4H Shooting Sports Spring 2021

4H Shooting Sports Spring 2021

We have really enjoyed 4H shooting sports the past few years. The kids have done air rifle, .22, archery & more. These pictures are mostly from .22 this Spring. The last picture is the only one we’ve gotten from archery so far this year. Hopefully 

Puppy Update & Pictures Part 1

Puppy Update & Pictures Part 1

Hello all Some of you may know that we got a puppy recently. And if you didn’t, here is the announcement. Her name is Eowyn. She’s a full blooded AKC registered German Shepherd. We spent our first 5 hours with her in the car. We 

4H Awards

4H Awards

Logan & Keira at the 4H Drive Through Awards Ceremony. Logan got a plaque & Keira got a cooking/baking prize basket for her cookies that got selected to go to State Ribbons explained: Dark purple & White mean Grand Champion. The Dark Purple is Champion. 

Shooting Sports 2020

Shooting Sports 2020

The kids really loved the 4H shooting sports last year & we had signed them up for archery (compound & recurve), air rifle & .22 rifle for the older ones, with sessions in the Spring & Fall. Sadly, this year they all got cancelled, except 

Short Stories Lexa & Lizzy wrote for 4H

Short Stories Lexa & Lizzy wrote for 4H

Yesterday we shared the 4H results for all our kids’ projects they submitted, but today I wanted to share the girls’ short stories that they wrote for the Fair. For some reason the stories are not available online with the other 4H projects. They put 

4H Fair Projects, Judging & Results

4H Fair Projects, Judging & Results

We are so proud of all the hard work our kids put into their 4H projects. We only did a fraction of what we had originally planned, just because logistics & whatnot was very different this year and for the Spring months when we should 

Working on Fair Projects

Working on Fair Projects

The local County Fair has been cancelled for this year, but we have 5 kids in 4H this year & they’ve been planning projects & working on them for a long time. They are having a “Virtual Fair” this year, so all projects have to 

Incubating Eggs Part One

Incubating Eggs Part One

  Hi this is Lizzy, when the chicks were hatching I decided that I was going to catalog everything that I noticed going on. This is just going to be part number one and the rest will come soon.    Jan 29         5:00  Keira 

Weekly Gratitude Post 2/2/20

Weekly Gratitude Post 2/2/20

Today’s Gratitude Post is by Lizzy. Lizzy is thankful for Sauk Valley Archers. Sauk Valley Archers is an archery club in Dixon. Every Spring they have a Kids Club on Saturday mornings (7 days from Jan – Apr). It is open to the public & 

Creative Christian Crochet Part 1

Creative Christian Crochet Part 1

Hi, this is Xanna. I recently got back into crocheting – I took a couple years off for moving and just cause I was soooooooo busy, but now I’m back and loving it more than ever! (Hey that’s cool you can do itializized!) These are