Area IV

This past week, Aron, Kaleb, and I made our way through Area IV. We started off in Perrin, Texas. Talk about the greatest birthday meal ever! Mrs. Hall made us enchiladas, sopapilla cheesecake, and chocolate covered strawberries. Mmm...delicious. Then, we played a hard core game of Phase 10 with the chapter officers. I lost. : ( Next, we headed to Henrietta. I got to watch Aron and Kaleb TRY to shoot a bow and arrow. They are much better at giving presentations. I definitely think we should stick to that. Before we knew it, we were in Petrolia. They had an awesome group of kids. We had so much fun getting to know the students there! Of course, it wasn't long before we were in Wichita Falls in search of an AT&T store and a car wash. Thanks to Aron's new iPhone, though, we were lost for a full 2 HOURS. We drove around lost for the longest time before we realized that we had to turn the phone in order to go in the right direction. Oops... Luckily, we eventually found our way to the various places to run errands, and we headed off to hang out with the Iowa Park officers. They snuck in a birthday cake that looked like a lady bug and surprised me with it at Carino's. It was the coolest thing EVER! They even gave me my own little tiara : )

The next morning, we started out in Holliday. Kaleb and I had an interesting discussion about whether we were passing the middle school or the high school. Kaleb never admitted it, but I was right. Ha ha. One day, he will learn to listen to me! : ) As soon as we finished there, we headed off to Seymour. We had a great time talking to their officers. They told us all about this cool deli called Elizabeth's. You have to try their Lisa Sandwich. AMAZING! Our last presentation was at Knox City. We stayed afterwards and watched our very 1st 6 man football practice. They did all kinds of crazy plays! That night, we stayed in Abilene with the Swinneys. They were so sweet to us. They even cooked us breakfast the next morning.

On Wednesday, we went to Abilene Wylie and Abilene Cooper. Both had a bunch of awesome kids. Kaleb even sang a song with Charles during our presentation at Abilene Wylie, and Abilene Cooper gave us a whole bunch of snacks! We LOVE snacks! Our last presentation was at Clyde. The guys tried to shoot some hoops before the presentation. Once again, they should stick to speaking to high school kids. They only made one basket the whole time!

We had another birthday party in Cross Plains. Thanks, Mrs. Holland! Of course, Kaleb and I smashed cake in each other's faces instead of eating it. It was quite enjoyable! After our presentation in Cross Plains, we headed off to Coleman and Santa Anna. Once again, they had some AWESOME students! We had a fantastic audience in Coleman, and the kids in Santa Anna were really active during the entire presentation. We loved it!

That night, we stayed in Winters, Texas. It was a very historical moment, as that was the 1st FFA chapter in the state of Texas. We watched a Blizzards JV football game after some mexican food at Casa. Of course, the next morning, I got VERY lost. Only I would get lost in town with one main road...I don't think I will ever live that one down : )

Needless to say, Area IV was a successful week for us. We loved having Aron in the truck to hang out with us. Now, we are just trying not to freeze out here in Area I! Wish us luck!