Dancing Down Memory Lane

The last week of my life has been nostalgic, joyful, wonderful, amazing....  Despite leaving me utterly exhausted, it has been a week to remember.  Last Thursday Hilary flew in for a High School Girls' Weekend.  Being the awesome aunt that she is, she of course found some quality time to hang with the kiddos.

The next day 10, yes I said TEN of our closest friends from high school arrived for two and a half days of girl time.  There aren't even words to describe how much fun we had.  Talking, eating, shopping, talking, talking talking!  My favorite part was a game we played Saturday night.  Everyone submitted questions, and everyone had to answer each question.  It was fascinating to hear everyone's biggest regret, proudest moment, secret to happiness, hopes and dreams.  The game took hours, and I loved every minute of it.

 My amazing husband and mom took my kids to a hotel so that all of us girls could stay together at my house.  Am I spoiled or what?! 

Tonight my girls had their first ballet recital.  They have been very excited about it, but I still worried that it would cause Bronwyn too much anxiety, and that she would end up not dancing.  There were moments throughout the day that I thought she was heading in that direction, but when she got to the recital and saw all the other dancers she was very eager to get up there and dance.  And of course, Magdalen the performer was giddy all day!  They both danced beautifully, and I was so proud of them!  I had my first dance recital right after I finished kindergarten, and it was ballet as well.  If only I was motivated to find that picture, scan it, and post it for your visual enjoyment...  You will have to settle for pics of my little ballerinas!

What we've been up to.

It has been a month since I last posted!  Don't you hate when you get so behind on your blog?  We have had so much going on, I can barely keep up.  Here is a wrap up...

First of all, we spent a week dealing with the stomach flu.  It. Was. Horrible.

Here's Ty, covered in puke, at about midnight.  Gotta love when you walk upstairs to go to bed, and you find a kid sleeping in a pile of vomit.  

Overall the weather has been pretty crappy.  But we managed to find some sunshine and head outdoors.

And when it was just too cold, we entertained ourselves with a day of dress up and make believe.

I was totally spoiled this Mother's Day with a visit from my mom, flowers from the girls, and a new laptop from Todd (along with a day of productivity!). 

I LOVE being a mom. Sure, I complain and get overwhelmed.  But I really am enjoying this stage of my life so much.  My kids crack me up and give my life so much joy and meaning.  Now that the girls are older, I really feel like they are also my friends.  I love going on field trips, and carpooling to ballet class.  I love watching them grow and develop. Isn't it amazing that out of all the moms in the world, most of us feel like the luckiest mom in the world?  

Here I am opening up my laptop.  Small and portable.  Now I have no excuse, I must be productive!

The two most important moms in my life!  Thanks for raising such great kids.   :)

Now for the real reason why I haven't had time to update my blog... (I wonder if anyone will actually read this entire post....)  We have been starting our own business!  More details to come in another post, when there is more to announce.  But it has been of dream of ours for a long time, and it's finally happening!