Every little glimpse of "normal" this year feels like such a tremendous gift! So, imagine how amazing the extraordinary, like a night of formal attire, fancy hair, dates, dancing and an 18 passenger SUV limo, feels! A family from our school graciously hosted all the students at their private home ensuring this year our students would not be without special Formal memories! It was not an official school event, but it was full of friends and classmates.
Our favorite hair-styling friend, Melinda, did Ella's hair again. Next year I'll have two girls sitting at her kitchen counter needing fancy curls and braids! Melinda absolutely nailed the exact "braided bun" hairdo that Ella wanted and made her feel super beautiful.
As you saw in a previous post, Dave and I had a wonderful time taking Ella out for dinner and dress shopping one night a few weeks ago. She's such a beautiful, special gal; what a delight it is to have this front row seat to her high school adventures!
The first meeting place was her friend Morgan's. Here half the group met first to exchange boutonnieres and corsages. It is so much fun to watch Ella enjoy all this with her boyfriend Evan!
Morgan's parents got the kids the huuuuuge limo and stocked it with pop and snacks too. So generous and fun! What a fun life our kids have!
The limo drove the group (with us moms following) to a pretty park for pictures of the whole group-- 18 kids!
Now, let me just say something about this neat group of friends that has assembled this year. In these pictures you see 2 freshmen, several sophomores, and 5 seniors! How does such an eclectic group come together, you wonder? It's ROBOTICS and DRAMA! Represented here is Ella's group of girl friends that she's had since 5th grade, but along with them are some of our school's best actors and almost the whole Robotics team! They have all found each other this year, through these school activities, and formed their own awesome friend group! For this night, they even paired up so almost everyone could go with a date. How cute is that? Ella, being a common denominator for almost everyone in the group, had just the best time with all her people around her all night!
Our big, fun group of paparazzi moms tucked our kids into the gigantic limo and and bid them farewell at the park. When Ella came home, the reports of formal were all good-- delicious food, gorgeous outfits, and fun dance music. Formal was yet another special opportunity this year to celebrate the
absolute gift that it is to be with friends making lifelong memories!
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