Preference

Last week I opened the door to this.

I knew it was a dance invite for one of the boys. But the question was, which one?

I did what any good mom would do. I made them open it together. 

It was for Cory. 

Bag #1 was some candy and a bunch of different letters that once unscrambled spelled out

What do you prefer?

Inside bags 2-5 were two different yet similar things for him to decide which one he preferred.

#2- Funyuns or Doritos?

#3- (two matchbox cars) pizza van or hot rod? 

#4- m&m's or skittles?

In the last sack, #5, was more candy and more letters that spelled out the girls name and a note that said "I would prefer to go to Preference with you."

Let's Taco 'bout Prom

A couple weekends ago, after a fun date night with these two, we came home to this:

 Taco Bell on the front porch!

 Actually it was an invitation to Prom for #2.

Then a few days later, #3 decided he wanted ask someone to Prom, using none other than. . . . .

drumroll please

TACOS

His invite reads:

There's alot of "TACO" 'bout Prom So "Lettuce" go together!

He left the sign and a box of tacos on his dates front porch.

p.s. - Notice who's doing all the work?  Hint: It's not #3.

But to give him credit, he did come up with the pun.

Having teenagers ROCKS!

2 Exciting Things

#3 has two exciting things going on :

1. He was asked to his first dance- Preference.

The night this invitation was delivered, all my kids were surprisingly home (something that never happens).  So after tucking in the little girls, we locked up the house, turned off all the lights (inside and out) and settled down in to our warm comfy beds. Just as we're drifting off to La-La Land (around 9:00), there was a knock at the door. I sent Clint to investigate.  He came back with this.

How cute is it? "Beary" Happy.

The asker's name was somehow magically written in the huge giant homemade gummy bear.

So sweet!

He answered her back with the classic "DING-DONG " answer, just changed the wording around a bit.

2.  We have ourselves a new hard-working man, bringing home the bacon.

(What is it about my kids choosing jobs that require them to wear a vest?)

This picture was taken on his first day. I said to him in my sweetest mom voice, "Let's take your picture so we can remember your first day of work."

His answer, "I'll think about it."  Which, in case you don't know, in teenage boy language means, "No thanks!"

So while he was distracted, I snagged a picture of him!  

HA!  Take that!

Cheezy Invitation

Actually, I don't think this is "cheezy" at all. I think this dance invitation is absolutely adorable!

You can tell the boy did it himself and put a lot of thought in to it!

It's hard for me to believe that this will be #2's last Sweethearts dance EVER!  

Why do they have to go and grow up?

Last night we went dress shopping and ended up just ordering a dress from a little boutique in Logan, UT. 

Let's hope it fits.

Weekend Happenings

In no particular order. . . .

 Clint's little cousin Samantha got married Saturday in the Mesa, AZ temple!  I was so very sad I could not be there.  She looks beautiful!

 Today (technically not part of the weekend, but . . . .), I began another Bikini Body Mommy challenge.  This will be my 3rd.  My goals this time around are:

1.  Gain more muscle

2. Lose more body fat. 

I'm not sure exactly where I am, but I think I want to lose about 3-5% more.  In order to accomplish this I'm going to have to really work on goals 3 and 4.

3. Eat more veggies, less fruit, and increase my healthy fats.

4. Move more!  Sometimes I think I eat out of boredom.  I think I'm hungry, but really I'm just looking for something to do.  To combat this, I'm going to try going for a walk whenever I think I this might be the case. 

 Yesterday, Sunday, we had a good two hour visit with Gram.  She seems to be doing much better acclimating to her new life in a retirement center. We went for a walk around the grounds, visiting the duck pond, and floating leaf boats down the stream along our way.

Friday afternoon this was mysteriously dropped off at our door.

It was a invite for #2 to Homecoming.  The dance is a week from Saturday. EEK! We're going shopping today.  Wish us luck!

MORP 2015

 

 It's that time of year again. . . .MORP (that's Prom backwards for those of you who may not know).

It's a casual dance where girl asks boy.  For us, Morp happens a few weeks after prom.

This was the invitation (Or the asking)-

A box full of 100 blown-up water balloons.  Inside a dozen or so there was a different letter of her name inside.

 This was the RSVP (or the answer).

A 'YES' was written inside one wrapper out of three packs of gum (only two are pictured here)!

 The day of the dance was rainy and cold - that always makes for great pictures. . . NOT!  These photos were taken in an outside amphitheater which gratefully provided some cover from the rain.

 

 A week or so before the dance, #2's date broke his collar bone in a freak long-boarding accident.

 He was a trooper, and they still had a blast!

 Before the dance was a game of bowling. Afterwards, everyone came over to our house for a waffles and ping-pong!

You can't go wrong with waffles - easy and delicious.

Yay for high school dances and friends!

Social Life of a Seventeen Year Old

It was bound to happen, and I'm happy that it did.
I never went to Prom (any of them) so I'm hoping (or should I say hoppin') to experience it vicariously through my daughter. . .
The dress shopping, the shoes, the hair, etc
Hopefully she'll give me a play-by-play when she gets home. (wink -wink)

 You can't go wrong with Oreos

especially Double Stuf Oreos.

Just Dance

We've been in total dance mode around here this past month.

First we had Sadie Hawkin's (Girl's Choice).  Why they chose to do Sadie's before Homecoming, I'll never know.

 #2 used this cute "I'D BE A DING DONG IF I DIDN'T ASK YOU TO THE DANCE!" idea from lilluna (thanks lilluna) to ask her date, 'JB', (the nickname we gave him) to the dance.

His answer was found in this gigantic cake.

 -Cut the cake to find your answer-

 and that she did

 After a little digging she found it. . . . 

 YES! 

This was definitely the funnest idea yet. 

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The theme for the dance was Grease (you know, as in the movie),

The dance took place on a "Su-hum-mer ni- hite"

For their matching outfits, they decided to go with 50's black 'Greaser' t-shirts and jeans, which made it super easy to Hand Jive in.

Doesn't this photo just scream 

We go together like rama-lama-lama-ka-ding-it-ty-ding-de-dong!

Okay, enough of the bad Grease puns

 Before Sadie's even came and went, this showed up at our house-

an invitation to Homecoming.  

This dance asking/answering is so much fun!

Her answer back:

"ICE CREAM YES!"  (Get it- I scream yes. . . )

Last Saturday we spent a long day shopping for a MODEST semi-formal dress.  We found two, which she is still deciding on.

Dress 1

Dress 2

Decision, decisions.  What's your choice?