Thank You, Officer Power-Trip!

Wow...

I just dropped Anne-Marie off in the great city of Celina, and what to my wondering eyes should appear, but a miniature man and eight flashing lights in my rear-view mirror! What was my crime, might you ask? For I asked the same-- speeding? No... 41 miles exactly. Stop completely at the stop sign? Check and check! What ever could it be at 12:00 midnight that these flashing lights could be coming after me for? I pull over as I'm blinded by the light:

"Is there a problem, Officer?"

I sheepishly ask.

"Well, is there a reason you didn't use your blinker when making that right hand turn out of the neighborhood back there?"

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it's true... I was pulled over by a bored, power-tripping police man at midnight on a back country road after failing to turn on my blinker as I was turning out of a remote neighborhood in a small Texas town.

Really?!

Luckily, I was graced with a mere warning from Officer Power-Trip as he cautioned me to be wary of turning on my blinker at least 100 feet before turning in the future.

Thank you, kind Officer, for protecting our community from dangerous non-blinker using drivers like me!

Craft Therapy: October

For our Prosper ward Relief Society, we had our first ever Craft Therapy night, where we painted cute fall pumpkins. I was in charge, and I wanted it to be an evening of crafts, chocolate, and theraputic talking amongst women-- and that's just what it was. Our first annual Craft Therapy was a huge success!

Relief Society sisters, hard at work!

Pumpkins in progress

The final product!

It was a wonderful night, and everyone had so much fun! Can't wait for the next project!

Go Eagles! Prosper Homecoming 2009

My baby brother, who is growing up much too much quickly, had his first high school homecoming experience! Homecoming is a much bigger deal in Prosper than Plano... So Trev was delighted when he, along with all the other Prosper school kiddos, got out of school at noon on Friday so he could attend, along with the rest of the town of Prosper, the homecoming parade... Later that night, everyone-- and I do mean everyone, turned out to watch the Prosper Eagles slaughter the Decatur Eagles 49-10.
Trevor at the parade with friends

Trevor took Hillary to the homecoming dance, and this is the garter she made for him. He was so cute with it on!


This is the mum we made for Hillary... Momma and I had a lot of fun working on it! It is so great to create things! :)

Everything below is thanks to these two people... Brother Fisher and Sister Ophar made sure all the priests and laurels went to homecoming and were able to do so in an environment where there was no pressure to have a date or drink or have any of the other dumb pressures that accompany high school dances. These two are amazing!

This was the dinner mom and I made and served to the kiddos... It started off with a spinach artichoke dip, then progressed to a mixed berry and candied walnut salad. For the main entree, we served chicken cordon bleu with garlic mashed potatoes, French-style green beans, III Forks creamed corn, and Lion House rolls. For dessert, we served a blueberry mini tart. Everything was beautiful and very delicious :)

Here are the boys...

And the group... They all look so good!

Trevor and Hillary

The group with the hummer Sister Ophar and her husband were awesome enough to provide to the kids with their 'magic carriage' for homecoming. They loved it!

Go Eagles!