Mulvihill Family

Summer Of Swimming

2011-07-13T05:31:00.001-07:00

The girls can not get enough water this summer!!

At Millennium Park fountains.

Evelyn and Audrey on a Sunday afternoon swim.

Fiona and Evelyn collecting noodles.

Evelyn enjoying the fountains at Des Moines Golf and Country Club.

Kate taking a risk in the big pool!

Happy 4th Of July!!!

2011-07-04T05:48:00.000-07:00

S'Mores

2011-06-26T05:45:00.000-07:00

A summer staple ~ S'Mores.

The fire pit has finally gotten some use!

Audrey and Evelyn roasting marshmallows.

Visiting The Mulvihill Farm

2011-06-18T05:42:00.000-07:00

We went back to Des Moines for the Gaeth Family reunion and also a Mulvihill family visit. Bob and Josetta had us out to the farm for a Fathers Day brunch and Matt got a great gift ~ taking the girls on a tractor ride!

Zoo Camp

2011-06-16T05:38:00.000-07:00

Evelyn and her neighbors, Claire and Grace, at Zoo camp at Brookfield zoo.

She said they "did a lot of walking".

Where Have The Last Two Months Gone?

2011-06-05T05:49:00.001-07:00

We have had a busy two months..... lots of travel and a couple fun parties! Looking forward to summer and slowing down a bit (but does it really?)

We took a family vacation to Naples.

Then Matt and I went to Punta Mita for a Grubb&Ellis trip.

Then off to Naples to celebrate Brian Liston's 50th Birthday! (pictures to be posted soon)

A cowgirl BBQ to celebrate Evelyn turning 4 and Kate turning 2!

And finally a SURPRISE Birthday Party for Brad!!!

Kate is 2!

2011-04-20T06:04:00.000-07:00

Our little girl is 2!

Lemonade $0.25

2011-04-11T06:35:00.000-07:00

What a deal! With gas over $4.00 a gallon who would of know lemonade will still only be $0.25.

The Mitchell Ave kids put together a lemonade stand yesterday.

So dang cute.

Evelyn's 4th Birthday!

2011-04-08T04:49:00.000-07:00

Our little girl is 4!

Here are some pictures from her special day.....

Girls Weekend

2011-03-25T06:00:00.000-07:00

All the Mulvihill girls came to Chicago for the weekend to celebrate family and Jeanine's Birthday! Here we are ready to go out Friday night!

Tumbling Class

2011-03-21T05:58:00.000-07:00

Evelyn in her tumbling class.

A Nice Spring Day

2011-03-20T14:51:00.000-07:00

Kate and her buddy Mimi enjoying the nice spring day this week!

Kate Counting

2011-03-20T14:50:00.000-07:00

Kate pretending to count to 10.

Evelyn Swim Lessons - part 2

2011-03-20T14:46:00.000-07:00

Here is Evelyn at the end of swim lessons where they jump to the teacher. You have to be patient, but note that each kid jumps right to the arms of the teacher..... but NOT Evelyn! I was surprised to see her do that!

Evelyn Swim Lessons - part 1

2011-03-20T14:42:00.000-07:00

Here is Evelyn at her second swim lesson. She was really excited this day and told me she was going to work really hard on putting her face in the water.

Sorry, not the best quality, the parents sit pretty far away but of course I had to be the mom who tries to get her video..... you never know, she may be the next Janet Evans!

Elmhurst St. Patricks Day Parade

2011-03-12T18:47:00.001-08:00

It was a cold and windy day for the Elmhurst St. Patricks Day Parade, but we managed to get out and have a good time!

Evelyn's First Hair Cut

2011-03-12T18:42:00.000-08:00

I finally broke down and took Evelyn to get her first haircut. I was fearful she would loose her curls but I think they are here to stay! Evelyn did a great job. She is growing up to fast!

Kate Reading A Story To Evelyn

2011-03-11T07:17:00.001-08:00

Here is Kate reading a story to Evelyn before bedtime.

Happy Valentines Day!

2011-02-14T04:43:00.000-08:00

We had a few little girls over for some cookie decorating to celebrate everything pink!

Kate

2011-02-08T20:57:00.000-08:00

Here is our sweet little Kate saying her adorable "night night" and "Love You".

Blizzard 2011 - Part 2

2011-02-03T20:50:00.000-08:00

Having some fun in the snow.

The view from inside.

When you can't play soccer outside, dress the part and pretend inside!

