Good Job, Karter!

Karter and his hog ROCKED at the Duchesne County Fair this year! His pig won its class and went on to the Star Round. It got mad and started fighting with every other hog in the ring and I was worried that it might get kicked out, but he lucked out. It didn't place in the top 10 because it was just too light, but the judge liked what he saw anyway and came and found Karter to tell him how great his hog was the day of the sale. He just couldn't pick a hog that was that light. If only we'd had 40 more lbs on him. He weighed 235, but was a perfect hog. As it was, he was the #13 hog in the show. Our other hog that Haley Houston showed was the #15 hog. We were happy with that.

There he is...a boy and his hog. He was so happy.



Karter did awesome in Fitting and Showing as well. I was proud of him no matter what the judge's final word was. His lamb didn't make weight, but he still showed it in Fitting and Showing and did well with it too. It came home with us so now we have a sheep that we don't quite know what to do with.

There's the judge looking his hog over once again. You could tell he liked Karter's hog quite a bit. He just kept looking at it.


And here he is when the judge said, "I'm going to go with the young man in the cowboy hat for the #1 hog in this class.". He celebrated a bit in the ring. lol


Whatta smile! He was just beaming after the judge picked his pig in his class.


The judge explains what he liked about Karter's hog....


Star Round. The judge liked the bigger, heavier hogs. The Grand Champion hog weighed 278 lbs.




Star Round pic...rare moment when his hog wasn't fighting other hogs. Mean lil' sucker.


Haley's hog did very well too! She was 2nd in her class and the #15 hog overall.


Look at that awful, pink sunburned pig next to Haley's beautiful piggy.


What a beautiful girl, Haley is. Such a good kid, too. Love that girl!


Kenyon said, "Hello cows!" everytime we went by the Houston girls' steers.


Aww..brotherly love! How much do you think I could've gotten for these two little piggies at the sale?


Kai really wants to be a cowboy. I don't think cowboys ride in bare feet and shorts much though, do you?