Senior Formal

Tonight is Senior Formal at Second Baptist.  Senior Formal is clearly a Texas thing ... or maybe it is a Houston thing ... I have never heard of anything like it anywhere else.  Senior Formal is put on by the Senior parents.  Each Senior is given two tickets to give away to two underclassman couples.  Needless to say, for a few weeks, the Seniors are VERY popular. 

Torrey was asked by a boy in her class.  One day Torrey was in the hall with her friends when the Dean of Students told her he had her tardy slip.  She tried to tell him wasn't tardy, but he was insistent.  When he handed her the tardy slip, it said "Will you go to Senior Formal with me?  Jay"  When she went out in the hall, Jay was standing there waiting for her ... and her answer.

It made me laugh when I heard how she was asked.  Last year she missed too many English classes and during exams she had to sit in the Dean's office to "make up" the class.  She was thoroughly embarrassed ... mostly because she was called out of class and everyone knew she was in trouble.  Almost every day this year I have told her to not get called to the Dean's office again and to stay out of trouble.  HA!  

If you are a Senior girl at Second Baptist, you can wear cocktail length dresses in any color.  All other girls have to wear floor-length black dresses. I guess it is a way to keep the underclassman in their place ... I doubt they thought the girls would look so stunning.

 Torrey and Gram ... once upon a time, Gram was taller than Torrey.  Um, no longer the case!

 Quick pictures before we left to meet her friends ... mostly so I could send them to family.

 Torrey and Jay actually went to the dance with a large group of friends ... they all met at her friend's gorgeous house to take pictures and wait for the party bus.

 Dean posted this picture on Facebook with the caption "I can't feel my legs" which is a line from the movie "New in Town" ... and it really was true.  And, see the necklace Torrey is wearing?  It is the diamond from my original engagement ring.  It really looked perfect when she put it on.

 The girls ... I figure there will be a lot of this going on tonight.  

 How long until the Seniors realize that making the girls wear long black dresses was a mistake?!

 The boys ...

 Dean and Torrey ... Dean held up pretty well.  

 The girls ... they were all gorgeous.

 All of the kids ... and those stairs were pretty amazing.

 Hey ... it's my blog and she's my girl and I will crop out the other kids if I want to!

 We took them outside for pictures ... they lined themselves up like this.  Oh.  My.  Word.  At this point they were ready for us to leave!

 It took a few minutes, but we finally got them all lined up properly.  I would like to add that these are some of the nicest kids you would ever meet.  They are kind and funny and know what is important in life.  They are going to change the world someday.

 Again ... my blog.  Cropping can be a good thing.

 And this look says "Where is that party bus?!"

 And, for real I tried to leave, but then they would get themselves cute again and I had to take just one more picture.  

 I would adopt Dara if I could ... totally love her.  Torrey knows how to pick her friends.

 This was going to be the last picture of the girls ... I was headed for the door after this one ... for real.

 And then they sat on the stairs and looked cute.  While they were here the party bus arrived.  The kids cheered ... I think mostly because they knew the parents were going to leave!

Torrey and Jay on their way to the party bus.  One of the mom's had the great idea to take their pictures as they left the house ... the kids thought it was hokey and the parents thought it was great.  For the record, I did not climb on the party bus to take pictures.  I'm thinking I should get extra credit for that.

Can't wait to hear how her night goes!  On the way to her friend's house I mentioned prom and Dean started to hyperventilate ... hopefully he'll get used to the fact that our girl is growing up before prom gets here!