Prom!

Anyone who knows me will tell you that I'm a dancer. While I can follow to east coast, lindy, tango etc., my true color shines in the hip hop scene. So naturally, I love to hit the dance floor. So when prom rolls around, I can hardly contain my excitment.

While dancing is a passion and favorite pastime of mine, getting excited for prom this year was a little rougher than years past... I was really struggling the few weeks leading up to prom- especially the night before, when everything just seemed to unravel. Tears and meltdowns made me about 2 centimeters away from giving up on the whole prom thing altogether. I was miserable, but had already commited to come to the dance.

My gracious mom prayed for me a lot. She knew that I would regret staying home from the dance. So she prayed and prayed and prayed that I would have a breakthrough in the next 24 hours leading up to the dance. She asked God to take care of me when I couldn't even ask Him myself.

I am in awe at how everything completely fell into place after that. Somehow by the time my sister's date came to pick us all up, I was ready and actually felt pretty good about myself. I'd consider that a miracle, taking into account my sour attitude before.

Prom ended up, as always, being AMAZING. I mean, what could be better than dancing for four hours straight? Especially when you are surrounded by awesome friends, clean music, and flashing cameras everywhere (ok, maybe the cameras aren't good... they always seem to capture those not-so-lovely moments :-). Fortunetly for me, we got several good pictures of me and our group of friends, although sadly, some of my other friends (aka Jacob, Eric, Ryan, Kim, and Gabbie) weren't available at the time we had them taken. Anyway, I've shared some of the nicer pics below, to give you a taste of what homeschool prom is like...

Me in my green dress. The theme this year was "Under the Sea."

Special thanks to Mom for the perfect corsage and Steph

for the stylin' hairdo:)

Me and Lizzy M.

She came over early so we could get ready together

The Danny Williams caravan :-)

Danny (in the back) and his lovely ladies:

(L to R) Lizzy A (aka Sis), me, Lizzy M and Keralynda

Danny took my sister to the dance as her "official" date, but he also

got a special package of three other girls riding along.

The girls

Lizzy M, Me, Keralynda, Lizzy A

A group of us got together beforehand at a park to get photos (L to R)

Zach C, Tabitha, Me, Kourtney, Lizzy A, Noah, Keralynda, Lizzy M

Danny, Rachel, Zach H

After such a wonderful experience, I praise my Dad in heaven for taking care of me. He provided everything I needed and more. He healed me do that I could fully enjoy myself with the people I love. Everything worked out wonderfully, and I am so thankful to have a Father who takes care of me so well.

This experience has reminded me (once again) to totally surrender everything. Because I know that there is Someone who sees the bigger picture and is just waiting for me to give it to Him.

He ALWAYS knows what's best. Thank you Jesus!