First Date

Mark looked so handsome for his date!

Mark had his first date! He was asked to a girls' choice dance called Sweethearts. He was pretty excited to go, because the date lasted all day Saturday. In preparation, he and Dad went to a few of this girl's basketball games. She is a good match for Mark, because she plays shortstop on the softball team and shooting guard on the basketball team. It was fun to watch her play, and she came to several of Mark's basketball games, too.

Heading off on his first date!

On the day of the date, Mark and a few of his friend couples, went to an escape room at around 10:45. Then they had lunch at JCW's. Finally, they dropped Mark off and he got changed for the batting cages. Since she is not quite 16, Mark drove Dad's car to pick her up. They had a great time, and Mark learned to hit softballs. He came home to change for the date, and the couples came to pick up Mark again. He looked really good all dressed up. We got to meet her and talk for a few minutes as Mark put her wrist corsage on, which was fun. They even let us take a few pictures. 

Mom was so excited for Mark.

Mark did great putting on the corsage.

They matched very nicely.

They took a lot more really cute pictures before the dance. Then they enjoyed dinner at Tepanyaki, which became Mark's new favorite restaurant. He loved everything but the wait. They did make it to the dance, and supposedly they even danced a bit! Then the whole crowd went to a friend's house to watch movies. Dad didn't pick Mark up until a little after 1 o'clock. He had such a great time!

The fancy pictures turned out so nice!

Mark was so glad he got to go with his friends!

After a week or so, we convinced him to take her out for a follow-up date. They went bowling and to a movie. It has been really fun for us to watch Mark start to learn a little bit about the dating scene!