Friday Night in Texas

Well it is Friday night in Texas and that means FOOTBALL! And I must say for a family without one football player, the Taylor-Hunters are all over the field! Stephenville is serious about football. I mean serious! People talk of nothing else around town until the season is over. The whole community goes to the games. They have noise makers made of empty propane tanks with ball bearings inside that they shake, all game long! Some guys have three or four tanks welded together and it takes three people to shake it. Crrraaaaazzy! I go at half time to listen to the band, watch the flag runners and cheer the officiating team, and then I go home!

Kendall is the flute player in the very front point of the V. I know this because she told me she would be there, not because I recognized her! They all look alike.

That is Jerry you can see in that little group of guys across the field. He ran the chains! And very well I might add! No mistakes with downs. In Stephenville, that would be grounds for public flogging.

The big, blurry, white flag is Daniel. He ran fast and kept the flag flying, with his face painted in camo no less.

Dan is standing under the goal post somewhere. He should be the last one in the row! We played some HUGE 5A school and got beat but the flag running for Stephenville was fabulous. I think the other teams band was bigger than our football team.

Kendall is in there somewhere. The hat covers her hair (and messes up her bang!) so I can't tell for sure where.

One of these trumpet players is Brandon. Again, just pick one! He did great, no tripping or anything! At least I didn't see any of the trumpets trip or goof and that would include Brandon, right?

You can't truly say you have experienced Texas unless you have been to a high school football game. Texans have completely lost perspective. There are almost as many people watching practice as there are the games. No kidding. Me, I see the bigger picture, without the band to play the Fight Song and the flag runners to hoist the school flag and the chain gang to keep order, where would we be?