Wordless Wednesday - Friends

Abs & Ian on Christmas.  They are growing into fine young people!

(Background - These 2 have been on my blog together many times over the years.  (Here is just one post from Sept 19, 2009.)  Our 2 families are very close & we spend Christmas with them every year.)

Throwback Thursday

2002

Ian at 6 months. 

This is one of my favorites. Love all of his rolls and that chin! Sigh...he is taller than me now and need to shave his mustache.

Photo a Day - January

For years I have wanted to try and do the 365 photo challenge.  As with any challenge, the beginning is great.  I was posting them to instagram every night and then forgot.  I still took photos almost everyday though.  (I missed 5 days.)  Helps when I am working on products.  ;) 

Christmas 2013

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas this year. 

Santa was very generous this year.  My living room looks like a toy store blew up.  We spent the afternoon with great friends and had an amazing time. 

On a personal note, I ended up in the ER on Monday night in a lot of pain.  After some tests, I found out I have pleurisy (inflammation of the membrane surrounding the lungs).  I am grateful that I no longer have pneumonia (it's all gone according to the x-ray) and that I do not have a blood clot (was a possibility).  After some pain medication along with some anti-inflammatory meds, I am feeling much much better.  Here's to a new year and a clean slate.

Merry Christmas!

Unfortunately, I was unable to send out Christmas cards this year.
MERRY CHRISTMAS from our house to yours!

Big Day!

Yesterday was the big day!

When it was their turn to perform, I was soooo nervous for Ian.  

These kids are a great bunch.  They even have a mini "tuba" meeting after each warm-up.  :D

They did an amazing job yesterday performing.  

LOVE it!!

Just awesome!

After all of the bands played from both Large School Divisions.  It was score time.  All of the bands take the field.

As a parent, it was nerve wracking when the announcer was calling out the scores and schools for each place.  With each one called we got closer and closer to 1st.  So when they called 2nd place.....we knew we were the only ones left!  I have a sore throat this morning from hooting and hollering so much and many happy tears were shed.  

Well, they did it!

West Seneca Marching Band came in 1st place in their division yesterday at the Carrier Dome!!!   

We met up with the band at a rest area on the way home.  :)

The 4 tubas (sousaphones).  The 2 on the left are seniors this year and the one behind Ian is a Junior.

Ian is sooooo happy and on cloud 9.  What a way to start off 6 years of high school Marching Band!  I am so proud of all that he as put into this & how much he absolutely LOVES it. Can't wait to do it again next year!

Sunday Citar - Good Luck!!

"Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there." - Bo Jackson

Good luck to everyone performing at the dome today!! 

Especially my little man.  :D

It has been an amazing 1st season!

Big Day

Today is the marching band home show here in West Seneca.

Yesterday I made my smores on a stick for the bake sale.

Lily wanted to make a sign to hold.  We even added some glitter to the stars and notes.

Now I am just hoping the rain will hold off for the performances!

Wordful Wednesday - Tuba Boy

These are from last weekend's competition in Orchard Park.  His teacher spray painted the bell gold and bought some new black pads for his sousaphone and he was so happy.  On a sad note, he put his hat down on the bus and it was 'lost' for the competition so he couldn't wear it.  He was very upset he didn't have his hat.  Thankfully people found the hat when they cleaned off the bus.  :D

Only 2 more competitions (our home show here in West Seneca is this weekend) and then they play the Championships in Syracuse University Carrier Dome.

For more WW check out 5 Minutes for Mom, Seven Clown Circus,  Parenting by Dummies, Focused on the Magic & Fresh Mommy.

Wordless Wednesday - Silly Boy

On Sunday we went apple picking.  Evidently Ian decided it would be best to act like a goofball every time I picked up my camera.

He just had to photobomb his sister...

Gotta love 12 year old boys.  O_o

For more WW check out 5 Minutes for Mom, Seven Clown Circus,  Parenting by Dummies, Project Alicia,  Focused on the Magic & Fresh Mommy.

Wordful Wednesday - I Choose U

I know Halloween in over a month away, but we have already been planning for it here in the Adey household.

This year when we asked Ian what he wanted to be, he told me he wanted to be Ash Ketchum from Pokemon.  Ian has been a Pokemon fan since what seems forever.  Not sure why, but he has never dressed up as any Pokemon character for Halloween in the past.  After searching I found him a costume on line.

Lily had intended on being a princess (using one of her many princess costumes). 

That was until last night....when we went into the Halloween store.  We found a girly Pikachu costume.  Lily said she was perfectly happy matching Ian and going as a pokemon character.   I couldn't resist.

She couldn't wait to get home and try on the costume...they were being such goofballs and couldn't stop laughing.

He insisted on trying to put her on his shoulder.

Looking forward to Halloween (in Disney) this year.  :)

For more WW check out 5 Minutes for Mom, Seven Clown Circus,  Parenting by Dummies, Project Alicia,  Focused on the Magic & Fresh Mommy.