Valais at Plumpys Peaceful Pastures
2025 USA National Valais Blacknose Sheep Show Iowa
Leaving for Iowa at 5 am
Sheep are loaded up and ready to go
Made it to Iowa state fairgrounds and we are all set up
sectional couch we made with straw bales
Leandor left , Lancelot right
Mystery left, Miracle right 6mo old ewe lambs
Kelly Weddle left , Christine Reed ( NZ ) thank you Christine for helping set up the sectional area
left Caiti Timmins Klepper, Kelly Timmins, Kelly Weddle
Lancelot
Rich and Kelly with Leandor and Lancelot in the show ring as the judges and graders from the UK look over the sheep and discuss them.
Rich and Kelly in the show ring. Rich is showing Leandor and Kelly is showing Lancelot. From the left : we are the 3rd and 4th sheep .
Jamie Wood left grader and judge from England , UK. Raymond Irvine right grader and judge from Scotland, UK
Rich showing Leandor 9mo old ram lamb
Kelly showing Lancelot 9mo old ram lamb. The boys are twins
Leandor is being graded in the show ring as assistant & fellow breeder Laura Johnstone Wilson ( red shirt ) and Raymond Irvine grader and Judge stand by. Rich and Kelly are waiting in the background .
Kelly Timmins assistant and fellow breeder hold Lancelot in the ring for the graders as they grade him anonymously
Kelly with Lancelot and Leandor ram lambs . Lancelot on left placed 3rd in his class and Leandor on the right placed 4th . They both were graded -2 off maximum points
Rich with Lancelot right , Leandor 4th
Kelly with Miracle left , placed 4th in her class . Mystery righ, placed 5th in her class.
Rich with Miracle left , Mystery right
Meeting some new friends and fellow Valais Blacknose Breeders. Left to right : Teresa Young with her daughter Kyra Blanks, Kelly Weddle. Bob Young is not pictured.
Kelly in the ring in teal jacket during a grading course in deep thought. Valerie Erdman on the right .
Kelly Weddle & Amy Cullum discussing the grading course
Kelly Weddle pictured in front of the VBSS Valais Blacknose Sheep Society booth. Kelly spent 6 months in 2025 volunteering her time on the board of directors for VBSS and was elected by the Board of Directors to be the interim Vice President until the following the election .
