All Dolled Up - First Lady Style

While I was in Ohio and staying with Mike & Barb, we went to go see a traveling exhibit called "First Lady Style: White House Gowns" - a display of all of the first lady gowns. It was located at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center (see yesterday's post) and it was the last weekend before it moves on to the next city!

It was a really neat display, but Barb and I were thinking "Man, these dresses look TINY! From the pictures of the first ladies next to each dress, there's just no way she fit in this thing!" Well, come to find out, all of the dresses are 'reproductions of the original' and were 'tailored to fit a model's size'. Whew!! That made me feel better.

However, there were 5 dresses that were original and actually worn by the first ladies. Here are 4 of them:

LAURA BUSH
BETTY FORD
NANCY REAGAN
BARBARA BUSH

Understandably, Mike wasn't so keen on the dresses exhibit, so he stayed home - he was busy grilling up lunch by the pool! He is such a great guy and took care of us!!

Here's Barb getting ready to jump in the pool for the afternoon:

And Mike, relaxing in the pool after being a stellar grillmaster for lunch!

It was an absolutely gorgeous day - I'm so lucky to have friends like Mike & Barb and for the weather to have cooperated so well during my visit!