A Top Hat Affair

Last Saturday, the 20th, Matthew went to prom! He asked a girl named Mackenzie a few weeks ago. He asked her by writing a cute poem and attaching it to balloons with letters of his name inside each one, and a mask. The poem went:

The balloon has been popped and the puzzles together,

I must ask you a question you'll remember forever.

I've been fighting this fight and have not been around,

But the end is real near and it will be profound.

In fifteen short days there will be a frenzy.

Not over me, but a girl they call Kenzie.

It is time to be brave and be not afraid,

Will you please be my date at the Prom Masquerade?

We'll have food, we'll have friends, and we'll be dancing to chimes,

All for the memories of having good times.

Here is T preparing to ask her. In this picture he is painting a masquerade mask to put with the balloons he gave to Kenzie:

Mackenzie was excited to get his invitation. 

She answered him back in a similar way:

It was cool because she put confetti that said "Matt" and "Mackenzie" in the balloons. You can kind of see the confetti to the right of the poem.

Her poem went:

I read the poem,

Popped the balloons

The time has come

Prom is real soon!

The answer is here,

Need not to fear.

I won't have to guess

So my answer is...

(Pop balloons!)

Matthew was excited for her answer.

The week leading up to prom was really cool because of one person in particular. My mom and T went to a tuxedo shop on Monday, the 15th, called Jim's Tuxedoes to pick out his prom clothes. This shop is over on Main street just West of Greenfield. While they were there they were helped by a woman named Marlene. She fit him for his tux and quickly figured out what T was going through. (The bald head and wheel chair gave it away.) She told my mom that she knows our family is probably going through a lot, and that she wanted to donate the tux. Wow. We meet so many great people.
Later, on the Saturday Exactly one week to prom, mom and T went to a shop called Fun to get T a top hat. He thinks top hats are cool, because they are, and wanted a hat to cover his blad head for prom. He wanted one for my wedding, but we couldn't find one in time. They got one for prom though, and he rocked it.

The theme for prom this year was "Masquerade." Matthew and his friends went and picked up their dates, and then went to a spot in Queen Creek to take pictures. They all looked really good, but I think T looked the best. He looked really cool in his tux, but his top hat totally made the outfit. He looked good in the purple Kenzie chose too. After pictures, an escalade limo came and picked up the fancy teens. T's date had no idea about the limo, so her reaction was cool. The limo was decked out in fluorescent lights too, so it was awesome. 

T and Kenzie:

In the limo:

He looks really handsome in this picture:

And in this one:

More prom pictures: