Evan Update

OK, I finally got the pictures to upload.  They are totally in the wrong order but I don't want to mess with it and screw it up again.  Since I put these pictures together there is a ton more to update.  So this update is out of date.  Ryan is next.

January 2011

 Evan turned FIVE in March.  He loves his birthday and opening presents.

 Halloween 2010

 May 2011

 January 2011  Rare opportunity to play in the snow.

 Preschool graduation, May 2011.  Evan with his teachers, Mrs. Laura and Mrs. Christina.  He loved preschool and his teachers were great.  Ryan went to the same preschool and next year Chloe will go there as well.

 Evan played T-ball for the first time this year and he love it.  He is quite the athlete.  John helped coach his team.

Long time, no blog

It's been so long since I have blogged, my kids have aged to the point of growing facial hair. Scary and cute at the same time. I have had some technical difficulties. Blogger hasn't let me upload the pictures I had for my Evan update. I guess I'll have to get over it. We have been super busy this fall with football and soccer, but mostly football. John coached, Ryan played and it was almost every day of the week. Now we have moved on to basketball. The kids love it so it is worth all the taxi driving to practices and games.

Chloe Update

So, I am terrible at blogging.  In an effort to document what we have been up to I thought I would give an update on each of the kids.  It will be majorly condensed, but then I will feel like I can move on.

Miss Chloe

 Picture taken January 2011

 Had a birthday and turned 3.  She is growing up so fast.

 Enjoyed hunting for eggs.

 She took a tumbling/gymnastics class.  She loved every minute of it and really got into it.  She would ask all week long when her tumbling class was and is still asking me when she gets to go again.

Decided she likes to swim, as long as she has a tube or her daddy's shoulders to hang onto.  Is so excited to take swimming lessons in a couple of weeks.

Baseball season.

Ryan pitching against a Keizer team last night.

He did really well.  Ryan normally plays shortstop and 2nd base(where he is a total star).  Ryan has done so well in the field this year.  He has had some awesome plays.  He pitches every now and then and he did an awesome job last night.  Ryan is in JBO this year, which is a competitive league.  They have games every Tuesday and Thursday, then they have tournaments on the weekend.  The team can enter as many or as few tournaments as they want.  We have only done one so far.  It makes for a lot of games in a week.  The week we had the tournament they played six games and then three games the next week.  In between the games there is practice and batting practice.  It is every night of the week.  Evan is also playing Tball and John is assistant coaching both teams.

Stealing home.

New Arrival

Meet Norman, our new arrival.
Isn't he the cutest thing ever?  How can you not love those big brown eyes and long lashes?

That is, until he grows into one of these.  They are a little scary.  Especially the big bull.  You don't want to get too close to him.

Chloe totally loves Norman.  She was squealing with delight to be around him and pet him.

Ryan trying to feed him.  He actually isn't doing very well.  He is very weak and won't eat.  They actually had to tube him to get something in him to try and build up his strength.  I guess today he was doing better but the bull keeps knocking him over and he just isn't getting up and doing well.  He still hasn't eaten from his mom.  We are just hoping he makes it.

Happy Birthday!



My handsome husband and his ginormous cake I made him.




Unfortunately I didn't have enough candles.  I will have to be better prepared next year.




The Blackberry Raspberry Truffle Cake.  Sounds better than it tasted.  It was ok, but definately not worth all the work it took, but John is worth it.  I love you babe and hope you had an awesome day.



Christmases Past

I am so excited for Christmas this year.  I have been busy trying to decorate our house while trying to collect decorations for the homeless shelter.  Our youth went to the shelter last night and decked the place out.  I am so glad it is over so I can concentrate on finishing up our decorations.  I love Christmas and want to make lots of memories with my kiddies this year. 

We are starting off the season this evening with a holiday band concert.  Ryan's first playing the trumpet.  Should be interesting.

I was going through old pictures on the computer and thought it would be fun to show some of my favorite pics for Christmases past.

 Awesome!  This one cracks me up.  Chloe was so not wanting to sit on Santa's lap.

How time flies.