Will & Frances Krebs

First Day of Kindergarten

noreply@blogger.com (krebskids) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:02:00 +0000

My how time flies. Today was Will's first day of Kindergarten. His alarm went off at 7:30 am and he was dressed and ready to head out the door by 8:30. He has been really excited to start, but when I picked him up today, he really didn't have anything to say but that he liked it. He seemed to talk a little more about his day once we got home. Here are some pics before school started.

Frances had to be in the picture. Check out Will's new lunchbox.

He is now officially a Ryan Park Rhino!

Getting ready to head into the school!

Will and Maggie! This is their first year in different classes. Will has Miss Stewart and Maggie has Miss Weber. Will said they still ate lunch together today.

noreply@blogger.com (krebskids) — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:30:00 +0000

Summer Fun

noreply@blogger.com (krebskids) — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:06:00 +0000

It has been a long time since I have blogged. The summer has been very busy for the Krebs'. Here are a few pics from our visit with Uncle Kain, Aunt Mickey, and Cousin Nigel. We are going to miss them. They are leaving this week and we won't see them until Thanksgiving.

Frances loves to hold her cousin Nigel.
Boat ride on Crooked Lake. Love the smile Will.

Will posing with the elephant at the Fort Wayne Zoo.

Frances loved petting the goats.

Spring Break in North Carolina

noreply@blogger.com (krebskids) — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:45:00 +0000

We took a road trip to North Carolina to see Uncle Jay, Aunt Julie, and Cousin Derek. The 10 hour drive was a piece of cake for the Krebs' Family. Will and Frances had a ball in NC. The weather was good and they played outside most of the trip. We hadn't seen the outdoors for a while. Here are a few pics.

Dinner in downtown Asheville! We ate outside!

Family photo of the Gilliland family!

Every Friday evening in downtown Asheville, there are a group of people who play the drums. The music was great and as you can see, Will was having a great time. He started break dancing and here is one of his moves! We all were laughing pretty hard.

Will, Frances, and Derek going for a wagon ride behind the tractor. Derek is actually laying in Will's lap.

Just like a picture from the Cracker Barrel!

Happy Easter!

noreply@blogger.com (krebskids) — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:36:00 +0000

Here are a couple of Easter day pictures. Look how sweet and innocent they look!

New Easter PJs!

Getting ready for church!

noreply@blogger.com (krebskids) — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:26:00 +0000

Since it has been a few weeks since I have posted anything, I thought I would share a few pictures from the last two weeks. We've been busy, but are really looking forward to warmer weather. This snow is making us crazy!!!!

Will and Kennedy at Will's Birthday Party!

We went to The Splash Park in Shipshewana for Molly Stock's birthday party. The kids had a great time on the slides and playing video games. Isn't this a great picture? Look how excited Caroline is.

Will and Frances with their mohawks!

Playing Dress-Up!

noreply@blogger.com (krebskids) — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:51:00 +0000

Frances and Cousin Maysa love dressing up. Here is a cute picture of the two of them. They only fight on who gets what shoes. The pink ones seem to be the favorite, even if they don't match the outfit.

Happy Birthday to Will

noreply@blogger.com (krebskids) — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:37:00 +0000

Will just turned 5. It seems like just yesterday he was born. Here are some pictures from the day. It was just us hanging out. His birthday party with his friends will be February 16th. Check out some of the cool gifts he got.

Frances and Will posing for the Camera; right before preschool.

A silly picture.

Firetruck legos from our friends Michelle, Rich and Charlotte.

Heelys from Papa Tim and Shelley.

Check out the Bumblebee (Transformer) cake!

Ski Trip to Nubs Nob

noreply@blogger.com (krebskids) — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 23:03:00 +0000

We had a great trip skiing with the kids. We went with the Miller Family who live right down the road from us. The kids all got along great and they even brought their 12 year old niece with them. It was nice to have her babysit every once in a while. Will and Frances both went skiing. It was amazing to see Will hop off the lift and head right down the slopes. It made me a little nervous, but Lance was a good teacher. Frances went down two big hills and enjoyed the ski lifts. She called them the swings. Enjoy the pics.

Frances eating breakfast.

