DEButante ball!

First of all, thanks to my parents for naming me Deb, because when your name is Deb and you have really fun friends and you have to leave them, they will throw you a DEButante Ball! Abbie and Leslie were the gracious hostesses, and Whitney and Tamara helped out too.

Second, I'm so glad that amidst all the stress of moving, finishing school and twin-momming, I've been able to pack in some really good fun these past few weeks. Jared is so great for sacrificing to make it happen.

Third, back to the Debutante Ball! Half the fun is the anticipation, right? Here were the picture texts flying around as we made our hats in the days before the ball.

Leslie went first and set the bar SO HIGH! Just look at this hat!

Abbie responds with the most humongous bow that ever sat on a hat.

Mine wasn't nearly as flamboyant but I was still pretty happy with my sudden burst of craftiness.

My crafty mess. Laptop displaying the paper flower tutorial,

phone playing Vampire Weekend pandora station.

The party was so fun and fancy. We wore royal wedding or Kentucky derby inspired hats and frilly dresses, nibbled on fine delicacies, bragged about where we would summer and complained about the help. (But because we are also true New York women at heart, we did break character for just a moment to dance to Sisqo.)

Miss Whitney

Miss Leslie

Miss Tamara

Miss Abbie

Miss Abbie & Miss Jess

Miss Debutante

Peanut butter cupcakes in a D! Someone knows me well.

Leslie's lovely butterfly nest.

Miss Ashley

Miss Jen

Secrets, secrets

It got way too late but our hats wouldn't let us go home. They wanted to be seen by as many people as possible so they took a few of us on a quick trip down to Times Square.

This random guy on the subway wanted a picture with us.

The girls were sooo uncomfortable, haha. :)

Making news in Ghana

A trend has emerged with these ladies: Every thing we do becomes the new funnest thing we've ever done. They are insanely fun, sweet, and good girls and I love them and am kidnapping them and taking them to California. Husbands and children are welcome to follow.

PS Abbie took a thousand more pictures and I'm totally going to steal them if/when she blogs about it.