

Watch them. You know you want to.


This is the cake I want, minus Bub and Roach. What kind of names are those? Poor guys.Tonight, I am going to the Project Sunshine talent show. I don't think I've mentioned Project Sunshine in my blog before and I think it is time. P-Sun (I can shorten the name because I'm a member) is an organization here at A&M that works with children that have special needs. So far we have had soccer games, pic-nics, a Halloween carnival, and tonight is the talent show! I really love being a part of this group. The kids get so excited at all of our events, and it really makes me happy to see them having fun.
The cutest Luigi ever at the Halloween Carnival!
I think a BIG congrats is in order for my dad, Coach Bob Gillis, for being the coach of the undefeated district champs this year! He's the president of the Texas High School Coaches Association, obviously his team is better than yours. (yeah that comment is for all the other coaches who read my blog) The birds will be playing their first playoff game this Saturday at 1:00 PM in Angleton, TX against La Marque. Just because La Marque has a big fancy band that can play all kinds of ghetto music, and dance around on the field, and do back bends until their heads touch the ground does not mean their football team can beat the Birds. La Marque is going down.
Scariest mascot ever. Be afraid La Marque, be very afraid.
Hope everyone has a great weekend. Stay warm, stay safe, stay awesome.
-Stars out!



This is the flower girl dress that I would wear next weekend if Sarah hadn't crushed my dreams.
I had the privelege to stay with Cassie, Scotty, and Easton the first couple of days that they were home from the hospital and it was just great. Easton and I bonded, so obviously I will be his favorite aunt forever. My position as an aunt was not official until Easton decided to squirt me while we were changing his diaper. Normally this would have completely grossed me out, but being an aunt has caused me to mature and realize that I have certain responsibilities, and being squirted on during a diaper change happens to be one of them. He is THE cutest baby ever! And if you don't agree, I'll kill you.



On a bright note, I do have fun plans for the 4th of July weekend. Of course it will be probably be raining the entire time, but I will not let it get me down! My very best friend Bryce (yes he is a boy and he is just a friend, deal with it) and his family rented a bay house for the weekend and me and Emily are going to stay with them. The plan is to fish, go to the beach, tan, eat, and fish some more. Bryce is determined to turn me into a pro fishergirl by the end of the weekend. I'm not even kidding when I say that he has asked me to come over for "casting lessons" everyday this week, AND he read an article about taking girls fishing. Obviously, I have not participated in any casting lessons because that is just dumb, and as for the fishing article well, I don't think anything will prepare Bryce for what he's getting himself into by taking Emily and I fishing. I have the attention span of a 5 year old and Emily is probably the dumbest person in the world. And I say that with love. All I'm sayin is if I don't catch a fish I will be real mad. Like someone will have a hook to the face and be pushed in the water mad.
There are some fireworks to enjoy just in case the weather prevents you from seeing them this weekend. Or in case your life isn't as great as mine and you don't have anywhere to watch a spectacular light show like this.
Yeah, imagine trying to have a friendly conversation with a long lost friend while standing next to one of those monsters. Last night, the youth of EC stepped it up a notch. Not only was there a huge barn party, but it also had a theme! Neon was the look of the night. Neon socks, hats, hair, shirts, underwear (come on girls, no need to show these), and even some neon vests hopefully borrowed and not stolen from the shopping cart roundup crew of El Campo's Wal Mart (super Wal Mart may I add). There were blacklights and strobe lights and glow bracelets galore. Don't judge me all you big city slickers, but it was a lot of fun! I wouldn't say that a barn would be my first choice for a party, but when you need a place big enough for a lot of people, and don't want to mess anything nice up, then they are a fabulous location! I convinced my roomie Alyssa, who is from the metropolis San Antonio, to join me in attending her very first party in a barn once, but it was a very bad experience, so don't ask her opinion on them. I don't think anybody who is from a bigger city would understand or enjoy the experience. It takes a person with very limited options for entertainment to truly embrace and accept this complete redneck and country atmosphere in which we are forced to party. On a side note, Happy Father's Day to my dearest daddy! To celebrate, we ate hamburgers and cake, and he is now "watching" golf while taking a nap in the recliner. Hope all the fathers and fathers to be are having a great day! Love you dad! 
Hope everyone has a great week. Barn parties rule!
-Stass out
Thursday night my mother and I journied to Austin, Texas to visit my assistant principal/pregnant sister Cassie, her husband Scotty, and their mentally challenged dog Lex. Friday morning Cassie had a doctors appointment, which I did not attend due to the rediculous earliness of the appointment. Everything is just dandy with her and baby Easton. Then we headed to a day care, because being the working woman she is, Cassie will not be staying home to take care of Easton. She has a school to run people. The day care seemed nice, but lets just say that you will not be needing to purchase any Lutheran Day Care bumper stickers or t-shirts anytime soon! That night all of my family came to the Rice's home for a fajita fiesta dinner. I love when we can all get together! It is so loud and so crazy, but so fun! My cousin Gracyn shared her love of karate, tumbling, and dancing with us, which I must say was pretty impressive. Of course mature Whitley had to jump in when Shakira came on TV and show us her moves. Whit, just let someone else have the spotlight for once ok? Gracyn couldn't compete with your robot moves! At the end of the night I was stuffed and tired, but it was a great time!
Always working!
Sistercuz love!
See I can have school spirit if I want to.
You wish your family looked this good!
My weekend was great. My family is great. Cheese dip is great. Swimming is great. But most of all I am great. PEACE!-Starsy out!

