Junior Prom of 2009

STAGE ONE: Dress Shopping
this is a special thanks to Jordi, Kristen, and especially Pico--they all went dress shopping with me while Kimberly was in the temple, and these were our results! i didn't get any of them, but i still had a lot of fun trying them on. (for the record, i wasn't honestly considering the first one. it was a joke!)

STAGE TWO: The Day Date
our day date was SO much fun! as you can see, there were 6 couples that went. we went to Zion Nat'l Park and hiked up to the Emerald Pools. i'd have to say the most fun i had though, was definitely the ride there and back! we were just jammin' to 80's rock in Tyrell's car while the other 3 couples had their own dance party goin on in Rhees's car. (don't worry Mom, we all wore our seatbelts and we got everywhere safely.) we had a picnic on the grass at the park, which was nice because it was a BEAUTIFUL day. special thanks to Dason's mom for packing almost every fruit known to mankind! seriously, that kid pulled out a pineapple and a miniature watermelon from his lunchbox, among other things. nice work, Mrs. Dason's Mom. anyways, then we went to the IMAX theater in Springdale and watched the movie they have there about the park. it was only like 40 minutes long, and i slept the whole time. phew!

Rhees, Dason, Craig, Chanelle, Savy, Sam, Grygla, me, Tyrell, Judd, Carley, and Risa postin' up at Zion National Park!

Front: Chanelle, LaRisa, and Carley. Back: Sam, teeth of Savy, teeth of me. :)

Tyrell bein' a BAMF with his hat and my shades... but what else is new?
STAGE THREE: Getting Ready


STAGE FOUR: The Prom





i had SO much fun at prom! (it was on Saturday the 21st, by the way) for some reason, i didn't think it would really be that great, but in all reality... things are what you make them. i danced to every song that was played, even the ones i hate (i.e. Hannah Montana). thanks to Carley, Chelsea, Savy, Cody, Kelsi Su, Megan, Dustin, Shadoe, and anyone else that got seriously involved with our little dance-offs. i also want to give an honorable mention to Rhees and Dason. even though they didn't tell their parents that promenade was at 9 and not 10 so we had to do it twice, they made up for it by being the best dancers ever and totally made my night. haha so in the end, i'm really glad that i did prom. i'd considered not even worrying about it because it was SO stressful, but i had so much fun that all the work was definitely worth it. :) oh, and congrats to Andy-roo and Risa on Prom King and Queen. oh, and if you don't know this, we had live entertainment at our prom! the Alldredges have some family friends named Hema and Hevynn that came and sang. Hema actually wrote our prom song, and he was selling some EPs at the dance. so i bought one, then asked him to sign it for me. i was going to try and post a picture of it on here, but my camera is pitching a fit and won't connect to the computer. bummer. :( but what he wrote was "To: Jennifer You're awesome, so is your dress! Hema :)" so someday, when he is famous, i can say "dude, Hema liked my prom dress!" bahaha

so basically all i have to say is that i'm glad i had a good attitude about prom. you only get this chance once in your life, so why eff it up for some stupid high school drama, you know? all you gotta do is break it down to some Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson, and/or Cascada, and the night is made. experience says so. :)

Success!

i had a pretty fruitful trip to st. george with mama today. we went for prom shoes, which we got, but i also found some things at D.I. that brightened my life! (quite literally) thing is, i never go to D.I. i just think it's really weird to be wearing clothes that used to be on someone that i've never met and that just freaks me out. until i found these handy VS (that's Victoria's Secret. not "versus"... Rhees.) pants and i almost had a meltdown!

favorite pants EVER. Dad acted like he threw up in his mouth a little, but i could see the jealousy burning in his eyes. haha anyways, i also found some comfy shorts and an extremely comfy shirt, but these pants were the only ones worthy of blogging about. haha

and now for the highlight of my day... prom shoes!

this picture really does not do them justice... it's a prettier red than that. my date is like 5'10 and i'm about 5'7", so these are kind of pushing it... i think i'm going to be taller than him. but man, these shoes were like... destiny. they go PERFECT with my dress! and in case you're wondering, there's a reason i haven't posted any pictures of said dress. 1: i have to alter it a little bit, which i haven't done yet. 2: i want to keep it on the D.L. why? i'm not really sure. i just think it adds some suspense, right?

OH! i also just realized that i never told you how i got asked to prom... or even that i did get asked. so on Monday, i came back from 6th hour to find a teddy bear, a sign, and roses in my locker from a kid in my grade who we refer to as Grygla, asking me to prom. the next morning, i filled out an announcment form and my dear good friend LaRisa said on the morning announcements: "ATTENTION GRYGLA: Jennifer would like to tell you that she'd love to go to prom with you!" which isn't exactly what was written on the paper, but whatever... i think he got the message. i wish i had a picture of my locker, but i didn't think to take one. and i have a picture of my flowers on my phone, but it's not near me at the moment, and i'm just too plain lazy to go take a picture with my camera. sorry, folks... just picture 3 pink roses and a lot of baby's breath in a vase with a pink ribbon! :) they smell SO good! i woke up on Tuesday morning and i was like "wow... my room smells amazing." so if you want to, you're more than welcome to give me roses every now and then to keep my room smelling special! haha

whew! that was a lot of blog for the tiny bit of energy that i currently contain. which is not a lot. i'm still pretty wasted from only getting 5 hours of sleep in Wednesday night... due to the fact that i went to see "Phantom of the Opera" in Vegas that night! Dad and i didn't get home until 2:45 a.m., and we were excused from 1st hour the next day to sleep in a little. fortunately for me, i don't have a 2nd period class on Tuesdays or Thursdays, so i slept in more than everyone else. but still, i didn't do anything in my 3rd or 4th hour classes, so i could have slept clear until lunch. what the heck!

alright well it's like 12:10 a.m. and i keep going on about nothing. this post was supposed to be about my pants and shoes, but we all know how my little things end up turning out as epistles. see? even this paragraph was supposed to be "i'm done, bye." i'm terrible at summing things up.