Keeping up with the Joneses: Catching up

OK - so instead of trying to do a post for everything I've missed lately, I figured I'd just throw it all together in the same pot. Whew...it's really been bugging me that I haven't posted anything in a while. Since the girls arrived, and even more since I bought my new camera, I feel like my life is based on pictures! When I look back at the past two years of Madelyn's life, I remember things by the pictures and videos I took. And let me say that there are 5,000 pictures on our computer of (mostly) Madelyn and Emily. Emily's numbers will quickly catch up to her big sisters! I've been going through and deleting some and backing them all up...I don't know if I could live without having all these treasured photos!

Alright so here it goes...catching up --

I went up to Stafford two weekends ago for my high school field hockey reunion. It's usually the "originals" that all show up - the girls who graduated in the 80's, I feel good saying I'm NOT an original! :) But a little sad that I was the only one from my class to show up. With the girls in tow - we didn't stay long unfortunately, Miss Crabby Pants was in full swing that day.

The main reason I wanted to be there was to honor our former hockey coach, Carol Lysher - she's been battling cancer and has come a long way the past few years. She coached my sister and I - and I've looked up to her since I was a little girl watching my sister play. She's such a role model for ladies of all ages, such a caring, generous person. They dedicated the hockey field to her and named it after her - "Carol F Lysher". She was surprised and elated, it was an emotional time.

It was a great weekend spent with family as well - wish Ben was with me, but he stayed home to work on the Firebird...which is SOOOO close to being completed! I stayed at my Mom's place and my Dad came over lots to visit - we went out to eat with my parents, brother and nephew Saturday night and spent a while at my Dad's house Sunday. It was a busy weekend, but it was great to be with everyone. My sister even came up Sunday...it was great. These moments when we're all together happen about 2 times a year, so I cherish them. I have to say that I am so thankful my divorced parents get along - I think they are better friends now than when they were married, strange how things work!