Nationals, Disneyland, County Fair and State Fair......

Here is a little HUGE update on our summer.

Nationals

Yes we made it to FBLA Nationals!  Justin did a great job fundraising.  He had to go to different clubs (Kiwanis was one of them - Thank you VERY MUCH to the Kiwanis for helping him get to nationals!) and give a little presentation about making it to Nationals and ask for money.  Talk about having guts!  You might think asking for money is easy, but it is really nerve racking!!

Oh, you want to know how he did?  So Justin had taken the Microsoft Word certification and passed it (and scored very high - the top 5 qualified for nationals) to get to nationals.  When he was at nationals he had to take the expert version.  And.......he passed it!  As if any of us had any doubt he would.  I swear the boy was born with a computer for a brain.  Although he passed it he did not score in the top 2 to qualify for the next competition in Washington DC.  Which was actually ok, because he already had plans that weekend.  While we were in Anaheim, Justin was able to go to several classes on recruiting people to join FBLA and classes on Leadership.  After sitting in on these classes he decided that he wanted to run for President of his schools chapter (yep he won!).  And to answer your question, since we were in Anaheim and could see Disneyland from our hotel window, yes we went to Disneyland!

Here are a couple pictures









County fair

Justin only showed two guinea pigs this year.  He is allowed to take up to 5, but the other two he had (that stayed home) he got after the cut off date so they couldn't come.  Justin did great at fair.  He got a blue and Grand in all of his competitions (knowledge bowl, judging contest, fit and show).  One of his guinea pigs won best in show!

Here are the girls waiting to be checked in and get their cages for the week


Some of Justin's ribbons for the week


He also qualified for Round Robin.  He had to show a guinea pig, rabbit, chicken, cat, and a dog








State fair
I actually don't have a lot of pictures from State Fair :(  Justin took two guinea pigs to state fair, one of them won best in her breed.  Justin got a blue in Judging contest, and a call-back for fit & show (which is a huge deal at the state level!)

Ok, I think we are caught up from the summer.