10,000 animals shown; 7000 kids (exhibitors) - The worlds largest Jr livestock show! Out of all those animals, they choose only170 of the best to be in the premium sale. Out of those top 170 animals, El Reno had 9 of them! I want to give a shout out to Mr. Listen and Mr. Lopp for another job well done with those kiddos of El Reno!
I look back over this season with pride in my family. All of the times I heard KK say into her phone, "I can't I have to walk pigs." Or "I can't, I have a pig show.", paid off last night when she was able to proudly walk Speck into the sale ring and get rewarded for all the hours she put into him. Thank you Mr. Herrell and the Bank of Western Oklahoma for buying her barrow.
The documentary people came to the show. They were blown away by the kids in the livestock-show life. They are from New York and didn't have a clue about any of it. They told me they had never met so many kids that can talk to adults and have the social skills that these kids have. It has to be the friendships made and the enormous amount of family time it takes to do this. The documentary people thought they were coming to a sporting event with the competition in the ring and the parents cheering from the bleachers. They did a 180 in their thinking the first day they were around. They said that the longer they witnessed this life we live, the more layers they realized it had. Maybe when the documentary gets aired, more people will see that the best way to raise kids is with livestock :)
