Saturday, April 7, 2018 - Prom Preparation; Prom Pictures; Afternoon with Kamron; Promenade; Visiting More Family

Saturday, April 7, 2018 - Prom Preparation; Prom Pictures; Afternoon with Kamron; Promenade; Visiting More Family

****Warning---Lots of Photos****

Today is a big day for my 16 year old granddaughter Haleigh.  It will be the first high school prom she has attended.  She has an appointment at 9:15 this morning in Columbus, KS to have her makeup and hair done.  Misti invited me to come along and I was thrilled to be invited.  It was fun to watch as they worked their magic on this young lady and I enjoyed the time visiting with Misti while we waited.

Before

During

Makeup complete!

Now the hair - getting started!

Front - finished

Back-finished.

We made a quick stop at Sonic for a bite to eat before heading back to Oswego.  Misti dropped me off at the RV Park.  She will come back to get me after Haleigh changes into her dress and once Logan and Kamron are getting close.  We had only returned to Misti's a few minutes when Logan and Kamron showed up.  Kamron came straight to me and just hugged me, and said "I missed you Nana."  My heart just melted!  

We spent some time taking pictures inside and then outside,

Misti (Mom), Haleigh, & Brother Logan

Haleigh & Logan

Haleigh & Kamron

Blowing Bubbles!!!

By now - she was cold and ready to quit the pictures!

before we picked up Ty (Haleigh's date) at his house.  We met Haleigh's Grandma Bates at Riverside Park to take more pictures.  

Ty and Haleigh

Loved this picture - notice her shoes (Converse sneakers).

Quite a group for picture taking!

Haleigh's dad, stepmom and her 2 younger siblings stopped by Misti's house afterwards and we took more pictures!  

Haleigh with her Dad, Drew

Stepmom Nikki, Dad Drew
Haleigh
Brother Kegan and Sister Karsyn

Notice the lipstick on Karsyn's cheek - Haleigh's prints!

From here, Kamron and I headed back to Bentley while Misti, her friend Julie, Logan, Haleigh and Ty drove to Joplin to eat dinner at the Japanese Steak House.  The Promenade (arrival and entrance of the Prom attendees) will begin at 6:00, so we'll meet up at Oswego High School at 5:30 to ensure we have a good spot for picture taking.

In the meantime, Kamron made chocolate chip cookies with a little help from Nana.  We visited in between batches.  When all of the baking had been completed, Kamron asked me to french braid her hair - but it's been quite awhile since I've done that and I wasn't happy, so I did a simple braid - it looked better so that's what we went with.  

At 5:30 we headed to the school and then waited!  It ended up getting warmer this afternoon than originally predicted, which was wonderful for the girls as most dresses were sleeveless.  Promptly at 6:00 the first vehicle (a stretch limo) pulled up, however, only one couple exited.  Apparently several seniors rented this to take them to Joplin for their pre-Prom dinner.  All of the other students planned to arrive at the Promenade in separate vehicles except the one couple.  

Haleigh and Ty were about half way through the line of vehicles so we had a little bit of a wait but it was fun to watch each couple pull up and make their entrance.  Haleigh's dad, Drew, allowed Ty to drive his truck.

Ty and Haleigh, Drew's truck behind them.

Kamron enjoyed seeing all of the girls dresses and the various vehicles they arrived in.  Mr. Blackwell, Jr High/High School Music Director was the emcee, introducing each of the couples as they arrived.   Then parents, family and friends had the opportunity to take pictures of them before they went inside.

Kamron & Haleigh

Cousin Kamron, with Haleigh & Logan

Haleigh & Bestfriend Emory

Proud Mama with Daughter Haleigh & Son Logan

Haleigh with Cousin Emilie and her daughter Chanler (who is also a beautiful little redhead).

Once it was over, Dean and I took Kamron back to Parsons.  We visited with Marc, Jennifer and Jaxson for about an hour before we left.  It was wonderful to see them all again.  Hope to get in a few more visits before we leave again.

Jaxson

Jaxson is really into buildings/structures right now.  He loves the Eiffel Tower and the Statute of Liberty.  He had a new one to show us last night - I wish I had taken a picture of him telling us what it was.  He held it in his hands and when his mom and dad told him to tell us what it was - he very proudly said The Empire State Building, and then he told us where it was located, New York. 

We called it a night pretty quick after we returned to Bentley.  I'm so glad we were able to be home so we could participate in all of the fun we experienced today, but this Nana was pretty tired at the end of the day.