Times Flying!

I have just wrapped up my 8^th week in Robertson County. Time sure is flying! Last week started off with us having a picnic for all of our volunteers at Bluelicks State Park. We had the pool and the mini golf course reserved for our use. We enjoyed a catered barbeque dinner. This is a yearly event for the agents to say thank you to all the volunteers for everything they do throughout the year. I really enjoyed meeting some new faces and visiting with others.

            We had a 4-H fitness boot camp with some of the Pendleton county 4-Her’s. We took seven kids from Robertson County to participate in this event. We started the morning out with Insanity, followed by circuit training, and then kickboxing. We enjoyed making tacos for lunch. After lunch concluded we did some stretching and finished up the Insanity session we were working on.  We had a very fun day, however I was very sore for the next couple of days. I guess it was worth it though.

            Our beef field day was last Thursday. It was a big success. We had a much larger crowd than we expected. The field day was held at a local beef farm. We had two specialists from the University of Kentucky who came and spoke. Dr. Kenny Burdine spoke about livestock marketing and Dr. Ray Smith discussed forages. It was very informative and beneficial to all beef farmers that attended. We had a catered meal to top off the night.

            We left for cloverbud camp the next day and boy was that a fun weekend. My agent and I, along with some others taught a pop bottle rocket class. We spent most of the weekend shooting off rockets. Our kids enjoyed camp and we didn’t even have to deal with much homesickness! After attending cloverbud camp I am even more excited for 4-H camp next week!

            I attended the state Ag agents meeting with Shannon in Covington, Kentucky. It was nice meeting other agents and getting a feel for what a state meeting is like. The best part however was attending the Cincinnati Reds game!

            This week is looking to be a slow office week so hopefully I can get a lot done for the horticulture field day that I am planning. Next week it’s off to 4-H camp!