cat-fishin'

i took jack and reese fishing for catfish today.  they were quite successful!

reese caught five.

 and jack caught six...including the biggest one that was landed. 

 (two were line-breakers)

all the commotion attracted attention from a few visitors.

 what a view! 

sussies

the retired travellers went to new zealand/austraila and all

we got was headgear!

county fair time

the girls showed their rabbits on wednesday at the county fair.  they weighed them in a bucket, which seemed fitting for meat pens. 

 here are the girls preparing the rabbits for show.  they used a secret recipe to get their fur nice and clean and soft. 

reese's rabbits won reserve grand champion!  (that means 2nd place and they made sale for saturday). 

today, for the sale, she walked around the arena and sold her rabbits
in a basket.  she did great and was so excited to make a nice

profit on the rabbits!

doesn't she look cute?!?!

at last....

 mackenzie has been saving her money for years and finally decided to make a big purchase...a new camera.   

a friend of mine took this picture of her on our roof (no parental comments please).  she climbed up there as soon as she heard there was a solar eclipse.

this is the pic she took while on the roof.  the local paper published it the next week. 

and today, mackenzie caught buster trying to bury the bone we gave him for his birthday.