Coppell High School Homecoming (9/10/10)

Acouple of weeks ago we went to the local high school's homecoming game with some friends from our ward.  If you don't know already, football in Texas is HUGE!  Head football coaches in high school often make into the 6-figure range and many high school stadiums in our area are a similar size of Utah State's or Weber's.  Our friends parents (who don't currently have anyone attending the high school) still have season tickets (YES, season tickets for a high school) and told us that we couldn't miss this game.  We had a great time!

This is Bode and his date, Addie, holding hands as we walked into the stadium.

Bode is wearing the traditional "garter" that all boys going to homecoming wear (their date makes it for them).  And Addie is wearing her "mum" (which would typically be made by the boy who asked her to the dance).  These were both made by Addie's grandma who has a business making mums and garters.  We found out a lot about the rules for "mums": only seniors get to wear all white mums.  Also, only seniors get to decorate and wear the overalls like you see below.



Very strange ritual, but kind of fun to see.  Here's an example of a real mum - they are huge!  Girls wear them around their necks all day and they literally drag to the ground.

Texans sure are silly, but we love it here!