Long time coming

There really is no excuse for last posting in April. Yes, I know that's 4 months ago. In fact so much has happened, that I would have really liked to post about; and I did write about 5 posts and saved them with the intention of just adding a few pictures and it never seemed to happen. So...this will be long but the shortened version in one post and it will catch us up to speed and hopefully inspire me to do better. Hopefully. 

    Wedding...I think that was first. No, not mine silly. My great friend Kristina got married to my other friend Greg. I was the Matron of Honor and Kristina and I practically did the whole thing with our own bare hands. Not the actual marrying, of course. Just all the decorating and festivity planning. It was tons of fun. The girls were flower girls for the first time and they did so great! Once again long overdue, but Congrats Greg and Kristina Antonoplos!!

    Easter was next. This was the day after the big wedding and we had attended a wedding Friday night too, so our weekend was action packed. We decided that we wanted simpler plans this year to celebrate Easter. We joined our pastor's family and a few other young families at Dorothy B Oven Park and had a picnic and Easter egg hunt for the kids. They had a blast and it was simple. Thanks for the great idea Lehman family.

   Next up...road trip to Charlotte. We headed to the Tar Heel State for Leah's graduation. Meredith joined us for the first half of our trip and we made a stop at the Atlanta Airport to send her off on her African adventure. The trip was interesting to say the least. A bit chaotic but we all survived in one piece. I think. On to Charlotte where Leah was graduating Saturday from UNCC with her Master's in Math. She did it! We are so proud of her! Leah had a variety of fun things planned for us to do. We went to a children's museum, took family pictures, and celebrated...lots.

   Vacation. Such a sweet word, isn't it? For the second year in a row, some dear friends have been kind enough to let us use their beach condo on New Smyrna Beach. It was the condo I grew up going to my entire childhood and some of my greatest memories come from there. As it turns out, the girls really love it too! So we headed back this year, and had a wonderful week of fun in the sun and relaxation. Our sweet friends Trey and Katrina and their son Ian, joined us for a few days and fun was had by all.

   We have also made a return trip to Wild Adventures, had swim lessons, and done lots of other activities this summer, which if I wrote about would make this post entirely too long (kind of like this sentence). So I will leave you with pictures. Which we both know is what you really want to see anyway.

    In a few weeks the girls will start Florida VPK. Our schedules will shift once more but I think it will be a neat chapter in our lives. My friend Kristina and I have decided to do a bit of job sharing, if you will. I will work 3 twelve hour shift a week and she will work 2 and the days we are off we will keep each other's children before and after VPK. Not only will we see more of our kids, but we will save tons of money to boot! I am really looking forward to this starting up.

   Enough is enough, you say? Okay. Bring on the pictures.

Maddie hangin' out at the beach condo.

Zoe playing in the sand.

Sistahs

Zoe and Daddy swimming at the beach.

Zoe, Christian, and Maddie at the wedding.

Ian and Zoe playing in the waves on vacation.

Maddie, Kristina, and Zoe

Ian and Zoe

Elijah, Maddie, and Zoe at the Easter picnic.

Just swingin'.

Zoe and "her" (Meredith's) cat.

Maddie and "her" (Meredith's) cat.

Zoe playing in Charlotte.

The coolest place in Charlotte.

Maddie in Nascar country.

Maddie "shopping" in Charlotte.

Zoe at Discovery Place in Charlotte.

Master Hollingsworth

    Told you it'd be long.