Here’s the finished product before she picked up her date.
(They asked me to do the pictures so I got to get a real pic. of her 🙂
As you can tell, Max is not as forthcoming with pictures for me. First of all it was girls’ choice so he didn’t have as much control but second, and most importantly, he’s a boy and he’s Max.
But I did manage to get a pic. of he and his date when she picked him up. They were Peter Parker and a very cute Mary Jane Watson:
They had so much fun…fondue at someone’s house first, then the dance, then Skateland.
And I have not a single picture of that whole night of that boy’s life gosh darn it! 😉
But I do have a plethora of Elle’s…it helps when you’re in charge of getting them…
We had Superman and Lois Lane:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:
I’m not sure the names of these guys, but they were from a show called “Recess.”
Footloose:
Mario and Princess Peach:
The girls:
And the boys:
Yeah, the large-group-jumping didn’t work so well…
All the while the sky was so gorgeous I couldn’t resist snapping a pic. of it as well.
I’m pretty sure they were pretty well documented 🙂
Then they were off.
Both kids had such a great night.
And with that it is off to the races for Prom. Kids have already started asking so Max got busy and asked as well:
Grace helped…we cut out all those letter and then he circled letters from his name scrambled up in the newspaper.
And right after he left Elle got a little package on our front doorstep:
Man it’s so fun to have these kids so close together. Little did I realize when Elle made her surprise entrance into the world fourteen short months after Max that all that trouble they caused as varying stages of baby-hood at the same time would sure pan out to so much fun.
And last thing for today, speaking of teenagers, Max got accepted to college over the weekend.
It was the funniest night because he came in by himself on Friday night noticeably extremely worried and nervous. Dave and I were standing in the kitchen and both asked what in the world was going on. (We didn’t know they were notifying those who got accepted that night.) He saw our serious faces and took it as a sign that maybe we already knew and we were sad, but he didn’t say anything when we asked what was wrong and just sighed as he went over to the computer. A few seconds later he stood up with a big yelp and let us know HE GOT INTO BYU!
I cannot tell you the excitement of that evening. We were all over-the-moon about that. I’ll have to write more details about the college application process at some point, but he was holding on to that possibility like nobody’s business so he was pretty excited. Luckily I had some sparkling apple juice on hand so we broke it out and had a little celebration.
Max is trying to determine a whole slew of things right now, mission timing, volleyball, school timing, etc., but this was a huge piece of the puzzle to check off the list so we’re all pretty happy. I’m so happy so many of my friends’ kids made it in too…friends I was at BYU with. So weird that we have children who I swear were just babies who are now graduating from high school.
Teenager #3, Grace, still has a few years to get to all this fun stuff, but she sure is learning a lot watching these older siblings of hers. So excited to see what’s in store for her.
Yep, it’s been a pretty big few days for teenagers in this family of ours.
Congratulations on the BYU acceptance!
We had the same Friday night experience as you. What a relief it was for our son to find out he was accepted too. Celebrations all around. I teach early morning seminary to the seniors and 5/6 kids who applied to BYU were accepted which I thought was pretty awesome.
What a fun time in your lives. Elle is so beautiful! They look like they had fun and congrats to Max
Congratulations to Max! I am both excited and terrified for the teenage years. I'm trying to soak up the baby/toddler years now.
Go Cougars! Congrats to Max!
Congratulations to Max!! I got a little teary eyed reading about his big news…your writing conveys a lot of emotions…and I'm probably a bit of an emotional mom as well. Will look forward to hearing all his exciting news 😉 Good luck on these new parenthood moments!!
Congratulations to Max! We have been anxiously awaiting the BYU admissions decisions! Such a relief to have that piece of the puzzle in place! Go Cougars!
Congratulations to Max, that's SO awesome! I will never forget the day I got into BYU, definitely one of the greatest and most exciting days of my life. And now I'm graduating in April and it's been an amazing experience. He will LOVE it and have the best time.
Love this post because I have two little ones only 16 months apart and I'm worried if I blink they are going to be teenagers…at least it looks like it will be fun when that day comes! Also, congrats to Max. Gooo Cougs!
I'm not even a mother yet and just barely graduated BYU a few years ago, but I already can't wait to have teenagers when I read posts like this. So fun. And as exciting as high school is for teens, college is even greater. Congratulations!
Getting into BYU is no small accomplishment! I too love my teenagers!
Reading the part of Max getting into BYU made me tear up and so happy ha! I remember finding out the news for myself and it was ne of the best most nerve racking days ever. BYU was/is so amazing I'm so excited he gets to experience that joy! I can only imagine joy, excitement, and nervousness as a parent! Go cougars and congrats to all!!!! And I loved the MORP recap!
How FUN! 🙂 And congrats to Max for getting into the Y! RISE AND SHOUT! THERE IS A COUGAR ABOUT!
How funny! That is my nephew, Spencer Walker! I had to do a double take when I saw him on the MORP date 🙂 And congrats to your son! The BYU experience is like no other!
Love the dress up for Morp! So cute and fun!
I just saw the newspaper in your photo that said "gilbert" and my heart just about burst out of my chest. I have followed your blog for a bit and never really realized where you live, but our family is moving from Las Vegas to Gilbert very soon. We are soooo nervous and know nothing, at all. I would love to email you and see what schools or areas or great. I am feeling so overwhelmed and… whats another word to describe it? Oh yah, overwhelmed. 🙂 We don't know a soul. I have 5 kids as well and know it's a great family place and I bet you know a thing or two. 🙂 I might be totally out of line or annoying, I get it, but my email address is efonnesbeck@hotmail.com if you happen to get a quick second. I would love it.
Brings back so many happy memories! What a post to treasure forever!