Will and Clea getting ready for the slopes.

Lance and Will posing for the camera.

This picture makes me laugh.

Just like an old pro!

Christmas in Florida

noreply@blogger.com (krebskids) — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:41:00 +0000

We have made a tradition to spend Christmas with Papa Tim and Shelley in January. He are a few pictures from the trip. Our little chef made us breakfast before the flight down.

FFrances loves her new kitchen!

Yeah! We are finally in Florida. Check out the stuffed alligator behind us!

Frances and Will spent most of their time in the hottub. The temp was 98. They loved it!

Frances dropped her new purse. It had lots of candy in it. Thanks Shelley!

Will having a blast with his new remote control boat!

Having fun with the family at Christmas.

noreply@blogger.com (krebskids) — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 18:04:00 +0000

We had several Christmas' with the kids this past week. They received so many toys and clothes. I think both of them were a little overwhelmed. Will was not feeling the best and had a fever on Christmas Day but he managed to stay upbeat. Here are some pictures from the Holaday family Christmas party.

Will and Aunt Tamie.

Aunt Julie and Gigi

Will and his new Spiderman Web Blaster!

Frances all dressed up and ready to go shopping.

Pajama Time!!!

Frances' 2nd Birthday and Baptism

noreply@blogger.com (krebskids) — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:43:00 +0000

Well, it was a busy day here for Frances. Her birthday party started at 3pm and then we headed to church for her Baptism. She got lots of fun gifts. Let's just say, she did not have as much fun at the Baptism. As you can see from the pictures, she was not very cooperative. Piece of advice, don't Baptize your child at the age of 2. The rest of the family watching the ceremony seemed to have a good time laughing at us.

Frances is helping feed cousin Derek.

It's my birthday!

Jason, Julie and Will.

Frances is losing steam!

Beau and Kim - her godparents.

Blizzard at Crooked Lake

noreply@blogger.com (krebskids) — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:26:00 +0000

For those of you who don't live in Indiana, look how much snow we got last Sunday. A whopping 14 inches here at Crooked Lake. Let's just say our snowblower was not big enough for this job. Lance and Papa Tim spent most of the morning shoveling snow. The kids had a blast playing in it and sledding.

Our sidewalk.

Will and Frances getting ready to go outside.

Sledding down the road.

WIPEOUT!

Will having fun jumping in the snowpiles!

The Great American Clydesdales

noreply@blogger.com (krebskids) — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:11:00 +0000

We had our first trip to see the Clydesdale Farm out in Orland. What beautiful horses and what a beautiful place. All of the horses were out in the field and they came right up to us when we went to the fence. We can't wait to go back.

Will and Frances posing for a pic.

Will showing us how big the horses were.

Papa Tim and Will take a break from watching a movie.

A Visit From Papa Tim and Shelley

noreply@blogger.com (krebskids) — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:57:00 +0000

Papa Tim and Shelley came for the weekend to celebrate Frances' second birthday. The kids haven't seen them for six months. They were so excited. Frances received the Geo Trax Grand Central Station train set that Will loves. They have had a great time playing with it this past week.

Frances getting clean before they arrived to town.

She decided she would be funny and not get out of the tub. She is laying in there with no water.

Papa Tim enjoying his visit with the kids.

Good Times in Arizona

noreply@blogger.com (krebskids) — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:44:00 +0000

We all had a great time over Thanksgiving. The entire Krebs family flew out to Arizona for a week full of fun. The kids really enjoyed seeing their Aunt Mickey, Uncle Kain, and new baby cousin Nigel. Frances sang him a song everyday and it goes like this - Baby Nigel, Clap Clap Clap Clap Clap. For those of you who were once cheerleaders, I'm sure you remember this tune. Brad Cates used to sing this song to Frances when she was a baby, and she loved it; I'm sure Nigel loves it too! Here are some new pics of the kids:

Nigel posing for the camera!

Caitlin, Will, and Jay piled up on Uncle Kain. He loves it!

Maysa and Will had a fun time hangin out!

Frances, well she was Frances!

I love the nuddy picture! She had so much fun in the water!

Playing in the Leaves

noreply@blogger.com (krebskids) — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 23:50:00 +0000

Will and Frances are enjoying playing in the leaves in the back of Bill and Nancy's truck.

