In the Nolan household it's show season again! It's our first year for the youngest of our girls to show her cattle in the ring as a full fledged junior here in our Jr. Hereford Association and Jr. FFA program. She is as excited as the rest of us!
Hair and makeup is what my husband has always called getting the cattle ready for show...that means bathed...yes we wash our cows...combed...we comb, blow their hair out with large super strenght blow house like those you would use at the car wash except these blow out hair...and them we throw on a little hair spray or oil to puff their hair out like your favorite teddy bear! So with three girls and one older mom at our house...my husband is always out voted...and he understands all too well the hair and make up of not only our cattle but the girls. I tell everyone that I am the 'puff and fluff' of our outfit...I make sure everyone is fed, clothes are clean, and we are ready to show by looking our best.
Enclosed is a picture of our littliest one showing her heifer Angel. We call her the 'showmanship hiefer' as she is not the most likely to win a show...but by far the most gentle and Audrey's favorite...she may never go out to pasture and just stay in our barn!
Hair and makeup is what my husband has always called getting the cattle ready for show...that means bathed...yes we wash our cows...combed...we comb, blow their hair out with large super strenght blow house like those you would use at the car wash except these blow out hair...and them we throw on a little hair spray or oil to puff their hair out like your favorite teddy bear! So with three girls and one older mom at our house...my husband is always out voted...and he understands all too well the hair and make up of not only our cattle but the girls. I tell everyone that I am the 'puff and fluff' of our outfit...I make sure everyone is fed, clothes are clean, and we are ready to show by looking our best.
Enclosed is a picture of our littliest one showing her heifer Angel. We call her the 'showmanship hiefer' as she is not the most likely to win a show...but by far the most gentle and Audrey's favorite...she may never go out to pasture and just stay in our barn!
If you have never watched a cow show....it is a different kind of fun! We love it. It has helped make our girls into what they have become and we couldn't be prouder!
Alise
Haha, getting the cattle ready for the show was number one, but my sister and I also made sure the curling iron was plugged in at the stall ready to go!
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