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The One Where I go to Prom...

 Huge weekend, everyone! I had the first of my last dance recitals and then I left immediately for Senior Prom. With my best friend since childhood. How did this homeschooled girl get so lucky as to go to a Senior Prom? Well, it starts with having an amazing guy.
I have no idea what is with
my face in this picture
 When I was three years old we became friends with this amazing family. They had a son my age and we became close friends. We even did kindergarten together, we go camping every summer with them, we did band together and we took some senior pictures together. We keep in contact and hang out, but not as much as we used too, due to the changing seasons in each of ours lives and the busyness of being Seniors.
 About a month ago, when I got back from Oklahoma. I came back from dance one night and Mom said I needed to call Brandon. I figured it had something to do with graduation and coordinating getting together or something along that line. So, I called him excited to talk to my friend. He answered and we chatted for a bit and then he said: "So I was wondering if you wanted to go to prom with me?"  Or something to that effect. I was so excited I don't remember the exact wording. Needless I was going to prom with a wonderful guy. Obviously, I accepted and we began planning throughout the following weeks. The color of my dress, who is picking who up when and getting me to the right place at the right time since I also had the first show of Peter Pan that weekend. Excitedly,  Saturday night, May 6th came and mom helped me quickly change from Peter Pan to a girl going to prom. We awkwardly, pinned flowers on each other. Took some pictures, waved goodbye and we were off to prom.
Pinning flowers 
We decided to stop for coffee. When we got in line for coffee the barista asked if we were going to prom and we said yes and she asked: "Will you order frappuccinos, so I can take your picture and post it to our FB page?" We were like sure! So she did and it was really fun. Brandon decided we were going to be famous.  After that adventure, we made our way to prom.
Ready for Prom!
At prom, Brandon introduced me to all of his friends and it was fun to put faces to names. All of them were nice and seemed to really like Brandon. We danced most of the night and had more fun than I can describe. His sisters Gracie and Abby were there. Abby had a date and Gracie brought a friend. It was fun to see all of us doing our own thing and hanging out.
After prom, we had an ice cream party at Michelson's. It was a great night full of memories that I will cherish forever. I am so blessed that Brandon and I got to go to Senior Prom together. He made it so incredibly special and I am going to miss him so much while we are off doing our different paths at college. To get to go to prom as close friends and share these special memories together makes me feel like the luckiest girl in the world. Thanks Brandon for such an incredible night.
Senior Prom 2017






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