Hey, this is fun!

Will is searching for his glove.

What a great picture!
Nancy, Will, Bill, and Frances

Happy Halloween

noreply@blogger.com (krebskids) — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 21:53:00 +0000

Frances and Will are waiting patiently to go Trick or Treating. They had a lot of fun and are still enjoying all of the candy they got. Lance and I are enjoying the candy as well.

Pumpkin Carving

noreply@blogger.com (krebskids) — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:40:00 +0000

We have made it a tradition to carve pumpkins the night before Halloween. Lance and Will did most of the work. The pumpkins turned out great. Will's is a pirate ship, Frances' is a sad pumpkin, Lance's is a spider, and mine is a singing pumpkin.

The kids posing with the singing pumpkin.

Will is so proud of his pirate ship.

Halloween at the YMCA

noreply@blogger.com (krebskids) — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:20:00 +0000

The YMCA had a Halloween party for all of the kids here in Steuben county, and I think most of them showed up. There were lots of games for all of the kids, including bobbing for apples. Now, with the New Superbug spreading throughout the country, do you really think parents would let their kids participate in this game? Well, guess again, lots of parents and kids went for it; GROSS. Frances was a little freaked out with all of the costumes. Will, of course enjoyed all of it. We ended the night with the haunted walk. I actually got spooked.

Storm Trooper, Pumpkin Spice, Baby Pumpkin, Frances the Fairy, Spooky Witch

May the force be with you!

Pumpkin Spice isn't afraid of Storm Trooper..

Frances was not cooperating with her costume.

Chillin with the Stockgirls

noreply@blogger.com (krebskids) — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:10:00 +0000

It was a late Saturday night and the kids were worn out. They relaxed with a movie, Shrek, while the parents enjoyed some adult conversation. Frances and Caroline were sleeping like babies.

Molly, Maggie, and Will

Gymnastic B-Day Party

noreply@blogger.com (krebskids) — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 01:08:00 +0000

Will was invited to a gymnastics birthday party last weekend. He looks like he is the only boy, but their were two other boys who are not in the photo. He had a great time with all of his little friends and is becoming quite the gymnast. His forward roll is getting much better. I have enrolled him in the gymnastics program, boys only, and he seems to love it. Watch out Mitch Gaylord; for those of you who use to watch gymnastics in the Olympics, back in the 80s.

Birthday Party at the Pumpkin Patch

noreply@blogger.com (krebskids) — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:45:00 +0000

Caroline Stock had her first birthday party at the pumpkin patch. All of the kids had a great time. There was a maze made of hay, a hayride, a petting zoo, and a corn maze. The lunch and cake were wonderful. You know the Krebs' family; we love cake. Will had two pieces of cake, thanks to Molly and Frances ate her entire piece.

Just like a picture from a Sadie Hawken's Dance!

Caroline getting ready to eat a piece of hay!

Hey Will, which way should we turn?

Reagan and Maddie Tubergen playing in the hay!

Viva Las Vegas

noreply@blogger.com (krebskids) — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:31:00 +0000

Lance and I went on vacation to Las Vegas with Todd and Melyssa Stock. The kids enjoyed their vacation with Grammy and Papa Krebs. We had a great time in Sin City and actually came home with some extra cash; a great way to end a vacation. Enjoy the photos.

Melyssa and Todd outside of New York New York!

Lance had to read a brochure on responsible gambling!

Melyssa and I at the Bellagio!

Yeah, It's Uncle Jay, Baby Derek, and Aunt Julie

noreply@blogger.com (krebskids) — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:30:00 +0000

We had a great visit with Uncle Jay, Aunt Julie, and Baby Derek. The weather was perfect. The kids played outside, we all went for a boatride, and we ended it with an evening cookout. As Jason kept putting it, what a great day.

Jason and Will pose after a few minutes of soccer.

Julie and Derek hangin out by the playset. It was Derek's first time on the swing.

Derek wasn't too sure about the boatride. Of course, Will was in his face the entire time.

Jason, is your son gay? Nice pink hat.

A typical boatride with Will and Frances. They really do love each other.