Today was the spring formal (aka or at least formally known as "Mormon Prom"). Last year the spring formal was in April, so we're a bit early this year.
Last year only Rachel was able to go and she wore her flower girl dress from Grandpa and Darla's wedding. Rachel also got to go to homecoming this year (and I took several pictures of her in the new dress she picked out). But this was Miriam's first "formal" dance and she decided to wear a dress my mom bought her freshman year at BYU when she went to preference and she got dressed before Rachel did, which meant we were able to take some pictures outside in decent lighting. So I took several pictures of Miriam in her dress:
Miriam's been practicing braiding her own hair. One of their young women leaders was (is?) a hairdresser and they recently did an activity where she gave them all sorts of braiding tips and Miriam has just taken off. Tonight she did double dutch braids, joined at the back in a half ponytail (and asked me to weave some flowers into her braids for her):
At dinner we were talking about roommates for some reason—which I'm pretty sure has two m's in it—and Andrew joked that it could be sung to "Hot to Go," a Chappell Roan song that's all the rage right now. There's this meme where people say, "I hope they play Hot to Go!" at random places (like a football game or a coffee shop or in an elevator or whatever...and someone tells the person who said that that it isn't that likely because of their location...and then Hot to Go plays (or they do the HTG dance, anyway)).
You get. I'll stop now. Anyway...
"H-O-T-T-O-G-O!" Andrew sang. "R-O-O-M-A-T-E! See? It fits in the song!"
It does not fit in the song. But when I tell you that it took me forever to figure out that double T in the song... (not to mention how to sing Ah-puh-tuh-ah-puh-tuh (a completely different song by a completely different singer)).
Anyway, everyone is singing "H-O-T-T-O-G-O!" and Phoebe suddenly pipes up, "I know an even better song!"
"Really?" we asked her. "What song is that?"
"How much is that doggy in the window?" she belted out.
Everyone started laughing.
"No, guys!" she insisted. "This is a good one! The one with the waggly tail!"
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And I'm going to embarrass my mom and tell and autocorrect story here.
I sent pictures of Miriam wearing my mom's dress to the family chat.
It's nice seeing that dress on both you and Miriam! I hope Rachel, Miriam, and Hunter had fun at the Mormon Prom!
ReplyDeleteI love that the dress has such a history, and that it can double as a costume and as a totally current (and classy) style.
ReplyDeleteI love the twirly picture!
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