Soccer

 This fall Anderson started soccer.  This is the first time he has ever played a team sport.  Here are all his cheerleaders!  It is amazing how different the weather is from week to week!   

Anderson has learned a lot this year.  At first he just wanted to defend and stay by the goal to kick the balls out, but by the end of the fall session he was really getting the hang of it.  If you know my past with soccer you would know that the coach told my parents that I was not cut out for this sport.  AKA I wasn't aggressive enough.  Anderson has a lot of me in  him.  We are just too nice!!!!!  Though if you know both of us when we feel comfortable we are aggressive and competitive!  So by the end of the session Anderson was more aggressive, in a nice way!  ;)

Watching these games are so funny with how short the boys attention spans are!  HA!  He will start up again with the same team this spring.  We just had a blast with the other parents.  He is on a really fun team!  

Big Brother and 2 Big Sisters!

 We told the kiddos pretty quickly after finding out that we were pregnant.  I just didn't want the news to get out.  I wanted Ryan and I to be the ones to tell the kids.  

We got the book out I'm a Big Brother and I'm a Big Sister and Ryan read it to them.  They really didn't make the connection of why we were reading these books.    

Then we told them the big news!  They were really excited!  Avielle, I think, was the most excited!  She just loves babies!  

Birthday Weekend

 Wow, I haven't blogged since the end of summer.  There are just a few things going on in life!  Nothing like finding out you are pregnant, moving in with your parents and then moving into a house.  So, blogging has been on the bottom of my list and I really need to catch up!  

  I know that we are entering into February and I am sharing pictures of July, but bare with me!  Here are a few pictures from my birthday weekend in July.  We went up to the cottage in Michigan with the McMahon's and the Strahn's.  It was a couples weekend and all of our parents were so generous and kind to watch our kids that weekend.  It was truly a nice get-a-way.    

 Here is Josh and Kelli

 Elizabeth and Dan

 Here we are being crazy and tubing!  Now that I'm older tubing is just not my favorite.  I think it is hard for me not to be in control.  I went with the girls for a while and then I got off.  Ryan, then took the other two out and man he wasn't gentle.  On one of the turns Kelli and Elizabeth fell off the tube and Elizabeth's legs went straight up in the air!!!!!!  Let's just say we were all sore the next day! 

 Here Ryan and I are matching!  How does this always happen?  I think that when you are married for a while you begin to start looking like each other!  HA!

We got dressed up and had a nice dinner after a long day of boating!  Thank you the McMahon's and Strahn's for making this a special weekend.  Little did I know that in a few days I would get the biggest birthday surprise of my life that I was pregnant.  I actually found out on my birthday!!!!

Professional Pictures!

 I wanted to share some pictures that my good friend, Theresa's sister took of my family.  We went to Independence Grove in Libertyville on a beautiful August evening.  I think they just turned out beautiful! 



It Has Been Some Time!

  Well, I'm sorry friends for the big delay in my blog posts.  I have so much to share and catch up on. 
  The Chevrier's have changed a lot in the past few months.  We found out on my Birthday that we are expecting our 4th!  Wow, that is still a shock for me to say!  We have also sold our house and have moved in with my parents.  We were waiting on a short sale to be approved and it took 4 months for us to hear back from the bank.  The bank told us that they wanted 10,000 more than what we offered.  I'm still baffled that they made us wait that long to tell us to pay more.  So we decided to back out and we found a house we just love and we are waiting to close hopefully by November 8th. 
  We find out the gender of baby Chevrier November 6th!  I'm really not sure whether it is a girl or a boy.  I'm guessing boy as of right now.  I feel huge at 18 weeks.  With Anderson I was quite massive and with Ellie I felt smaller.  Time will tell.  I will be definitely happy either way!
  I'm bummed I don't have pictures to share.  My computer was packed away and I don't have a way to download my pictures. 
  The kids are well.  Avielle and Anderson are doing great in school.  They both turned six and seem so old to me!  Ellie is having a harder time adjusting to school.  I think seperation is the hardest part for her.  She always seems happy when I drop her off at school. 
  That is it for now.  I hope to get back to blogging and capturing memories of our lives. 
  One of my biggest fans, Kelli McMahon, has been bugging me about another post!  HA!  

T-Ball 2012

This year Anderson started T-ball!  His practices are every Tuesday and Thursday evening and games every Saturday for almost the whole summer. 

He has been doing really well and has been enjoying it! 

Little Molly (Jacob's sister) walking around.

Anderson got to do T-Ball with his buddy Jacob. 

Here my mom came to the game. 

These two have been enjoying watching their brother and playing on the playground at practices. 

Park View Bike Parade!

We had our first Park View subdivision bike parade this year.  Of coarse it was super hot that evening that we planned to do it.  We were all dripping in sweat as we decorate our bikes at 6:30 at night.   

The parents and kids were all such troopers to brave the heat!

Bella has her bike ready

What an adorable crew!!!!

Here are the babies following along!

They all rode their bikes and we ended the bike parade at Mr. Mark's house where he had a water slide up that we could all cool down in!  Thank you Mark!

Zach, Jacob, and Anderson

Brynn and Ellie

Lizzy

Daniella and Avielle

Daniella and her mommy!

Anderson and Ben

The kids had fun playing in the water and slide and then things got interesting with the squirt guns.  The kids started coming after the adults with the squirt guns!  My Chevy was absolutely soaked and I got a little wet from a misfire!

We are moving by the end of August and the hardest part about the move is that we really love our neighborhood.  The neighborhood is all about family and the kids are all around the same age.  There is always someone to play with and parents to sit out and talk to.  Mark and Ellen own a Bouncy house, so we love going over to their house to bounce on the latest equipement.  Thankfully we are moving 5 minutes away.