Big Weekend!

This weekend was a very big weekend for Stevie and for our whole family. Saturday night was the 2008 Awards Banquet night for the PD. Stevie was given the very important job of providing the annual video entertainment for the event. This meant hours of creating, filming and editing skits performed by various people in the police department. Stevie worked on this project numerous hours and for the past several months. To make the pressured even greater, the Chief decided to forgo a "special speaker" this year and rely on Stevie's production to be the sole source of entertainment for the 150 plus people in attendance. Talk about pressure!

Well it went off without a hitch! The crowd loved the 35 minute video which included spoofs off of shows such as "Cops", "Office Space", "Law and Order" and a Beastie Boys video just to name a few. Not only were the skits funny and witty, but Stevie even managed to get Dallas Cowboy football player Leonard Davis to guest star as a character in his Beastie Boys video. The Chief thought it was hilarious and so did the rest in attendance. I was super happy for Stevie and proud as well.

Then, the night just got better. Stevie did not tell me but he was nominated for "Rookie of the Year" for the department. There were 19 possible rookies to choose from and three people nominated. And Stevie got it! Our whole family is SOOOOO PROUD of him-not surprised though! Stevie truly excels in leadership and has always been an incredible man. He received a certificate, an engraved award, a bar that he now wears on his uniform identifying him as having received this prestigious award and a beautifully engraved wooden box with a very nice watch inside.

So of course we spent the rest of the weekend celebrating. We cut some rug at the after party, went to my mom's house for lunch after church and Stevie's parents took the whole family out for dinner to celebrate on Sunday night. Afterwards we went back to their house for coffee, cake and ice cream.

Of course since I had no idea my husband was going to win one of the five awards presented that night I did not have my camera in my tiny purse I brought in. But they had a professional photographer on hand taking pictures and they are going to be taking more pictures of the award winners in uniform at work in the coming days so I will post a picture later :)

Babe you make me PROUD!