This morning I started out with a photography contest. I only entered a black and white photo. I did not receive anything from this contest, but it was so much fun and cannot wait to do this again. After I turned in the picture, the model horse show started. The first event that I entered in was the showmanship category. I did very well in this category and I placed first. Then the next category was a trail category. This is where we followed a pattern while going through obstacles on the table. I placed third in this category. Next, was the final table event. We had to jump over obstacles and then we had to answer a few questions. I placed seventh in this event. I placed last in this event because I forgot part of the pattern that I was supposed to follow. Then there was a saddle category. We had to make a homemade saddle for our plastic horse. I placed sixth in this category. Finally, the last category that I had to compete in was a costume contest. My horse was Mickey Mouse and I was Minnie Mouse. I came in fifth place. This was so much fun that I cannot wait to do it again next year. After the model horse show, I had to change very quickly into a dress so that I was ready to show my next project. My next project was the Self-Determined Paper Craft. I was so excited to present this project because it was really fun folding my book into the word "family". I also did origami, paper embroidery, and homemade cards. When they called me up, I was ready to tell the judge all about my project. She thought that I did a really good job and she really loved my book. After I was done in the judging circle, I turned in my judging sheet and I received a blue ribbon and a superior ribbon. This means that I am in the running for state fair. Once I came out of the judging circle, I had to turn in my two scrapbook pages for the extra judging. it did not take them that long for them to judge these pages, so the awards were really soon. I won forth place on one page and nothing for the other page. This was my first year ever getting anything for any one of my pages, so I was very surprised and happy. After those awards were done, they started to announce the project awards. I was very nervous because I really wanted to go to state fair in this project. Once they got to my project, they called me up to the podium and I won Best of Class and State Fair Alternate. I was a little bummed with winning alternate, but I knew that I had one more chance tomorrow to go to state fair. Then at 6:00 p.m. when all the awards were done, Kaleigh, Jordan, and I went to the grand stands for the Bath Tub Races. This is where you have one person in the tub and the other two people push the wheel barrel to a cone. You have to keep switching partners every time you stop at a cone. So all of your partners will have a chance to be in the wheel barrel. The catch is that we also have to have two gallons of water in the barrel. We were finally up to go through the course. Kaleigh was in the wheel barrel and Jordan and I were pushing it. When they said go, we pushed it to the first cone. While we were doing that, we accidentally ran over all the small cones that outlined the course. Then we stopped, Kaleigh got out, I got in, and Kaleigh and Jordan pushed me to the next cone. Half way there, they dumped me out of the wheel barrel and all of the water fell out as well. Once I got back in, they pushed me the rest of the way to the cone. Then I jumped out and Jordan jumped in. Then all Kaleigh and I had to do was push her to the finish line. About half way to the finish line something happened to the right side of the barrel. All of the weight tilted to the right side and we had a hard veer to the right. We missed the finish line and we left the track. Not only that, but we also almost hit the microphone. We were laughing so hard that we did not care if we missed the finish line. After everyone went through the course, awards started. Out of six teams we placed forth and we got to split $70 among the three of us. I was shocked that we placed and it was so much fun that we are going to do it again next year. Next time, we are going to try to stay on the course.
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