where did the time go...

Team Pepsi has begun their softball season and players #6 and #7 are loving their purple uniforms!

As Margo has been watching softball games since she was in a baby carrier, she understands the game.  Mekdes, as one would guess, has no idea how the game works and this makes for a humorous dynamic between player #6 and #7.  You will often hear Margo yelling at Mekdes to "RUN" or "PAY ATTENTION".  Mekdes' main concern is what the treat is after the game.  The whole concession stand thing is like a dream come true for Mekdes.  A small hut that is full of sugar treats....what a marvelous invention!

The older girls are looking forward to school being out and there are lots of end of the year activities going on the complicate our schedule exponentially!  It is hard to believe that Anna will be in high school next year and Kate is starting middle school...where did the time go?  

This picture before a big soccer game seems like it was just yesterday!  They were so sweet then, without adolescent attitude and drama....oh how I miss that innocence!  

Here are my lovely ladies now.  Kate just had an end of the year orchestra concert--she plays a mean violin!  And Emme and Anna had their year end choir concert.  I love that all our girls enjoy music and they all have a real talent for it.  My mom was always singing, playing the piano and guitar when we were growing up.  I do not have the musical gene, so I am thrilled that my girls seem to have picked up on my mom's talent!  

big water....garose

Sanibel Island was lovely!  

The weather could not have been more perfect for a beach wedding and we enjoyed all the festivities surrounding the Fitzgerald/Geary union.  As one might expect, the pool was a HUGE hit with Margo and Mekdes.  Neither girl is a strong swimmer, so I have vests on them whenever they were in the water.  Mekdes would have been in that pool 24/7 if I would have let her.  She was like a beautiful Ethiopian bobber floating around in that pool!  The ocean, however, was a different story.  In Mekdes' words, "BIG WATER GAROSE!".   (We have started creating our own Mekdes vocabulary.  Several one syllable words have now become two.  For example gross=garose. ) She did not enjoy the salty taste of the water nor did she find the sand particularly pleasant.  Something she did find pleasant was the "swing bed"--better known as a hammock.  Between the pool and the hammock, Mekdes was in heaven.  Margo found her heaven at the reception as she transformed into a dancing queen  as soon as the music began to boom from the dj's speakers!  For four hours straight Margo displayed her dancing prowess and taught the rest of us a move or two.  She would sing the words to every lyric while perfectly displaying the latest dance routine.  Suffice it to say that Margo was the HIT of the reception and the chant "GO MARGO, GO MARGO..." could be heard repeatedly through out the evening.  On Sunday as we made our way to the pool, she had to wear large sunglasses and a floppy hat with the hope  of going unrecognized and having a quiet moment without the paparazzi spotting her--ha!  She refused all requests for autographs until she was able get a slushy at the bar and a dip in the pool.

Amy looked stunning and was the picture perfect beach bride.  The Fitzgerald family was delightful and I have my application in to be the 6th Fitzgerald sister!  It is under review as we speak and I am told I will be notified by the end of the month.  My girls looked beautiful and my husband looked so handsome.  I cherish this photo I took on the way to meet the photographer before the ceremony.  How did I get so lucky?!