It sure was hot!

There, I got that covered. Suzanna and I spent three days a MSU and the weather was just plain GROSS. We arrived Wednesday afternoon and it was at least 90 degrees out with 100 percent humidity. Of course, I had to park the car about a half mile from the dorm.

Suzanna took a dairy judging seminar and her classroom was air conditioned, so she got a little relief there. I took one about making ice cream. It was so hot the ice cream wouldn't freeze. The class host said it took double the ice from the previous year.

One of the highlights of the weekend was the evening entertainment. To begin with, the Wharton Center was air conditioned, and we were able to sit in cool comfort and listen to a group called "Fiddlers Unstrung". They were outstanding! It is a group of 17 high school students from Saline, MI and boy could they play.

Thursday was spent in seminars. We managed to visit the museum and tour a little bit of campus. I could show Suzanna my dorms from when I lived on campus. Thursday evening was the State Awards Assembly. We went to cheer on the four nominees from Hillsdale County. I am happy to report that we had the State Dairy winner. Congrats to Matt!

A check-in with daddy on the way back to the dorm provided the exciting news that Penny had calved sometime that afternoon and it was a heifer. Suzanna had already picked out a name, so the heifer will be known as Paige.

Friday was one more opportinity to attend our seminars. Suzanna's second session was on Historic Michigan barns. She now rides in the car, identifying was style of barn we are driving by and its condition. I took a class on Sheep Showmanship in an effort to help Kathryn out. I learned a lot and hopefully will remember it long enough to teach her a thing or two.

Needless to say, with a new heifer at home, Suzanna was ready to get home. We had to stop at the barn first on the way up the drive and meet the new heifer. What a cutie! We took Penny to her new home at a local dairy farm in the afternoon.

Kathryn impatiently waited until 6:30 when we finally went over a picked up Lydia, her new lamb. Believe me, the whole family spent a nervous night, praying that all was safe in the "beefed up" security of the sheep pen. Kathryn went out a couple times in the night, as did daddy and momma and Thomas. All was well at each check and we have been able to relax a little. Kathryn has spent time in the pen and the lamb is beginning to get used to her and the treats she has too.

Just a quite weekend at the zoo. This week we push on. With the nicer temperatures, the heifers are getting worked. Dairy Days is just a few short weeks away.