potato fest is better than it sounds

last weekend was a momentous occasion for our family. reagan turned 13 and we took a little weekend trip. 

what can i say about reagan that hasn't already been said? he's happy, he's particular, he possess no guile, he's a puzzle, he's a delight. 

on friday night, reagan wanted an alfredo pepperoni pizza(which he used to hate and now loves) chocolate cake and more framed family pictures. unfortunately, he told me that the night before his birthday and so i had no framed family pictures to give. i ended up getting him several new t shirts and a matching green jacket and sweatpants outfit, which he was not excited about at all and 3 bags of doritos and a jumbo bag of m&ms, which he was very excited about.

saturday we drove to waycross and we were able to meet thomas's mom for lunch at wong's palace. native waycrossians raved like it was manna from heaven. scarlett ordered the shrimp and lobster and as an added bonus it was served in a domed platter. i need to obtain a domed platter for the future entertaining. 

the reason that we made the trek down to waycross was so that thomas could reunite with his friends and revive their former band glory for one night only! thomas's friend jackson is the bishop of the waycross 1st ward and each year they host the potato fest. everyone brings potato themed food items and then everyone enjoys an amateur music night. potato donuts! potato soup! mashed potato and meatloaf cake! you know how most church talent shows are really long and uncomfortable and you don't know where to look because 90% of the acts are A-not funny. B- funny but not supposed to be. C- tone deaf either musically or politically? this music revue was the most talented church activity i've ever been to. there was one group that played music from ricky skaggs and kentucky thunder and i was in awe. they were so good. there was also and incredible lionel richie performance and the judds made an appearance and michael jackson and vanilla ice. 

thomas and his band dressed up as guns n' roses with thomas as axl rose. they performed "knockin on heaven's door" and i was so proud! all these years of reputable employment pale in comparison to this moment of musical preeminence. 

after the activity we had boys and girls sleepovers in our separate hotel rooms. it was so fun. especially since i got a whole kind size bed to myself and herschel was in the boys room. i felt like a teenager! a really cool teenager! the girls watched disney channel shows with no interference from reagan and hersch or thomas. everybody won! except thomas. he had to deal with hersch. 

we went to church the next morning and then headed back home. it was a short and sweet and really a great time was had by all. it wasn't very blog or instagram worthy but that's not why we do things.d

potato fest is now on our radar for a year trek. all the kids are discussing what musical number they want to do in the show. i'm hoping we can hit up the dirt track races too. 

the end.