Frontiersville Part Deux

Pretty sure I'll be framing this one. I love the blue bucket.

Asher and Lucy with classic "Lucy girl" face.

The Prohibitionists are a part of the Tableau. And their signs really make me laugh.

*I don't believe these signs are the official stance of Young Life regarding alcohol: simply a historical reference.

So laugh away!

And the whole night ends with a big giant square dance under the lights in the infield.

It is romantically beautiful and amazing to see 450 high school students learn how to square dance in under 5 minutes AND love every minute of it.

It's one of my favorite nights, but mostly because of how kids get to be kids again and not mini-adults pretending to be busy on Blackberries and iPhones and coffee dates. They are dancing and laughing and being silly. They are under the stars, dressed up, enjoying friends and THEMSELVES maybe for the first time in a long time.

There are so few places that offer the space to do that anymore. No performance necessary.

They just to be themselves. The freedom and the lightness that you can see in their faces would make you weep if you stopped to think about it.

I love this place and that we get to be a part of something great in someone's life.

We get to be a part of someone's STORY.

How amazing is that?

Frontiersville

Another week, another fantastic night of dressing for the Chaffee County Restoration Society.

Lucy was very excited to dress like a "cowgirl" until I made her wear a bonnet.

Then the lip came out.

But wasn't it worth it?

After several people told her they loved it, the lip went from a frown to upside down and she had a fantastic night. She never left my side, so she is in every picture I took.

But that is another story.

Strong to quite strong. Carry on men.

Asher thinks that the outhouse/hideout is hilarious.
More Lucy!
Take a look at all of the materials that are going on in this little girls outfit.

I love it.

And how much butt is getting sent out to the world.

J Lo: You are officially "on notice"
Lucy and Cruz Rockwell.

Total cutey.
Asher and Lucy are surveying the scene set before them in the Tableau.

It is really a sight to behold seeing all of this go into motion.
Lucy alas has fallen for yet another single program guy.

Ryan Eaton.

She is smitten.

She couldn't stop giggling at dinner.

*sigh*

What will we do with her?
I absolutely love this picture.

I know it is hard to tell what it is:

But Asher is trying to make the Non-Laughing Indian Summer Staff guy laugh at the Carnival by telling him his terrible knock knock jokes.

It was hilarious.

You had to be there. Just trust me.