First Wedding

I have been meaning to post things lately, but just haven't had the time to do it. Last Saturday the girls got to see a wedding for the first time in their lives. Thanks to our friends Darlene Grady and Matt Wilkinson for getting married at a perfect time for the girls to get to see their first wedding and for us to get our 'first date out'. There were many people at a wedding which took place in a small church in Cottage Grove. I sat with Yesica and Sucena and they wanted to see everything up close. Unfortunately, as it is with getting four girls ready to go out, we got there at the nick of time and did not get a good seat. I took Yesica to the back of the church while everyone was sitting down she could see the exchange of the rings and lifted Sucena to see some parts too. She was mostly disappointed that she did not get to see the kiss. So at the end of the ceremony as friends were saying hello and before the couple started taking pictures I asked them to kiss in front of Sucena so she could see them. She was quite happy about that. ( I will add pictures later, I promise). We took the girls home gave them something to eat and then our babysitter Iris Leske came at around 5:30. I was going to make rice and beans, but I did not have beans so I made lentils, which the girls loved (except Sucena of course). We left to go to the reception and we had an OK time. We were hoping to get some dancing in, but the music was just not appropriate for that. However it was nice to reconnect with old friends from Sun Prairie area. Many have now children and so the outings become few and far in between compared to when they did not have kids. Plus I (Mercedes) do not work in the schools anymore so we don't get invited to as many outings as we used to. It was still nice to get a night out. It felt a little strange in the car and on the way back too. The girls were great with Iris who was very impressed. They were in bed by the time we got back at 10:30. What more could you ask for! We hope the next time she babysits will be as nice.

The week has come and gone. Yesica and Sucena continue to attend the summer program at Sauk Trail. They had a couple of adventures including going to Old World Wisconsin today even though it was raining. They have made a new friend who we hope will come to the Middleton pool with us on Sunday. I think it is important they make friends. Living so far away from Middleton makes it even harder. However, we have taken our house off the market for now and don't know when we will put it back again. The market in Sun Prairie is awful we had no offers and very little interest in almost 9 months that it was for sale. So.. we are putting some things back in the house, such as family pictures, that we had taken out, to make it homier for the girls. It won't have as much appeal but we want our house to look more like home for them. We appreciate any prayers regarding our home situation. We are making due with our space (also thanks to our storage unit), but it can get a little cramped at times, and winter will be coming sooner than we might expect. We take the girls out a lot, to the park, to the pool etc. We have been having a fun time around here. There are many things that still need to be done, and we are looking forward to that as long as it does not continue to rain.

--MM