

The Crawfords oftentimes raise and butcher their own meat. They now have horses, poultry, calves and a family dog on their farm. Shortly after moving, Carleigh began Clover Kids. Reece and Shelby moved to the outskirts of Chillicothe in 2006. Reece is now a lineman and Shelby is a daycare provider. They were high school sweethearts and will be married 15 years on July 29.

He and Shelby both graduated from Chillicothe High School in 2000 and make Chillicothe their home. Reece grew up on a farm, as well, and was involved in Chillicothe FFA in high school. It’s not about the competition it’s about learning responsibility, exploring their interests and getting what they can out of projects,” Reece said. “The show ring isn’t what it’s all about. Some of their chores include: putting up square bales of hay, feeding and watering the animals, cleaning the chicken pen, collecting eggs, riding the horses and leading the bucket calves. Shelby also mentioned that since Carleigh is the oldest and the most responsible, she carries most of the chore load every night but they try to evenly split the chore list among themselves. They take pride in their work,” Shelby said. They do all their own chores we don’t help them. Because they show a variety of animals at the fair each year, it is the children’s responsibility to take care of their animals and work with them all year long. Shelby said 4-H has also taught her children responsibility. Carleigh and her brothers get to experience and excel at all these hobbies through 4-H. “The boys” have picked up wood carving and enjoy doing that in addition to showing poultry and calves. Carleigh has an interest in photography, baking breads, sewing, raising poultry and showing horses. Shelby said that she and Reece encouraged their children to get involved with 4-H because they thought it was a good way for them to explore their interests. Reece and Shelby Crawford have five children who are currently involved in Liberty 4-H and are active in the fair every year: Carleigh, 14 Carson, 11 Carter, 10 Carver, 9 and Carven, 6. The Crawford clan is one family among about 40 other families who enjoy the fair so much, they camp out on the fairgrounds the entire week. The Livingston County 4-H and FFA Fair wrapped up on Friday and many 4-H and FFA members traveled home with ribbons, plaques and great memories from the event. He was big time frog walking all the way through the airport terminal at CMH. He went to a nude beach and got his junk all sunburned the day before he had to fly back to Ohio. He goes to hockey games or whatever pops in his head while he's there. They have a winter home in Fla., he flies back and forth a lot. My friend is really an adventuresome dude. omg Quite a trip just to buy t-shirts! Think it took them 11 hours to get to Paducah, Ky from east Ohio.

They kept putting Sturgis in his GPS and got directions to the Dakotas every time. Hehe, I'm mean but it gets their heads unstuck from their butts. Been rubbing that in good all year, I call them Magellan and Chrissy Columbus every time they start screwing up now.

Had to talk them all the way back toward 64 or 75, whichever it is. It was 20 minutes before they could tell me what route they were on. When they called me for directions again, it sounded like the Blair Witch Project. Lol! I gave them a route with three simple turns to make, and they ended up in Tenn. They've been there a few years in a row now. The motor home is a possibility though if enough people go. Just got to have a bed, even more so after a long ride. I just can't deal with the camping, unless the motor home ends up going, I'm staying home. This year, one has only had his bike out once, to ride 1/4 mile from the old house to the new house. A couple of my friends are always trying to get me to go.
