Happy Birthday!

I'm back, and wow, is there a lot I have to talk about! This past Monday and Tuesday were my grandparents' birthdays.We had a surprise party for them at our house on the Saturday before. Exciting, right? AND, it was a themed party! Oh, I was in heaven! haha Seriously, I love a themed party! The surprise party was a luau. Fun, huh? A luau in November is very fun because you get to have bright colors with a purpose, but it is very VERY hard to find decorations this time of year. However, as you can see, I got a few decorations. Unfortunately the theme was only celebrated by those at the party my age and younger. The others (except for a few) were confused I'm sure as to why the party was themed in such a way. I just thought a luau was fun, and they're boring. ha Kidding, but kind of. I did force guests to get leid though. They enjoyed that part. Who wouldn't?

I made this banner to hang in the kitchen. It is seriously so cool. I

know you're jealous. That's understandable.I was the camera that took the picture of the surprise. Jamie had

the camera that took the picture of Mommy Roxy and Pop (my

grandma and grandpa), and unfortunately I haven't gotten a copy

of that one yet. This is the surprise. I was crouching in a corner,

and it was dark up until the moment I took the picture so I

couldn't see what I was doing. It's not the best, but you can see a

few of the decorations. Plus, look at the excitement on those

faces! haThey were surprised! Well, Mommy Roxy was for

sure. I'm not sure Pop knew what had happened yet....and the hula dancers were so happy to be there dancing on the

table.Pop and Coach Conrad have been best

friends since high school! I think it's so cool

that they're still friends. Pop was really

excited to see him!Mommy Roxy was really pleased with the

decorations, and my mom was really pleased that the

planning was finally over!Pop and Granny (his mom).Chelsea, Jamie and Melanie were all happy to have gotten leid!Jessica and me.Chelsea performed a little. I wanted to make sure

to get a picture with her looking at me. Look at

her! That's talent!The couch was a popular place during the party...at least it was

for the group I was hanging with. Here are Jamie, my mom and

Jessica imagining they're relaxing in Hawaii.Melanie thought this picture was just SO funny. I don't get it still.

Maybe she has a skewed view of things because she deals with

what 3rd graders think is funny every day. Who knows?The food wasn't luau themed, but it was enjoyable. As you can see

the centerpiece conveniently has a luau feel.Ethan's a freak, but the parasol toothpicks and straws were a big

hit.The funniest picture of Jamie! hahaha "Drink it

down!"We just couldn't get off of the couch!Logan was so tired after the festivities!

After everyone left, my aunt and uncle were still here. We were just hanging out, drinking and talking. My dad decided that we needed to open one more bottle of wine, so he did. I drank beer all night long. He was drinking beer then he went to wine, and he was planning on going to crown, until tragedy struck. He really wanted me to have a glass of wine. I don't know why. I like wine, and I guess he just wanted to fix a drink. Anyway, he poured me a glass of wine. The whole time he was being funny. I mean, you have to understand that he had had a lot to drink. Once he poured the wine, no one really knows what happened, but he said he was trying to "act like he was drunk". Well, he didn't have to try hard. He was trying to pass me the glass, but before he did, he was gonna hit the counter. His hand ended up hitting the edge of the glass.

The glass landed in the bowl in front of him, as you can see, while

all of the wine except for what you can see went flying across the

living room.It was the funniest thing I've seen in a while.hahaha.My mom was so mad at him, which made it funnier.Just understand that it was hilarious!And fortunately, all of the wine came out!So, all is well!

I didn't do the best job of taking pictures of decorations, but I was so stressed leading up to the surprise that it was all just a blur. You have to understand that I was in charge of organizing everyone. Telling them where to go, deciding when it would be necessary to turn the lights off, etc. Oh it was nerve racking (I'm not sure if that's the correct spelling).

A few shots of the streamers in the kitchen.The foyer bathroom was decorated as well, which

was a big hit among party-goers.Even the bathroom ceiling was decorated.There was a red helium balloon tied to the handle,

but it had deflated a lot by the time I took this

picture. You can see it down there. So, that was

exciting.

So, that's the surprise party! It was so much fun! One thing you may find hard to believe....I don't know how old either of them are! I know, sad, but it wasn't discussed. I asked my dad, and we decided that Pop is like 73 and Mommy Roxy is 68 or 69. If anyone is wondering, they are around 68 and 73. Just, FYI.

Anyway, the surprise was a success!

I'll be back with more, but I think this blog is way to long. So, I'm taking a break.

P E A C E ☮U T

Cameron

You really can't ever know what may happen.

