Naturally, being that Emily and I are total rebels, we decided to honor one important year that did not receive an official costume endorsement: 1985 (aka, the year in which Marty McFly lives).
Emily decided to show her "true colors" and her stylish leggings (previously used for a Rainbow Brite costume for Halloween 2006). Cake on some makeup and a cloud of hairspray, and she was ready for a night of dancing on the ceiling, er, church cultural hall.
These leggings remind me of dragon tears, which, as we all know, turn into jellybeans... all the colors of the rainbow!
These leggings remind me of dragon tears, which, as we all know, turn into jellybeans... all the colors of the rainbow!
Josh decided that since he learned to play guitar far too late to coincide with the mid-80s music pout-a-thon, he would use this opportunity to apply some guyliner and live "In Between Days" (though, since this event took place on the eve of the weekend, perhaps "Friday I'm in Love" may have been a better theme).
Josh really isn't a very sad guy; rather, he tends to be quite optimistic about most things. Perhaps this contemplative moment was when he realized that removing eye makeup is no walk in the park, or somewhere equally pleasant, like "A Forest."
The night was fun and the decorations were rather impressive for a church activity. The cultural hall was divided into three separate areas, each representing the aforementioned years of Marty's 1.21 gigowatt-powered travels through time. 1955 offered delicious root beer floats, while 1885 rustled up chow of chili and sloppy joes (albeit one scoop only... which was exactly the amount of filling one would want to make their joe sufficiently sloppy!). Meanwhile, 2015 provided a scrumptious salad bar with translucent bowls illuminated with neon lights. It was pretty heavy!
One more thing: Everyone was invited to submit a high school photo to be displayed on the back wall. To conclude this space-time continuum disrupting post, here are the oh-so-amazing senior pictures Emily and I submitted, courtesy of the years 1999 and 1998, respectively.
Emily = Totally awesome in every way... even at age 17!
One more thing: Everyone was invited to submit a high school photo to be displayed on the back wall. To conclude this space-time continuum disrupting post, here are the oh-so-amazing senior pictures Emily and I submitted, courtesy of the years 1999 and 1998, respectively.
Emily = Totally awesome in every way... even at age 17!
In a world with no cool, good looking guys for high school girls to fancy, the man with the trombone is king!
(Sadly, this world does not -- nor will it ever -- exist!)
(Sadly, this world does not -- nor will it ever -- exist!)
6 comments:
You guys ROCK! I really wish that we lived in the same ward so we could enjoy these "themed activities" together.
It looks like you have a lot of fun, at least in the getting ready aspect of it. :) Josh-the eye shadow is DIVINE!
Emily-I think that you looked so perfect for the 80's, great job!!
The salad bar was heavy? Why, is there something wrong with the Earth's gravitational pull in the future?
I'm glad you paid tribute to 1985, that year needs some support. It was a fun party... although seeing my High School Sophomore picture on the wall was a little scary :)
Emily I didn't even recogize you in the top picture! Did you cut you hair all off?
Josh you really are a geek!! At least I had enough class not to have senior pics with my tuba.
This post was so awesome. I love the costumes and high school pics. Since we're on the topic, I would like to pre invite you to our 2015 Back to the Future party. I'll hydrate a pizza for everyone.
Dig the guyliner and the rainbowbrite stockings. Woot!
One more thing.
Tag.
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