Cloak and Dagger Dating...

... aka, HELENA GETS ASKED TO PROM!

Last night, Helena went with the Young Women of our ward to sell parking tickets for a local sporting event to raise money for girls' camp. Not long after she got home, she got a strange call from a guy friend (named Nick) telling her to come outside. When she stepped out, she noticed the cake and message that you see pictured above.

She brought it to me saying "I think I'm going to cry!"

My first thought (before reading the note) was, 'Oh. It's nice that the YW would make you a cake, but why would that make you want to cry?' That was until I read the note.

Nick then sent her a text to inform her that it is not him.

So, I can assume from the "We" in the invite that Nick was a party to it and that he and his date will be going double with Helena and her date.

Helena had a good time digging through the cake to find out who was asking her to the prom. He wrapped each letter of his name in tin foil and mixed it into the batter before baking. It became pretty obvious who it was after only finding a couple of letters, though, because the first letter found was an "O". Not many of her male friends have an "O" in their names. In fact, she only has two friends with an "O" in their names. After finding the third letter, there was no more doubt. It is Connor.

Soon, Helena realized that she would need to come up with some clever/cheesy way to answer him. She decided to take my suggestion, so here is what we did...

Helena typed up the message you can see in the bottom left of the picture. Then she folded it up and sealed it in a Ziploc baggie and taped it up. Then we dumped a bag of ice into an empty laundry bucket (ice that Bill graciously went out and bought last night... Thanks, Bill!), placed the message on top, and dumped a second bag of ice on top of all. She then filled it with water and we placed it in the garage freezer until morning.

At 6 a.m., Helena and I drove to Connor's house and left her answer (a frozen block of ice) on his doorstep. She sent him a text to let him know his answer was waiting, then we went home to get ready for the day. It didn't take long to hear from him, though. He sent her a text that said, "Holy Crap, Helen! Haha." (Some of her friends have nicknamed her 'Helen').


So, there you have it. My blow-by-blow of Helena's first invite to Prom. It also happens to be her first invite on a date, too! I am very happy for her and hope she has a wonderful time!