FIRST YEAR OF
4-H 

We started "easy" this year with one indoor project, and horsemanship.  It's been an amazing week, and all the kids are excited for next year.  Joel will also be old enough for animals, and Kiana is very eager to participate in Cloverbuds.   Because it's new to all of us, it has been a little bit stressful, but what Myah has learned this year has been amazing.

Myah was the youngest member of horse class this year, and I believe one of only 2

who have not done it in previous years.

She got a red ribbon for showmanship, a blue for bareback, and reserve champion for Western Horsemanship.  Regardless of ribbon color, she always came out smiling, because as she said, "It's all about having fun!"  And that she is. 

Through the 4-H experience, she has also had to do some public speaking,

which is a great addition to our homeschooling.

She's also made some great new friends!

We are already eager for next year.  We don't want to get in over our heads, but we already have a head full of ideas for indoor project, Joel wants to bring a chicken, and along with horse, Myah is thinking about bringing a pig or a goat.

Whether you're into animals or not, 4-H is an amazing program!  Quilting, cooking, knitting, scrapbooking, woodworking, etc.  If you can think up a project, you can bring it to 4-H.  We would recommend it!!

A poem Myah randomly wrote this year on her own:

FREEDOM

I wish I could be riding horses

Bareback with not a strap on them

Flying with the wind fast and free

Through the wildflowers and fields

Ducking through the forest

With their tails flying like flags

That stand for

Freedom.