Want to know what I did in 4-H?????

Hi! My name is Aeryn and I am currently nine years old. I am part of this really amazing program called 4-H. My mom was part of a 4-H group when she was my age. She had a lot of fun and met a lot of really cool people. She is hoping that I will do the same. My mom was in a dairy 4-H group called Hill and Valley. The leaders in my 4-H group are all adults who used to be members when my mom was in 4-H. She likes to call us "Hill and Valley the Next Generation". Won't she be surprised when she finds out that we have an attitude all our own. Moms, I tell you these days. Always expecting you to be like them. I am taking my 4-H experience and making it all mine. 

 "What is 4-H?" you might ask. Well let me tell you about my 4-H group. I belong to the Switch & Horns 4-H group. We are a bunch of young kids from the ages of 5-18. We get together an learn about animal husbandry. That is a fancy word for taking care of animals. We do community service and help around our local communities. We also raise, train and show animals. Some of my group members show, dairy cows, sheep and beef cows. Other groups show horses, rabbits, pigs, dogs, goats....You name it, you can show it. 


We show our animals at local county and state fairs. Last year was my second year in 4-H, but my first year showing. I got to lease an animal from a family in the group. His name is Big Mack. He is a black Simmental beef animal. A steer, which means that he is a boy, but will not be able to have any babies. I had so much fun with Big Mack. I learned a lot working with him. I will use a couple more posts to tell you about the great times that we had together.
For now I am going to leave you with these pictures. They are of me and Big Mack. He quickly became my best friend and I will always remember our time together, even though I know that at some point he is going to be dinner. That is the purpose of beef animals. 


Until later, 
~Aeryn