4H

4H is a BIG part of our family.  My son is more of a Bill Gates than a Peyton Manning (or whatever sports star you choose).  Since he doesn't care for sports, and he had to choose some sort of activity, we are involved in 4H.  Justin's project of choice..........Cavies (commonly known as guinea pigs).  Who knew you could take a guinea pig to fair!  You can, and we do :)

Here's Justin with his favorite guinea pig, Lily.  She is such a good pig.  She will sit on the table for fit & show and not move.  Some of the other pigs are not as well behaved, or maybe the are just social butterflies.  

For those that like specifics, Lily is an American guinea pig and her variety (ie color) is Lilac.

Justin works hard and does pretty good at our county fair.  This is from about 2 years ago.  

Going to fair is not all fun and games.  Here's Justin trying to get in a quick study session between barn cleanings, cage cleanings (he brings 5 of his guinea pigs to fair, so that's 5 cages to clean daily), herdsmanship (greeting the public and answering their questions), contests, and more contests.  The kids have fun, but at the end of the week we are all ready to go home!

Here's some of Justin's pigs waiting to be vet checked and get in their cages for a week at fair.  From left to right, starting at the top left corner we have Autumn, Huey, Isabelle, Pierre, Thing 2, Lily (the light grey one) and Violet (the little dark one).  Violet is Lily's baby, so is Huey.

Right now Justin has 10 cavies.  He can only take up to 5 to fair.  Wonder who will make the cut?????