It`s That Time of Year Again...

Yep...time to put away the boutique shoes and bring out the slopping boots. It`s PIG time again!! For those of you who don`t know, my kids have been involved in 4-H and FFA forever!!
We`ve taken every project you can imagine...and the favorites of course are the animal projects.
From chickens to beef...we`ve done it all. But for some reason the project the kids always go back to is..... HOGS!
And every year around this time I take the kids to a local auction to pick out their fair pigs...it's fun, it`s exciting...and its smelly!! LOL This year we have 2 4-H pigs for Andrew, an FFA pig for Ryan and Annie settled for a lamb. Amber was totally frustrated that she is too young to take an animal to the fair......after all she is 3 going on 15......so we got her a little friend to keep her company!



Andrew hasn`t named his little buddies yet...we let them out to run around for the first time today and I managed to snap a couple pics.
He`ll be feeding and excercising these little guys until August when they will weigh approx 270 pounds each...then he`ll get them all washed, brushed and load up for to head for the county fair....where we camp for a fun filled, exciting week!!

Amber was pretty right on when she said to me..."Ewww Mommy these piggies need a bath!" She was totally grossed out by the way they dug in and rolled in the mud!