I attended my first Quinceneara last Saturday. It was DH's niece's held at a ballroom in San Antonio. It was a lot of fun, with the better part of the night spent dancing along to a medley of mexican music. Not that DH and I did. Hehe...We had fun watching. One day we'll summon enough guts to just dance and not worry about our two left feet. Riiiight.
Anyhow, I found out that a Quinceneara is similar to the the debutante ball that we hold in the Philippines. The major difference is that the coming out party for girls there is at age 18 and here it's at age 15. I can't help imagining my Tala's own Quinceneara & debutante ball! It's still so far away, but a mom can dream.
DH saw a lot of friends and relatives that he has not seen in along while so he was more than happy to catch up with them. Prior to being stationed in Texas in 2009 as a navy recruiter, he was based in Japan for 6 years, and more than 10 years in San Diego. So he was only able to come home to Texas once a year during that period. His relatives in Fort Worth are inviting us to spend a weekend with them so we'll see if we'll be able to squeeze that in before I pop out Tala. We're thinking maybe this coming Memorial weekend.
Back to the birthday girl, she looked so pretty in her blue gown. Her parents of course were beaming with pride and happiness. Her court of girls wore this cute white knee-length tube-top gown with tutu-like skirt. I was told that usually, there's a church ceremony preceding the Quinceneara, but I'm not sure if Marissa (the birthday girl) did the church thing. One of the highlights of the night was her and her court's cute dance presentation along mexican, r&b, and rap music.
Here are some snapshots:
with our cutie nephew Leelen
with family and friends
the celebrant's sister
the pretty birthday girl with her escorts
the celebrant with her parents
the happy sponsors
DH with sister and nephew
with her hubby and youngest
can hardly tell that I'm 7 months preggo in this pic
we're both in our 7th month, same due date as July 13
with my niece Sabrinna, looking so pretty in pink
they're dancing to a medley of mexican and rap music
brother-in-law and sister-in-law tearing it up at the dance floor
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