But what about the prom?

Patrick in black pinstripes

We haven't felt like anyone was missing out on prom just because we home school. In Yakima, there was the home school prom. Here, Tommy and Patrick have both been invited to the local high school prom by friends.

Patrick went to the Edgren High School prom last night. He and a group of friends met at the Mexican restaurant on base for dinner and then went over to the dance at the Officer's Club.

The theme was "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and at least one teacher and several children of teachers dressed as fairies for the event.

The dance is only for juniors and seniors, but many of Patrick's friends are upperclassmen, so he was invited to go by his friend, Jeniffer, whom he knows from cross country and soccer. Trent, to the left of Jeniffer, was in Patrick's Confirmation class last year and also cross country and soccer. Nicole, to Trent's left, also played both sports. Becca, on the far left, is one of the g irls' friends.

It was rainy and chilly last night, but the kids were in good spirits anyway.
Not sure what happened to the color on this photo. I'll try to re-load and see if it's any better.

Several of his friends, including the three to his left in the photo above, are moving away this summer, so it was also a bit of a last hurrah for them.

It sounded like they had a great time, despite the fact that most of the music was not to Patrick's taste. He did say that at the end when they started taking requests, it got a lot better.