A Fun Story!

"Let me tell you a funny story"! Those were the words our sixteen year old Brad said to his date, Kaz the Monday night before Homecoming. He had some 'splaining to do!  A story I will, to the best of my ability, try and 'splain now. To begin...

Wednesday night, 10 days before Davis High's Homecoming, Brad announced that he had changed his mind, he - was, rather than not, asking someone to Homecoming.  Turns out that all his friends from the XC team were asking friends/girls from the XC team and were going as a big, fun group.  He had decided to ask a nice girl with the help of his friend Anni - which they did all on their own because Cecily and I were happily occupied with the full time missionaries and our new friend, Ali, in our home that night.  Brad and Anni made a Candy-Gram poster and then took it to the intended date's home - dropped it off and then made sure it was picked up at the door step....which it was, by a very quizzical looking father.  Anni then texted the intended date something to the effect of, "did you just get something at your door?" and she texted back,  "Yes - :)"  (smiley face)  Mission accomplished!  Or was it?! 

The next day at school, the drama unfolded.  A very big FAUX PAX had indeed been committed.  Brad had taken the invitation to the wrong house, wrong street in fact!  The humorous thing was,  his intended date had been asked by another XC team member about that very time - but at the RIGHT house.  Hence the Yes and smiley face text to Anni the night before.  So, as should be, Brad was graciously turned down for the Homecoming dance...until, Monday night when he received a "Yes, I 'ld love to" answer at our door from... well, WHO?!  He didn't even think about the possibly of an eligible young woman at the home he had taken the invite to (remember the quizzical looking father?)  And,  turns out he did not write the intended name on his invite, just that it was from himself,  Brad - the boy who...

1. Took the invite to the wrong house
2. Did not address it with a name
3. Did not return to said wrong house to clear up his mistake (other than being awkward, a random Dad
   got a great random Candy-Gram treat! - good deal!)   Yes, we all, (Brad) learned some things here.

Well, with a little work he found out the name of his unknown date, a beautiful and gracious girl named Kaz.  She was quite surprised to see him at her door that Monday night  - but not as surprised as she was a few days earlier to receive an invitation to Homecoming a bit late and from a guy she had never heard of.  Let's just say, they had a great time finishing off a "funny story".  Two cute kids having fun with a date neither had met, or even heard of, before that fateful night at the wrong house on the wrong street!

Love these kids -what a fun time had by all!