Prom 2016

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then this post is worth 20,000+ words, and then there will be the actual words that I add.

A Prom Story

The Dress

Savannah started planning for prom months ago...actually, she started looking for a dress months ago-literally the day after the formal Winter Dance.  She knew what she wanted.  The dress needed to be yellow and include lace and beading.  She found a dress online but wavered on ordering it, and then it went away.  We searched the local stores and tons of websites but found nothing suitable.  When her dress showed up online again, she jumped at the chance to order it. There were some glitches.  Her dress was a two piece dress with no model pictured in it.  Concerned that the design would result in a bare midriff, she inquired about it.  She was told to send her collar bone to waist measurement and that the dress would be designed to make sure no midriff showed.  When Savannah actually sent the measurements, the company got back with her and asked if they could just make it one piece - even better. Score!  When the dress arrived, it was much too big.  We could have sent her measurements and saved quite a bit of money, but we opted to order her usual size for fear that we would mess up the measurements.  It took alterations from both a seamstress and a tailor to get it to fit to Savannah's satisfaction.  

The Promposal

Once the dress was squared away, plans needed to be made for the actual prom.  Would there be a date?  We tossed around ideas of whom Savannah might ask outside of school, knowing that would be out of character for her.  Rumors circulated about possibilities of dates from school. Savannah's friends arranged for a limo, and then there was concern that if she got a date, she would not be in the limo.  In the end R asked her to prom.  He's the perfect date. Not only is he a perfect gentleman, but he and Savannah are very good friends, so they are comfortable together.  This is not their first formal dance together, so that adds an extra element of fun.

How it Went Down

R decorated Savannah's locker before school one day.  Despite constant warnings at school and home, high schooler's at Savvy's school do not lock their lockers, so he had easy access.  Leaving a bouquet and a note that said something like: Even though my dancing might cause some (here he taped a Snicker's candy bar to the note), would you be my date to prom?  Those aren't the exact words, but it was something along those lines.  They took no pictures of the two of them together for the promposal which is reminiscent of his last dance proposal to her.  History repeats itself.

Two of my AHG girls.

The dresses were all so lovely.  Prom time is one of my favorite times on social media.

We have pictures of these three together practically every year since they became friends in 4th grade.

Prom Night

The kids (lots of them) gathered at K's house per tradition.  The girls hid in her room for a time and then made an entrance - not as grand as in the past.  This time they started showing up just whenever. Parents were everywhere with cameras and phones to take pictures.  We saw them off in the limo and then went on with our evenings.  

Dinner was included in the dance.  The girls stayed the night at K's house. The boys stayed for a bonfire and left super late.  Savannah arrived home at 5:30ish this afternoon.  She said the exhausted girls laid around all day coming up with captions for social media posts.  Savannah texted me several times requesting the pictures I took.  I took them with the camera, so I had to email them to myself, open them on my phone, and then text them to her.  It took awhile.

They had a great time.

If Savannah has a best friend right now, it is E.  She's a precious girl- compassionate, smart, motivated, and hard-working.  

photo credits on this one goes to R's family, and this is possibly my favorite photo of the two of them
It shows off Savannah's hair.  I failed to get a photo that does that, and R has such a handsome profile.
After practicing the placement of the boutonniere at four dances now, Savannah handled this one like a pro.

I am so grateful that Savannah had prom to look forward to over the last few weeks and that she had such a good time.  I hope R had at least as much fun as Savvy.  They both work so hard and deserve it.

Savannah finished her last AP test before noon on prom day, so she was able to go without any school stress.  Her online college class is complete, and with three AP tests and good grades under her belt, she is exempt from all other finals.  She returns to school this week with so much more freedom than she has had in a long time.  However, she has picked up an extra shift at work to make sure she will be off for baccalaureate.

And the lasts continue