Evie's school celebrated Veteran's Day with a ceremony. We invited Grandpa to take part! You can see him on stage in this video of Evie and her schoolmates singing so beautifully.
Thanks to all of our Veterans!
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Showing posts with label holidays. Show all posts
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Happy Veteran's Day
Evie's school celebrated Veteran's Day with a ceremony. We invited Grandpa to take part! You can see him on stage in this video of Evie and her schoolmates singing so beautifully.
Thanks to all of our Veterans!
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Happy Halloween! 2010!
Happy Halloween friends and family!
This was Evan's first year going out to trick or treat and he had a blast! He chased Evie up and down the streets and said everything he was supposed to during the process. So sweet! And Evie was excited to show her little brother the ropes, such a great big sis!
This was Evan's first year going out to trick or treat and he had a blast! He chased Evie up and down the streets and said everything he was supposed to during the process. So sweet! And Evie was excited to show her little brother the ropes, such a great big sis!
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Happy Birthday to Evan AGE 3
Our baby boy is now three years old!!
Evan had a lovely birthday weekend filled with friends and family!
We started out the weekend with a friends party at the indoor playground.. his guests were Mommy, Grandma Hoctor, Grandpa Hoctor, sissy Evie and her friend, Grace, Hope and her boys, Melissa and her boys and Mandi with her boys. Evan just LOVES Wow Wow Wubbzy this year so that was the theme. I found some cool edible images online that we used for Evan's cupcakes and for his cake.
Then Saturday (Evan's birthday), we went over to The Hoctor's for a family day!
The entire family was here to celebrate with us! (All but Angelique who is in Florida) The kids had a great time and Evie got to spend time with her cousin, Joel... something that she is always looking forward to.
And here some pics of the family!
The last two pics are of everyone, one was taken by Timm, the other by Theresa, (the reason one of each is absent from the pics)
Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa for hosting at the house and to Stephen, Katie, Brianne, Timm, Theresa, David, Lauren, Diana, Rick, Zadee, Joe, Evie and Joel for making Evan's day special!!
Evan had a lovely birthday weekend filled with friends and family!
We started out the weekend with a friends party at the indoor playground.. his guests were Mommy, Grandma Hoctor, Grandpa Hoctor, sissy Evie and her friend, Grace, Hope and her boys, Melissa and her boys and Mandi with her boys. Evan just LOVES Wow Wow Wubbzy this year so that was the theme. I found some cool edible images online that we used for Evan's cupcakes and for his cake.
Then Saturday (Evan's birthday), we went over to The Hoctor's for a family day!
The entire family was here to celebrate with us! (All but Angelique who is in Florida) The kids had a great time and Evie got to spend time with her cousin, Joel... something that she is always looking forward to.
And here some pics of the family!
The last two pics are of everyone, one was taken by Timm, the other by Theresa, (the reason one of each is absent from the pics)
Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa for hosting at the house and to Stephen, Katie, Brianne, Timm, Theresa, David, Lauren, Diana, Rick, Zadee, Joe, Evie and Joel for making Evan's day special!!
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Happy Fourth of July!
Hello all! What a wonderful day! We started the day off by having a nice breakfast at home together.. Daddy cooked and it was yummy. Then we went to the parade in Urbana. Sunny as can be with a warm breeze..
But right as the beginning of the parade was getting ready to start coming by us, the clouds came in and it downpoured!!! Sideways rain full blast! The kids thought it was a great time! It lasted about 10 minutes or so, we tried to take cover a little bit in an alley way where the rain wasn't so hard.. I found a nice spot under a tree. Evan used his bucket at the gutter drainspout to soak Daddy with more water! The rain didn't stop the parade from coming, though! The marching band played right by us as the rain was letting up and the sky was brightening again!
The parade lasted almost 2 hours and Evie says it was the longest and best parade she has ever been to! (I'm sure that she doesn't remember the awesome parades at Disney!) Evan enjoyed it as well but managed to plug his ears when he saw firetrucks come by. Smart boy!
The parade wiped the kids out! It was 3:30 before we got home and they both crashed until 5:30!
Then on to the fireworks!! Lake of the Woods in Mahomet does a big display every year, but you pay for parking and wait an enormous amount of time to get in and out of there.. so we go to the one down the street from them at Tincup RV Park.. pull right in, watch from the back seats of the van and a blanket on the ground, bring our own snacks, (this year it was Twizzlers and Popcorn), and when they were done, we pulled right out with no traffic! I'm telling ya, it's the way to go! Their display is somewhat smaller but magnificent nonetheless and there's something to be said for being with your family and not having a ton of other people around fighting for a spot to park or sit. Both kids REALLY enhoyed them this year! Evan kept saying, "This is awesome!" "This is fun!" "Pretty!" Joe, Evie and I were impressed with the adjectives Evan would use to describe the fireworks.
The fireworks at Tincup start and let out earlier than the Lake of the Woods display, so we got in the van and headed home where we saw a bunch of people sitting on the hill at the end of our street, so we joined them and could see and hear the rest of the action going on at Lake of the Woods from there! We got to watch BOTH displays and avoided crowds yet again this year! It's 11 pm and the fireworks in the neighborhood are still going strong.. but the kids conked out about a half hour ago.. everybody better be sleeping in tomorrow!!!
