James and his friend Cole (who moved but still wanted to keep
MMHS connections) Finally decided to get brave and ask some girls to prom. They decided to ask their friends from school. (who are sisters)
This was delivered (by Elli) to their house. So they waited and waited for answers. Finally the girls answered. Laura, who James asked, had already been asked. Michelle, said yes. I suppose they had never really anticipated that outcome, so James was now looking to find another date. And He did. Kelsey, a friend from seminary. This is how he asked her. (He sent me to the school with these, while he was at the Robotics
Regionals in
SL. He was gone for 2 days and then it was Spring Break. So he did not receive an answer until right before prom, because he had not left her a way to contact him while he was gone. I am very glad it all worked out. So is he.
Flowers and Chocolate. What could be better?
This was his "mad lib", sort of trivia way to ask her. I thought it was hilarious and very creative. She must have liked it too, because she said yes.
She had a friend come into seminary blowing a trumpet and read this "Proclamation" (
medieval like) paper to everyone in seminary. I
soooo wish I could have been a fly on the wall to see his face. He said that she said, he turned beet red. She answered so cute and creatively! We knew it was going to be a "Night to Remember".
Just before dinner in downtown Provo, across the street from where they ate dinner. (At Gloria's Little Italy- a most delicious Italian restauraunte)
At the house after Promenade, before dinner and dancing up at Sundance. There could not have been a more perfect place for Prom. (I just had to have a stair picture, I'm cheesy like that.)
At Promenade, at the school. A time for parents to come and get photos, when they announce the names of the couples.
Promenade with Cole and Michelle
Soooo Handsome!! Being the musician he is, he just HAD to get a tux with tails. I wouldn't have picked anything different for him either. He looked so sharp!! Just look at his face!
The GQ pose. Very striking "Knights in Shining Tuxes"!
The very Cute couples!! Earlier in the day, they went to the park and played "Extreme Croquet", had a picnic with sparkling cider and strawberries dipped in chocolate. They also got rained on, so they came back to our house to get out of the rain and played games. A very fun day and a wonderful "Night to Remember"!!
This was Elli's first year in band. She has been using my flute from when I started in 6th grade. She has really enjoyed it.
This was her spring concert.
Elli also was on her school's track team this year. She took fourth place in the mile. Way to go.
This was Elli's 2nd year playing softball. She loves it. It happened to overlap with track, for a month or so, so it was hectic, but fun.
In the middle of all of this, she was asked to play on a Sophmore basketball team for Spring Fling Tournament. She did very well and there were only 2- 7th graders chosen to play on this team. Those few months were extremely busy for her/us. Good experience though. She got to play with and meet the Highschool team and coaches. Way to Jimmer!!
