HLSR-Turkey Show

Last week Maggie and I went to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo-Poultry Show to watch Layton and Clay show their turkeys. ***For those of you that do not know, Layton won Grand Champion Turkey and Clay won Reserved Grand Champion turkey at the San Antonio show a few weeks ago.**

Maggie was the best ALL day!! We got there around 9:15am, and got home at 11pm! The boys showed their turkeys around 11am. Upon check in, Clay's bird was rated a 9 and Layton's a 10, so Clay was in the arena first. He started off at the bottom of his group...close to probably 35, but as the judge judged the birds, he moved on up to number 9!!! Whoo-Hoo!!  Also placing from EC: Jace Baker- 10th, Zane Baker-15th, and one of the Janak Sisters (don't know which one is which..sorry) 13th.

As for Layton....well, the judge felt his bird one time and put him aside! When the judge got down to picking #1 hen, he picked Layton's!! Yeah!! He got Champion Hen!! So...now he got to compete for Grand/Reserved. Clay went into the arena to hold Layton's turkey while it competed against the top two turkey toms. Once the judges picked a winner, they didn't tell us until 7:30 that night, so the boys showed their chickens in the meantime.

Once of Clay's chickens was in bad shape that morning so he took his alternate instead. He made the sale and placed in the 60s. Layton got 12th his chickens. Also, Megann Faas of El Campo got Reserved Grand Champion with her chickens!

FINALLY....after being in suspense ALL day....it was time to announce the winner.....see pictures below....                                                               And the winner is.....

Layton Stary! Grand Champion Turkey!!

This is honestly a once in a lifetime experience....winning TWO major shows in the same year...heck within 3 weeks of each other!! Now that he has won Grand, he cannot show a turkey in either show again. Oh, and did I mention, this is his first year to ever show!!! I'm so proud of him and Clay both, and all the other participants!! This shows that hard work pays off!!

Maggie and Clay hanging out

                                                             Maggie, Clay and Layton

                                                                     Clay showing his hen

More pics to come later...my internet is being slow! haha

My Little Crawling Machine!

Miss Maggie has been growing and changing soooo much!! In early January she started army crawling, and got VERY good at it! We had to baby proof the house and never take our eyes off of her! haha In mid-February she began crawling the right way. Since then, life has REALLY changed!! She is super quick!! She goes from one end of the house to the other in no time. I know my house isn't big, but still....she gets around quick!!! She has also become the little climber. She is pulling up and pulling everything off the couch, coffie table..etc!
Below are some pictures from the past few months!

Christmas

A few months later...here is a post about our first Christmas!

Maggie LOVED Christmas! Christmas Eve we went to church and then to my dad's house to have Christmas with him and his side of the family. Maggie got lots of fun gifts from Popo & Bez, the Starys, the Hensleys, and all her Great-Aunts-Uncles, and cousins! She is so lucky!!

  Maggie and Memaw

Christms morning we woke up, had a yummy breakfast and opened presents from Santa! Once again, Maggie was really into opening presents! She loved ripping the paper, and she only tried eating it once! However, Annie was kind of sad...until she got her gift from Aunt Robin and Uncle Chad!

finally got it open....

 taking Annie's new toy

After opening gifts at home, we went to Granny's house to do lunch with Nana and her family. Once again, I got lots of fun gifts from everyone!!