Homecoming!

It's Homecoming weekend!!!

Every restaurant worth it's salt tonight

had tables and tables full

of girls and boys

all dolled up for the festivities

at the state's largest high school.

That's alot of

corsages and boutinnieres!

David and I sat at one of the restaurants

{not the same one Sierra and Zach went to,

because even though it would have been

far more convenient for us to dine in the same

place since we were their drivers for the evening,

and we would certainly have requested a table

on the opposite side of the restaurant

and completely ignored them if our paths crossed,

it was just a horrific concept

according to them...

so we took our date night down the street!}

Anyway, as we noshed on our salad and shrimp,
we watched as nervous young boys and girls
sat across from each other all dressed up
and dreamy-eyed.
It brought back lots of memories!



My private school didn't have "dances",

but we did have banquets.

I remember the excitement of shopping for

THE dress,

spending hours getting ready,

{It took that long to get my hair as big as we wore it back then!}

posing for a few photos

and then going off to the school

to celebrate with my friends.

It's hard to believe that

David and I are on the other side of the

scene now!

When did our sons become teenagers?!

Sierra looked so beautiful and Zach looked

very handsome in his shirt and tie.

Which, by the way, he bought with part of his first paycheck

from his new job!

I was joking with my mom that

since he bought it,

I would care far less about it being wadded up

on his bedroom floor.

She laughed and said that it would probably be the only thing

that he didn't wad up since he spent his own hard earned cash on it!

A little voice inside my head is saying

"Yeah, dream on!"

I had to include this photo,

because this is "them"!

It's safe to say that the only time they

weren't being silly and joking around with each other

during the whole photo shoot

was when the camera clicked producing the above

more serious and totally staged photos!

Just keeping it real, folks!

So who is with me in thinking that

youth is definitely wasted on the young!!!

Ok, I'm outa here....

I'm gonna go put on some vintage Bryan Adams and

wax nostalgic.