Saturday, May 19, 2012

summer is almost here!

and we have been practicing!
elias' last week of school is next week, and ada finishes up in about three.
we are all so excited.
and i might be a wee bit terrified.
months, alone, with all three of my offspring.

patience.
and LOTS of time outside!
especially if they look like this.






Tuesday, May 8, 2012

a wedding on kiawah.

we just got back from my sister, melissa's big day!  
we had a blast!
my parents rented a spectacular home across the street from the beach on kiawah island.
it was incredible.
all of it!
the house, the wedding, the parties, my family.
my eyes were tearing up when we had to leave (probably because everyone else was staying!)
melissa was such a gorgeous bride.
stunning.
i was a bridesmaid, ada, a flower girl, and elias, the ring bearer.
it was a family event.

and kiawah, i love you.
and your hermit crabs, starfish,
washed up horseshoe crabs, and variety of jellyfish.
my kids were sooo entertained by wildlife, i barely had to build a castle.


 hard at work

my perfect nephew.

crab legs!



little hermit crabs.


my grandmother, honey, even got in on the fun!

"surfing"

baby crabs




starfish



a private pool in your backyard cannot be overrated, especially if you don't have to clean it!


 wild!

hanna loved it!


this is her annoyed face.  i see it often.


















elias started to lose it.  then he found my camera and was very entertained.



he focused mainly on boobs.


and all the way home, he looked like this!

some delayed busy-ness.

i don't know exactly where time goes.  i mean, i see the lines on my face, and the mess in my house, but that is about all i have to show for it.  oh, and three happy kids!  
all these photos are old.
as in several weeks old.
but we should mark it in history, right?

reza celebrated his 36th birthday.
awesome, right?

if you give a kid a marker, she may color her entire body.
you should have seen her hands.
oh, and i knew she was doing it but she was so content, i didn't stop her.


if you take a kid on a long bike ride, you may look back and find this.


and we played soccer this spring.
we only made it to a few games.
but they practiced twice a week!
it was wildly disorganized, but elias loved it.
ada, well, she liked practice enough.



hanna loved eating snacks the entire duration of the practices and games.
ada played too, but i have no pictures.
oops!