Homecoming for Two

 

Since Reese was now a freshman at Henry Clay we had a double dose of Homecoming. Fortunately, the basic structure of the preparation has not changed much over time so we were prepared for all that the day entailed. Reese and her crew gathered early in the afternoon in their PJs to make the traditional Homecoming bouquet that shows up in pictures and nowhere else.

 

Reese went to the dance with all of her soccer buddies plus a swimmer. The swimmer earned her keep by making the sweet banner you see in the background of this picture. These athletic girls certainly clean up well and by all accounts had a lot of fun at the dance. 

 

Callie's crew had a similar prep structure, but at this stage of the game we don't get pictures of that part of the day. Instead, Sarah was able to make it to the Arboretum for the pre-dance photo shoot with the larger group. Here we see Callie and Kylie with their "dates" or at least friends who went with them to dinner and were part of the coordinated schedule of the evening.

 

The Arboretum always is a very popular place for pictures so over the course of an hour or so hundreds of pictures were taken with a variety of friend combinations. This one happens to be Callie with Kamryn, Molly, and Maddie. 

 

And here we have Callie with some of the Henry Clay soccer girls. It was great that the dance didn't conflict with a game day for Callie's senior year since she missed out on Homecoming her freshman year due to soccer obligations.

 

And yes the picture taking continued until the sun went down. Although we never were able to make it to any of Reese's photo shoots, we were fortunate to have many other parents who were generous in sharing the pictures they took. This picture here includes Carson and Mary who have become a solid threesome over the course of the school year. All in all, Homecoming was a success for everyone involved.