Dating and birthdays

AJ and Nicole after her homecoming

This is supposed to be a pic of AJ and Audrey being first day college freshmen together.  Their schedules didn't cooperate enough that morning for me to get one.  So, here we have just AJ ready for his first class

 AJ seems to be adjusting well to after mission life,  It's been really entertaining to watch him try to navigate the finer points of dating again.  He asked Nicole out 2 days after she returned home.  He didn't want to freak her out but on the other hand, she was his first choice for a group date that was planned.  Mario told him to call her parents and make sure that was ok with them.  He was freakin about that and made me laugh a lot.  He's so much more openly entertaining than he was before and just much more open in general.  It's been so great to have him here again.

Ian at the DMV on his birthday

Ian turned 16!  He's very socially confident and had his first date all planned out and asked before he even had his birthday.  Homecoming is this week and he's put me in charge of feeding them Saturday night.  Ian's got his clothes ready, his day planned, and is picking her up in his hot red car that's older than he is.  He's a great kid.  I didn't go seeking to buy him a car for his 16th birthday, it kind of fell into our lap and was too cheap to pass up.  Our yard now looks like a used car lot.  But, until he gives us a reason not to, we have no problem with rewarding great.  We're super proud of him and the influence he has on others.