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The B.E.S.T. Way to Finish the Season

5/7/2018

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The final event of every B.E.S.T. season is the awards banquet.  

​The banquet is a fun time for everyone to get together, enjoy a good meal, and actually look and smell decent. 

​To be honest...we don't recognize half the people when they are all cleaned up.
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This is a picture of all the B.E.S.T. participants that attended the banquet.

​That is a lot of kids...and a lot of the kids weren't there this weekend.
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This is the Knox County crew.

​I know...we are in Morrow County...but sometimes they put us in with the Knox County crew because we show at the Knox County Fair.

​We just go with the flow...
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The main event of the evening is the award recognitions.  

Not everyone that attends the banquet is eligible for an award.  

​However, they give away tons of door prizes and all participants that are present at the banquet are entered into a drawing for a one year lease of an Eby trailer.  
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Those that attended all 15 B.E.S.T. shows this season were presented with a show pass good for a free entry at one of next year's shows.  
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Isaac received a belt buckle for accumulating the most points for the season in the Miniature division. 

Each show, they are given a certain number of points for how they placed in the ring.  These points accumulate throughout the season and the top 2 points winners are awarded a belt buckle.

We knew going into the weekend what awards the boys would receive...except for one.

​Each year they have a photography contest.  You can enter a picture in three different categories and then they are judged by each age division.  They also have an adult division that parents can participate in.  A first, second, and third place winner are selected from each age division. 

​The photography winners are presented with a canvas print of their winning picture.  ​
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As soon as we walked in, Walker's eyes turned to the photography awards.

​There in the back is his picture....

And it is the biggest one...so he knew he won 1st place.

He was so excited! 

​I think he was more excited about winning the photography contest for the junior division than he has ever been about winning a buckle.  
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Walker has never had any direction or training in photography. 

​At the Ohio Beef Expo, he begged and pleaded and whined until I let him use my camera.

​I stood right by his side and watched him like a hawk!

​Nobody messes with my camera!

​I knew he really wanted to submit some photos for the contest, so I indulged him for about 5 minutes.

​He took an amazing picture!
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That is me on the end!

​Yep...I won first place in the adult division.

​I had a really hard time getting a picture.  The rules state there are not supposed to be any edits or enhancements to the photos.  In this digital age of photography, that is a really hard thing to do.

​I have a lot of pictures I love, but I have cropped, lightened, sharpened, etc. to get the picture just the way I like it.  That meant I couldn't use any of those pictures. 

​I am probably my toughest critic, so it took a long time for me to take a picture that I was happy with. 

​I have never won an award for photography, so I was almost as excited as Walker.  
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The hardest part has been finding the perfect place to hang the pictures in our house.

​I am trying to convince everyone to let me take my picture to work to liven up the boring white walls of my office.
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This is the picture that Isaac submitted for the contest.  He didn't win anything and is pretty disappointed.  

​He took this with his phone one afternoon as a storm was starting to roll in.

​I love this picture so much, I think I am going to have it printed on a canvas for him to hang in his room.
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Yesterday afternoon Isaac was busy learning to use his camera (my old camera).  He is bound and determined to take better pictures and win the photography contest next year.

​We always love attending the B.E.S.T. banquet and this year was no exception.  The Ohio Cattlemen's Association has created a wonderful program, and along with their many sponsors and supporters, they have put a lot of smiles on faces.   

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    Hello!  I am Heather... the city girl turned mom to manure loving country boys. My husband and I both grew up in the city, but spent weekends visiting grandparents in the country.  We are first generation farmers who learn best by almost always doing things the hard way.  I hope you enjoy following along with our adventures down on the farm.

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