Wolf to Bear

Ian had his cub scout crossover ceremony on the weekend of May 15th. It was supposed to be a big family camp out but we got so much rain they ended up canceling the camping part and just met up at the park for a picnic and the ceremony after the sun went down.

Here is Ian and Evan with their bottle rocket. They still shot off their rockets on the baseball field. That was pretty fun, some of those rockets went really high!
After dinner, we waited for the sun to set and then got our "campfire" lit. The boys from all the different dens crossed over and were marked up and given their new neckerchiefs.
Getting his Bear colors.

Proud daddy (and den leader) with Ian.
A group shot of the newest Bear Cubs!! :)

Pre-K Graduation

Evan graduated from Pre-K this afternoon. We made one last stop to the Butterfly class and one last picture by the door of Room 1.
Reading the "yearbook" that Ms. Sam made each of the kids in the class. She did a great job on them. They have pictures from the kids from each month during the school year.
Evan and his teacher Ms. Roni.
Evan and his teacher Ms. Sam.
Marching up to the stage to the graduation song.
Waving hi to mommy, Grandpa and Grandma and Daddy!
Singing "This Little Light of Mine". He talked all week about getting to bring home his candle.

Receiving his certificate.
With his buddy Colin.
After graduation, with Grandpa and Grandma.
And with Mom and Dad.

Preschool Fun Day

Evan's preschool class took a field trip for the day to a local park. There was sliding and climbing!


Twirling and giggling!

Chasing bubbles!!
Blowing bubbles!!


And playing with these huge wind bags! They were pretty cool!!




The whole butterfly class with their teachers!!
Evan and his teachers (Ms. Sam and Ms. Roni)!!

Girl-Friends

Evan's little girl friend (notice the space!!) graduated from preschool tonight! She invited us to come so the boys and I tagged along. They sang some songs and got to stand on the riser to smile at the crowd. After the ceremony the boys got their pictures taken with the girls!

Remember When

these pictures are from October 2007

Found these pictures of the kids when I was packing up scrapbooking supplies. These were taken right after we moved and Ian started school. His best buds Brianne, Maddie and Kimberlee along with them. I can't believe that Kimberlee and Evan are now the size that the big kids were when we moved here!! A lot has changed in 3 wonderful years!!

L-O-V-E

Evan learned how to spell LOVE the other day and he has been drawing and making pictures lately of himself and his friends. This one he made at school today with his friend Abby. He said he is going to miss all his girlfriends and boyfriends because he loves them. I just think it is so sweet and this picture is adorable!

Need to Remember to Blog

Well things are moving right along with our move. ((HA our move is moving right along...)) I have been a little behind on blogging but here is a little of what we have been up to...

Ian had his end of the year party with his soccer team. They had a blast. One of the moms got them a soccer pinata and they actually kicked it instead of hitting it with a stick.
They all got their trophies and medals for participating. Here is Ian with his coach.


We also had our last cub scout meeting! The moms got Darren a cake to say thanks for being the leader. It was really good cake!
They also got him a plaque to say thanks for being a great leader. That's Darren's assistant leader with him. Such a great guy!!
Here are the boys enjoying their pizza and time together! We'll miss these kids because they are really a fun group and a good group of boys!

Here are the boys spring photos from school. I couldn't help but get some of them.

I can't wait to get Evan's graduation photos and show them to you because he looked so darned cute in them!!

Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there! This morning before mass my friend Elise snapped this picture for me of all of us.
Today was May Crowning at mass. All the first holy communion kids came back this week to crown Mary. Ian was honored by being able to carry the crown up to the alter.
Here are the kids saying the Hail Mary with Monsignor Robbins. They look so serious!!