A 10 day hiatus, not too bad, I have been gone for much longer before!
Oh my what a week! It was a lot of fun, a lot of work and a blur all at once!
I will start with Prom, and I will preface this post by saying that there will be a TON of pictures! (you can click on any of these pics to make them larger).
The day started with me taking Emma and Jana to get their hair done. Yes I took pics of that too, and no I won't be sharing them on here!
They came home and got into their dresses. Emma has wanted this dress for over 2 years. We had it made and the whole experience was very painless:
All those jewels are Swarovski Crystals, so it sparkled a lot!
She did her own makeup - she's a whiz with the false eyelashes!
Jana looked stunning too and wasn't it good of them to wear such complimentary colours? :)
While we waited for everyone I had a chance to switch lenses and take a few close ups:
Kadi and Alicia arrived soon after, and here is the Quad in all their beauty:
But really, if you've followed this blog at all you'll know in between the poses there was a lot of this:
They weren't teary, just really excited to spend this night together.
OK, within about 30 minutes, we had 50+ people at our house. I snapped away, tried to get shots of each couple, different groups, etc, but I was busy! As you know, I am not a huge fan of 'the pose' but for events like this, that's what you do. So here are a few I snapped:
And then, organizing the group began:
The girls:
The boys were hopeless. It was a very warm day, and they spent most of it trying to find some shade:
The group:
A much more relaxed shot (more to my liking!):
They then headed off to a spot where the entire school was meeting for informal pics, and then back to the school for the 'Grand March'.
Don't know what they do where you live, but it's a huuuuuuuuuge deal here LOL! So all the couples line up and are introduced by the Principal, as the parents and relatives sit in the swealtering heat and ooh and ahhh really at all the girls and the dresses!
There is no lighting except for a spot light, but this will give you an idea of what it looks like:
They then go on to a meal and a dance until 11.
They all arrived home at about 11:15, at which point I made what felt like HUNDREDS of grilled cheese sandwiches, the sweats and shorts were on as fast as the dresses were off, and they were off to Safe Grad until 6:45am!
They had, as they usually do, a truly great time!
My favourite shot of the night is this one. It's so very 'Emma'. Smiling and so happy to have her friends over, and laughing that big laugh of hers. I love it!
We then had graduation on Thursday night and multiple parties that finally wrapped up last night! Like I said, it's a big deal here :)
I'll be back at some point this week to share the photos I took of the four girls last week, and of graduation as well.
Have a good weekend!
Wow, they're all gorgeous, Emma looked like a medieval princess. They are all so striking, a week to remember.
Posted by: melanie | June 27, 2010 at 09:25 AM
Emma is absolutely stunning! What wonderful memories you are capturing!
Posted by: Marianne | June 27, 2010 at 10:16 AM
As always - great pictures. It brought a tear to my eye to see the girls all dolled up! Can't wait to see more!
Posted by: Maureen | June 27, 2010 at 11:01 AM
ohhhhhhhhhhhhh love these pics! Your Emma is so gorgeous!!!
I love how original all of their dresses are - such fasionistas!!!! stunning
Posted by: Laurie Turpin | June 27, 2010 at 12:26 PM
beautiful photos and teens! I'm sure they had a blast.
Posted by: Nina | June 27, 2010 at 10:42 PM
Reading this blog post and seeing the pictures makes me sooooooo excited about my future with my kids :) We move into our new home this month where we specially designed it to allow us to have HUGE parties with my kids' 50 friends!!!! And I, too love doing grad photos... thank goodness I still have a few years to practice to be as good as you :) Hope all is well my friend! Allison
Posted by: Allison Orthner | June 28, 2010 at 02:33 PM
Emma is always so stunning, but I would sell my children for her cheekbones ;)
Posted by: Jody | June 28, 2010 at 02:51 PM
Hey Kathy...gorgeous gorgeous shots, as always....so exciting and touching at the same time...hope all is well with you :)
Posted by: Lacintha Naidoo | June 28, 2010 at 08:34 PM
Ok, I 'think' I may have said this before, but Emma is stunningly gorgeous ~ that smile is breathtaking ~ as is her dress ~ wow, it is beautiful!!! I LOVE it!!!! My mom is my seamstress & made all of my dresses (& many other girls from my town) & now I wish I saw this dress ... it's perfect!!
Love the pics as usual & glad to hear you had a great week ~ grad week is huge here too ... so happy that you enjoyed it all :)
Happy Summer :)
Posted by: Lorelle | June 28, 2010 at 11:00 PM
first of all .. . grad dresses sure have changed since i graduated from highschool more than 20 years ago... LOL... their dresses were GORGEOUS...
everything looks so happy and your photos are by far the best ever...
take a breather... sit back ... and then show us some more! xo
Posted by: Dorrie | June 30, 2010 at 01:14 AM