Ali, one of my first grand children has been an outdoor girl since she was a bouncing baby. She travelled on her mom's back up in a forest above Cedar City. You see Megan's first job after she graduated from college was a survey on Cedar Mountain. Meg timed Ali's birth to arrive the Christmas break before she graduated and so this little girl was watching leaves and the sky and critters from a very young age. She was never much into fluffy pink things much like her mother who you had to hog tie to wear a dress to church.
At a very young age Ali would carry around caterpillars and bugs in her pockets, then moved on to lizards and small animals. Now at 14 she is a horse whisperer, and has several horses she has trained from colts. For her first vehicle, (she can already drive a tractor) she is fixing up an old truck her Uncle Bruce used to haul water out to the cows. She will get this rusty piece of junk running long before she can drive it legally on the streets.
She has entered the county fair and been active in Future Farmer of America for several years showing her prize sheep. One would think, Okay, a farm girl, and a bit, well, you know on the hokey side. NOT SO, She is an extremely attractive young lady, quite bright (wants to be a veterinarian, but will most likely get a track scholarship to help with the cost.) and with the added bonus she can get covered in grease or other farm stuff, and still look attractive and feminine enough that her dad is considering setting up an electric fence around their house.
We were surprised a bit when Megan called to tell us Alie had entered in a beauty contest. Yet not surprised to hear she had won the local contest once we got the full explanation that it was a FFA Beauty contest which consisted of a rope pull, driving a tractor and moving manure from one side of a barn to another, and then the topper was a timed gutting of a fish.
"Oh, no wonder she won." "And then she had to answer questions," Meg told us. "Questions on what cut of beef is the most expensive and what grain was selling for the highest price." Saturday as she moved on to the regional competition she had to change a tractor tire (no problemo) and do several other farm type activities. Tomorrow will be the portion where she will walk around in a prom dress. That may be tough as she is much more comfortable in cowboy boots than high heels. We are waiting to hear how that went...film at 11:00.
At a very young age Ali would carry around caterpillars and bugs in her pockets, then moved on to lizards and small animals. Now at 14 she is a horse whisperer, and has several horses she has trained from colts. For her first vehicle, (she can already drive a tractor) she is fixing up an old truck her Uncle Bruce used to haul water out to the cows. She will get this rusty piece of junk running long before she can drive it legally on the streets. She has entered the county fair and been active in Future Farmer of America for several years showing her prize sheep. One would think, Okay, a farm girl, and a bit, well, you know on the hokey side. NOT SO, She is an extremely attractive young lady, quite bright (wants to be a veterinarian, but will most likely get a track scholarship to help with the cost.) and with the added bonus she can get covered in grease or other farm stuff, and still look attractive and feminine enough that her dad is considering setting up an electric fence around their house.
"Oh, no wonder she won." "And then she had to answer questions," Meg told us. "Questions on what cut of beef is the most expensive and what grain was selling for the highest price." Saturday as she moved on to the regional competition she had to change a tractor tire (no problemo) and do several other farm type activities. Tomorrow will be the portion where she will walk around in a prom dress. That may be tough as she is much more comfortable in cowboy boots than high heels. We are waiting to hear how that went...film at 11:00.
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