This is Latino Stacey in one of the dresses I purchased. Except the dress I bought is solid purple and not this scary floral print, I have taste people. Then after shopping, some friends and I went fishing. It was not successful and very boring. I'll probably end up being convinced to go again because I have nothing better to do, but really why do people find it fun to sit there holding a fishing rod for hours and never have a bite? We were there for 3 hours and only caught one fish which we let go once we got the hook out of his eye, poor baby. Fishing is one thing I will never understand. Before I end this blog I would like to give a shout out to my father, President Bob Gillis. He thinks that nobody will know I even have a dad because he has not been featured in one of my blogs yet. Well, this is for you dad! Bob Gillis is a legend around here. He is head coach of the all star football team the El Campo Ricebirds, and is also the president/past president of the Texas High School Coaches Association. Talk about running the world. Ya know how people say "You are more and more like your mother everyday!" well I am the opposite. My mom tells me I am becoming more and more like my father every day. Hopefully that doesn't mean I'll have gray hair and be sporting his infamous combover anytime soon! It was hard going through highschool having a dad as a head coach. Boys were scared to talk to me, invite me to hang out, and even to date me because my dad had extreme power over them. I wouldn't change that for anything though, but only because my extremely good looks and charming personality convinced TONS of guys to get over my dad being their head coach and to date me anyways. We have a lot of fun together, mostly quoting movies and making fun of my mom. I love him very much! 
-Stassy out!


I moved home Friday for the summer. I am glad to be home, but will miss my new home in good ol' CS. Cassie, Scotty, and Lex came to EC on Friday evening. It is always a lot of fun when we all get together. Especially planning and talking about when Easton will be born! Saturday was a pretty relaxing day. Kyle and his "friend" Morgan got to town and immediately went to work out. Way to make me feel horrible about myself guys. My mom, Cassie, Scotty and I went to see Iron Man 2. This was my second time to see it, but it was still pretty good. On Sunday our family came to celebrate mother's day and my Pepaw's birthday. So what if it was a week late? We celebrate on our own schedule! It was fun as usual seeing everybody, even though I always eat way too much and end up exhausted and feeling sick. But it was still a good time. Hopefully the rest of my summer will continue to be as fun as this weekend was, but probably not. I am in El Campo after all, its known for the Ricebirds not for fun.
-Stars out!