Aaaaarrrrghhh Matie!

Cannon turned 4 in pirate fashion at Chick-fil-a. Cannon's fourth birthday party was a lot of fun. He invited several of his friends and Grandmom and Pop Pop made the trip all the way out to celebrate too. The boys and girls played in the play zone for a bit while dinner was being organized. After dinner we had cupcakes, icecream, presents and more playing in the play zone. Chick-fil-a was very accomodating and we really appreciated all they did for us to make his party such a good time for all!

With an Oink Oink Here, and an Moo Moo There

My baby is TWO! Good grief it's hard to believe. We celebrated Colin's 2nd birthday with a Barnyard theme since he just LOVES his barn animals. It was just a small family gathering since so many of us were sick, we decided to spare our potential party guests from our germs! The animal caps were really cute and all of us got into the spirit... including Pop Pop, who we all know hates to mess up his hair! hee hee

Take Me Out to the Ball Game!

Chance earned a free ticket to the Hagerstown Suns minor league baseball game for good behavior throughout the school year. Several students in other classes did too. So Rob and I made arrangements to both go with Chance. We loaded up the busses and head to the game. It was a beautiful sunny day and we thoroughly enjoyed our time just with Chance. Robin and Pastor Curt were here to watch Cannon and Colin. Also, Ron our neighbor took Cannon to and from school for us. Here are some pics of Chance and some of his friends at school and a cool video. Chance really loved all the clapping, stomping and music! It was a great day for all of us.

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.

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