We got a kick out of how Whitney was asked to Senior Ball this year. Her date Alex is not only cute but pretty clever I may add. We had no idea but our Stake President calls up Sunday afternoon and asks if he could meet with Rick and I to talk with Whitney. We thought oh my goodness what is up? So we feel pretty special that he would actually come to our house. He is all dressed up and breaks the ice and talks to all of us in his wonderful calm manner and then he asks Whitney if she would speak in stake conference on the ten lepers. I was about sick for her and so was Rick. And she without even a hesitation said "Sure!". Then he said well that was pretty easy how about I give you a choice you can speak in stake conference on the ten lepers or you could go to the dance with my nephew Alex. Then he pulled out a tin of mint gum that said "Chews" Wisely. She immediately said yes I would much rather go to the dance. We started to laugh grateful that she didn't have to speak and excited that she would get asked by such a neat guy. I was shocked that our stake president would take time out of his busy schedule and do that for Alex. We totally got punked. That was awesome! To respond she used her scriptures and left him a note and a bunch of gum that said "As I was preparing my talk for Stake Conference on the 10 Lepers I came across this scripture I wanted to share with you. D&C 130:5 she highlighted the beginning of the scripture that said "And I answer Yes....". and added I Chews to go with You!
Preparing for the dance was quite the fiasco. I hate to say that she went through four dress choices. Every week it was a different color. Poor Alex didn't have a clue what he was going to get to wear. I'm sure Alex and his family think we are so lame. Then she found out that they might not even be able to go to the dance because he had basketball tournaments scheduled for that week and depending on if they lost he would have a game that same night out of town. Sad that they lost but happy they got to go to the dance together.
