she's ALIVE!

(joels at the 4-H fair, july 2007)

hello friends. i can't believe i haven't posted in ALMOST a full year. holy hell. well, i got it in just in the nick...only one day shy!

last week (july 25) we visited the rock county 4-H fair here in janesville. we had a really fun time! we went with our neighbor jan, jan's sister-in-law tara, and tara's sons mason and carter. the boys had been there before but we hadn't. evidently joels had a fun day, because when my parents came to visit the next day (to watch her when tim and i went to chicago to catch a tigers game with cousins josh and laura), they went to the fair again! she loved the bunnies and pigs, while i liked the goats, baby cows and the sheep. i have even actually decided to cut down on my red meat intake and to give up lamb completely. (not that i was eating a ton of it to begin with! but i have had it and it's pretty good!) i am concentrating on fish and sometimes chicken. (i have to start small! i love chicken!) we'll see how it goes. tim is freaking out...meat is his main (only?) food group.