Monday, March 12, 2007

Our first thing to do was to go to the Aquarium. Hope you enjoy the pictures as much as we enjoyed making them.

Look at those teeth!

Sandy and Jesse play with sting rays

Emma Lee in a fish tank

For the few people who take a chance that I have updated this blog and look around...you got lucky today! On Valentine's Day 2007 Jesse was put back on alert. As of right this moment we are assuming he is going back to Iraq this summer; however, no official orders have come out yet. Due to this we decided to take our vacation during Spring Break to Pigeon Forge. We had a wonderful time and took lots of pictures so I thought I would share them with you. You will see Jesse, Sandy, Emma Lee, Katie (my neice), and me. We visited the Aquarium, Ripley's Believe it or not Museum, Dixie Stampede Dinner Show, the Smokey Mountains, Comedy Barn Show, Bennett's Bar-B-Que (just for Bennett), Go-Karts, WonderWorks, Old Mill Restaurant and Shops, Red Rooster Pancakes, and puttputt golfing. We had a wonderful time and just wish we had more time and more money to do more things!!!

Showmanship in Lee County

Now Sandy & Tinkerbell have changed gears. She is now doing showmanship where the judge looks to see how well Sandy handles her cow (no matter what happens) and also how well she interacts with not just the cow but also with the judge. The judge must be watched at all times and questions must be answered as the judge walks around.
Cousin Lee is on the left and Sandy on the right. One of the toughest things about showmanship is that Lee and Sandy will always be in the same class and they are both REALLY good! They truely are about equal when it comes to this b/c sometimes Sandy wins and sometimes Lee wins but they are always proud of each other!
On this day Sandy decides she really like the Lee County Show cause she won 1st place in showmanship. The red chair that she is holding is her 1st place prize. Mom thought it mighty nice that Sandy would win her a new Softball chair...hehe!

Pretty Cow in Lee County

Of course being the day after the Cardinals won the World Seriese we all had to represent!!!

Thanks go out to Aunt Gaye, Aunt Nana, and Momma Dell for a beautiful blanket! All momma has to do is show up and video tape!!!

Sandy and Tinkerbell get ready to win 2nd place & $50 in the Pretty Cow competition. In this competition you must create a blanket that could advertise Milk. Ours is "Milk Makes Happy Thoughts." For those that are a little slower than others Tinkerbell sprinkles fairy dust on you and then you must have a happy thought to be able to fly. You would be surprised how many judges do not get it!

Sandy went to another cow show with our beautiful calf, Tinkerbell. Sandy placed 2nd in Pretty Cow and 1st in Showmanship. It was an exciting day in Verona!

Sandy has had a big week...she had her first girl scout meeting where they sent her home with a fundraiser and on the 2nd or 3rd day she had her sheet filled up. She then was invited to go to a pumpkin patch where she picked her own pumpkin and played so hard she went to bed at 7:30 PM. Her nerves are starting to shake a little as State Fair approaches. She leaves Thursday for Jackson and shows in the morning and that night on Friday. Saturday she can just have fun cause her part will be over.

Emma Lee has also been fundraising for school but she had delicious candy bars. I took them to school and they were gone in about 2 days. She is loving school. There is always a new story to tell on the days that she goes. Emma Lee and Memaw plan fun stuff on Tuesday and Thursday when she does not go. This week she will also be tagging along to state fair with sandy.

As far as Jesse and I we are doing great. Trying to get started on plans for building our house, leading a Webelos group (4th and 5th grade boys...what were we thinking), Anchor initiation is this week, getting ready for Singing Christmas Tree (first Saturday and Sunday of December), and just about anything else someone can con us into doing.

Oh, and the big news of the weekend is that the Band and all extras received 1's this weekend at State competition. Saturday was exhausting but rewarding. Also, more exciting news...my library has shelves! Now maybe I can get some books on them so it looks like a real library. completed pictures soon!!!

This is Sandy's Pretty Cow competition. She won 1st place in that also. You must create a blanket that "advertises" milk/dairy. Tinkerbelle is dressed as tinkerbelle and sandy as peter pan and the slogan is "Milk Makes Happy Thoughts" For those who have not seen Peter Pan Tinkerbelle spreads pixie dust and then you must have a happy thought before you can fly. Sandy is showing the rest of this week...she is soooo happy. that cow acts like a puppy dog. she loves sandy!

Here is Sandy and Tinkerbelle at their first cow show in Pontotoc. Sandy won 1st place in Showmanship and 3rd place in the Jersey division (the 1st & 2nd place were just bigger).

This is Sandy with her new calf, Tinkerbelle. Sandy has spoiled this cow and worked very hard. She gets up at 5:30 AM with Jesse and goes down to Aunt Gaye's to clean out her stall and feed her. Right now she is still being bottle fed some. I have never seen her take so much pride in anything before. She will be showing this cow and doing everything that goes along with that. FUN FUN!!!

This is Sandy trying to catch Jello balloons for her team. Each Monday we have children activities with our church and this particular Monday was "Messy Games!!" We had some great fun. It ended with a relay to make huge ice cream sundays using nothing but hands. Wow!