Homecoming asking

It's that time of year again! With school comes dances and with that comes the creative date asking and answering that goes on here in Utah. Maybe it happens elsewhere? It didn't when I was growing up in Alaska. When I came to Utah it was a totally new concept to me. So those of you outside of Utah, let me know if it's just a Utah thing or not.

Well, anyway, Homecoming is a little early this year so I think it has taken everyone by surprise a bit. Katie got this big Orem High decorated envelope left on the doorstep last night. It says "Kaite, who wants to take you to Homecoming this year? "wash" and find out!". Inside the envelope was a shirt with about 20 boys's names from Orem High. She washed the shirt and then one name remained, Drew Hatch. Katie has know Drew since elementary school and I have known his mom since my single days at BYU, a long time. We knew she had to answer fast since the dance is in 10 days and we are leaving for the weekend. So, she and I got up pretty early this morning and went to work.

We made dollar-size blueberry pancakes spelling out the word YES along with a bacon smile, orange juice, syrup, some fresh-cut flowers and a folded napkin with her name on it. We drove over to where he lives and she was getting nervous she didn't quite know which house was his. He lives in a townhouse, all in a row, and she thought it was one door but then I recognized his mom's car and she was parked in the stall with another door's number on it. So, she decided to ring the bell of the door that matched the number of the car stall. As she was going to get out of the car, a man opened the door and left to take a little dog on a walk. Oh no! we didn't cover the food with plastic wrap or anything so she hurried so maybe Drew would come to the door before the dog returned and wanted the breakfast for himself. Katie rang the bell and ran to hide behind a car not far from their door to make sure they answered before the dog came back. His mom came out and found the surprise, took a picture with her phone and then went in and left the door open. Apparently Drew was in the shower so his mom kept just waiting outside on the steps, going in and out to get her better camera, guarding the breakfast when the dog ran back, opened the blinds, etc and Katie thought she would never get the chance to get out of there! I was waiting around the corner and wondered why she was taking so long. Well, she finally found a moment to run and we made it home in time to get ready for school. What a lot of fun, now on to the dress!