Prom

Prom at the Utah State Capitol Building.

I thought trying to get a girl ready for prom was stressful. And it is . . . trying to find the one elusive, perfect dress. But with boys, it's a whole new stress. The tux part is easy.

The date and dinner part can give you sleepless nights. Nate asked his date rather early and then he spent two months trying to find a group that would have him.

He didn't want to be a part of any group, but a group where his date had friends she knew and would be comfortable. Everyone he talked to already had enough people in their group, so he ended up forming his own group with a foreign exchange student he knew from cross country.

At the last minute another kid joined them. And good thing because his mom supplied the most beautiful salad and dessert for their dinner.

Then is was off to promenade where they got to glide down the stairs looking like Prince Charming and Cinderella.

Later than night, Nate came home to find his ACT score in the mailbox. Unfortunately, no one was up to whoop and holler with him. He was hoping to beat his two older siblings' scores of 34.

He thinks if he had answered another question or two correctly on the English or science portion, he would have gotten a 36. He wants to try again for that perfect score. 


A score like that is going to get you mail like this.

More adventures

Nate has had an exciting couple of weeks. I had him miss a tennis tournament to take the ACT test  about a month ago (we had already scheduled the test before the tournament was announced) and it paid off. He got his scores back and he scored higher on this first test with a 33 than Kiersten or Erik did on their first attempt. Kiersten got a 31; Erik got a 32; Nate got a 33; Ashlyn a 34?? No pressure for her at all. Or Alex who would potentially need at 35 :)

I'm happy to have that done. So far he's in the running for a scholarship from Utah State if he keeps the grades up. Then he played some hard tennis matches and won. The first was Tooele which went three sets, and then a kid from Davis County. This match also went three sets and into a tie breaker which means they both won 6 games. After that it's the first person to score 7 points. I believe they tied again at 6 points and Nate finally put him away 8 to 6 (because you have to win by 2). Oh my heart. It was intense.

All year long Nate has been coming home with Key to Success cards to redeem for gift cards. It's an organization that rewards students for hard work. At the end of the year all the cards are put into a drawing and they narrow down the contestants. Nate was selected to be one of 20 or 25. They then put them into groups of 5 and pick one student from each group to try their key at the main prize -- an Apple gift card worth $400. Nate was chosen to be 1 of 5 finalists and was the last one to pick a key to try. His key fit! And he came home with a $400 gift card.

It was region tennis this last week where Erik went undefeated, capturing the first ever conference region title for first singles for Stansbury.

He is a number one seed, playing a tough competitor from Snow Canyon this coming Thursday. Nate won two and lost two which still allowed him to go to state as a number four seed. Ah, the excitement. Can't wait for Thursday.