Weston County Fair

Pig Wrestling!!

My boys wrestled a pig on Tuesday in Newcastle. They loved every bit of it. It was a team that included Jace, Brayden, Hunter and Reece. They were in the Pee Wee division.

OK. So if you don't know what "Pig Wrestling" is let me educate you. HA HA

First, you get a team of four people. You start out with one hand on the fence and they blow the whistle and you take off running toward the pig and try to catch it. OK wait. I think I forgot to tell you that the "Pig Wrestling" is done in the mud. (Mud up to your knees if you are 5-7 years old.) OK. So as you are running to catch the pig you are also trying not to fall on the mud. Hilarious! When you catch the pig you are supposed to go and put the pig into a barrel (butt in first). Then when you get in into the barrel all team members must raise their hands to stop the time. You get 1 minute to get it in.

1 minute seems like forever when you are a little kid out there trying to do this. Jace, Brayden, Hunter and Reece didn't end up getting the pig in the barrel, but they had fun trying anyway. Brayden actually ended up losing his shoes in the mud. So after all the teams went, Brayden went back out there to try to find his shoes. He found one, but could never find the other. Oh well. I sent him in there with old shoes anyways.

This is what Brayden and Jace looked like after they got done looking for the shoes.

We had to go and find a hose to wash them off in. I got to do that. Lucky me. They were disgusting and the mud took a little while before it would come off. But it finally did. I brought them a change of clothes so they wouldn't get my truck all wet. We went to Pizza Hut after. The boys were starving. I guess it took a lot out of them :)

They have another pig wrestling match on Friday, in Sundance this time. Hopefully they will do a little better since they had some practice. I'll let you know how they do. I will video it this time.