LET THE PLANNING BEGIN!!

Peter asked Kristin to marry him...and we couldn't be happier!! Yeah! On October 2, after the PROPOSAL and a nice day together, the two love birds came back to our house for a little celebration. (Unfortunately, Peter's parents were out of town, so it was just the Mork clan.) Everyone was so excited when they came in! Hugs all around. The excited couple sat down and told us about their day and their plans. The cake and the phone calls came later!

We decided to have another more private celebration yesterday with only the parents. How fun to spend time with each other! Kristin is blessed to be marrying an incredible man. I would describe him as...TRUE BLUE! She is also blessed to be joining a wonderful family. And WE are thrilled to be adding another amazing son-in-law to our family! Welcome, Peter!!! Current Mork tally - 5 boys, 5 girls! The boys are finally catching up! Who woulda thoughtt!!!!?? Congratulations Pete and Kristin!!

The date has been set for July 9th. Let the planning begin!!

THE END OF A CHAPTER

It is the end of the fall sports season. For us, that means no more tennis, football, swimming and cross country. Tennis and football are two new sports to our family, but we have been doing cross country for a few years and swimming for even longer. (Eleven years to be exact!). Last Tuesday was our last CI Bluejacket swim meet. Weird!!! It was not only Steph's last regular meet, it was the end of a chapter for our family. In 1999, Lindsay started swimming. We never imagined that we would have such a long run with girls swimming. I didn't really think about it until someone asked how it felt... Then, as I sat there, I started thinking of all the swimming memories, both good and bad throughout the years. It has been a character builder for our three oldest daughters and it has been a connecter for our family. Steph has the section meet coming up next week, but for all practical purposes, our days of girls swimming is over. Thanks to Lindsay, Kristin and Steph for choosing swimming. It has been a wonderful chapter in our lives!

Saturday was Kristin's last MIAC cross country race. It was the last race that we will watch her run in. We have SO MUCH fun trying to chase the runners around the golf course! It was bittersweet knowing that it was our last time! Kristin worked so hard and finished in the top 20!! Amazing! Good job, Kristin! We couldn't be more proud!