Marching in Sioux Valley

This was our last marching band contests (I think), and it was hot!!! It was a nice day to march. Thank goodness. There was nine bands there and we were the last. I think they were just saving the best for the last. I was so disappointed because so kids from another school were being very disrespectful. I just brushed it off because moments later we found out we got first. The good thing was they gave participation awards to the other schools that didn't win. So it was a good day after all, and we walked away with the first place trophy!!!

Quote of the Week

Sorry this is kinda late, but here it is.

Sometimes, perhaps, we are allowed to get lost that we may find the right person to ask directions of.  ~Robert Brault

Combine Updates

We have now combined all of our wet corn and have moved on to beans. It's been (I think) a week or two since we started to combine. We are doing fantastic and we keep moving every day. I Hope we are done by Halloween, but we might not because it is suppose to rain this weekend!!! That is not a good thing. Then maybe we will be getting more wet corn then we wanted, oh no.

Tarping the Pile

BURRRR. It was cold tarping the pile, but we got it done. I was just Rich, Cody, Mom, Kaylor, Ethan, and me. Grandpa first started to drive to tractor, but Joel took over. It went very well. Dad was trying to fix the auger leading to the bin, turns out there was a clog. We didn't have to roll out the tarp, we just put the tires on the pile to keep the tarp from flying away. Overall it turned out OK.

Homecoming Marshals

Grandpa and Grandma were the homecoming marshals. They road on the new hopper that was decorated. To bad that I missed it. We got there too late, but we still got there in time to see the rest of the parade. It was LONG. Kaylor didn't like it because the kids in front of us kept getting the candy before she could. I liked it because I got to see all the floats the kids made, and it was pretty funny how some the kids dressed. hahaha. It was worth skipping school (like I wanted to be at school anyway).

Quote of the Week

I like this one.
The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.  ~Benjamin Disraeli

Marching Festival

The Chester Area School held the Lake Area Marching Band Contest, and we couldn't have asked for a better day! It was fantastic. We had like 30 schools come not counting the one that didn't because of Homecoming. It was packed. OK this is how the day went. First, at the beginning of the school day, we went for a practice march, but it was cut short after the buses had to get through to get to the school. then we went to go change in to our uniforms, and we only had 20 minutes to do that. After we loaded up the bus to take us down to the post office to start the parade. Then we preformed and we rocked. I took about and hour for all the schools to pass and then we got back on the street and marched right back to the school were we hand out awards and ate. After that I got to get out early to go see Grandpa and Grandma in the parade, but you can read about that in my next post.