09/17/2026
🏅🏆Indiana State Fair🏆🏅
We had a wonderful show. I’m so proud of my kids for all the hard work preparing for the trip. Packing and clipping and clipping and clipping…😳 We took 5 seniors and 8 jrs.
Senior Youth Show:
Grand Champion: 🏆🥇
CH Hope Hill Farm St. Lucy
We couldn’t be more excited about this. Lucy was also Grand Champion Senior doe last year. She’s such a beautiful and special doe to our herd, and to have her receive this honor two years in a row is such a blessing.
Reserve GCH: 🏆🥈
Fairland Farm SC Java Bean
Java is a second freshener and an up-and-coming doe in our herd. We expect big things from her as she continues to mature and gain capacity.
No big ribbons in the Youth Jr. Show, although we did have two does in the grand drive:
🌟Hope Hill Farm C Ruth (Senior Kid) was first in her class
🌟Hope Hill Farm RC St. Anastasia (Jr. kid) was second in her class.
🌟First Place Herd
🌟First Place Best Three Females
🌟First Place Mother/Daughter
Open ADGA show:
No big wins in the open show, as this is a very competitive show and the judge preferred a different style of doe, which is just part of the beast of showing livestock.
Senior show:
Get of sire: 2nd and 3rd place
Herd: 2nd place
The rest of our girls mostly placed in the middle or near the front of their respective classes.
Junior show highlights:
🌟Hope Hill Farm RC St. Anastasia 3/10 Junior kid
🌟Hope Hill Farm C Ruth 4/9 Senior kid
🌟Hope Hill Farm C NapaValleyRose 1/12 Sr. Yearling
🍯Ben's honey received a Special Merit (highest honors) for the second year in a row!
As usual, we enjoyed the show, exploring the state fair, hanging out in the barn, and especially time with Lilly and Ryan, staying at their home, and with Matt's sister's family and my sister's family! The kids had some much-needed cousin time! I also survived driving, unloading, and parking the trailer through Indy and fair traffic-a first for me. I was terrified (just ask my family), but with my kids' help and encouragement, I made it!!!
This was also the final event of Sam's 4-H career. I'm incredibly proud of him for all the years of showing our herd. He is an amazing showman, and seeing him show Lucy in the Best of Show lineup two years in a row was such an accomplishment. I'll really miss him in 4-H and all the other shows he would attend with me.