Well, the day is finally here! The campaign that seemed to last forever is finally ending! I have never liked politics, so I hope you don't get the impression that my excitement stems from the history that will be made this evening. No, that's not it. Sure, yay, history is going to be made, but unfortunately I've arrived at the point of not being able to care less. The campaigns on both sides have just become a matter of saying bad things about the other candidate. Sure, that's part of politics, but this campaign is nothing but that. I'm just tired of it. It's all just so negative, and I could go on for way too long about how annoyed I am. The point is, I'm just so excited it's going to be over!

Get out and vote if you haven't already!

On a slightly lighter note, my weekend was good! It wasn't the most eventful, but there were some highlights that I would like to share. I'm still trying to wake up early every morning, and I did really good all weekend!

On Friday, I woke up at 7am! Good, huh? I know. I had to take my sister to school that morning. She had to go get something from one of her teachers, and then I had to bring it to my mom. Just if you were wondering why I had to take her. Okay, it was Halloween, and I thought it was funny to keep telling Chelsea to be careful because it was Halloween and "you never know what may happen." Anyway, I was saying it to everything that happened, and I thought it was just SO funny! haha I still do kind of. On my way to the elementary school to meet my mom I got pulled over by one of the school cops! I didn't get a ticket, so it turned out being funny. I mean, right? It was Halloween! You never know what may happen!

Friday night was of course focused around trick-or-treating for most people, but there were a lot of people at the football game too of course. My family was one that went to the game in Stafford, so there was no trick-or-treating at my house. There hasn't been trick-or-treating at my house in a few years though. My dad gets too irritated with the older kids that don't dress up and come asking for treats in their pillow cases. Plus, our house is located in seriously the most popular place in all of Needville. It's across the street from the elementary school and the road is a wide road because of the car rider line at the end of each day. So anyway, there are just so many people, and my dad is very irritable about it. I really like it, but I unfortunately don't make the decisions.

Jessica's family and I went to her aunt's house to eat chili and then pass out candy to trick-or-treaters. It was a lot of fun, and I really like chili, so I enjoyed it. There weren't too many trick-or-treaters. Jessica's aunt lives in a smaller neighborhood away from the majority of houses in town, so most trick-or-treaters that came were friends of theirs' or kids from the neighborhood.

Okay enough about that, here's the good stuff: the football game gossip! The one game Jess and I chose to skip was the game that will be remembered for a long time! Chelsea didn't go to the game either, but you know, being in high school, gossip spreads fast. She found out Friday night, but she spent the night at a friend's house, so I didn't hear about it until Saturday morning (I was asleep when my mom and dad got home). I bet the suspense is killing you!

Well, when I woke up Saturday morning at 8am I got in the shower. When I got out, Chelsea had gotten home, and she was grouchy. She's not a morning person. She said in a mumbly voice, "Did you hear about the cheerleaders?" I don't know why, but I got nervous. My first thought was something bad like, their bus had a wreck or something. I said, "No. Do I want to?" Again, she's grouchy, so she said, "I don't know" (with a roll of the eyes and heavy breathing). haha I said, "Is it sad? Am I going to cry?" ahahahaha I don't know why I said that, but I really did. She got really tired of the game I was playing with her and said, "They were caught with alcohol in their water bottles."

Yep! Seven of the twelve cheerleaders were drinking Jim Beam during the game. We, as a town, are just so proud! You never know what may happen, huh?!? Supposedly (remember, we're going off of gossip here), one of the girls had the whole bottle of Jim in her bag! I mean, how stupid are you? It's so funny to me that they just couldn't wait until after the game. Oh, and of course it was on the news. The news loves to broadcast what losers we are here. It's so embarrassing really.

Believe me, the punishment is a big deal right now. All seven were given MIPs. Plus, they are in ISS until the end of this week (that has something to do with six weeks tests going on this week) and starting Monday they will be in alternative school for 120 days. That means they'll be in A-school until the last weeks of school most likely (I think it leaves like 20 days of school). Some people think the punishment isn't hard enough, others think it's too much. Personally, I don't really have an opinion. I definitely think they're gonna need punishment though, and if the handbook (the handbook is a big deal here) says 120 days is the punishment for having alcohol on campus or at a school related activity, then that's what should happen. What do y'all think?

So, all of that happened on Friday. The rest of the weekend was good, but nothing too exciting. I mean what can beat high school cheerleaders drinking at a football game! On Saturday, Jessica and I took Chelsea shopping, and on Sunday Jessica and I went to Melanie's house to paint a table. The table turned out SO good! I'm going to try to get Melanie to email me a picture of it, so I can share it with all of you! I mean, it's really good! I'm very proud of it.

Alright, that's all I have. I know, random post, but I didn't have much to talk about. Hopefully I'll be subbing by the end of the week, so that should give me something to talk about later.

Y'all get out there and vote! You've still got two hours. I mean, after all, you really can't ever know what may happen!!!

P E A C E ☮U T
Cameron