Father / Daughter Banquet 2012

Every year, our church hosts the most adorable Father/ Daughter banquet.  After I signed them up, the church mailed the banquet tickets to Andi...boy was she ever excited!  She kept the tickets in her room & started asking weeks in advance 'When is my date with Daddy?'  When the big day finally arrived, she was beyond adorable.  She decided all by herself that Daddy could not see her until she was completely ready.  I rolled her hair, painted her nails really special, and she got to wear her new Easter dress.  Then for her BIG reveal, she had Derek stand in the middle of the living room so he could see her as she walked in!  It was priceless.  And of course it made me cry.  She ate up every minute of it.

 Derek literally drove ALL OVER looking for the perfect corsage.

 But you can tell it was totally worth all the effort...look at that face!

 Close up of the corsage & the special butterfly nails

Daddy escorting her to the car.

Adorable right?

But, you know what was equally adorable?  My sweet husband stressing & concentrating SO hard to write her a perfect letter.  The Dad's were asked to bring their little girls a letter about how much they love them & there was a special time during the evening that Derek got to read the letter to her.  He wrote several drafts & I remember him calling out to me 'Do you think she will understand the words 'creative nature'?'  So cute.

During the banquet, she was even chosen to go up on stage to participate in a Father/Daughter questionnaire game.  (similar to the Newly Wed game) The daughters answered a few questions & then the Dad's had to guess what their daughters answers were.  I have no idea if Derek guessed correctly, but here were Andi's responses:

Question: What is Dad's full name?

Andi said: I don't remember

Question: What are Dad's favorite things to eat?

Andi said: Green beans

Question: What does Dad do for fun?

Andi said: play with me

Question: What does Dad do at work?

Andi said: He told me he did pictures at work. (I think she got her parents confused)

Question: How old is Dad

Andi said: I dunno (with a big shoulder shrug)

Question: What is your favorite thing to do with Dad?

Andi said: Sometimes I like to play by myslef.

Question: How long have you known Dad?

Andi said: I wasn't born when I met him.

Question: Where did you and Dad meet?

Andi said: At the store

Other favorite memories from the night...Miss Emma Porter coloring the walls all the way around the worship center with crayon & Miss Jordan Kirksey telling everyone that her Dad's favorite place to go was 'the drink store.'  Ryan claims she meant Sonic.

That night when I put her to bed, I asked her 'What was your favorite part of the banquet?'  She said 'Going with Daddy because he was just SO handsome.'