You know the saying...."been there, done that, and got the t-shirt to prove it"? Well, we own the t-shirt (in this case memories) and will probably get more!!! We have finally done something with those pigs other than scoop poop, water, feed, and walk them. We went to a pig show!!
Yep, the country bumpkins got up early on Sat. to head to a jackpot about 95 miles away. We of course had to take two modes of transportation since there were 7 of us and two pigs that needed a trailer.
So, you ask: "How did it go?" Thanks for asking because I am so wanting to share our experience with you. Of course you would have needed to be there to get the whole picture(yes, I took a camera) but this will just have to do until I can figure out how to download the video.
We arrived about 11AM....wanted the pens close to the arena and scales AND since we didn't know the method of operations we wanted to get our feet running with some similarities of a person who knew what was actually going on.
Of course somewhere in the long drive, Wilbur decided to get nosey and put a huge blood blister on his nose. But...thank goodness beauty means nothing, just muscle.
Weight cards were due at 2PM and then the actual show started at 4. Needless to say, standing around in a barn full of pigs, sheep and cows is not every one's idea of fun, and since my mom knew some fun shopping spots downtown, we left the kids with my dad and Jordan, and all women over 20 headed for a little shopping.
Now, I said that the show started at 4, but do you know how many "classifications" of pigs there are? Well, for every breed, you have 3 classes: light, middle and heavy weight. We were lucky to have cross breeds so we were entering the ring at 7PM or there about. You should have been there. My dad was starting to sweat bullets because it was past supper, Kauy was not even in the ring yet, and it was getting late which meant that we would unload in the dark cold of night. Where is that sense of adventure? However, he was provide with entertainment when both pigs (at their own time) shot out past the judge and ran as fast as their pig hiney would go to the other end of the show ring. The judge watched each with a deep respect for our pigs who could weigh that much and still haul butt!
My precious kids were great!!! They did everything they had been told to do. I was so proud of them. My son showed in a class of eleven and placed 7th. My beautiful daughter placed 7th out of nine. That is great since they were showing barrows in classes filled with gilts, and gilts (females) are more mature and shapely than barrows. Have I learned "pig" talk or what? Also they were both showing against at least 5 kids that had shown multiple pigs that day and won top in the classification. So...I was proud of them. They both told my parents that they want to do it again. So....we are signing up for the next one.
So, now we have been there, done that and fell in love with it! Hopefully one day we will own the t-shirt that says, "I brought home the bacon!"
Cement floors - $1,900
Electircity to barn - $700
Feed - 100.00
Shavings - $100
Entry to show - $50.00
Family time with lots of laughter and a sense of pride - priceless!
And none of it was on MasterCard.
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I am so proud of those two kiddos! I hope they have it all down in about 5 years so they can teach the "next generation" what to do!!!
Where's the pics?
Thank goodness for Dave Ramsey, Jordan, patient grandparents, and an adventurous mom of 2 adventurous (and might I say precious) kiddos.
Hope you don't mind if we read your blog. We linked up with it from Jordan and Ashley's blog. You are quite the writer! We had a good laugh, and believe me, we needed it today. We, too, have been there and done that and the worse part is the waiting around to show. Danny always had to get to the show extra early, too, so that made for an extra long day. Good luck and we know the kids will do great! By the way, your pig "lingo" is very impressive!
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