Magic

Last night Mum, Dad, Lisa, Derek, and I went to an EARLY showing of Harry Potter 7 Part 1.  Yes, early.  9:30 instead of midnight!  It was AWESOME!  I can't wait until July.  Anyway, what made it even better is we all dressed up, yes.  Even Bob dressed up.

Professor Trelawny.  The best part, all of these are my clothes...

George Weasley.  Got his ear cursed off if you don't recall.

Harry Potter and Prof Trelawny

The gang: Dumbledore, Trelawny, Potter, Weasley, and McGonnagal.

Good times.

1/4 a Century Later

Derek John Storrs was born on Novemeber 10, 1985.

He was 10 days late.  Yes, his due date was Halloween.  Poor Jan.  What a trooper.  Luckily for us, (and especially me) he decided to come out of the womb after an extra 10 days of cooking.

So, last week we celebrated the birth of Mr. Derek John Storrs.  And seeing that he is now officially old, 25 years.  gross.  I threw him a surprise party and it worked out better than I could have ever dreamed.  Perfect people, perfect (and I mean PERFECT) amount of food, and PERFECT surprise.

We actually didn't even yell surprise.  First of all, I had everyone park in the church parking lot adjacent to our neighborhood as to not tip him off with many many cars.

In about 4 minutes we threw together 'Step in Time' yes, 'Step in Time' from Mary Poppins.

I wish I had video footage.  But I'll try to sum it up.
He walks in the door and Adam McBride walks into the hall slowly (meanwhile Derek stops dead in his tracks very confused) Adam yells STEP IN TIIIIME!  and james marshall pops out and yells STEP IN TIME? and more and more people pop out and we sing and dance lift him up and carry him around and derek jump hugged corey bennet and nearly peed in his pants.  perfect evening to celebrate the perfect man.  Mr. Derek John Storrs.

If you can't tell, he was REALLY excited

And this is the cake I made him.  Yes, it is an oreo ice cream cake.

Veteran's Day

I just want to know the world that I am grateful for veterans everywhere.  They are awesome.  They fight so I and everybody in this country can enjoy the freedoms we fought hard for in the beginning.

Thank you.

Storrs Spooktacular

Halloween is a highly anticipated holiday in the Storrs home.  I'll let the pictures explain themselves...

First of all...Han Solo and Princess Leia came to our party.

Ok, you're right.  That's Derek and me.  Do you like my buns??

But there was apple bobbing

And Freddie Mercury and David Bowie were both there. 

(We even played pin the crystal ball on David Bowie...but that was a paper David, not this real one.)

We played Bigger or Better and Han and Boba Fett were able to settle their differences. 

And we can't forget the spider fan...

Halloween was great!  CAN'T WAIT TIL NEXT YEAR!