My Heart Is Full

I have so much to blog about. To share. To express. But here's the most recent thing in my heart. I love these women. I love that we've known each other for so long and that we care for and love each other deeply. 

Last night was the reading for Scarlet. It was incredible. Blew my mind. Michelle is probably the most talented person I have ever known. To write the script and 22 songs for a musical is just amazing. 

We stayed in a hotel last night and went to a pancake house at 2 am. We went to bed at 4:00. We all decided we are getting too old for this. But I'm sure it won't stop us from doing it again!  We all woke up at 7:30 wide awake but tired so we immediately headed out for McDonalds to get Diet Cokes. Hilarious. 

It was 36 hours filled with talking, laughter and caffeine. 

Who could ask for anything more?

Last Day

Tomorrow is Makenzie's last day of high school. It's so weird. I seriously can't believe it. Where has the time gone? It feels like she was just sitting there in Mr. Baileys 4th grade class. 

I sure love this oldest girl of mine. I'm excited to see what this next chapter in her life will bring. 

Keep On Trackin

Emma can run. Who knew? We certainly didn't before track started. She's a freshman and made the varsity team. She competed in 4 events this season, long jump, triple jump, 200 meter and 4x100 relay. She had never done any of these events before the track season started and ended up doing really well in all four. We are super proud of how hard she worked.

Beginnings and Endings

Last night was the first of several events marking the end or beginning. Depends on how you look at it. The end of Makenzies childhood years. The beginning of the rest of her life.

Is she prepared? I hope so.

Is she ready? I know she thinks so.

And I hope so.

There is this blog I read and when thus writers daughter graduated her blog was filled with all sorts of things she had done for her.
A personalized cookbook with all her favorite recipes.
An over the top awesome graduation party.
A graduation trip to Europe
Adorable thank you gifts for teachers.

And I thought....I'm going to do that.

And I've done NONE of it. And now as I'm in the midst of things I've decided that she must be a superhero with some kind of magical powers. I can barely remember to keep putting money in my children's lunch accounts through the end of the year.

But even though there is no big party or cookbook or thank you gifts I am soooo hoping she knows I care. I hope she knows that this is a big deal. And I love her.

And I will miss her. A lot.

So on we go this week and next with more of our endings/beginnings.