Happy Birthday! Happy Prom!

Happy day! Lauren's birthday was Saturday -- the same day as the Eldon High School prom. She has been working with the prom committee all semester to make sure that the entertainment was going to be a live band named The Marquette Weekend from St. Charles. The band arrived at 4 p.m. to set up. I helped finish putting together the stage and arranging decorations to make sure the band had enough extension cords. Then, I headed to Jefferson City to take some photos in the Governor's Garden to take photos of Lauren and her friends. (For more photos of Lauren and company, see my Facebook album.) After photos, we went back to Eldon for prom.

Mr. White got roped into chaperoning the dance. We chatted for a while. I learned about a few things that happened after I left for college and something interesting about Mr. White: turns out he did some writing for the National Guard. Who knew?

Loved The Marquette Weekend! I've been wanting to hear them for a while. That's one of the reasons I crashed prom. Plus, c'mon -- a live band beats a DJ any day! I made sure they knew it was Lauren's birthday, and they played one of her favorite songs: Euphoria. What great guys! Happy birthday, Lauren!

Eldon FFA Banquet

It's FFA Chapter Banquet time. I headed down to Eldon on May 1 to see what was going on with the Eldon FFA and take a few photos on the side. Flat Jason and I loaded up on some carbs while we visited with Grandma and Mom and Dad. I'm not sure if I told you, but Dad was elected to the school board. This was the second event that I've been to with him that he had to stand up and be recognized. It's kind of weird to me, but so far I think he likes it -- being on the school board, I mean, not getting everyone to look at him. Ha! I spent most of my evening hanging out with Tim Flora and taking photos of the students. This is the second or third year that the ag department has used a backdrop, and I think it makes a big difference. Now if they could only teach the kids how to "window up" for their photos! Anyway, the chapter has been really successful this year. They even have two teams, Parliamentary Procedure and Ag Sales, that won at state contest and will compete at National FFA Convention in Indianapolis this fall.

After the banquet, Lauren, FJ and I headed over to the high school gym where there was much prom decorating to be done. We checked out the sweet Eiffel Tower and scoped out where the band was going to be. Prom is going to be on Lauren's birthday and The Marquette Weekend, a live band from St. Charles, is going to be there.