Quinceañeras, June 15, 2013

Quinceañeras, or the celebration of a girls 15th birthday, was a vibrant experience. 

We celebrated with 9 beautiful girls. It would be hard to throw a party for each quinceñara considering we have over 60 girls in the house. So we throw one big party. 

The day started out with mass at 2:30, followed by a fancy waltz the kids had been practicing for months. After the waltz we had a special dinner with a band, a DJ and dancing to follow. 

It was amazing how the day came together, each department was in charge of putting together a part of the big event. My department, for example, was in charge of the center pieces of each table. "Each table" turned out to be over 50 center pieces. The dresses, shoes, flowers, hair, make-up and more were all donations by local businesses and giving padrinos. 

The girls shining in their gowns. 

The hansom escorts.

The entrance!

The volunteers even dressed up! What a good looking group :)

Silly volunteers. 

My boys from San Jose, so cute!

Quinceañeras was special for me because one of my students turned 15, here's Delmi looking beautiful! She sparkled confidence. I shed a couple tears watching her dance.