After church we headed to a nearby park for the bi-annual church picnic which is always a super special time. As soon as we arrived, Diego took off with his buddies and we only saw him for about 15 minutes while we tried to force him to eat, but he wanted to get back to the fun with his friends. Alexia wandered around the park, visiting people, jumping in on a Frisbee game, asking people to push her on the swing...she was very independent and happy to wander around as a social butterfly. Marco also visited a few different friends and was happy to be passed around. We left the park around 3:15pm. It was too late to have naps so we decided to continue enjoying the incredible day and we headed to Piedmont Park (after a quick coffee and pastry stop on the way there). The day was just glorious. We threw the blanket down and soaked in the goodness of the afternoon. I felt so blessed to be sitting on the blanket, enjoying the happiness of my family and praising God for his goodness. Of course Ricardo and Diego spent most of the time playing soccer and Alexia was back and forth, from playing in the grass to rolling around on the blanket with Marco and I. She was super tired so had some tantrums, but held it together fairly well. She gets really sensitive when she is tired so just a little bit of water that drips down the front of her shirt can cause her to throw herself to the ground, kicking and screaming. She is pretty good about responding to our command of controlling herself and calming down, but can get herself worked up pretty fast. So anyways, we really enjoyed almost 2 hours of just hanging out and having fun and decided it wasn't quite time to go inside yet, so we thought a picnic dinner should be next. We picked up pizza at Mellow Mushroom and went straight from the garage to the backyard and ate pizza out of the box, on the same tan blanket that cushioned us at the church picnic and at Piedmont park. After dinner we went straight upstairs and all the kids were in bed by 7:15, worn out from a wonderful day.
Helen and her sisters graciously kept Marco for us so we could enjoy our lunch. He was happy with all the attention!
There was a great turnout at the picnic. This is just a small part of the large group that was there.
Alexia wanted to jump into this game of Frisbee and went right up to Stefan (and had never met him before) to ask if she could join them.
Unfortunately, those are the only pictures I took at the picnic. On to Piedmont...
I love this picture of me surrounded by my children. It simply warms my heart.
Marco can sit up for longer periods, as long as he is on a soft surface. I have to share the wonders of this baby. He went down for a nap around 9:30 this morning and was still asleep when it was time to leave for church so we woke him up to put him in his car seat. He played in the nursery all through church and then fell asleep on our way to the picnic, but then woke up soon after we arrived. He was awake the whole time we were there and then fell asleep again on our way to Piedmont Park. He woke up before we even set out the blanket and didn't fall asleep again until we were driving to Mellow Mushroom. No tears. No meltdowns. Can you say SUPER BABY!!!!
Ricardo and Diego having a blast playing soccer.
Alexia rolling down the hill
Daddy and daughter, crazy about each other. Alexia likes to tell Ricardo that he is "brilliant" and that he is her best friend.
Diego took this picture and I love it!
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Wow, I LOVE the pictures!! We had fun with Marco at the picnic and with all of you on Saturday night!!
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