Homecoming

A few weeks ago Chelsea came home, sat down and said, in a frustrated voice, "I got nominated for Homecoming Queen." I asked her what was wrong with that and she said she didn't want to do it. After some discussion I told her she could go to the administration and tell them she wasn't interested or she could think about all the girls in the school who would kill to be in her place. She finally decided to go ahead and participate.

The first thing on the agenda was to find a dress. Normally Homecoming is less formal than Prom and most girls wear a knee length dress, but the candidates need to have a long dress. We went to Chelsea's favorite dress shop, Just For Girls. The manager there was very helpful especially when she found out Chelsea was, in her words, "royalty". It was so funny because several people asked why Chelsea was trying on floor length dresses and the lady kept saying "Well, she's royalty and royalty has to have a long dress." She was so serious about it too, so Chelsea and I had a few laughs about it.   The first dress she tried was this one:
We thought it was fun, less formal than normal and fit Chelsea's personality. But of course she had to try on 5 or 6 more dresses. Then we found this one:

After consulting with her cousin and a friend we decided this was the dress. You can't really tell in this picture but the material has a shimmer to it. Not sure if that is the best way to describe it but there it is.

The first activity was the Homecoming Assembly. It was so fun to see all the kids and how excited they were. Chelsea and Mike looked great.

My dad said that Chelsea looks so good in this picture she even made Mike look good! :) I think they both look wonderful! Here are a few more

assembly pictures.




When they called each girls
name the crowd cheered, but when they called Chelsea's name the crowd went wild. Mike said afterward "If they picked the winner by the audience reaction Chelsea would have won, hands down."
These are all of the candidates after the assembly. They are all so pretty!






Next was the Homecoming Parade. Jake marched with the band:
Chelsea rode in a car with some of the other candidates:
Of course, part of the excitement was when Isaac asked Chelsea to the dance. In Utah you can't just ask a girl to the dance, you have to come up with some creative way to do it. Isaac came over while Chelsea was gone and put a bunch of Coke cans on her bed and a sign said "You would have to be on Coke to say no to going to the homecoming game with me."
And then came the game. This is Chelsea heading down to the field before half time.

Here she is with Mike when they announced the candidates:
The crowd went wild when they announced Chelsea as the winner. I must say that I was excited too.
Here she is greeting the crowd:
Here is Chelsea with her proud parents:
Here is the Queen!