Meggie's Semi-Formal

Meggie had a great time with her friends at her first semi-formal dance. To start the day she got out of school early to get her hair done then headed into town to her friend Milly's where some of the older girls came and helped them out with makeup. Dugald and I were invited to Milly's for the pre-dance drinks and we got to see a lot of the girls all dressed up and meet their dates and some of the other parents, it was lovely. John Marsh was there with his camera and got some great photos, but there was also a photographer at the dance, so this post is very photo laden. Enjoy!

Pre-dance photos at Milly's:

The group that went together- minus Katie Reed who was still playing hockey at this point.

Meggie, Sariya and Lucy

Meggie and her date Jack.

Harriett, Caroline and Meggie

At the dance:

The boys

The whole group - with Katie

Grace, Meggie, Katie and Sophie

Meggie and Bria

Meggie and Milly

Meggie and Brianna

Meggie and Hannah

The gang

The Winter Project girls - thus the shivering pose.

Meggie and Laura

August 2015

Just some photos to finish out the month - Meggie had numerous achievements this month, we are very proud!!

Cutest Cub in town.

Josie and her sassy friends at school - Rosa and Amy.

Ellie and Anise doing "homework" . . . I'm not so sure.

Ellie's last hockey game of the season - they had a great win.

With her team and coaches.

Meggie and her choral group Altissime made it to the National Finals in the choral competition - they were thrilled to be awarded a silver.
L-R Rose, Harriett, Meggie, Sarsha, Dawn

Below are the professional videos of all five songs the girls performed.

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Meggie also entered the Wellington Secondary Schools German Competition at Victoria University and got second place - we are so proud of her.

Meggie and her team headed up a project called "100 Warm Wellingtonians" - see article below. 

And they won!! 

Finally at the end of the month life slowed down enough for her to study for getting her Learners License. 

Meggie's Sweet 16 Birthday Brunch

Meggie wanted to have friends over for brunch to celebrate turning 16, and she wanted to do most of the planning and organizing herself. She spent hours online on Pinterest getting ideas and almost as much time trying to come up with a guest list. In the end it was a beautiful day and her friends were lovely - and we can't believe we have a 16-year-old!!

The yogurt parfait bar.

"Guess the Baby" game. I had to turn the pictures black and white so it wasn't as easy to guess the red-heads.

The girls gave Meggie the cash she needed to go skydiving when we are in Queenstown in January.

We had a trivia game after eating, the girls divided into two teams. I honestly can't remember who won, but I think it was this team.

The birthday cinnamon roll.