Look Out Spiderman, There's a NEW Superhero... CANNONBALL!

Cannon was recently invited to Thomas' birthday party and the special guest, besides the birthday boy... was SPIDERMAN! Well, Cannon was beside himself. He just loved seeing Spiderman and wanted to follow him around telling him all about himself. I just got a big kick out of it and had to share some pics of Cannon and Spiderman slinging webs. The party also had pony rides, and of course, Cannon was all over that. He even hammed it up for the camera! Thanks Thomas for the invite! We had a GREAT time.

Family Fun Day at the Mall

Each year our little local mall (I call it little because I grew up 2 miles from King of Prussia mall) holds a Family Fun Day. Grandmom came up to enjoy the fun with us. The boys rode ponies, saw a great puppet show, ate pizza, did crafts, played games, and had lots of fun. It's all free and I seriously can't think of anything I look forward to more with my kids. There was a man there with a remote control miniature school bus. Cannon seemed to really like the dragon thing on top of it and Colin had no idea how it was moving on it's own. It was really cute.

Angelman Syndrome Walk-a-thon

As many of you already know, May 17th is the 10th annual Angelman Syndrome Walk-a-thon and this year, Chance, myself, Rob and Grandmom Hunsicker will all be walking for "Team 2nd Chance". For more information or to sponsor Chance please visit www.firstgiving.com/chanceevans. Please pray for good weather, good turnout, lots of awareness generated, and that we meet our overall million dollar goal. Dr. Weeber is embarking on some very significant AS research and I'm sure the ASF would like to offer funding support for his and others' research.

Check out this very encouraging article on research that could chance Chance's life and the lives of thousands of other angels.
http://spectrumpublications.com/index.php/April/May-2008/Spectrum-Magazine-Category/a-long-shot-pays-off.html

Easter 2008

With the dawn of Spring comes the earliest Easter we've ever seen or ever will see in our lifetime! The kids had lots of fun festivities: Easter parties at school, field trips, egg hunts, visiting the Easter Bunny, baskets, Grandmom and Pop Pop, and candy, candy, candy. Although it does seem like we're the only family on the planet that made their kids wait until after church to have their egg hunt and search for their baskets. Frankly, they didn't even know they were getting any of that, so it didn't really phase them! We leave so early for church that trying to do all that in the AM would be a nightmare and then after church everyone is starving and tired. So we ate lunch and took naps. After naps we did the egg hunt and then the baskets. It was nice actually. Made the day stretch out longer! Here's a little video of the egg hunt and then some pictures.

Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing - Photo Books

Chance's New AmTryke

I don't think there are words to describe how warm and fuzzy my heart felt watching Chance ride his new AmTryke today. Fedex came at 4pm to deliver the huge box and by 5pm, after Rob and I put it all together, we were outside giving it a whirl. It was starting to get dark, but we just HAD to get one first try on the new bike. It's AWESOME!

Just about 2 months ago I contacted Ambucs and submitted some paperwork to get Chance added to their National Wishlist. This is an organization that helps to get special needs children a set of wheels of their own. Therapeudic bikes are very expensive. Chance's picture was added to their list and I told a few family members and friends about it. Within two weeks, our wish was granted. The day after Christmas I got an email from Ambucs letting us know that Chance received enough donations to completely pay for his bike (which is about $800).

So I'm very very grateful, overwhelmed, blessed.... more than words can say. I don't know yet who the donors are, but I'm supposed to get a letter with all that information in the next couple of weeks for those who did not donate anonymously. We intend to send a personal note with a picture of Chance on his new bike to each donor, but until then, I wanted to share this video with everyone, just so you can see the sheer joy on his face. He absolutely loves it! Now I just need to work on getting him to wear the helmet! hee hee

Too cold to Go Outside? Naaaaah!

I think this was the LONGEST most ETERNAL Christmas break I've ever experienced. I couldn't wait to send Cannon and Chance back to school yesterday! But alas, I digress. The 2 week Christmas break had us all looking for ways to keep the kids busy. Rob finally said, I don't care how cold it is, we're driving jeeps tomorrow. So sure enough, we got up, it was FREEZING, but I bundled up the boys and they hit the pavement in their jeeps. Luke front next door came out later and joined us so it was lots of fun! You can tell how cold it was by the frozen snot on Colin's face! ha ha ha! AND, here's a miracle for you... Chance wore a hat and didn't take it off. I couldn't convince him to keep the gloves on, so I eventually put a pair of tube socks on under his coat to keep his fingers warm, but the hat was a BIG surprise, so he had to have been pretty darn cold!

Christmas 2007

This year's Christmas was different in so many ways, good and bad. The good was that we had Rob's parents here with us Christmas morning and we got to celebrate it in our new home. The bad was that my parents weren't here Christmas morning, but they were visiting with my brother and came to see us a few days later.

The boys put out cookies and milk for Santa and some celery for the reindeer. We also spread special reindeer stuff in our yard to make sure they could find our new house. (basically it was oatmeal to lure the reindeer and glitter so the moon would light up our front yard and they could find their way!) So the boys spread that all over the grass in the front yard.

Chance was the first one awake and he decided to slice right into one of Grandma's presents. Then he came running back upstairs to wake us up. He was nodding and smiling! It was hilarious. I said "Did Santa come?" and he just started jumping and hooting. A few minutes later, Cannon and Colin came in and we went downstairs. But mean ol mommy wouldn't let them open any presents until Grandma and Granddad came down too. So they had to sit there and look at those presents for nearly a half an hour! ha ha ha... true torture I tell you. I wanted them to be able to share the fun of Christmas with Grandma and Granddad. So I'm glad we waited.

Santa brought all sorts of cool Spiderman stuff. Colin just enjoyed opening presents, he didn't really care what was in it, except for the Lucky Duck game. That was a HUGE hit. He walks around the house now going "Quack Quack??!!" Like, "where is my duck game?" It's too cute. And Chance got lots and lots of clothes to wear to school. His biggest present came today (1/4/08), his new AmTryke.

It's amazing how quickly Christmas morning goes by and how much preparation goes into it!



















We did celebrate the birth of Jesus by attending candlelight services at church. As usual, it was beautiful. We kept Chance with us for service and sent the two younger ones to their classrooms. Chance did GREAT in church. The week before Cannon sang in the church Christmas musical and did excellent. Check out the adorable video!