This is the weekend of Homecoming for
Redlands East Valley High School (REV).
It has become the tradition for Vanessa's girlfriends to come to her house before Homecoming in the Fall and Prom in the Spring where Roxanne and Aunt Tammie (and their friend Michelle) generously fix their hair very elegantly for free.
It's a traffic jam of girls getting dressed, borrowing clothing items, getting their hair done in the large bathroom and getting their makeup done. Vanessa's bedroom is a mess of hangers, evening purses, discarded jeans for prom dresses, and discarded sneakers for strappy heels.
The friends--there were more--some left earlier.
Two hours later Vanessa's date arrived. The other girls in this group of friends went solo, and even rented a limo. Then the whole family arrived to take pictures of pinning on the boutonniere and putting on the wrist corsage for dancing.
Okay. This is staged for a picture.
It's Nana who's the only one who can
pin a boutonniere so it stays.
The flowers matched her dress perfectly.
Vanessa & her date, James--an Eagle Scout. Impressive.
This is the first year Vanessa got to go solo with her date--not in the limo--to meet with friends for dinner and an evening of dancing, where they will soon discard their heels and dance barefoot.
