CeLeBration! News: And I thought I was "Prom Free" this year

A couple of months ago, Christian asked me if I thought he should go to prom this year, and I replied, "Well, yes, I think you should go either this year or next year." And he readily decided that there was no girl this year that he "wanted to spend that much money on!" Then last Sunday I was observing some of the girls in YW who were contemplating whether or not to wear their prom dresses to church on the day after prom, and I thought to myself, hmmm . . isn't it nice to be "prom free" this year.

So we were all a little shocked when Lissie came home from seminary on Monday and announced that Ryan Nelson had asked her to prom. Then I responded, "Really?! Isn't prom this coming Saturday??" Well, Lissie had already told Ryan that she would have to "get back to him on that," and that gave us Monday afternoon to do some preliminary prom dress hunting. We drove out to RNZ (Rhein Neckar Zentrum) and scoured all the stores . . . but guess where we found the dress that she wanted? H&M, of course. She was in love with this flowy, knee-length, off-white dress, but I wasn't convinced yet. We bought it, but I reserved the right to return it if we found something better. However, by Wednesday afternoon, after a trip to the Heidelberg Hauptstrasse, we had the whole ensemble assembled . . . H&M dress, Monsoon shrug, Bijou Brigitte white flower headband, and red satin shoes from Ibiza Jeans. (Lissie's fashion style dictated just a touch of red amidst all that white (red shoes, red lipstick, red corsage).

And she truly looked LOVELY