Life Will Continue...

We're watching the "Life" series, which premiered last night on Discovery. Lauren and I get a giggle out of the announcements... "Life is sponsored by Target" (um, thanks Target!) and especially "Life will continue next Sunday at 8pm Eastern." (Yay! We can't wait!)

The winter guard did FANTASTIC at a large regional- Texas and surrounding states- competition this weekend! Saturday's prelim performance was one of their best, and Sunday's finals show was the best all season. They ended up in 6th place. Next weekend is the state championship, the last contest of the season. Lauren isn't doing fall guard, so that's it for her until December, when winter guard starts again.

At color guard competitions, depending on the sponsoring organization, you always have a certain list of rules for what you can and cannot do there. The worldwide organization that sponsored this weekend's event is the most strict. Over and over they reiterated the rules, which include (say it with me, guard parents...) absolutely no video taping, no professional cameras, no flash photography, no smoking in or around the venue, no entering, exiting or moving around during performances.

After hearing it six hundred times, I told Jeff that when the next show began I was going to light up a cigarette and wander around the stands with it hanging out of my mouth, while clicking photos with a camera with a 10-inch lens, with the flash on.

Chad had to bring Jeff some rocket parts while we were there (he lives nearby). He came to our hotel while we were out to dinner, so he just left them at the front desk. Two long cylinders with stickers on them saying "High-Powered Rocket Motors." One cylinder had a little baggie with wires in it, taped to the outside. Yeah. They gave Jeff an interesting look when he picked them up.