Happy Fourth of July!! Until next year.....
But right as the beginning of the parade was getting ready to start coming by us, the clouds came in and it downpoured!!! Sideways rain full blast! The kids thought it was a great time! It lasted about 10 minutes or so, we tried to take cover a little bit in an alley way where the rain wasn't so hard.. I found a nice spot under a tree. Evan used his bucket at the gutter drainspout to soak Daddy with more water! The rain didn't stop the parade from coming, though! The marching band played right by us as the rain was letting up and the sky was brightening again!
The parade lasted almost 2 hours and Evie says it was the longest and best parade she has ever been to! (I'm sure that she doesn't remember the awesome parades at Disney!) Evan enjoyed it as well but managed to plug his ears when he saw firetrucks come by. Smart boy!
The parade wiped the kids out! It was 3:30 before we got home and they both crashed until 5:30!
Then on to the fireworks!! Lake of the Woods in Mahomet does a big display every year, but you pay for parking and wait an enormous amount of time to get in and out of there.. so we go to the one down the street from them at Tincup RV Park.. pull right in, watch from the back seats of the van and a blanket on the ground, bring our own snacks, (this year it was Twizzlers and Popcorn), and when they were done, we pulled right out with no traffic! I'm telling ya, it's the way to go! Their display is somewhat smaller but magnificent nonetheless and there's something to be said for being with your family and not having a ton of other people around fighting for a spot to park or sit. Both kids REALLY enhoyed them this year! Evan kept saying, "This is awesome!" "This is fun!" "Pretty!" Joe, Evie and I were impressed with the adjectives Evan would use to describe the fireworks.
The fireworks at Tincup start and let out earlier than the Lake of the Woods display, so we got in the van and headed home where we saw a bunch of people sitting on the hill at the end of our street, so we joined them and could see and hear the rest of the action going on at Lake of the Woods from there! We got to watch BOTH displays and avoided crowds yet again this year! It's 11 pm and the fireworks in the neighborhood are still going strong.. but the kids conked out about a half hour ago.. everybody better be sleeping in tomorrow!!!
Happy Fourth of July!! Until next year.....
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Happy 7th Birthday, Evie!
What a fun day!
Evie had her 7th birthday party today and it was a "fashionable" event.
We had lunch complete with champagne glasses filled with fruity punch, dancing to some of their favorite songs.. (see below for video), they designed their own flip flops that turned out beautiful, played a game called, "Pass the purse" where there were gifts for everyone, and got fashion makeovers! Makeup and hair was provided by myself, my friends Jessica and Hope plus my sister in law Katie. The girls left with cute purses filled with accessories.
A good time was had by ALL! Even Joe got a major kick out of it.. and the girls were AWESOME! Evie's got some fashionable, cool friends!
Hope took a massive amount of pictures for me, as always.. I'll post my faves!!!
Enjoy the video of the girls doing the "Cha Cha Slide" and the pics!
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Easter 2010
Happy Easter 2010!
We had a lovely Easter at home this year. We woke up to find that our colored eggs were hidden around the house and baskets were left by the Easter Bunny. The kids played with thier new toys and hunted throughout the living room for eggs. This was the first year that Evan really understood what putting eggs in a basket were all about. He was such a sweety.. and Evie was nice enough to leave him the easy ones.
Then we went out to the park at Evie's school and had a picnic and although it was very windy and eventually rained, we were able to spend a good 2 hours out there playing. Evan used more words like, "Come on, Mommy" and "hold hands" was what he'd say to me when we'd go down the triple slides together. Joe and Evie explored the school grounds and played games. Then we grabbed some Krispy Kreme doughnuts and went home to relax. Joe's parents stopped by for about a half an hour to bring the kids gifts and then more playing and hiding Easter Eggs outside while the neighbor girl, Gracie came over to hunt with the kids.
We couldn't have asked for a nicer day! Oh... except Evan was afraid of the Easter Bunny this year! So it's just Evie in the picture.. but she looks so sweet!!!
We had a lovely Easter at home this year. We woke up to find that our colored eggs were hidden around the house and baskets were left by the Easter Bunny. The kids played with thier new toys and hunted throughout the living room for eggs. This was the first year that Evan really understood what putting eggs in a basket were all about. He was such a sweety.. and Evie was nice enough to leave him the easy ones.
Then we went out to the park at Evie's school and had a picnic and although it was very windy and eventually rained, we were able to spend a good 2 hours out there playing. Evan used more words like, "Come on, Mommy" and "hold hands" was what he'd say to me when we'd go down the triple slides together. Joe and Evie explored the school grounds and played games. Then we grabbed some Krispy Kreme doughnuts and went home to relax. Joe's parents stopped by for about a half an hour to bring the kids gifts and then more playing and hiding Easter Eggs outside while the neighbor girl, Gracie came over to hunt with the kids.
We couldn't have asked for a nicer day! Oh... except Evan was afraid of the Easter Bunny this year! So it's just Evie in the picture.. but she looks so sweet!!!
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