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Fire in Fernley

Nate responded to this fire shown above. It started in the garage of the house on the left and in the end it destroyed the home on the right. Pretty sad deal. The family that lost their home were only renting and they have 3 kids, 8, 7, and 2. Nobody was home in either home when the fire broke out. I'm sure glad everyone was fine. This is what Nate lives for!!

North Lyon County Fair

There were lots of events for kids to participate in our county fair so we decided to take the 45 min. drive to Yerington and check it out. Can we say REDNECK? There is nothing like the good ol' BE County Fair. The kids had a great time and it was fun to see other areas of Nevada. So here is what our kids participated in!

Above: Nolan and Cody did a BMX bike race. Nolan almost had 2nd place in his age group but near the very end his bike went into some really soft dirt and it took him down. Cody took 2nd place in his age group and received a little trophy. The kids loved it and they can't wait to do it again next year.

Above and below: Nolan and Cody also participated in the tractor pulls. Nolan took it about as far as most of the kids. Cody took his all the way down and took 1st place. Someone forgot to order trophies so he received 30 tickets to go on carnie rides. I was very happy because I didn't want to buy them any tickets. You could go to Disneyland cheaper than how much it is to ride the carnie rides ; ).

Below: Dylan practicing for next year!

Below: The last event was the Pig Scramble. Now this was interesting. Our boys were excited to do this one. Little did we know, you catch the pig, you keep the pig! That's Nolan holding his pig. Once we found out you keep it, Nate tried to catch our boys before they went into the arena to tell them NOT to catch one. Too late. Our boys were in the arena with 25 other kids chasing after 5 pigs. Cody came close to getting one as well but we're sure glad he didn't. Now after Nolan caught it he saw this little boy crying because he didn't get one. Nolan said to him, "Here you can have my pig." Such a sweet boy....he is always thinking of others. That little boy was so happy! And we were so happy we didn't need to feed it. Maybe next year if they catch one we could be a bit prepared to raise a pig.