Homecoming 2012

Two weeks ago I got a phone call early in the week from an old friend telling me that Tanner had been nominated as Sophmore Attendent for the Homecoming Royalty.  I giggled a little bit and then was sworn to secrecy to not tell anyone but Casey.  So the night before the assembly Tanner was laying on my bed chatting with me and I thought I would quiz him a little bit on any upcoming events.  He went through a list and didn't say anything about Royalty so I asked, "Isn't there some king and queen thing that they also do?"  He quickly said, " Oh mom, I would never want to have to do that.  It would be so embarassing!  It would be awful!".  I thought to myself, "This boy is in for a big surprise!"

Most people don't know how shy Tanner is.  He doesn't like the spotlight or to be in front of big crowds and have attention drawn to himself.  It takes a lot of courage for him to perform his music in front of people, but he is getting better!  Anyway, I was excited and nervous for him.

On Friday they were to have an assembly and parade.  So I was to take his nice clothes to the school and they would pull him out before the assembly and get him ready.  Around 8:30 a.m.  I get a text from Tanner that said

"flip. . . ."

At that point I knew he had been told and was in for a roller coaster ride.  

I made it to the assembly and saw him sitting with the group of royalty, gave him a thumbs up and went to sit down.  The freshman were the first to be presented and when I saw the young man present the young woman with a tiara and then give her a kiss on the cheek I really started to giggle.  Poor Tanner is definitely being put out of his comfort zone and now he gets to kiss a girl he doesn't know on the cheek in front of the whole school!  After the assembly he came to me and said how grateful

he was that I made him kiss my cheek before he left for school every morning, it helped him with the logistics of it all!

Tanner did an awesome job!   He made it through and I was so proud of him.  The parade was fun.  Half-time at the football game was great.  The hour that he spent at the dance was awesome.  All-in-all it was an amazing experience.