Carlie was super excited about her first school dance! Heritage gives a "theme" to all of their Homecomings and this year's theme was "Dynamic Duos."
Carlie was mysteriously given a "Hobbit" book in Calculus class one day that had her name on it. Inside, she would find a piece of paper telling her that someone wanted to go on a "grand adventure" with her to Homecoming and that she would have to decipher a code to figure out who. So poor Carlie is "trying" to pay attention to the lesson but really wanting to figure out who was asking her to Homecoming. It took a few minutes but then determined that a friend--Jacob Grossen--was asking her:) Jacob and Carlie have actually known each other since 1st grade! They went to the same elementary school in Chandler and have now ended up at the same high school in Mesa--go figure because we don't live close to their family at all:) But cool nonetheless--my son Ethan has been BEST friends with Jacob's younger brother (Nickolas) since kindergarten so both these boys thought it was REALLY cool that Carlie and Jacob were going on a date:)
Carlie and Jacob decided on "Mario and Princess Peach" from the Ninetendo games. It was such a great idea and they both went all out on their costumes and were the ONLY Mario and Princess Peach at the dance:) We had SOOO much fun hitting the Goodwills to find her dress and making the jewelry to match:)
The date was an all-day event! Jacob picked her up at 1:00 and they went to Freestone Rec center to play racquetball and rock climb. Then he brought her back home and picked her up again at 6:00 for dinner with 3 other couples at the Grossen home--authentic Japanese cuisine:)
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| Rocco was sad that he didn't get to go to Homecoming too:) |
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| Flowers and a corsage:) Perfect gentelman:) |
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| Japanese dinner |
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| From front: Wesley and Buttercup (Princess Bride) Mickey & Minnie Mouse Mario & Princess Peach Great Britain & America??? (Studio C sketch) |
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| The mustache made this AWESOME:) |
They had a great time! Jacob was the perfect date and they have plans on hanging out again in the future to play "Lego Rockband" along with their little brothers Ethan and Nik:)
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