disappointed for her because it was really a beautiful photo. The photo was the instrument panel of a very old Case tractor that sits in front of one of the feed stores we frequent. She did make auction with her photo though so I was glad of that!
It was a very good year for us and I am so thankful for the opportunities that FFA provides to our family. I love watching our kids compete and learn new things!
Until next time!
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