Preference Dance

Saturday was the "Preference" girl-ask-guy high school dance. During the day, Cari took her date (Thomas Fawcett) to Springdale where the city was having St. Patrick's Day celebrations, including a parade that she marched in with the high school band (Trevon marched in it too). They, and another couple, played at the park before the parade. Cari marched while her date watched the parade with the rest of the group. They listened to music and all the time in the sun resulted in a nice pink face for Cari!



That evening, the group (Michael Morrise, Caitlyn Newport, Cari and Thomas Fawcett), came to our house for a formal dinner. Sadie helped to serve the dinner while Mike and I prepared the food. We served them rolls, salad, parmesan chicken with rice pilaf and broccoli, and a chocolate brownie ice-cream sundae, using fine china. Mike made a strawberry-lemonade daiquiri that we served in long-stemmed crystal glasses. Included among the centerpiece, I placed little boxes of questions for them to open and discuss during dinner. Sadie played her violin, but did so out of sight. Most of the evening a classical CD played background music. After dinner, they headed to the dance where they had pictures taken and danced until about 11:30PM. Cari had fun "swing dancing" the Triple Swing with Thomas. Today (Sunday), Thomas dropped by a bouquet of flowers to say thank-you for the date. Cari was happy to receive them, saying she felt special:)