bits of the weekend

lovely piles of treasures waiting to be packed.

a quiet conversation before the chaos of dinner with 9 adults and 9 kids

waiting on dad to get home to cheer in the first game of the year

this weekend was full of stuff to do yet had the perfect amount of quiet.

we finished packing, made several shopping trips, visited with family and friends,
and enjoyed an overload of football.  but it's always the moments in between
that are the best to me and that seem to stay in my memory as well as the ones
i tend to capture with my camera.

on friday evening between a shoe shopping trip and waiting for the high school football
game to start we picked up a pizza and had a picnic in the car. we listened to the girls talk about what
their version of a successful friday night was and their expectations for the evening. it is always so
touching to hear their take on the world.

watching the happy anticipation of an 8yr old building while waiting to cheer in front of the crowd
at a pee wee football game reminded me to channel the same happy outlook while anticipating this move.

a late night dinner with david followed by a peaceful trip to the grocery store and a very late night pot of coffee to get us through the rest of the boxes while blaring our favorite tunes was just what we needed to finish packing.

sunday was a rush of shopping, errands, a high school reunion meeting, and dinner with family at a favorite mexican restaurant, but it was the conversations in the car that followed that stick out in my memory.

a perfect weekend.