After playing in two basketball games in the morning, Keaton had to change from sweaty athlete into debonair young man. He was so handsome...and he looked so grown up! It's been 13 years since he wore a tux and he's never looked better! Uncle Bub was very generous and let Keaton drive his car on prom night. Keaton was pretty pumped!! We posed for some pictures at home and then we headed over to Elizabeth's house to pose for more pictures with her friends. Keaton and Elizabeth decided to go out to dinner alone (at the Black Swan in Kalamazoo), so after the other kids left for dinner, we went down the road to the gazebo to take even more pictures. They were so cute!! Matt and I went out to dinner at the local pizzeria. We laughed as every table was pretty much a set of parents we knew who had a child at the prom. All we needed was some music and we could have had our own prom!
Everyone had a fabulous time at the prom. Keaton said it was really fun and they divided up their time between Elizabeth's friends and Keaton's friends. Keaton was voted Prom Prince (prince/princess for juniors and king/queen for seniors) and was very surprised. After the prom, the kids stopped at Steak and Shake for a while. It was a night he'll always remember!
Whew...it's been a busy and exciting time here in P-town (as the kids call it). Keaton's basketball team won the District Championship in OT, with Keaton making the game-winning basket at the buzzer (you can see the news story by clicking on the link on the right)!! He was pumped and I don't think his feet touched the ground for a week! We made our annual trek to Tennessee for spring break and the boys were able to play a few rounds of golf despite the snow on the course the first two days! Basketball season gave way to golf season. Keaton is also playing AAU Basketball so he spends just about every day on a golf course and then he's on a basketball court with practice 1-2 times a week and tournaments on the weekends. He's had a bit of a break for the past couple of weeks thanks to a concussion received during open gym one night at school. He was going up for a lay up and a kid pushed him from behind and Keaton went head-first, mid-air, into a brick wall. He suffered some good abrasions on the side of his head, elbow, and shoulder. He was unconscious for a few seconds (this is what we were told...we weren't there) and then the coach rushed him to the hospital. Keaton doesn't remember the incident and can only recall a few bits and pieces of what happened until we arrived at the E.R. His friends said he was a little wobbly and Keaton insisted he didn't hit his head and he was ready to play. His CT scan didn't show anything unusual and verified the fact that he is hard-headed. He was a little annoyed by me waking him up every two hours and shining a light into his eyes to check his pupil dilation. He only had a very mild headache the next day and was a little sore from the bumps and bruises. He was checked out by his pediatrician and told to take two weeks off from basketball to recuperate, but he was cleared to golf, so Keaton was pretty happy to at least be able to get out on the links. He still has some bruising and a little bit of a black eye that I was sure to photograph for his scrapbook. It was scary for us but Keaton was a trooper and said I was really annoying. Yep, it sounds like he's back to normal.
We were finally able to take out the motor home last weekend for the inaugural camping trip. The trip had some minor changes in it than we had previously planned. Before Keaton's test to see how hard his head really is, we had planned to let him stay home with some friends for the weekend. But, that plan was nixed and I decided I needed to have him tied to me all weekend, so Keaton wasn't too happy to lose his freedom. Keaton argued that his friends would be with him to make sure he was okay. We weren't confident with his friends' ability to take care of him based on the fact that they tend to lose their cell phones weekly and one thinks he can levitate. We enjoyed our time in the motor home. It was so nice to have room to move around and not bump into one another or do a sideways shuffle to get around each other. Keaton didn't seem too thrilled to be stuck with us, but at least he had his phone so he could text his friends. He managed to survive just fine.
Keaton has decided to get back into the dating pool again. His new girlfriend is Elizabeth (Bizza) and he's known her since elementary school. Best of all, she loves basketball and she has an uncle who is an asst. coach at WMU!! She's a dedicated girlfriend and went with Matt and Keaton to a basketball tournament in Ft. Wayne all day on Saturday - even though Keaton couldn't play. She's better than me -I stayed home with Cyrus and took a nap. Their prom is on May 16th and we're really looking forward to it. Keep your fingers crossed the weather will be beautiful!!
We're counting down the days until summer vacation. We're leaving on July 1st for Mt. Rushmore and then will continue on with stops at Devil's Tower and the Badlands before reaching our final destination of Yellowstone National Park. We're looking forward to our adventure...maybe even doing a little rock climbing while we're out west. Well, not "we"...Matt's going to try it, but I have vetoed it based on the fact that I would get dirty and/or even break a nail. Keaton is also a little reserved. He'll probably want to just hang out at the pool and text. Life is good! :-)
