I received a HUGE surprise 11 days ago when I received a text from Bronson at school telling me that he was going to ask a girl to Prom. A couple of hours later, he sent another text with the exclamation, "She said YES!" You can imagine how eager I was to ask Bronson who he was taking to Prom and how he'd asked her. It turns out that she likes to read, and he slipped her a book with a note inside. That was so Bronson! The girl's name is Rachel, and Bronson met her in Debate class.
We decided to buy Bronson his first suit instead of renting a tux. He and Del made a trip into Provo and found an awesome suit. We already had a tux shirt and ended up renting a vest and tie that matched Rachel's dress.
Bronson pulled another surprise on me by announcing that he offered our house as the meeting spot for the group day date! This is only the second time this year that he's invited anyone over to our house, and this is quite a milestone for his improvement in his social skills.
The day before Prom, Bronson drove Rachel home to see where she lived and to meet her parents. Rachel's dad ended up showing Bronson his firearm collection :) I guess that Rachel is the youngest of 5 girls, and their father has the tradition of showing all the girls' dates his guns! Luckily, Bronson thought it was funny.
Last Saturday afternoon, 5 couples showed up (all from the debate team) to hang out downstairs. They played pool, air hockey, and all sorts of video games. Judging from the sound level, they had a great time! After the girls went home to get in their dresses, two of the guys stayed here to get ready.
Doesn't Bronson look handsome? I don't have any pictures of Bronson and Rachel; we didn't see her again after she'd left to get ready, and it was all I could do to get Bronson to let me take these pictures :)
At 5 p.m. Bronson picked Rachel up for dinner and was reminded by Rachel's father that he keeps his guns fully loaded. After dinner, the kids participated in the promenade (Bronson wouldn't let us come), had pictures, then went back to the dance. When Prom was over, Bronson took Rachel to Sonic for some ice cream.
When Del asked Bronson the next morning if he'd kissed Rachel, Bronson said no. However, he did admit to holding her hand :)
Way to go, Bronson!
4 comments:
Bronson, you look so handsome in your tux!
We're glad you had so much fun at prom!
How fun! That's so awesome that he went and had such a good time! I think he looks very handsome by the way. Also, kudos on how he asked her to the dance. Ask him for permission to post the pictures from the dance when he gets them back!
I can not stop grinning!! How fun!! That is SO AWESOME for Bronson!! That makes me very happy for him! And he does look very spiff in his tux!
I bet it blows your mind that your kids are getting so old! Bronson looked very good!! I would love to see the dance pics also!!
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