Wow...this is pretty late! I had a crazy semester at school. I was working a lot of long hours at school and at home. Our family just finished putting in some new additions to the farm with a new double eight milking parlor and a barn for our beef cows and farm machinery. Hope everybody had a wonderful holiday season!!! I know that I have definitely enjoyed some time off from school.
I have yet to finish up writing about events from this summer!
"The Great Dairy Adventure"
I had a great time at "The Great Dairy Adventure". It is a fun filled day where day cares, summer schools and any children and adults can come to East Lansing and learn about dairy! There was ice cream, milk mustache's and really neat and fun things that can be learned about the dairy industry and the cows that make the milk.
I had the pleasure of helping with the milk mustache booth. We gave each child and willing adult a stick-on mustache and were able to have their picture taken with a professional athlete or celebrity Got Milk? poster. It was a lot of fun and I enjoyed seeing how much fun all of the children had getting their picture with a mustache standing next to a giant cardboard cutout of Spongebob Squarepants. While many of the children and their chaperones were waiting in line, they had a chance to visit with and get autographs with some of the Michigan State athletes.
The Michigan State Dairy Club and its members were working the "I Milked a Cow" booth, where visitors had the opportunity to milk a real cow! There were other booths there that day to help the visitors to learn more about where milk comes from and how it gets to the carton.
I had the pleasure of helping with the milk mustache booth. We gave each child and willing adult a stick-on mustache and were able to have their picture taken with a professional athlete or celebrity Got Milk? poster. It was a lot of fun and I enjoyed seeing how much fun all of the children had getting their picture with a mustache standing next to a giant cardboard cutout of Spongebob Squarepants. While many of the children and their chaperones were waiting in line, they had a chance to visit with and get autographs with some of the Michigan State athletes.
The Michigan State Dairy Club and its members were working the "I Milked a Cow" booth, where visitors had the opportunity to milk a real cow! There were other booths there that day to help the visitors to learn more about where milk comes from and how it gets to the carton.
Dairy Days
Also being held during the same week of "The Great Dairy Adventure" was the dairy youth and open shows. I personally did not exhibit any cattle myself, but had the opportunity to help the Michigan Holstein Association and the Michigan Jersey Association during the open show by lining exhibitors in order and getting them in the ring. I am not completely familiar with how the state dairy shows work, so it took a little while to get the hang of it, but I eventually did - what I thought - a good job and had a fun time chatting with some of the exhibitor and watching a great show. There were some beautiful females there that weekend!!
That week they also awarded the 4-H participants in the youth show and skills contests. To wrap up the week, they had a dinner and banquet. I had the pleasure in helping them celebrate in their hard work. Brittany Westendorp and I helped lead everybody in the "Pledge of Allegiance" and the "4-H Pledge". We also helped pass out the awards from each contest to the respected individual and team winners.
I still have a lot of events to catch up on from the fall...so be lookin' for them!
That week they also awarded the 4-H participants in the youth show and skills contests. To wrap up the week, they had a dinner and banquet. I had the pleasure in helping them celebrate in their hard work. Brittany Westendorp and I helped lead everybody in the "Pledge of Allegiance" and the "4-H Pledge". We also helped pass out the awards from each contest to the respected individual and team winners.
I still have a lot of events to catch up on from the fall...so be lookin' for them!
