Kameron's First Date

This 16 1/2 year old boy has been pestered and teased so much that he was on the verge of never dating, EVER. Our family can do that... BUT Tyson planned out a date and we kept it on the down-low Kam agreed to go. The first step!

The first challenge was asking the girl. They sat down with no distractions and Tyson began explaining and giving encouragement to this poor, frightened boy. Tyson made a bulleted list of everything Kam needed to tell her and walked him through the entire phone call--several times.

Kam asked Tyson if he should wear his hat or not... to call her... on the phone. He was very nervous, as you can see. I'm not sure what he was thinking... Then he said he needed complete silence so that he could concentrate and at that precise moment my mom's cell phone alarm went off and he went crazy.

It took him nearly an hour, but he finally said, "Ok, I'm going to do it."

Then he said, "Should I say a prayer?" In all seriousness. My brother is a stud. :)

He called her and like a shotgun gave her all the information she needed to know without bothering to wait for a reply yet. But she was sweet and agreed to come. He succeeded and did very well, I am proud.

Through a series of events the first girl wasn't able to go and instead of spending another mopey night we needed to act fast and find him another date. We decided on a neighbor girl that Kam had known for years and figured that it would be a pretty comfortable first date. He threw a fit about everything, maybe she isn't old enough, maybe she's busy, it's too short notice, blah, blah, blah.

So I told him I would call her mom and make sure she was old enough and make sure she was free tonight. I dialed and he screamed and ran out of the room. I talked with her mom and she was definitely old enough and she was indeed free, so I handed over the phone to the scared boy and he calmed down and asked her on a date.

Success! No more mopey Kameron and we were going to get this first date over with! Now he is a pro at asking girls out--he did it twice! ;)

So we walked him through all the things he needed to do, and although he was really scared he did just fine. He picked her up and had her mom sign a waiver, and did everything right except he forgot to ask what time she needed to be home. But overall it was a complete success.

PPT--Progressive Power Tumbling in Provo. Coolest place ever.

They had all kinds of equipment for bouncing and having fun: tramps, spring boards, balls, wheels, you name it. We rolled Tyson and Kam around in a big wheel, and we played Aeroball and Taylor played with Tyson's new camera. I found out how to work it once we left, naturally, so the pictures aren't great.

They had sumo suits that made you look incredibly huge, but we couldn't really find the purpose in them. They didn't bounce, they were just heavy and big. Kameron discovered that falling over "hurts the same." They certainly made for some funny and embarrassing pictures though.

We all jumped in the foam pit, which was disgusting, but incredibly fun. You are completely safe jumping into it and can land on your head and not feel a thing. If you jump really high and fast before falling in you get buried really deep and practically disappear. Getting out of the pit is extremely hard and usually requires assistance because it's deep and there isn't anything to stand on. But it was cool, and I slowly became more brave as I went along.

Things became crowded with little high schoolers over by the pit area, so we found something else to do. There was a long tramp with a ball-like thing at the end that you jump over onto a thick foam pad. We all took turns and Kam and Tyson had no problems, but I could not jump over it to save my life. I chickened out a lot too. I can't even do a cartwheel. What makes me think I can do a flip in the air like that?

It was fun, but soon started to get too crowded so that it wasn't fun anymore, so we decided to leave. The next stop was Stan's and we all got shakes: Reese's Pieces, Mint Chocolate Chip, Oreo and I discovered my favorite: Fudge Brownie. The most delicious chewy brownie pieces in plain vanilla ice cream. Heaven!

After we let our stomachs settle for a bit we finished our date at the Spinney Park at Cherry Creek Elementary. You are even more dizzy at night because you can't see well in the dark, and so it took forever to recover from spinning.

The pictures turned out pretty sweet because they are all fuzzy and smeared and enhance the dizzy factor. I look like Frankenstein, but I blame it on Tyson...

We tried out the "puke chairs" and climbed all over the playground. We tried to do a train, but it failed miserably with our big bodies. We spun until our stomachs screamed "STOP!" and then we decided to call it a night.

We watched Kam's "awkward doorstep scene" in which he failed and didn't walk her to the door. But he only messed up twice, and we are proud. :) Next time will be easier and he won't have so much on his mind.

Kam's first date: Success.