Blizzard 2011

2011-02-02T20:43:00.000-08:00

The 5 guys that came over to shovel for us. :)

Back of the house view.

Matt clearing off the back top patio.

Back patio.

Winter Craziness

2011-01-29T20:33:00.000-08:00

What do we do to keep busy when it's to cold to go outside?

Double airplane with Daddy.

Kate watching the snow.

Evelyn dressing up as a PINK cowgirl.

Movie night.

Love the popcorn.

Bears Fan

2011-01-16T20:24:00.000-08:00

They may not have made it to the super bowl, but we cheered them on to the end!

Snow and Sun

2011-01-13T04:46:00.001-08:00

Matt and I headed to Naples for a quick weekend sans the girls only to come home to a snow day!

The girls love going out to play.

Happy New Years

2011-01-01T22:00:00.000-08:00

We had a party at the house to celebrate the ringing in of 2011!

Here are a few pics....

Kate and her buddy Mimi!

The girls getting ready to put on a show.

A party is not complete unless the girls are in princess gowns!

Snapshot of the party.

A small fireworks display.

Our Mary

2010-12-20T19:12:00.000-08:00

Evelyn took her roll of Mary in her program very serious. Each day after she has dressed as Mary for most of the day. The outfits are getting hilarious. I do not think Mary was in a bikini!

Wednesday

Baby Jesus.

Friday

Saturday

Today

Breakfast With Santa

2010-12-19T19:22:00.000-08:00

We had breakfast with Santa today. Evelyn was okay around Santa but would still not sit on his lap. Kate was terrified!

The Christmas Tree

2010-12-18T19:20:00.000-08:00

Our Christmas Tree!

Photo to be retaken Christmas Day when the girls are dressed in the best attire.

I could not resist this though.....

Evelyn's Programs

2010-12-08T19:28:00.000-08:00

Evelyn as Mary at her Little Lambs program.

Evelyn the red nose reindeer at ballet.

First Big Snow

2010-12-04T19:19:00.000-08:00

Our first large snow fall of the season meant daddy and the girls going out to shovel.

The joys of owning a home!

Kate.

Evelyn helping shovel.

And Evelyn and the neighbor girls playing in the snow!

Princess Day

2010-12-01T19:16:00.000-08:00

The girls playing dress up.

Oh Christmas Tree!

2010-11-28T19:12:00.000-08:00

We went out in search for the perfect tree this year! Size was priority.

The place we went to you actually get a saw, find, and cut down your own tree. It was a lot of fun (until we picked a 13 foot tree about the furthest away from the truck as possible)!

We will definitly go back next year.

Evelyn thought it was cool to measure all the trees!

Daddy and Evelyn measuring what is now our Christmas Tree.

Cutting it down was easier than we thought!

New Home

2010-11-18T08:02:00.000-08:00

A couple pics of the house compliments of Steve Mappa Photography.

Last ND Home Game

2010-11-18T07:51:00.001-08:00

We headed down to South Bend for the last Notre Dame home game. Despite the chilly and some times rainy weather, we had a great time!!

Here are the girls enjoying the tailgate.

Meg, Kathy, Lisa and Leslie

The boys enjoying our after party at Rocco's pizza! The BEST!

John, Rob, Tommy and Matt

Finding Things To Do Indoors

2010-11-18T07:41:00.000-08:00

Although we have had a nice warm fall, it is starting to get to cold to go outside which is forcing us to spend a lot of time in the house. Here we are trying to kill time.

Evelyn baking cupcakes.

Kate wrestling Evelyn.

Evelyn and her friend Grace playing dress up.

Halloween

2010-11-18T07:30:00.001-08:00

Evelyn and her girl friends at preschool.

Trick or Treat.

Sorting through the goods.

Bed Time.

Kids Halloween Party

2010-10-27T20:00:00.000-07:00

Evelyn and Kate had their friends over for a Halloween party today!

What fun to have all these kiddos running around in costume.

More pics here.

Pre Halloween Party

2010-10-24T18:03:00.000-07:00

Tonight we had the Halloween party at the club. It is such a fun event. Lots of dancing and yummy treats. The girls were excited to try out the Halloween costumes.

Here is Evelyn and Kate pre party.

Evelyn the cat with her friend Mimi the bee.

Evelyn found her "costume twin" Mallory. They were BFF's the rest of the night!

The Great Pumpkin

2010-10-05T18:19:00.001-07:00

We headed to the Pumpkin Patch with the Walkers in search of the perfect pumpkin and were lucky to also get pony rides, carnival rides and cotton candy!

