Homecoming 2014!

Since Landon turned 16 back in August (which I still haven't blogged about) he was able to go to Homecoming. I began asking him questions about this as soon as school started, (i.e., who are you going to ask?, how are you going to ask her?, who do you think will be in your group? etc.).

Finally on September 1 when we were together at Pizza Factory for dinner (and him cornered) we got him to say who he wanted to ask to Homecoming. This felt like a big deal and meant that we could move on to the next phase which was coming up with a clever way to ask her. We discussed several ideas and then brainstormed about things they had in common or that she likes, and he mentioned that she's way into the BBC show Sherlock. Randy and I rewatched an episode that night (we like that show too) to freshen our memories and came up with a fun idea.

Fast forward 3 days later when it suddenly became urgent to actually follow through and make this invite happen (he texted me from football and asked me and Whitney to put the tiny papers in the pills so he could drop it off when he got home around 9:45). Five of the pills had blank papers in them and one had his name on it, he came up with the "Holmes-coming" which I thought was pretty cute.

This is how it looked when he left it on her porch. The tag on the box says "The Game is On" which is a Sherlockism.

Her response was some stuff tweaked from Sherlock as well so it was pretty cool.

The ticket.

The $20 corsage.

Landon wasn't super keen when I initially offered to take pictures of their group, but I reminded him that every body seems to do a full on photo shoot for dances...I said I'd be on standby in case he didn't get a better offer.

It was fun seeing them all in action, they're so cute.

Landon's cute date Ashley is from our ward.

This is one of their silly shots.

The boys.

I don't even know how this strange shot came about.

How adorable are those yellow boots?! 

I don't think he started the date expecting to do this.

Isn't the beaded bracelet corsage cute?

Landon and Parker have been friends since they were little (maybe age 7).

I love their friendship.

One last shot.

12 on the 12th--September Edition

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1. The morning school mess.
2. Landon catching his ride and Whitney leaving for the bus.
3. The morning's dishes.
4. Our spider extermination device, we've been over run by spiders lately.
5. Loading photos from yesterday's football game.
6. Part of a funny text exchange with my sister Lori.
7. The leaves on the mountain are turning orange.
8. I spent some time reading in the cozy.
9. Picked up Whitney from school and took her to Lori's for some cake making.
10. Lori at her house.
11. I had to make cupcakes on Whitney's behalf for the country fair.
12. A funny card from Rebekah 3 years after she wrote it.

First Day of School Again

School started on August 19th this year, which seemed way too early for all of us.

Landon is in 11th grade this year and has a Football class 1st period on A days (hence his lovely shirt). Whitney is in 8th grade this year and is determined to figure out how to manage her hair.

Can you feel the love?

Of course Junie had to be included.

I had already been working for a couple weeks so school starting was actually kind of a relief. This is my 4th year in the front office and my 5th year working at the junior high. Good times.