More on Mallory...

Mallory entered the Cherry Pie Contest again this year and did SO WELL!!! Her pie just looked absolutely perfect going into and coming out of the oven!! They only announce Champion and Reserve Champion, which both happened to be boys. They each received a score of 86, and Mallory's score was 85, so we know she was really close! She had a really good time, too, so that's what really matters. Last year something went wrong and she had to start over, but this year it all went very smoothly and she got done in a little more than an hour. Last year took 3 hours, so we've given her a pretty hard time about that!
They auctioned them off that evening and Mallory's pie went for $375!! All the money goes for the seniors' trip to Washington, D.C, so you really can't go wrong. Grandpa was planning on bidding on it, but it started above his allowance. Mallory said she could probably make him one for less.

On another subject, the tall boy beside Mallory in the auction photo was seriously injured in a car accident that killed a man. The boy is still in the hospital, so we would all very much appreciate your prayers for him. Both girls behind Mallory making her pie were in the accident, too, but they are home and doing well, although one was saved by the car's side impact air bags and still had to be extracted by jaws of life. She has a pin in her femur. There were five kids in the car and the other vehicle was a motorcycle. The man on the motorcycle was killed instantly. You can imagine how this accident has impacted our small town, so please remember all of the families in your prayers.