Homecoming...

Alright! Here it is! What you have all been bugging me about to put on the blog. Sorry, my schedule has not been very nice to me lately. :D

I guess I'll start on Friday and work my way through the weekend. Well, school got out at 2:20 as usual and then a drove home in a mad frenzy. I ran down to the studio begging mother for her credit card and through a few persuasive words, she gave in. I quickly drove over to Target, of course I obeyed all speed limits... well, sorta... Anyway, I went into Target with one thing in mind: maroon. I ran towards the Men's Clothing area and grabbed everything in my size that was maroon. (I even grabbed underwear, but I thought that would be a little over the top.) I found a few items that I liked. I ended up with a maroon hoodie, maroon warm-up pants, and a maroon t-shirt. I had to get a girl to escort me up the the front of the store so I could wear the clothes out of the store.

It took me less time than I thought it would so I went over to the stone church next to Home Depot and helped the Madrigals put their float together (it was a boat with a balloon arch and balloons all around) for the Homecoming Parade. After that Kendall (SBO Pres.) needed help with the Student Body Committee's float. Our float was awesome. We borrowed it from UVU It was a cool float with a huge hammer and nails poking out. We covered the most the UVU stuff with banners saying "Building A Better Viewmont" and stuff like that. We also transformed the styrofoam UVU to say VHS (well, it was actually HVS, the V wouldn't budge). It was a super cool float.

After the parade we went to my first tailgate party. They aren't that great, but it was still fun. We then hung out at Ryan's house and then went to the game in all maroon. After the game we went over to Emily's house and watched "Signs".

The next day (Saturday) I was picked up by Josh at eight o'clock. We went and picked up our dates and met at Josh's house. It was fun to have 16 people crammed into a tiny front room while we waited for the last couple. At last the last couple came and Kathy Pack told us what we were doing for our day activity (well, we knew already, of course, but she had the details.)

We had a booklet of twenty one photographs that had been taken around Centerville. We were to guess where each picture was and then take a picture of ourselves at that location. We split up into three teams and left at intervals of five minutes. I was in the last group to leave. While we searched we had three life-lines we could use. We could go to the service desk at Dicks, show them a picture and they would tell us where it was. We could call Kathy and tell her which one we were having a problem with and she would tell us where to go. The last one we could do is call another car/group and ask them and hope they are honest. Each life-line costs us five points.

It was way fun! We got in at the same time as one group but they got the points for being first even though we were supposed to get the points since we left last but we didn't press it. We ended up in last place but we all felt like winners plus we got glowsticks! And you all know how much those can cheer you up.

We then took the group and journeyed to the land of Farmington and stopped at a place called The Kershisnik's. There we had a yummy BBQ. It was set up very nicely. There was a huge dining table that had edible centerpieces! They were filled with bon bons, those fancy chocolate nut balls wrapped in gold foil, reeses pieces, apples and caramel, and other candies.

Once we were filled with chocolate, 12 layer jello, chips, hotdogs, and hamburgers, we went downstairs and played the winking game. In this game there is one chair for every couple. The girl sits while the guy stands behind her. There is one extra chair and we had a sibling stand behind that one. The one behind the empty chair winks at girls, telling them to come. The guys try to stop their girl from leaving. It is a very fun game.

We then took the girls home and while dropping Arianne off, we realized that she was locked out! We went around her house trying to find an entrance to her house in the rain. Good thing I had my umbrella to sheild her with. We finally found a downstairs window unlocked and I lowered her down into her house. How's that for a doorstep scene?

We then separated and went to our own ward houses for preisthood.

After preisthood we picked the girls up again and as I stepped into their house, Steven ambushed me with his camera flashing. Arianne begged her father to stop and he eventually did but once the flowers came out, you could hear the shutter closing over and over. Once we escaped the camera we went to the dance, which was themed "My Heart Stood Still" like the Frank Sinatra song. Of course the gym was decked out and after we got our pictures, we danced the night away, with Arianne being to perfect date, of course.

After that we came over to our house! Wow! It's been a long time since any of my friends came over to our house. We had ice cream and brownies and talked until it was time to call it a night. Josh drove me and Arianne to her house and then I got home. That was homecoming! :D Better late than never right?

I'll add more of the pictures when/if I can.