the Hoban's are expecting!!

Merry Christmas from the Chicago Hoban's.

Stefanie and Jamie announce they are expecting a baby girl in June 2013. 

Congratulations Guys, enjoy the new year as you wait your special delivery.

OPA does Christmas

December 15 OPA (Oxford Preparatory Academy) was part of the Chino Christmas Parade. Right down the main street. Here's the kids waiting for the music to start.  

Here they come, the flag team....

the dance team...

the Marching Band..

there's our Jacob playing the bass drum..

Go Jacob, it was a long mile...

maybe some day we'll see him in the Rose Parade?

Corrinne makes the grade!

Cindy and Kevin are proud parents,  Corrinne won second place in the Reflections art contest, visual arts division, the theme "magic of a moment" Corrinne’s title "starry night dreams" made with jelly beans! 
She also made principal honor roll for the Trimester 1.
Keep on rocking it Corrinne!!

Rolland graduates, YEA!!

On the move again, Mom and Dad went to Prescott, AZ for Rolland Hartwick's  graduation from Emery Riddle University. They left a cloudy southern California to wake up on Saturday morning to SNOW.   

the long walk across the stage

with the grandparents

with his Very Proud parents

the whole gang

with his girlfriend Beth

We are all very proud of you Ro, you did it!! 

Shawn's new plates

Can you guess what it says?

Personalized plates are everywhere in Virginia, so Shawn got these for his new truck. Says he needs a sticker that says "saving"  to put in front of the message.
 He loves his Mom, this was to show his support.

Mom in San Fran

She has been a very busy lady this past month, the weekend following her party she went to San Francisco to meet Henry Thomas for the first time. These are some shots they took to share.

Mom, Benjamin, Dan, Judith and a not very happy Henry

Beautiful

Here's mom with the 2 boys. Man they both have a ton of hair.

Mom's 75th Birthday Party

This is what I posted Sunday Dec 2: What a day! We all surprised my mom, everyone (siblings) who were available, showed up for 9:30 mass today. The look on her face was priceless, so sorry it was in church and I didn't think fast enough to catch it. Bridget and Jason & kids sat right in the middle so Mike & I sat with them, Dick & Char were right behind us. So dad sat with us, just waiting for mom to notice he was not where they usually sit. Then as everyone else came in she was speechless.Love you MOM Sheila Hoban, Happy Birthday!! After mass we went to the newly opened Hopscotch, downtown in the old train station. Brunch was had by all. While we all visited we had a great time checking out the table decorations. KD had a pile of old photos printed to remember Mom's last 75 years. She spread them out on all the tables,you can see some of them in the pictures. They were the hit of the party.  

the San Diego Hoban's, Dillon, Braden, Kamie, Ed and Kim

they joined us for mass, but had to leave for Braden's basketball game.

Kellen, Jackson, Lyla and Jenna

Cousin buddys

Corrinne, Kaia and Liam

Check out the photos on the table.

Duggan and Lyla

Corrinne, Lyla and Kaia

Blow out the candle

Mom's thankful garland for her Christmas tree this year. The dots had birthday wishes on them.

Bridget and Eileen, pretty in blue

KD and Allie

the Belprez's and the Hoban's

friends since before they both moved to California in 1960

 Kevin with Mom and Dad

Danya, Tibor and Allie

Margie and Danya

after brunch the kids went to the new train station to wait for the train.

OPA's Living Museum

 This living museum is presented each year by the third grade. Kaia has been working on this project for over 2 months. As you can see by the standards board this involves English, Language Arts, Social Studies and Theater. Each child had to pick a person to learn about. There is a whole process to learn enough for a 3 minute speech. Kaia picked Mozart.  Each person is asleep till you press their button to start their speech.

Mozart with Queen Elizabeth

Kaia's best friend Brooklyn as Daniel Boone

Grandma checking out her presentation. Her Great grandparents, Papa Tom and Nan also spent some time walking around pushing buttons to meet Dr. Seuss, Michael Angelo, Walt Disney and  Ann Frank to name a few. 

Just for Uncle Shawn's info Kaia's class this year is Notre Dame

Michigan Cousins

I just thought this was a great shot of Tony and Tracy, had to share

Camera Found

Bridget lost her camera sometime in November, with her shots from the first day of school & Halloween  When she found it I just uploaded the whole thing so I could share these:

Kaia, Kelen, Jacob, Jenna & Briana 

ready to set out with Uncle Ryan to knock on doors.

Their first day of school, Aug 7, 2012

For their birthday this year the girls, Corrinne and Kaia, decided to they wanted to get their ears pierced. The big even happened the day after Thanksgiving. 

 All finished up and ready to take care of things by themselves.  Happy Birthday Girls!