The First Valentines Day Banquet

So this year, my young man, had his first Valentines Banquet at our church. He decided to ask a childhood friend to be his date. He said if she said no, he would just ask her friend, another childhood friend. Well after waiting for what, for him, seemed like forever, (her mom was out of town and she wanted to wait until she got back to ask her opinion) not only did girl #1 say yes, but the "backup" agreed to go as well so it would be a group date and not so awkward. Ofcourse this made Frankie feel like Mr. Stud Muffin!

So after a lOOOOng conversation on how he should behave and how he should approach things, he decided he wanted to get the girls roses (with his own money). However he insisted on looking up what each color meant so as not to put out the wrong impression. Deciding on Pink, because one of the meanings of pink is to say thank you. So we got the flowers and a new suit (thanks to Gran) and headed out to pick them up.

I guess I should have versed him on waiting until the girl was all the way down the stairs to hand her the flower, but he was just so anxious to give it to her!

Girl number one, that he asked.

Girl number two. I had to tell him to quit holding his thumb up and acting like he was more than he was! lol

The three musketeers. If you go back a few years in my blog about spin the flip flop, these are the same two girls! haha  http://momoffrank.blogspot.com/2009/02/old-blogs-from-my-myspace.html

I made sure to tell him to be a gentleman so I was very pleased to see him open the door for the girls. Although he panicked a bit about who to open it for first, and the girls, showing how supportive they would be the whole night, helped him out by both getting in the same door!

I dropped them off and left so I had to rely on other people's  pictures from the night. Here is a pic Kaci (girl number 2) took with her phone. I think it ended up being my favorite of all of them!

I believe it was likely this game that gave him the embarrassing moment of the night, when his brand new pants ripped just under the zipper! Tori (girl number one) tried to spare him a little embarrasement by having another guy tell him, but this guy evidently didn't want Frankie thinking he was looking down there told him Tori is the one who saw it! lol. But Frank, being the ever laid back kid that he is, just put his suit jacket back on and went on about the night.!

After looking forward to this for weeks, and all the build up, I think the let down finally came on the way home, that it was over. He was very quiet and subdued and most likely tired! However after dropping the girls off, we had a really nice long talk about dating and relationships at this young of an age. I certainly think it was an experience he will never forget and showed him that he has friends who are true and will always support him when needed! That's a good thing to realize no matter what age you are!