Crowleypalooza!!

It was Crowleypalooza at last!! All of Bill's family came together for a long awaited family reunion. We had a blast, it's fun to be part of such a large family. Evan was a bit overwhelmed with all of the new people, but overall I think he had fun too. Kalahari was the perfect spot for the reunion, the kids loved it and so did the adults. Thanks again Joanne!!!

Playing at the indoor playground, he must have gone down this slide 100 time.

Here is Bill and all of his siblings (from the left)...Mark, Tom, Mary, Brian, Joe, Colleen, Bill, Steve, and Matt.

Here is a picture of Joanne and all of her grandchildren (18), plus 2 great-grand children.

Each family got their own colored hoodie, nice touch!

Here are a few of Evan's cousins and two aunts. The kids are enjoying story time with Santa.

Uncle Tom helping the kids with the balloons from Santa.

Thanksgiving in Ohio

We were lucky enough to have 2 Thanksgiving dinners this year. The first was at my grandma's house, and the second was a huge buffet at Kalahari. Thank you to my grandma and Joanne for all of their hard work making sure we could all be together for Thanksgiving.

Waiting for dinner at GG's

Spoiled at Nana and Papa's house. Eating thanksgiving breakfast while watching the Macy's parade.

Thanksgiving dinner, Crowley style. There were about 40 of us for the buffet at Kalahari.

Sunday Morning Paper

This is how Evan likes to read the newspaper...
(see video)

Here is my attempt to get Evan to smile and say "cheese" for the camera

STINKER!!

Game Day

Go Buckeyes!!!

EDC

Minor illnesses and the time change have sort of grounded us to the apartment lately. Here is what Evan has been up to... Hanging out without pants is a favorite past time for Evan

Playing hide-n-seek, this is Evan's best hiding spot.

Monkeying around with Dad (see video below)

Playing video games (Thanks Aunt Ramie!!)

Britney Spears...

No Britney Spears was not here in Salt Lake City. I bring her up because that is exactly who I felt like yesterday. If the paparazzi followed me around the headlines might have read something like "Jen Crowley gives up race for Mother of the Year".

Evan went to his first basketball game last night. It was the Cavs vs. the Utah Jazz. Before we left for the game I picked up dinner at the gas station. We had fried chicken, jo-jo's and buiscuits. We arrived at the arena at what we thought was game time....7 PM. Turns out the official game time was changed over 2 weeks ago to accommodate ESPN, no one told us. The game did not start until 8:30 PM, which also happens to be Evan's official bed time. We stuck it out anyway, in hopes of getting an autograph from LeBron...as you might have guessed, no luck on that front. Oh well, maybe next time.

We finally left at half time, but not before we shared a bowl of ice cream and a large Sprite (hope you didn't think it was really coke). By the time we got home it was 10:30 PM. We put Evan to bed and had a good laugh at our life here in Salt Lake City.

Oh yeah, the day started off with Evan eating his waffles, in a camping chair, in the living room, in front of the TV watching Sesame Street (first strike??)

We did get to see the Cavs warming up...no autographs though

Can you see how the name Britney Spears came to mind???

Halloween in the Apartments

Tuesday night Bill carved our pumpkin. Evan wasn't too interested in helping, especially if it meant putting his hands in the pumpkin goo. After Bill was finished we turned off all the lights and lit the pumpkin, Evan was fascinated with the glow of the jack-o-lantern.

Trick or Treat??

Getting ready to Trick-or Treat

It's a lion...oh my!!
Checking out his loot

The two girls from across the way joined us on what felt more like a scavenger hunt to find people who were passing out candy. The girls were a big help as they ran up and down all the stairs looking for the magic piece of paper that meant we were allowed to knock at that door.

Enjoying the fruits of his labor

Halloween at Kindercare

Kindercare had a little Halloween parade/pizza party for the kids. I don't think Evan knew what to make of all the kids dressed up. He was also very tired as he only slept 50 minutes that day. Some of the other costumes were a ladybug, a unicorn, a kangaroo, and there are twin boys in his class one was a lion and the other was a dog.
Evan and his ladybug friend, Morgan

Issiac the Lion with Evan the Lion

Hogle Zoo

It was a cold day at the zoo! The good part was that there were not many people there and the animals were pretty active. Evan mostly wanted to push the stroller around, he did manage to put up with a few pictures, sort of.