Homecoming?!?!?!

Zak attended the Kentwood Homecoming a couple of weekends ago with his "girlfriend" Heidi.  No he is NOT 16, but it's not like ANY of his parents waited until they were 16 to go to their first dance so we all had a hard time telling him he couldn't go (especially when he's 16 in SEVEN DAYS).  The idea that there was a HUGE group of kids going made us all feel better.  Pretty sure Zak had the time of his life!

Zak and a bunch of other people met up at one of his friends houses for pictures and to load the party bus.  There were tons of parents there taking pictures so it was a bit crowded and hard to get any great pictures but we did the best we could.

Zak was not happy about wearing his sling for the dance so it lasted through maybe two pictures and it was off. 

 The popular attire for the evening was Vans and bow ties.  Any color/style you could imagine.  These are just a couple of Zaks broskyz.  His date also sported the turquoise swag...

                

             Zaks Crew.
        Chase and Alex.

Heidi.  The date/girlfriend.  Posed for pictures for probably a solid 45 minutes and I don't think we got a single one where Zak isn't pulling some kind of face.  He LOVES the camera but HATES being "normal" so this was as close to "normal" as I could get.



Exchanging flowers 

It was so fun to get to go and watch Zak start this new milestone of his life.  I'm a bit anxious to think what is ahead for us with him and dating, but so far he seems to be pretty level headed when it comes to girls and what is expected of him. 

The most surreal moment of that day, was watching him get on the party bus with that whole group of kids and knowing that the rest of the evening was out of our control. 

We trust Zak to be a good kid and to do what he's been taught no matter what crowd he's with, but it sure is a helpless feeling to stand back and watch them grow up!

Party On!!!