Happy Birthday Mrs. Paprocki

Happy Birthday Chris!

  We hope you had a great one! 

I currently have my head up my rear end which is why your card is going to be late!!!

New Year's Eve Pond Hockey

On New Year's Eve, we went over to our friends, Gordy & Susan's house.  We actually got there in the late afternoon and were able to suit up and play some pond hockey.  This was Ryan's first time skating outside and it was actually the exact same place we took Cale for his first time when he was about 3 years old.  Turns out, THEY LOVED IT (and when I mean they, I am talking about Pat, Cale and Ryan - I stayed nice and warm in the running car taking pictures)!!!  They cannot wait to go back!  If they ALL have their way, they will be going back every Sunday (starting next week, I vetoed skating in below zero temps!) to skate some more!  I am all for it...mainly because I don't have to participate.  Stay home, keep warm, enjoy silence.  Good enough for me!!!

Doesn't he look like a pro??  Daddy made him suit all the way up!!!

Cale loved it and he is really good! 

 His blood sugars didn't...they dropped.  We have learned, rather quickly, that his blood sugars drop FAST when he is skating.

Pat had fun...but he paid for it on Friday!

We stayed all night at their house and rang in 2010!  The boys had so much fun.  Cale ended up with a little bitty four year old girl attached to him the entire night.  Turns out that their neighbor's daughter, who is 4 but actually looks about 2, loved him.  They adopted her from China and she is so stinking adorable!!  Cale actually told me that he wanted to take her home.  Her mom wanted to take Cale home!

So the boys played, Pat hung out with the guys in the garage and I caught up on A LOT of gossip with the chicks.  Good times! 

The New Mr. & Mrs. Dan and Chris Paprocki!!!

BELATED CONGRATULATIONS TO THE HAPPY COUPLE!!!!

 (I know I am slow, I apologize!!)

On Saturday, December 12th, at the home of Chris' parents in Coal City, Illinois, Danny and Chris were officially married!!!!  It was an extremely intimate ceremony and very nice!!  Chris looked beautiful (of course) in her gown and Danny cleans up pretty nicely!!!  Steven stood beside his brother as best man and Cale was the ring bearer.  They both looked so handsome!  Chris' sister was her maid of honer and looked great her blue dress.  Paired with the red and white rose bouquets and poinsettias, everything was perfect!

The ceremony was very sweet.  Once they were pronounced husband and wife, they kissed and we all clapped.  Well, the next thing we know, in comes the family dog running up to everyone wagging her tail.  I guess she thought it was her day!!!  Very cute!

Once the ceremony was done, it was picture time and then we were off to the Rockwell Inn for a delicious dinner and what had to have been the best cheese cake that I have EVER had!!!!!

It was a fantastic day!  I cannot wait to throw the shower and for June for the even bigger celebration!!!!

Here are a few pics from the day.  Lauren had my camera and she has issues doing things right handed so there are only a few!!  Enjoy and hopefully we can get some of the professional ones on here some day soon!!!

The newlyweds hanging out in the secluded corner booth!!

Hamming it up at the bar!!!

Mrs. Big Yank and Mrs. Little Yank

aka...Kris Paprocki and Chris Paprocki

Lauren loved this door!  Weird girl!

Promoted

Ryan has officially been promoted to "Rink Rats" for Hockey.  Basically, what this means is that he no longer needs to hold onto a chair to skate.  He can do it by himself while holding a hockey stick.  His next lessons start in January and he will be on the ice without Daddy!  I'm not sure Daddy can handle this!  This Saturday and next Saturday, he will attend an off ice shooting clinic at the Rockford Ice Hogs training facility.  Pretty cool!!  This week he may have to wear his suit to the lesson in order for us to make it to Danny and Chris' wedding on time (we will have plenty of time...don't worry people!!!).

Here are a couple of pictures from his last "Chair Hockey" lesson....

Daddy getting Ryan psyched up to skate...

It worked!!!  Look at him go!!!

Check out his shiner!!!  Totally hockey like - but he got it in gym class!

Final sweaty head of chair hockey!!  He loves that!!!

Basketball Update

Here it is!!!!  A basketball update on the same night that it occured!!!!  However, I forgot the camera today, so no pictures...sorry!

Cale did GREAT!!!!  First of all, his blood glucose was in complete control the entire time (now I just have to see how it affects him during the night). 

Second, Daddy was able to get the night off from teaching so that he could come and see Cale play.  He was so proud!  He was also very impressed with the coaching (happy Papa?).  I think he figured that we would just see a group of boys playing around, but the entire time is actual lessons.  They are either doing drills, practicing layups, shooting baskets, you name it. 

Tonight, they learned about "faking".  They did a practice drill where one boy would be dribbling down the court, he would pass it to another player who in turn would pass it right back.  Then they would "fake" passing back but instead turn and pass to the next player.  They continued two more times and then made a shot for the basket.  Cale made it several times!

To end the night, they had another scrimmage game.  All of the boys did such a good job.  They were blocking, dribbling (most of the time), shooting and rebouding.  They have come a long way in these past few weeks.  Only two more weeks to go and then it is time to sign up for the next session.

Cale is really having a fun time.  I am very impressed with his following everything that his coach is explaining, every time!!!  He is doing amazing!!!