"So This Explains It!!"

Ok, 2nd Blog for the week. It's one of those I just had to share Blogs! :)

Our family, as a whole, does not get to meet very many of Heather's dates. As of last night, maybe I am starting to see why!

She informed us she was going out with a guy and he would soon be arriving. I asked her "Are you going to do the right thing and let him come to the door?" She said "Yes, I guess so." I was proud of her for just that small step for it's normally just a text that says "hey I'm here." and out she goes. Well, in the time it took the poor guy to get to our house, the fun and games began!! Little brother decided he wanted to be "typical" little brother. He remembered a cardboard sign he had made a few years back and used on 2nd sister when she had a guy over. The sign simply said in big black marker letters "Will go away for $5." It was HILARIOUS when he used it on Savannah and her guy friend! Back on that night, Savannah and friend were sitting in his truck in our cul-de-sac. Levi got the O so brilliant idea to dress up in his Scream mask and black robe costume, scooted on his scooter to the truck and began circling it ever so eerily. His sisters have always HATED that costume and he could scare them in broad daylight with it.....so this was G O O D! We laughed and laughed at that little brother antic!!

Now back to last night. . . .

As mentioned, the sign came into play once again. Only this time he wanted to take the "Will" off and simply let it say "Go away for $5" and let it hang outside at the door. He didn't have time to adjust it so he began just wearing it in the house waiting on date to show up. Heather started her "Moooom, make him stop!" pleadings. That only added grease to the boy's fire for then he began to run and post it outside at the door. At one point she said in her normal Heather manner "O crap I gotta go poop now!" but she knew she couldn't leave her post of watching and stopping her brother from his crazy antics.He then got another idea, he wrote on other side of sign "She has to poop. Wait a minute." And so thus became a game of sign put outside, sign brought inside and so on and so on. Once she thought she had accomplished her feat when she was able to run, get it, and hide it in the house. BUT, no little brother appeared from outside anymore. That's when we KNEW he was up to something! Sure enough.....he had tricked her into believing he had just went out there to put the sign back, little did we know that once she got the sign he had wrote on a piece of toilet paper in marker "She has to poop!". He carefully placed it on the front porch with our light on it so as to not miss it.

While we were wondering what was going on and not knowing where mischievous brother was, lights began to shine and a car horn started going off and on ever so often. She thought O no he's here! All the while running to the blinds and peeking out. She thought after a few moments of that happening that it must be Levi messing with her again. Little did we know and would later find out that it was Savannah, who was right there with us in the house, with her key in her pocket to her truck. Every time she would bend over or do something her truck would lock and unlock!

Finally, after much anticipated waiting by dear daughter Heather....he did arrive. The fun wasn't over yet though! Levi had been hiding in the bushes to see date's reaction to toilet paper, truck continues to flash and honk - scaring date as he walks by......it's just getting good now! As date walks up to porch, he rings doorbell, Savannah LOUDLY yells "HE'S HEEERE!", we all began shushing LOUDLY, Heather opens door and she sees and snatches paper up in no time flat! Mom and Dad both come to door in matching shirts (we had on our Farrington Mission shirts), Mom DOESN'T know she has a piece of GREEN lettuce nicely wedged in her front teeth and kindly gives a big ole smile as she is meeting date. We both are coming at him, little brother is running up from behind, Heather is admonishing and then here comes Savannah barreling through as we are at the door ready to meet the guy with the deer in the headlights look. She quickly and loudly exclaims "HEY YOU'RE THE GUY WITH GOOD TIRES!!" He's like "Why yes I am....and so your her sister?!" Meanwhile, Mom and Dad are standing there wondering to ourselves "I thought Heather told us he was a cop....now he works at a place called Good Tires?? Later we learn.....Savannah works at a car wash and this guy comes in regularly to get his truck washed. It was just yesterday that she had seen him and asked him how he keeps his tires looking so good and what did he use. As they make their connection, it's finally back to Mom and Dad's turn. Heather introduces us as "Well this is Mom and this is Dad." He shakes our hands and and we are done.

To say the least, poor guy was a littttttle overwhelmed with us all, but that's what makes the crazy Moores special and I like it that way. :) We did learn that him and Heather had some good laughs about it all once they were able to drive away. And for the remaining Moores left at home....we had some really GREAT laughs replaying it all out once again!! :))

As USUAL......Heather would later tell date "You don't have to worry about my Dad....it's my MOM you gotta watch out for and impress." And as USUAL he had it the other way around. Hahaha! She told him, "Nope, dangerous stuff comes in small packages!" She better believe it too!!!!!!!!! And I gotta pretty nice feeling she does. ;)

So, now I think I'm starting to see some light as to why we never meet Heather's dates......because we are just too dang much FUN sometimes!! And well, yeah, with a hint of overwhelming and intimidating.
But hey....it keeps life interesting!