Homecoming....we WON!!!

Have I mentioned football here in Texas is BIG!! YES, it is a BIG deal here. Yesterday was homecoming and there is a tradition here for homecoming that has to do with fake mums. Last year when we got here we had NO idea anything about mums other than they are a flower. WELL, we sure did have alot to learn! Apparently here in Texas mums play a HUGE part of the homecoming festivies. All the kids at school wear them. It is a BIG to do. There are stores here where you can buy the mums already made, partially made or you can buy the stuff to make them from scratch. The fake mums come in small, medium and large, and with one or more mums. It is just CRAZY. You don't just wear the mum, you have to adorn them with ribbons, teddybears, sports items, cheerleader items, band and choir items, anything that you want to make it personalized. You usually get them in your school colors, BUT if you are a senior you get to be really fancy and have a white and silver one. So of course wanting to get into the spirit of homecoming last year I made the kids mums to wear. Oh and the boys mums are on a garter by the way which they wear on their arms. Yes, even the elementary kids wear them. This year Jake didn't want to wear his, but the other kids did. Of course Amber had to have a senior one, so off to the mum store I went. And anyone who knows Princess Amber knows how much she LOVES the color pink so we had to throw alot of pink ribbons in it and of course a crown. It turned out really cute and she was especially pleased because hers was truly an orginal. Not only do the kids wear them to school, but they also wear them to the game. It is quite a tradition.




Mum making party....















It was a nice crisp night for the game. I do believe it was a sell out. They even opened up some of the visitor side seats for Forney because they ran out of seats on our side. We sat with some friends from the ward and had a great time. The half time show was really good. I did take some pictures of the other teams show, because even though they didn't have as many band members they were really good and their show was really good. Our band is big and good, but unfortunaly their performance while good, was a bit boring. After our team started off strong we fell behind by two touchdowns and were getting a bit nervous that we might lose. After half time they came back really motivated and won by two touchdowns. It was VERY exciting!!