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| Our photo shoot starts off normal enough.... |
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| ...and then someone has to bring the drama... |
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| ...so you tell them to "be mature"... |
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| ... and then someone has to explain... |
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| Almost got it... |
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| ...and then someone gets tooo happy... |
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| We rearrange the subjects... |
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| ... and rearrange again... |
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| "try standing nicely..." |
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| Hey! That's pretty good! |
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| If all of you could just look AT the camera...! |
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| ...and smile without squinting... |
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| MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! |
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| Nathalie's last night at home before leaving for college: a marathon game of Risk |
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| The morning we drove Nat to Bob Jones University. |
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| Our visit to Antietam Battlefield |
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| Sam and Rachel at Antietam Battlefield |
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| Rachel and Samantha unwillingly pose for a photo. |
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| The Connecticut monument at Antietam Battlefield |
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| My birthday |
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| I love this picture of Sam. |
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| Hannah |
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| Rachel |
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| Big E 4-H Showmanship competition |
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| Abby's last time competing as a 4-H'er |
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| Abby's showmanship goat: Raclette. This goat exemplifies everything that can be wrong (conformation-wise) with a dairy goat, and yet in the breed class at this show, the ADGA judge placed her first in her age category. I almost (ALMOST!) offered the judge my glasses. The next day, with a different ADGA judge, she placed dead last, where she should be. |
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| Now that Abby is no longer in 4-H, Raclette has been sold to a dairy farm in Bloomfield, where she can live out her days having babies and making milk; never to grace a show ring again! |
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| 4-H Showmanship |
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| Final awards ceremony |
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| 4-H Milk-out competition winners |
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| 4-H Showmanship winners |
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| 4-H Herdsmanship winner for Connecticut and Overall for the second year in a row! Yay Abby! |
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| 4-H Herdsmanship winners by state. |
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| 4-H Judging competition winners. Abby did really well with second place in the senior division. |
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| Scavenger hunt winners: Albert and Rachael |
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| Samantha's birthday cake made by Hannah. |
