Anders has been helping Pop with the poultry business.
The older three boys presented essays to Mean Ol' Mama's college class about their project areas.
The kids were asked to perform at one of our family reunions.
We enjoyed the afternoon at Swine Time, an annual festival in a near-by town.
Peter and Paul participated in the chitlin' eating contest.
Branch participated in the hog calling contest.
ChubChub tried his hand at calling hogs, too.
Paul and Peter also gave the corn shucking contest their best shot.
So did Branch
Anders actually won the corn shucking contest for his age group!
The three younger boys had fun in the greased pig chase.
They all painted Christmas mugs for our local hospice.
Josiah shot two quail and dressed them out to eat later.
We had six performances last week, and we're relieved to have all of those finished.
Stennes and Levi donated these small window gardens (and supplies) to our local Senior Center.
The older five children also played their Christmas concert down in Tallahassee.
And we especially enjoyed giving their band director a funny shirt. Thanks for being such a good sport, Charlie!
We're wrapping up 4H projects for this month; two performances coming up; many different activities still to finish; Christmas dreams to dream...
