Prom 2.11

Saturday was the night of the high school prom.  What a wonderful night it was!  Langley was asked to the prom by a very sweet, very handsome HS senior.  He is the son of very dear friends and he was in charge of choosing the attending flower girl.  He chose my beautiful girl. 

Which of course meant that I got to go to prom!! 

(jumping up and down!)

YAY, me!

The last time I went to prom, I was 18 and I looked like this.

Why Skip isn't smiling is beyond me. 

Maybe it was cool not to show emotions back in 1991. 

I'm too old to remember.

And why we ordered this picture is also beyond me.

Also, too old to remember.

But, I do know this.  Three major things have changed in these last 20 years. 

1.  Dresses are STUNNING!  Literally, works of art.
2.  No one dyes their shoes to match anymore.  I know!
3.  Boys smile.

Anyway, back to PROM 2011!! 

That sweet HS boy that I mentioned earlier, well he has an even sweeter sister.  She is the MASTER OF ALL THINGS HAIR.  I asked begged her to come over early and do Langley's hair for the special night.  She was so happy to come get her hands on Langley's blond curls.  I had an idea in mind but she BLEW ME AWAY with the final product.

Gorgeous.

After her hair was perfected, it was time to get dressed in an ivory silk dress with a pink sash.  She looked like Cinderella.  We borrowed the dress from a friend of ours and I have been a nervous wreck ever since.  I am well aware of the fact that this dress could be ruined by a certain TWO YEAR old boy that lives here.  As a result, I have had the dress locked up avoiding any kind of disaster.  (I must return it quickly!)  Thanks, Jenn, for the amazing dress.  I am just sad that I couldn't get a picture that did this dress justice.  It was heavenly.

Here is my beautiful girl.  I barely recognize her without her sport shorts and t-shirt.  She cleans up nice!

Here is the cutie boy that asked her to the prom. 

By the way, he was nominated for Prom King so his mommy came with me.  We had the best time people watching and NOT AT ALL judging the revealing (good golly) nature of some dresses.  Nope.  Not us.  We are not judgers.

My girl was so nervous.  We had to be there an hour before coronation and I think the waiting was killing her.

But they had lots of surprises for her. Isn't this dreamy?

Langley's escort was a girl that I taught in Kindergarten.  I adore this girl!  Not only is she GORGEOUS, but she also loves the Lord.  She is dear to me!  I voted her dress BEST OF THE NIGHT.  And the best part was that she and Langley had the same hair style! 

Love.

I am so proud of Langley for stepping out of her comfort zone and indulging her mommy by wearing a special dress.  I don't think of her as shy, but she really REALLY is.  Experiences like this are so good for her. 

Thank you, Tag, for inviting her to be the flower girl for PROM 2011.  This will be a special memory for her!

I think I liked this prom better than mine!

At least my date smiled more.