Homecoming--Boy Perspective

 Alex went to his fist Homecoming last weekend.  I have to say it is a little less crazy when your son goes than when your daughter goes.  But still a little nerve racking.  It is hard to wait for the girl to answer him.  I mean, what if she says no?  How would I handle that?  Luckily I didn't have to. (Because a mysterious doorbell-ditcher left this:)

Alex and his friends decided to have their dinner at my house.  I was happy about that, but it was a little pressure.  I had to do a good job of it so they would want to come back again~
So I turned to Bree--always my go-to source for decorating.  She helped me arrange all the stuff I bought for the table so it looked pretty.  And she had the great idea of putting white Christmas lights up for some soft lighting when the sun went down.  The picture below shows how this was easier said than done.  The strings of lights were long and heavy.  And we were putting them up at about 4pm on the west side of my house.  The heat kept melting the stickiness off the tape.  We did the logical thing--just keep adding more duct tape.......beautiful isn't it?  It did hold for the entire night.  We kept wondering what would happen if they chose to fall down right in the middle of dinner.....

 Fortunately the yard and table looked much nicer, and hopefully no one was looking too closely at how the lights were hung.  Brooklyn, Olivia, and Eva dressed up and served the food.  They did a great job. 

 Bree also took the pictures for everyone.  She always does a great job with this.  I've had lots of comments from happy customers, and their mothers, on Bree's photography skills.  Here are Alex's pictures and a group shot.

The fun thing about doing the pictures and having dinner at my house is that I got to meet everyone and see all the great dresses.  It was wonderful.