Here are a few more pics!

Grandpa Ken Visits

2010-10-05T18:16:00.001-07:00

Grandpa Ken came to visit from Florida this past weekend.

We had a lot of fun hanging out. Grandpa got a good taste off real Fall weather while he was here!!!

Fall Fun

2010-10-05T18:06:00.001-07:00

We have been enjoying the beginning of fall.

Click to see a few random pics.

Where Did August Go??? (and September)

2010-09-23T14:28:00.000-07:00

I can not believe we are only a week away from October!

The past two months have flown by. It was a nice end to summer and we have been enjoying our warm start to fall.

I finally went through the pics from our trip back to Iowa. Click here to see how much fun we had at the Iowa State Fair!!

Evelyn In The Pool

2010-07-28T19:35:00.000-07:00

Not bad for a girl in a cast. Evelyn has been doing pretty good in the pool turning over to her back and then kicking around. Now if I could only get her water wings off.

Swim lessons are in her future.

Beach Babe

2010-07-28T19:31:00.000-07:00

I just can not help but post this pic of Kate in her bikini. She is so stinkin cute!

Erin, Kendall and Cole visit!

2010-07-28T19:18:00.001-07:00

Erin, Kendall and Cole Schindler came to visit us for a few days. We had so much fun swimming, playing and of course we got a little mom night out too curtesy of the babysitter!

Kendall and Evelyn had a great time together and Evelyn and Cole were buddies.

We miss them already.

More pics CLICK HERE!

Enjoying The Weekends In Elmhurst

2010-07-16T19:49:00.000-07:00

One of the great things about the suburbs is the space.... space you can fill with all sorts of junk. So, we added to the pile of "stuff" and bought a bike trailer for the girls. It has been a lot of fun and we have been trying to ride any where we can locally.

Here are all the kids celebrating Mimi Fitzpatrick's 1st Birthday!

Spoon Lake

2010-07-11T19:13:00.000-07:00

Another fun filled weekend at the White's Lake House!

The girls really enjoyed the water ~ and Evelyn even got on the tube!!!

Thanks Jim, Kathy, Casey and Jamie!

click here for more pics!

Happy 4th of July!

2010-07-05T06:29:00.000-07:00

We had a low key 4th of July in Elmhurst. We went swimming with the Evanston Mulvihill's one day and Uncle Brad came over for the 4th BBQ and fire works!

A Stylish Pink Cast

2010-07-02T07:03:00.000-07:00

Evelyn broke her arm riding on a skateboard at the neighbors house.

I'm pretty sure this type of injury would not have happened in the city... there are not a lot of skateboarding on North Ave!

She was devastated after we left the ER, but after she got to pick a pink cast at the Ortho office, she sort of thought it was cool.

A short cast will replace this one in two weeks. She only has to have it on a total of 4 weeks AND it is waterproof. Looks like we will not skip a beat this summer!

June

2010-06-29T19:26:00.000-07:00

Where to start..... June has been a busy month for the Mulvihill family.

We kicked off June 1 celebrating Uncle Brad's Birthday.

Then we packed up all of our belongs and made the big move to Elmhurst.

We came back to the city for a fun weekend at the Old Town Art Fair.

Celebrated Father's Day.

Grandma and Grandpa came to visit ~ they brought a FUN bouncy house for the girls and helped us get settled.

Elmhurst has been great so far. We have had lots of storms the past few weeks and have lost power 2 times! One of those was for 1 day (of course the day the grandparents came). Thank goodness for the generator!

We are loving the house, the space, and the ease of life. We do of course miss the city :( but we are settling into suburb life just fine.

There was so much to catch up on so I just downloaded our favorite pics from June here:

http://gallery.mac.com/mattmulvihill#100759&bgcolor=black&view=grid

Of course we do not have any real pictures of the house yet.... but we will get there. The contractors are here often finishing up, so once we are about finished we will get some pics of the house up.

Millennium Park

2010-05-29T19:49:00.001-07:00

We spent the afternoon enjoying Millennium Park. The girls LOVED the water and all the excitement of the holiday weekend!

Memorial Day Weekend Begins!!!!

2010-05-27T19:47:00.000-07:00

Brad and I kicked off the long weekend with a Cubs game!!!

Keeping Cool

2010-05-24T19:44:00.000-07:00

With temps in the 80's this week the girls and I had to find a way to stay cool in this city!

Go Hawks!

2010-05-23T19:40:00.000-07:00

We were lucky enough to see the Blackhawks win their way to the Stanley Cup last weekend! Thanks to the Liston's for a fabulous evening!!!

