Pineywoods Fair 2023

The Piney Woods Fair started Wednesday with the broiler show. We did not have a great birds or a great show. Emory lost her best bird just before the show started and placed 27th, just missing the sale. Cason placed 22nd out of 42 pens and thankfully made the premium sale. 

We of course can not spend days at the fair without a few rides. 

We ran into Char and Tatum, two of Eli friends! 

This year Emory and Cason participated in the Ag Mech show. They both received first place ribbons for their projects and both made the Ag Mech sale. 

 

High School Soccer

Emory had a tough soccer season,  they lost quite a bit, but they learned a lot too. They also had lots of fun. Emory started most games as a Freshman and improved a great deal during the season. She plays hard and is not at all intimidated by the much larger boys on the other teams. 

JH Soccer

Cason's soccer season ended yesterday with a 2nd place finish at the Junior High CSAC District Tournament. It was a long day with four games of soccer but the kids all played hard and had lots of fun! 

JH Soccer 2023 

Individual & Team Picture 

Group picture after the champion game. 

They were tired! 

A friend was able to capture some great shots of Cason throughout the season.

My favorite shots were these two (above and below) of Cason saving a goal at a district home game. 

He played goalie or forward most of the time, but also play midfield some too. 

 

Fishing at the Farm

Last weekend we went and looked at dad's house and let the kids fish for a few hours. The pond is still down from the drought and Miss Lucy had a little too much fun in the mud. All of the kids caught several fish, but I didn't get any pictures of Emory. Cason caught one fish twice. The first time it took his bait and snapped the line, the second time he caught it and both warms/hooks were in its mouth. 

The fish he caught twice. 

 

Spirit Week

This past week was Spirit Week at school. I managed to get pictures two of the days. Wednesday was Crazy Hair & Sock day and Thursday was Hawaiian Day! The kids had a great fun filled week and the High School Homecoming game was a nail biter, going into over time. We ended up losing, but Emory earned the honor of MVP of the game. 

 

New Babies

We have had lots of new babies hit the ground the last few weeks!!