VALPARAISO PROM

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Colorful Group
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Valparaiso's Prom was last night. Amanda and friends looked great. I love all the bright colors that the girls wore. The girls spent the night here at our house and they went to Six Flags Great America today. I know they are having a blast. Makes me almost want to be young again!

The Wedding

Me & Bill

Kim -The Chicken Dancing Bride

Amanda and Katie @ Reception

Chuck and Kim's wedding and reception was so much FUN! We had such a blast at the reception. I think it was the most fun wedding reception I have ever been too! I spent most of Sunday recovering!!! I was sore from all the dancing I did for 3 days!

Jumping on the Google "your name needs" Bandwagon

OK, so I gave it a try. I Googled "Stephanie Needs" Here are some of the most interesting things that turned up and my response comments:

Stephanie needs cash-fast-but times are tough, and soon she's forced to turn to the last resort of the truly desperate: family. ... Ugh! Been there, done that!

Stephanie needs some help Look at those pants! Should have stayed on the sidewalk! Drunk party girls! Hee Hee a girls gotta have fun!

Stephanie needs a strong manly shoulder to lean on (preferably an alpha one) ...umm OK!

Stephanie needs to stay focused on managing her resources. That’s for sure!

Stephanie needs help. Yes, with dishes, laundry and general household cleaning!

Stephanie needs information; she has a "good friend" or relative at a particular government agency or company who can get it for her. ... I do??? What's their name?

Stephanie needs some cash. Yes, so I’m not forced to resort to asking family!

Stephanie needs a dog if she's not blind. ... Huh?

Stephanie needs Rhinoplasty. Hmmm, I always thought my nose looks just fine!

Stephanie needs an ab lounger." ... Well, yes I probably could use one of those!

Stephanie needs to wear black, or a jacket. Why? Because I’m fat? That’s what the ab lounger will help with!

Stephanie needs. a scarf. Maybe Becca can knit one for me?

Stephanie needs to seek some serious professional help. Considering I’m wasting my time doing this, instead of laundry, I must!


PS: I recently realized that Google is now a verb.

Portage Senior Prom

Senior Prom Portage
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Amanda went with Steve to his Senior Prom on Friday. These are some photos I took of them before they left. I think she looked really great in the green dress. She had her hair highlighted to and it looked really nice. The weather was perfect for outdoor portraits! These were taken in our yard.

Last Minute Prom Dress!!!

Amanda had picked out a dress for Prom and was trying to order it from the internet. Well, she had several problems and when the second site she tried to order from didn't ship it out right away due to us having a new address (not the same as her debit card address) she started to panic. This Friday is Steve's Prom at Portage High School. So yesterday, she talked me into driving her to Peaches, a dress shop in Chicago. It's all the way out by Midway Airport! We went right after work. Good thing they are open till 9:00 pm. I made good time getting there and we didn't have a problem finding it. She had gone earlier this week with her girlfriend and friend's mom. Driving back home was another story since I decided to take a different way and go through the city (dumb move).

The shop had TONS of beautiful prom dresses!!! She found the one she had wanted to order, but I talked her into trying on some other bright colored ones too. The one she originally wanted was brown (ick). After trying on several, she narrowed it down to 2 lime green dresses that she liked. The store looks up your school to see if anyone else has purchased the dress. Since she is going to both Portage Prom and Valpo prom again this year, they looked up both and one of the dresses she had picked was already purchased by someone at Valpo! So that made the decision for her. I like the one she ended up getting best anyway. It looks fantastic on her. It's a great color and is flattering to her tall thin figure. Here's the one she bought.