Evie's a softball champ to me!

Evie just finished her second season of softball. This year was a bit different, though. She was in fast pitch with the machine pitching and will continue this for the next two seasons. Her team was ranked last place before playoffs and in the tournament bracket they beat the top ranked team! They got to play the championship game but just lost by 2 runs. It was a fantastic game filled with tons of energy. Her team was recognized on the field and got 2nd place trophies. Pool party for the team is this Sunday! Woo hoo!

Evie's Got Talent

Evie performed in the Mahomet's Got Talent show tonight and we are very proud. It was just a bunch if 3-5 graders singing, dancing along with various other things for approximately 2 minutes. Evie chose a tough song and did go off pitch but only because her nerves got the best of her. Still, singing Adele is pretty awesome! Great job, Evie!

Play Ball!

Another spring/summer season of softball is here! Evie is in third grade so she's in machine pitch softball. No more pitching from the coaches. Tonight was her first game and first experience with the machine. While she didn't hit the ball, her swing was great.. just need to work on getting the timing right. And you'd know that I got video!

Re-Vamping the Blog? YEP!

Hey all! This blog hasn't been updated in so long!! 2010 to be exact. So I figured, since I have the seperate blog for Evan.. (www.myevansjourney.blogspot.com for those of you who have been living under a rock), that I needed to re-vamp this one a bit and get some good use out of it. It now belongs mainly to Evie instead of a family blog... because let's face it, everything in the Hoctor Family revolves around one of the kids anyway. I'll try to update it regurally with little accomplishments, developments, artwork, etc. but you now how life sometimes keeps us so busy that we can slack on stuff like this from time to time.. so be patient with me! I'll let ya know when I've posted something, usually in an email or facebook, or you can subscribe and get the updates right away! Thanks for following us!!

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!

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!

Pumpkin Patch Fun

Joe and I took the kids to Arthur, Illinois yesterday to The Great Pumpkin Patch. http://the200acres.com/thepatch/
They had a good time in all of the mazes and Evie is now known as "The Chicken Whisperer". It seems anytime we are at a farm and there are chickens, she stops to talk to them quietly and they all head over to her and talk to her. It was hilarious! Evan got in on it, too.. they seem to really like my kids.

I took some cute pics of the kids playing with the picture cut out boards. Had some pumpkin ice cream and Evie even caught a picture of Joe and I as the Pumpkin King and Queen!

A beautiful fall day!!!