Our Super Star!

So I get an email from my friend, Kacee telling me that she saw Evie in the Central Illinois Families Magazine that was in Saturday's News Gazette. She was telling me that it was a big picture and a couple of small ones. I called the News Gazette and picked up a few copies yesterday and was so suprised to see that Evie was in so many pics and that the "big" picture was in fact an entire page photo!!!

Check this out!
And if you click on the pictures you can blow it up to read the article... it's actually quite good!

Table of Contents page.. first pic is Evie!


Top WHOLE page for the sports section:




First page of article.. she's in line waiting to do kicks...



And then the 2nd page of article, she's blocking Miss Melanie's punches..




I scanned the magazine pages and the magazine is pretty large so it was kind of tricky for me to get the whole page so I apologize for some missing edges on the article but you can still make out what it says. (If you blow up the pictures anyway)

Just wanted to share it with you! I'll be sharing graduation pics with you later tonight or tomorrow as Evie has mid term belt graduation tonight.. she'll have a "Cheetah" patch and headband to accompany her yellow belt.. in 8 weeks, she'll be a camo belt! WOW!

Just Because...

...they looked so sweet..




Evie is holding Evan and giving him some warm milk after a nap. He was still groggy and she got him out of the crib for me and plopped him on her lap and "fed" him. (Mind you, he does this himslef nowadays) but after a nap he likes to lay on my lap to have his milk.. like a little baby ;) Today, he was Evie's baby. So sweet. She even changed a diaper for me last week! She is going to be a great babysitter!

"Oh the Weather Outside is Frightful"

It is -11 degrees outside right now.. "feels like -31" according to weather.com.

This picture was taken an hour ago from my van when I was silly enough to go out to McDonald's to get breakfast for the family. Joe stayed in with the kids...

School has been cancelled, of course, and Evie doesn't have school tomorrow or Monday so it's a 5 day weekend for her. Oh fun.
So there's NO going out today.. we are thinking of fun things to do inside. So far we've built a tent from kitchen chairs and a blanket, played video games and now the kids are coloring on the coffee table. (I taped white paper to it).
Anyone know where I can get long rolls of white paper that just tears off? I know Hope had some at one time that the kids painted on. For now I just used printer paper and taped it together. Problem is, Evan wants to tear it apart. I need something industrial strenth! LOL

Not sure what else is on our agenda for the day.. I think Evie and I will paint our nails.... while Evan destroys the house.. Oh brother.

Being "Patient"

The other day Evan was sitting so patiently at the doctor's office. He was too cute that I thought it was a good photo opportunity.

Our family of Four

We finally got around to having our pictures taken as a family. As always, Hope and John don't disappoint us especially since Evan was up an hour past his naptime and was extremly cranky during this photo shoot.

Thanks again, guys!

Happy Birthday, Daddy!

Happy Birthday, Joe!!!

Stuck!

Poor Baby Bubba..
Evan took the toys out of the entertainment center and loosened a shelf so that it fell down.. then climbed right in! I was in the other room folding clothes and imagine my suprise when I found him this way...




It was all fun and games until he couldn't figure out how to turn around and get out. You can hear him in the video pleading with me to help him. LOL