This is Edynn, Chris's date. I think she has the best name ever, and that her parents were really smart when they named her that... because I think that any boy that dates her will hear his parents say, 'do not partake'. We said that and thought we were funny, Mike and I were giving each other high fives for being so hilarious. Chris walked away while rolling his eyes.
Besides having a great name, Edynn is absolutely adorable and has the sweetest manners ever. She was nervous about drawing blood while pinning the boutonniere on Chris. She didn't. That was a good start for the night. I love this pic because it shows how beautiful her hair looked!
And if we thought Edynn was unsure about it, you should have seen Chris. This is him telling her that he'd never done this before, and wasn't sure what he was supposed to do.
It was a wrist corsage. He figured it out. *Ü*
And they were happy when that part was over:
They both looked drop-dead gorgeous. Chris wore my little brother Jon's cuff links for the night, which was really special to me. They were Jon's favorite and he wore them to church every Sunday.
This is Edynn and her friend Kourtney:
Even though they were bombarded at every house for pictures, these girls were so fun and let me take as many as I wanted WITHOUT COMPLAINING. The boys weren't quite as generous. They moaned a bit... I heard them. And since the girls were so cooperative, I kept shooting:
And then they started getting silly... which was even more fun:
I took a few more of Edynn and Chris. Chris was starting to look bored with pictures already after only a few shots.
So I told him to just act like himself:
He's a special boy. I didn't want him to be embarrassed, so I told Edynn to act like Chris too. She knew exactly what to do:
After all of these pictures, they went to get their 'professional' pictures at prom. Then they came back to our house for dinner. This is Eric and Kourtney. They never met before prom night... Eric is Chris's friend and Kourtney is Edynn's friend... they set them up just for prom. This wasn't really their first glance at each other, but Kourtney may be wondering what she's gotten herself into.
She may even be a little surprised:
But she gathered her emotions... and they looked so cute together:
For dinner, Mike and I made them salad and bread, fettuccini alfredo, cheese cake, and chocolate dipped strawberries. We set a table up in our basement, complete with candlelight and an ipod for background music. Katy, Trevor and Tessa were their waiter/waitresses for the night. I was really surprised at how great the kids did. Katy was really shy and embarrassed about it, but she was so cute. I think Trevor may be a waiter when he's working his way through college, because he had it DOWN... complete with, "may I clear this, or are you still working on it?" before he took their plates. It was really fun to watch. When the dinner was almost over, without my knowing it, Trevor went downstairs and gave Chris a big hug. He started to cry and told him that he loves him 'so much'. He then came upstairs and laid his head on my lap for a while, crying and telling Mike and I how much he loves Chris. We were finally able to find out where these feelings stemmed from when he told us that he's not ready for Chris to move out yet. We all told him that we are years away from that, which made him feel better. I think some of his emotions were brought on because our best friends' son (like a cousin to our kids) had just left for his mission the week before. Trevor cried then too. He's such a sweet, tender boy. But since I'm blogging about him... I have to tell you he's also ROUGH and TOUGH and ALL BOY.
Wow, I got side-tracked! Here are some pictures from while they were eating dinner. I tried to leave them alone most of the time, and only shot these real quick so I could get out of their way.
Edynn said everytime I took a picture, her mouth was full of food. Really, Edynn, there was only one... and I didn't post it. But I think she still questions me.
Then they just relaxed around the table and listened to some guitar. Edynn was embarrassed that I caught her with the guitar... but she was just so cute with it, I couldn't resist.
Chris was up for playing... he's actually quite good on his guitar. One of my favorite things to do is to listen to him play.
They let me take a couple more pics before they left for the dance. From what I heard, the dance was SUPER FUN - it was at Thanksgiving Point. They came back to our house after-wards and watched a movie before everyone went home. Overall a great night!
