We knew this was coming and started talking about it last year.
While we were home in Indiana last Easter, I ran into a dear high school friend at my parents' church.
He brought up our Halloween costumes and I shared our concerns of how to do pictures so we can use them for our Christmas card with one away at college.
He suggested taking them in the summer while McDaniel was still home.
Of course!
We always get our costumes early during sales so that wouldn't be a problem.
It was so simple yet it had never occurred to us!
So, we contacted a talented photographer, Meghan, who we know through Young Life and had her come over in August.
We borrowed our neighbor's vintage Cadillac convertible and went to the local middle school that our girls attended.
It's almost 100 years old and seriously looks Rydel Highesque from Grease.
On the way to the school, I quickly filled Meghan in on our Halloween tradition and how she was sworn to secrecy on what we were dressing up as until Halloween.
She did a great job.
With the pictures AND keeping the secret.
We live in an area where people are always out and about.
Walking, running, walking dogs, biking, etc.
For whatever reason,
it was super quiet the day of this photo shoot.
Just one car of teenagers pulled up and got out our their car and stared at us for a moment.
One of them came over and said they were doing a scavenger hunt for their youth group and needed a picture with a hot rod. They couldn't believe we were there in the Cadillac.
We stepped away from the car and allowed them to snap a shot.
They never asked why were dressed the way we were
or why we were taking pictures in a convertible
by the middle school.
They got there shot and sped off.
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| Go Grease Lightning! |
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| We ordered the Pink Ladies jackets online and they came with the scarves. They rest of their outfits they pieced together from their closets and thrift stores. |
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| Sandy and Danny…at their 30th high school reunion. |
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| Pink Ladies |
It was 96 degrees on the day of our photo shoot.
Just two months later, it was in the 40s for Halloween and we FROZE!
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| I bought cheap canvas shoes on Amazon and used a Sharpie to make them look like saddle shoes. Ellie has already borrowed them. |
My skirt and sweater came from Amazon which was WAY cheaper than buying the costume.
I printed out the R and megaphone onto iron-on paper and ironed it onto the sweater.
We missed McDaniel but we felt good that we hadn't missed our tradition.
Of course the T-Rex had to make an appearance too.
I feel a new tradition coming…
My baby came by for a visit again.
I had fun chasing this super hero to the candy bowl.
I have wanted to take these pictures for a long time.
There's a Port-a-Pot in the front yard of the house under construction two doors down.
When you gotta go, you gotta go!
Hope everyone had a good Halloween!
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