Come on Down and Join in the Fun........The Nebraska State Fair.

Today we went to the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island, so John could do his Power Point Presentation.  He already won Grand Champion at the county fair with the presentation and now it was time to do it again at the State Fair.  The title of his presentation is "Will You Step Up for Down Syndrome".  He did awesome. He got a purple ribbon.   I think having 2 hours in the car to perfect it helped.  Here are the screen shots from his presentation:

 

Here is a picture of John with his Creative Mix Cookies that also got a purple.   They were made with a devils food cake mix and have a white chocolate drizzle on them.  They were yummy!  The ones left at home are long gone.  The best part is that now John can make the cookies next time we have to take some for school!

Noah got to have some fun too.  Here he is catching a pass from former Husker Player Eric Crouch.  The funniest part was that the boys had no idea who he was while they were doing the little obstacle course.  I asked them how it was to catch a pass from the former Husker Quarterback and they all looked at me like I was nuts.  After going back to take a look they figured out who it was.  They thought it was pretty cool.

He also got to milk a pretend cow.   I told him after seeing the way he was going about it,  he would have been kicked in the head by that cow if it had been real.

Ben got to enjoy the fair too.  He liked petting the goats.  But it was just too much for him.

On the way home we stopped at Chances R in York.  It was delicious.  Maybe going all the way to Grand Island to visit the State Fair isn't so bad after all.  Our first year attending there was pretty good.

County Fair

This week was our county fair.  We had lots of fun.  John took quite a few projects this year including photography, cooking, Youth in Motion, Heirloom Treasures, Care-n-share and entered the Presentation and Performing arts contests.  He got 10 purple ribbons and 3 blue ribbons, and one grand champion for his presention on the StepUp for Down Syndrome Walk.  He gets to go to the state fair with his white chocolate and devils food cookies, his Youth in Motion Activity bag, and his power point presentation.  Noah is in his third year of 4-h as a clover kid.  He also took photography, and a some care and share items (items donated to the needy of the county).  Here are some pictures from the county fair.