Rite of Election

As I stated in a previous post, I was supposed to have my Rite of Election at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago, a very beautiful church with the bishop blessing all of the newly elect. Well, when the fire happened at the Cathedral, we were all wondering where this Election would happen. We found out two weeks before the date, that we would be having it on the south side of Chicago, two hours away, at St. Rita's parish gym. We were all excited but yet saddened that it would be in a gym. Then there was an announcement made 4 days before our election that we could do it in our own parish by our own Father Dave. We were pleased with this announcement that we wouldn't have to drive 2 hours in the pouring rain, and we could do this Rite in front of all of our friends and family within our own church. It was a very nice mass and it felt good to be one of the elect.

Class pictures

Here are the kiddos class pictures from this year. Wow the year is flying by...

Happy Birthday Megan!!

This year Megan joined the double digits for birthdays. She celebrated the big 10!! Somedays she is 10 going on 18, but mostly she is a great daughter and can be very helpful with all of her siblings. She asked for a new cell phone for her birthday. The kind with the flip up keyboard, for all her texting needs. Daddy doesnt understand the whole texting thing, but its a quick way to keep in touch with one another when a phone call cant be made :) Here are some pics from her other gifts. She requested a fabulous dinner at Mcdonalds this year, her reasoning was due to the economy and all, that we didnt need to take her to a classy restaurant. I laughed too. But who is to complain :)

Random shots

Keira loves to play with footballs. Maybe she will be the next linebacker for the Chicago Bears someday. They both love to play in empty boxes too. They are worse than a cat.

Visit from Aunt Katie and the girls

Even though the trip was short and sweet. I think all the cousins had a good time playing with one another. I think Megan takes charge and tries to run the brood. Next time we hope they can stay longer to visit more!

Lent

So we were all discussing what we are going to give up for lent and how we were going to go about making that happen.

I ask Max what he is going to give up for lent and he says, "One of my sisters". I was afraid to ask how he was going to make that happen.

Can you find Keira?

After nap time was over, I went to go check on the danger twins and found this.

When I first opened the door, they were both under the sheet attached to the mattress. They were just playing and having a great ol time.

Fun with cookie boxes

I picked up all of Megan's 350 boxes of girl scout cookies and placed them in the living room to sort out. But before I could do that, the twins thought it was cool to climb all over the boxes and run thru them like a maze. Max on the other hand built a fort to play in and at one time had his Bakugans standing guard on various boxes.

Congrats on your Purple Belt!!!

It took awhile to do, but Bill is now a purple belt in Tae Kwon Do. He now believes that he is truly part ninja.

Random kid pix

Here are some random kid shots from the past couple weeks.