And There Goes September...

I am so grateful for my pictures.  As the weeks fly by in a blur of work, sports and school I tend to get caught up in the business of life and go to bed feeling somewhat overwhelmed and exhausted.  Then I take some time to scroll through all our pictures from the last few weeks and I see how blessed and rich my life is.  Without my pictures I may have already forgotten...

helping Mom and Dad move to their new house...

Ready to load up!

Mom finishes up the kitchen

Dad works on the office

...or I may not have remembered the super fun night we had at the Brown with the Yates, Shepherds and Higgins at the James Beard Foundation 7 course dinner (with wine pairings!).  Lots of delicious food (don't ask Lawrence about the diced ahi tuna with pickled watermelon)...

Fun group!

...I might not remember that we had to get up really, really, REALLY early the next day for the CAL Classic field hockey tournament...

Sarah takes a shot on goal

... and then head to John's game to watch CAL take on the East End Warriors (a brutal game, made a bit better by fans Rich, Lori, Tanner and Badoo coming to cheer them on!)...

Man, these kids are BIG

... and I want to remember what a great time we had at Wicked, especially going with Nana, who is the ultimate Wizard of Oz lover...

Feeling wicked!

Without my pictures I may not remember seeing Lawrence go down after Sarah's game on Friday night and congratulating her on her three goals she scored.  He doesn't get to make it to a lot of her games because of football, but he was there for a good one, and I know she loved that hug...

Proud Daddy

...and a Happy Girl

... and I wouldn't want to forget their team winning their tournament the next day...

...or racing to the Carrie Underwood concert that night with Claire and Shannon (thank you for wonderful birthday gift!).

Fun night out!

My pictures allow me to taste life twice, and savor the memory of good days that are going by too fast.  I think of our sweet friend Marie Garmon, who lost her life in a car accident a few weeks ago, and as I look at my pictures I realize there is something worth remembering every single day...not just the big events, but the little in between stuff...cooking dinner, running errands, dashing to and from practices and games, going to work...it's all wonderful and all worth savoring, every single bit.