Trip to Salem

This weekend we headed to Salem, Or to the State Fair. We left on Friday morning. We stopped at the falls just before we got to Portland and ate lunch. We went downtown Salem to the State Capitol building. We toured the building and grounds around it. It's a beautiful place. Treyton and Brenlon needed to tour it to get their Citizenship in the Nation merit badge. They got to sit in the Governor's chair, and learned quite a bit about the history of Oregon and it's Capitol buildings (2 previous buildings burnt down). We then went to Riverfront Park and rode the old Carousel.

On Saturday morning we headed to the Fair. Treyton gave his Presentation at 10:30. He did a great job. We are anxious to find out how he placed. We spent a few hours seeing the sights at the Fair. We got to watch some Open Class hog shows. There were a lot of really nice looking pigs there. It was fun to see which Boar won, as well as which Gilt and Barrow. The 4-H kids had shown the previous days, so we didn't get to see that. After we left the Fair, we came back home. It was a long way to go for such a short stay, but it was well worth it.

School starts up tomorrow for us. Landon is hardly able to contain himself! All the kids are pretty excited. Treyton and Brenlon have their first football game on Thursday. Jayden has his first Select Soccer game on Saturday. Kindra and Landon are competing in the Elks Soccer Shoot on Saturday. Last time Kindra tried it she won, went to Districts and won, then went to State and got 2nd place. She is excited to try it again. Kindra got her hair cut a couple weeks ago. She's been growing it out for a long time so she could donate it to Locks for Love. They take donated hair and make custom wigs for kids who lose their hair due to cancer treatments. She loves her new hairstyle, and had a neat experience giving to those in need.

We are doing good around here. We are busy, but doing really good.