Getting Ready for Mormon Prom

Okay there is a funny story that goes along with this prom and the last prom.  Marissa couldn't find a prom dress that she liked.  We had been to several stores (3 or 4) when we were still empty handed, so Betsy recommened ordering the one dress she found online at Amazon ... so we did, right there in the store.  It is cyan blue with light silver bling around the neck line.  It looks a lot like the one Elsa wears in "FROZEN."  Anyway, we didn't know if it would come in time, and in the mean time we kept looking for a dress, thinking we could always return the one if we found one we liked better.  Well, that's just what happened - Marissa finally found a dress she loved, but it was less modest than the one she found online, so now we didn't know what to do.  Make the one more modest, and return the other, or return the new one she found when the mail order dress came ??? what to do.  We throught we would wait for the dress to come; then we would decide which dress we liked better.  When the cyan dress arrived, it was beautiful, but so was the one we found at VAUNMAR!  Now, what to do.  Well, time made the decision for us.  I guess I "caved" and let her keep both - crazy (when each dress is around $200), but she was going to two proms, and I really liked the cyan dress for Mormon prom, but she really liked the tan dress from Vaunmar.  She wore the tan dress to NOHS Junior prom and the cyan dress to Mormon prom, the only problem was that she wanted the train taken off, and it shorted by about an inch.  She tells me this the night before the prom (on a weekend where Robert has two soccer games and Marissa is running in the Eastern Relays).  So, needless to I was up until 1:00 am on Friday night getting her dress ready for the next day.

Saturday she had to run in the Eastern Relays.  Her race was supposed to be at 12:00 pm, but it was postponed by the long heats of the 200... ugh.  Marissa has to be at Meg O'Brien's by 3:00 for her hair to be done... we are running out of time.  Finally, she finishes the race and races off with Mark.  Betsy meets them at home to help Marissa pack up and get to Meg's.

Just went Betsy thought she could get some cleaning done around the house, she gets a call from Marissa saying, "Will you get me silver flats because my feet hurt and, oh, by the way, I forgot to get a boutonniere for him ... and I don't think he'll have acorsage for me so could you get one for me?"  SERIOUSLY!  WOW,  I am driving all over and making phone calls from my car trying to find a florist that will make a boutoniere in just a few hours and find shoes.  She has no idea what she is asking, but I will try.  I found a florist that would do it, but I have to bring in the fabric of her dress.  While they are making the boutonierre and coursage I race down to Kohl's and find her some silver flat sandles (very cute).  Then I race back up to Prospect to pick up the flowers - while there she calls to say they are leaving to have pictures taken at the Torgeson's home.  GREAT!  Where do they live?  After looking on LDS.org I find them, and drive over to their house to meet Marissa - give her the shoes and the boutonierre.  When we get there we see that he has a coursage for her, so I leave that in the car (but I really love it). 

All is well - mission accomplished.  Now, it's time to just enjoy and take photos of the lovely couples!  Marissa is going with a boy from Crestwood 2nd ward named JP.
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