In case you weren't aware, I'm the activities co-chair for the YSA ward here in San Francisco. A few years ago when I moved here, the first activity I helped with was the hoe-down. We learned to square dance and had a great time. I've been wanting to do this again ever since, so Jake and I planned it and it was a huge success. I think that everyone had a great time. Most people dressed the part which makes it even more fun.
Dan and me doing a square dance demonstration.
Here are some lovely ladies for your viewing pleasure. Juliann, Kristy, Sarah, & Tracy.
Kelly had an awesome skirt to square dance in. And she looks hot. Ow Ow
This picture could be titled "The Proof that Kristy was on Drugs part 1". It brings a tear to my eye just thinking about it. Buck says that this picture is a bazillion words. I agree.
Dave told me that he wanted some cake. So I fed it to him.
I love this picture. These are my girls. When Kristy saw Silvia she ran up to her and yelled
"Hey Jesse?!!!! Did you bring BULLSEYE!??" I haven't laughed this hard since Kristy's top came off in Hawaii.
Here's a random picture of people visiting during the evening.
Some local cowboy was there. :) Buffalo Bill!
Silvia & Jake promenading around their square.
Laura and Jonathan our faithful home teacher.
At the end of the evening I taught Dave Kristy and I's favorite game.
BE ASLEEP!
Well, never fear. I'm not dancing to the music of the marching band anymore, but I was rocking out to Karen's awesome playlist of Big Hair 80's music. Today was our church's 2nd Annual San Francisco "The Rock" vs. Stanford "Saints" football game down in Palo Alto. This year it was a double header with the girls playing powderpuff first. I was going to be the videographer, but since the video camera never showed, I just got to enjoy the games! I'll never forget during the girls' game when I saw my roommate Tiffany dive through a crowd of girls towards the opponent with the ball to grab her flag. Three girls had already tried to get a flag off of this player, so I was pretty sure that the Saints would get a touchdown. Oh no. Tiffany was fully committed. She dove and she got the flag she was trying for. Seriously, she's my hero today. Well, and every day, but today especially.
You can't see all the fans who are actually up in the stands behind us, but I tell you --they were there this year. Such a great showing from our ward and it seemed as though everyone had a great time.
And during the boys game, in which we totally ROCKED the Saints (go team!) some of our girls redid the dance from last year's half-time show. If I get it uploaded then I'll put it up here for your viewing pleasure. Definitely something that you don't want to miss. So here are some stills for your enjoyment until then:
And because I love Roommate, here's a closeup of her cutoff tshirt and mad dancing skills.
Really, half of the fun for me was just getting together with everyone from the Stanford ward. Seriously, I think that they are great. Amazing people if I do say so myself.
