The Placeway Family http://www.placeway.net Home of Shane, Kerry, Erin & Colin Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:51:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 Christmas 2008 http://www.placeway.net/2008/12/25/christmas-2008/ http://www.placeway.net/2008/12/25/christmas-2008/#comments Fri, 26 Dec 2008 02:53:24 +0000 Shane Placeway http://www.placeway.net/?p=205
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Okay, so I’m a little late with these. I think this was the first year Erin got a grasp of the whole Christmas phenomena. She participated in our church’s Christmas play and couldn’t wait until Santa brought her presents on Christmas morning. Santa was good to her this year, but lagged considerably behind the Grandparents. At 10 months old, Colin didn’t quite understand what all the fuss was about, but loved the wrapping paper. He wasn’t into unwrapping as much as Erin, but couldn’t put enough of it in his mouth. Christmas wrapping paper must taste much better than your everyday, run-of-the-mill paper. Anyway, the kids were spoiled again this year. More pics of Christmas morning as well as Erin’s participation in the Christmas Eve Church service after the jump…


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Erin and her cousins (Emily and Andrea) participated in our church’s Christmas Play. Erin was very excited to “get on the stage,” but quickly fizzled after being up there for about 5 minutes. The best part was when she whispered to Mommy and Daddy during the play that she “had to go poop.” Ahh… the memories that we will cherish. A few more pics and a video after the jump…


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Mom caught Colin trying stand himself up inside the fridge and thought she’d snap a few pics. Catch them after the jump…

]]> http://www.placeway.net/2008/10/27/colin/feed/ Pumpkin Picken with the Deweese’s http://www.placeway.net/2008/10/26/pumpkin-picken-with-the-deweeses/ http://www.placeway.net/2008/10/26/pumpkin-picken-with-the-deweeses/#comments Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:00:36 +0000 Shane Placeway http://www.placeway.net/?p=161


The Deweese’s made the trek from Edwardsville, Illinois to our house for some Fall festivities. We caravaned to Glencoe to ride the Wabash Frisco and Pacific 12 inch gauge Railroad on their last day of the season. The day was beautiful even though our train broke down at the end of the line. Luckily, another train arrived shortly and towed us back home. The 20 minute round-trip turned into about an hour. From there we headed over the Rombach’s farm to do some pumpkin picken, then back to our house to carve pumpkins and make some s’mores. I think good times where had by all. Hit them jump for a few pics…




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Erin, Colin, Kerry and I participated in our subdivision’s annual Halloween Parade. Why not start early and amass more candy for me…er…I mean the kids. God knows I don’t need it. More pics after the jump…

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Drew’s Crew

On Saturday, October 11th, we will be walking in the “Walk Now for Autism” at Forest Park. Walk Now for Autism, the nation’s largest grassroots autism walk program, is Autism Speaks’ signature fundraising and awareness event.

We are walking with Drew’s Crew, a co-worker and close friend’s team, Joe and Karen Zimmermann. Their 6 year-old son, Drew, was diagnosed with Autism several years ago. Their dedication and love for Drew is inspiring. Kerry and I are raising money for Drew’s Crew. If you would like to make a donation and sponsor our walk, click on the link below…

CLICK HERE TO SPONSOR OUR WALK
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Drew

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Ok, I’m exhausted. We started out the day by heading to Eckert’s Orchard for a little apple pick’en. We ended up picking about 5 pounds of apples (not including the “samples” that we snacked on during our harvest). Even Colin got in on the festivities. After hitting their petting farm, we drove over the Scott Air Force Base to take in the last day of the Airshow. I ate my share of carnie food and got to watch the Air Force’s Thunderbirds perform their maneuvers. Can’t complain about that. More pics after the jump…





(Everyone loves the spinning tea cup ride)



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About a week ago, Erin, Colin, Kerry and I went to the local Target to pick up some essentials. After we left, we realized that the toy that had been attached to Colin’s car seat was missing. We decided that it wasn’t worth the hassle, searching the store for the lost toy. Yesterday, Kerry, Erin and Colin were at Target again, picking up some stuff and passed by a clearance end cap. Kerry just happen to look on the shelf and noticed that our long lost toy was sitting on the shelf with no packaging and a $2 price tag attached. Kerry explained to a manager that just happened to be walking by, that we had lost the toy the week prior. He quickly grabbed the toy, tore off the tag and gave it back to Kerry. Target tried to sell our toy! I’m thinking about asking them if they’d sell some of the other crap we have laying around the house for us. Would beat having a garage sale.

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Erin participated in the Des Peres Kid Run. She did this after her mother completed the 5K. Dad was unable to attend, but by the looks of the photos, she had a good time. Mom said she ran the whole race (half mile) and evidently has ridden herself of her fear of walking, life-sized stuffed animals. More pics after the jump…






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Grandma made her late summer visit with us this weekend. We had a great time just hanging out and Grandma got her Erin and Colin Fix. A few pics after the jump…

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