Prom & Other Stuff

So I  know this first shot looks like a jail mug shot, what with the wifebeater t-shirt and all, but it was a big day at the Chandler home about a month ago when Tucker got his acceptance letter to WSU (Washington State University).  At the time he wasn't 100% sure he wanted to go there.  He was still holding out for maybe the UW (the only 2 schools he applied).  Then he learned that the UW wouldn't announce which transfer students they had accepted until June 1!  Crazy.  He decided that he would go to Wazzu.  He is all set up to go in August.  He and a friend who is already going there are going to share a furnished apartment.  He has already signed up for classes and is hoping to get a job working in a chemistry lab.  

 Yes, Tucker is finally headed to college.  He plans to major in Biochemistry and Biogenetics!  Crazy.  Who would have thought.  Spencer also got accepted into several colleges - Marymount Manhattan, University of Hawaii, WSU and Wester Washington University.  He had thought that he would go to Western and we visited it twice to check things out.  But financially it makes more sense for him to do one more year of community college before heading off to a 4 year school.  He will be staying with us and switching from North Seattle CC to Central Community College which is right in downtown Seattle.  He wants to major in Graphic Design.

 So both boys will be in college next year!  It is good that Tucker is finally heading out on his own and I am happy to have Spencer for one more year at least!

 Cooper made the varsity soccer team for Whitman Middle School.  He was hoping to be the goalie but was beaten out by a pair of brothers.  He could have played goalie for the JV, but opted to play defense for the varsity.  It has been fun for him.

 Though I have to say he is the smelliest kid ever.  His shinguards could cause a person to pass out!  If you put them in combination with goalie gloves it would be lethal!  He love soccer and is hoping to try out for the Ballard team when he gets to high school.  We will see if he makes it.  It's hard for kids who don't play select soccer to compete with those who do.

 Spencer is off to his senior prom tonight.  He did not rent a tux but bought himself his first suite.  It's the new skinny style suite which he can pull off cuz he is skinny.  Though it kind of emphasizes his feet I think.

 This is Spencer with his friend Cailey.  She is not his date, he invited a girl named Jessie.  Spencer & Cailey have been friends since middle school and she works at the same place and he & Tucker.  She is a sweet girl whom I have loved since middle school.  She has had a tough situation in her life.  Her mother abandoned their family when she was little and her dad has been raising her, her older sister & younger brother on his own--the best he could.  I have always liked her.

 I don't have any pictures of Spencer and his date because Cailey and her date picked him up to take him to the place where they were having dinner before the dance.  They were taking pictures there so I hope I will get some of those.

 So that is what's going on with us these days.