The Case of the Illegal Thongs!!!

I know what you're thinking.....Amy with a thong? But here's the story. I took a bunch of high school students to Boise this past weekend for BPA State competition. And life was great. Our students did really well, but that's another blog. On Friday night, we went as a group to BSU campus for dinner, games and a dance. Everyone looked good as we waited in line for dinner. And I thought everything went well, until Dani (pictured on the left) came up to me and said that they won't let her into dinner because she's wearing flip flops. It was at that moment, that I looked down at my own choice of footwear.....flip flops! What an awful advisor I was to lead my students astray by example.

I then went to find Kim from Sugar, to figure out what we were going to do. I looked at her choice of footwear and she had on sandals...but NOT flip flops. It was then that we were approached by a state officer and Clay Long, a BPA State advisor, who analyzed our footwear and declared, Kim was approved and of course, I was not. HOW EMBARRASSING! I tried to get to the bottom of things by asking what the difference was. I like to say "it's a g-string for your foot". I asked if I was showing too much skin. And for someone he didn't find the humor in it. I could tell that I wasn't going to win and certainly didn't want to cause too much trouble so I turned to Dani and said "let's go call a taxi" and we left without looking back.

Once we were outside however, I realized that I didn't have money for a taxi so we hurried up to catch the shuttle back to the hotel. Megen joined us and all along the way we turned kids back who were sporting the illegal footwear. Because the shuttle was making one last trip, the bus driver had no intentions of waiting for us and taking us back so we were stranded at the hotel. We watched for the Sugar bus driver to come back and take us out to dinner, but we never saw her....so we waited, for what, I'm not sure. I soon got a text from Kim that said simply "They're letting people in with flip flops now." I was riled up again! I couldn't believe it! I guess that State advisers had a meeting and realized that it was not printed anywhere that flip flops were illegal and they couldn't keep students from going in. So we made a decision, the three of us grabbed a taxi and had it take us to Olive Garden, and we went out to dinner. We had fun, and the waiter was cute which is always a plus. But I'll never forget the appropriate footwear again!

CASE SOLVED!

Dress Up Days - Like it or Not.

Today at school, we had an assembly addressing teen dating violance. We actually had two assemblies, one for boys and one for girls. They were pretty good, but all the teachers were asked to wear t-shirts that said "I DESERVE to be treated with respect". Now, this is a great saying especially when tied in with the assembly. But I'll admit that I felt a litte foolish because out of context, I was demanding students respect. But it was all good. I just thought I'd share with everyone.

Ashlyn today wanted to dress up as well, only her ideas was PINK! So, she dressed herself. She did pretty good until the pink cowboy boots, that she insisted was a wise choice because it could break the ice. "See Mom!" as she stomps her feet and then promptly slips and falls. She was ok, but her pride was hurt a bit. She did look pretty cute.

Rexburg Temple, Open For Business

Today was the dedication of the Rexburg Temple. Allen and I had a special treat to be able to attend the 4:30 dedication session in the temple itself instead of at our stake center. We didn't ask for it, but we were happy to have the opportunity.

Things we were blessed with (They sound so superficial, I'm sorry.)

1. Sitting inside the temple for a dedication session.
2. Sitting in an ordinance room, instead of in the hallway or some strange corner for the dedication.
3. Not having to sit on a folding chair, but instead, in movie theater style seating, and
4. Having a big screen TV with surround sound to watch the session.

Here is a picture of the room we were in. It's beatiful and all of the painting is origional by a local artist. (both pictures for this blog were found on the church website.)

President Monson was excused from the 4:30 session, but it didn't matter, it was still a special occasion that Allen and I got to share. It was fun to fun into students that I have and currently am teaching. We were all so excited. Our community truly is blessed to have such a beacon on the hill reminding us of our Heavenly Father. I can't wait to do a session.