I've said before that raising high schoolers has been my favorite! There are many reasons, but one of them is that every now and then we get to crash into their super fun lives a little bit and live vicariously through them! This weekend was all the best stuff high school has to offer!
It started with the big Friday night Homecoming Game. Our Homecoming Court was presented and our new king and queen were crowned. It is the best to root for friends on the court-- the senior girl Ella leads a girls' Bible Study with, the boy who is in all the plays with my kids, the church friend we've had since the kids were babies. Since Ben was the king last year, it was time for him to pass on his sword and crown, which was another fun thing to watch!
Saturday was all about getting ready for the big Winter Formal! One of Delia's great loves is nail polish, so she received a gift certificate to get a fancy manicure for Christmas. She redeemed it for Formal, getting long, sparkly, turquoise, acrylic nails and loving every minute of the pampering!
Then it was off to my friend Melinda's for hair. What a sweet couple of hours this is as we all crowd in her bathroom and visit while she curls, braids, and twists. Fun fact this year-- her son Jared was Delia's date! ;) After Melinda's, Ella took off for her friend's house where she and all her girls spent the rest of the day getting ready together.
We all met up at the park for flower exchange and pictures. This year our school's FFA Floriculture Team sold corsage and boutonniere packages that they created. This was the sweetest! All the flowers were custom made with a picture of your dress/tie that you submitted and labeled with these cute tags!
I haven't officially announced it on the blog, but I'm guessing you've probably figured it out. Ben and Ella are together! ;) We are thrilled. We love him and love his dear family and think their years-long friendship turned into dating relationship is so fun.
Ella's friend group. Only one more Formal for these juniors!
Delia was happy to go to Formal with her best guy friend. She and Jared have been close since kindergarten. He's actually the son of our superintendent! They have many things in common, being a PK and SK, may be one of them! NOT dating, though, just good buddies-- something Delia hilariously clarified with Jared as they shared a slow dance. Haha! The picture above is one of my favorites of the night, just a little stabbing with the boutonniere needle! There's a learning curve to it and the freshman are new to all this!
Delia's friend Cailyn made her corsage and put special little succulents in it, which she just loved!
And here are some of Delia's best girlfriends this year, Ava, Kate and Addison.
Another favorite picture of the night! Jared was a sweet date. He knew Delia would have a silver dress and turquoise nails, so he brought both color ties! He showed up in the turquoise, but the friend group voted silver, which meant a quick change at the picture spot. So, Dave helped him retie his tie.
I know I am biased, but I do think we had the prettiest girls at Formal this weekend. :) I'm so happy they let us pop into their special moments like this.
Melinda, who was at Formal on official Superintendent's Wife Duty, took this picture of Delia and Jared's table. Formal was outside! Some watermelon farmers from our school actually constructed an open air "building" out of their fruit crates in the lot where all their watermelon hauling semi trucks park. It was cold, but with sickness on the rise, I'm thankful for a hopefully healthy option! A yummy tri-tip dinner, dancing, churro truck, photo booth, and an after party back at Ben's house were the highlights of the night. Delia came home with no voice from singing and dancing so hard. What a fun weekend!!
1 comment:
I am so glad that the girls had a wonderful time. Jen, I agree with you on two points - parents do live vicariously through their teens, and my granddaughters were the most beautiful. It's great to see pictures of them with their friends. It's nice to see that the parents are so involved in their kids lives. Building that enclosure out of watermelon crates was amazing. Thanks for sharing all these pictures of their fun evening.
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