"Beneath Your Beautiful"

Prom week finally arrived.  Jena was excited to see her picture up on the bulletin board in her prom dress with the other girls who had been nominated for Prom royalty although she wasn't happy that they spelled her name with two "n"s.  She was excited to tell me that she voted for Kate on the day of election.  Kate is a good friend of Jena's and lives within our stake boundaries.  As luck would have it, we did one of the pinewood derbys in Kate's ward and saw her mom there.  Sis. Meyer told Jena that Kate had voted for her in the election the day before which was perfect. Friends voting for each other.

Jena had two early morning practices for the prom assembly on Friday morning.  She had to be there at 6:45 a.m. in her prom dress.  She thought it was very fun (and funny) to wear a prom dress to school.

She actually let me fix her hair so
that it was a bit curly and only
had a small pony tail instead of
her usual ponytail.

The Honor Guard
As they announced each couple they walked underneath
their raised swords

I made a little movie of Jena and her escort Braydon but I can't really post that in a blog.  Jena did great and she told me later that she wasn't even nervous to walk out on the stage in front of the whole school.  They announced who their parents were and then their dream date :  "Going to the Hale Theatre to see a Broadway musical" and their best Clearfield High memory:  "Being a who in the school play "Suessical"

One half of the stage of Prom royalty nominees

 And here she is Junior Prom Queen--Miss Jena Hall.  She handled herself great and although I didn't see it because I was blocked by the person placing the crown on her head, I heard that she waved to the auditorium which brought another round of applause and cheers.

Other members of our ward were there and I started getting texts of congratulations from people before I even had a chance to text Gary and our kids the news.  I think Jena would have been happy no matter what happened but it was interested to watch her deal with the attention and responses that she got that day and over the next week or so.  It was a very exciting start to her Prom weekend.

"Beneath Your Beautiful" was the theme of their prom and was actually sang by Brandon Dickson, a friend in our ward and Sadie Anderson who also went to school with Jena since elementary school.  Brandon played his own arrangement of the song on the piano as they both sang.  It was amazing.  He is very talented.  It is a song about loving fully and not just looking at the outside of someone else...or something like that.