Tommy visited us in the box!

The entire gang!

Meg, Kiki and I cheering on the Hawks!

i pad

2010-05-16T22:36:00.000-07:00

Evelyn can not get enough of my new i pad. Always playing her games and showing us how to do things......

CF Walk

2010-05-16T19:39:00.001-07:00

Evelyn and I walked for Cystic Fibrosis this morning. What a great event!

We were crusin' for Clare. Love you!

Audrey's 3rd Birthday Party

2010-05-15T19:37:00.000-07:00

We went to Audrey's birthday party Saturday and let's just say it was FUN.

A petting zoo and pony rides...... what a fun time for the kids!

YUMMY!!!

2010-05-15T12:00:00.000-07:00

We had our first experience at Five Guys ~ yummy!

Fun Ride

2010-05-09T15:27:00.000-07:00

We were in Des Moines for Mother's Day weekend. The girls got to enjoy their tractor at Grandma's house. Kate enjoyed driving her sister around as much as Ev enjoyed riding in the back!

Kate The Climber

2010-05-06T06:44:00.000-07:00

Kate is ALL OVER the place. Right now, this is her favorite thing to do.

1

2010-04-20T13:02:00.000-07:00

Our little Kate is 1. We went out to dinner with the Evanston Mulvihill's to celebrate.

Picnic At The Park

2010-04-18T07:19:00.000-07:00

Arizona Trip

2010-04-15T07:17:00.000-07:00

We headed down to Arizona (sans kids) for some r&r (mostly golf for Matt).

It was nice to get a way..... and many thanks to Libby for taking the girls for 4 days!

Snow White

2010-04-08T07:16:00.000-07:00

Evelyn's 3rd Birthday

2010-04-07T06:55:00.000-07:00

We had a low key celebration for Evelyn's 3rd Birthday. Her friend Audrey came over for dinner and cake.

Here she is on her new scooter (she liked the helmet more than the scooter).

Loving all of her dress up shoes from her friends Taylor, Gracie, Jack and Johnny.

Proud mommy and her big 3 year old!

Audrey and Evelyn enjoying their dinner (and their balloons).

Family pic with Evelyn's castle cake (made by mom!).

Easter Lunch

2010-04-04T07:50:00.000-07:00

We had Easter lunch at the Club. Here are a pic of all the girls....

Easter Morning

2010-04-04T07:37:00.000-07:00

Kate and Evelyn with their Easter Baskets.

Kendall

2010-04-03T07:34:00.000-07:00

We were lucky enough to see the Schidler's while they were in town for Easter.

Evelyn and her buddy Kendall raided aunt Erin's closet for dress up clothes and backpacks....

Silly girls.

Cousin Jamie Comes To Visit

2010-03-31T07:28:00.000-07:00

Cousin Jamie spent one day of her spring break with us here in Chicago.

When Aunt Kathy dropped her off, she brought Evelyn and Kate their Birthday presents. A Cinderella costume for Ev, and a cute dress up tutu for Kate! Surprise - Evelyn loved her dress up clothes and wore them all night!

Here she is serving tea to our guests.

Evelyn helping Daddy grill dinner.

Alison and Jamie with Ev.

Evelyn and Kate in their new costumes!

Jamie and Evelyn enjoying a picnic at Lincoln Park Zoo.

Easter Egg Hunt

2010-03-28T07:20:00.000-07:00

The Mulvihill girls and the Fitzpatrick girls attended the Club's Easter Egg hunt.

Evelyn had a blast finding all the eggs and was excited to see the Easter Bunny!

Some Time In Des Moines

2010-03-26T07:15:00.000-07:00

We were able to spend some time at Grandma's.....

Evelyn on her John Deer.

With Grandma at Build A Bear.

And enjoying a shopping trip to Hy Vee!

Trip To Patagonia

2010-03-22T07:13:00.000-07:00

Two Patagonia kids.... Kate in her new fleece and Evelyn in her "safari" hat!

St. Patricks Day Picnic

2010-03-17T07:08:00.000-07:00

Evelyn and her friends celebrating St. Patrick's Day with a picnic.

And Kate also enjoying the warm day!

Bath Time

2010-03-15T06:21:00.000-07:00

Little Pizza Makers

2010-03-14T19:35:00.000-07:00

We had dinner with the Walker's tonight. Evelyn and Audrey got to make their own pizzas.

What To Do When It Rains All Weekend

2010-03-14T19:32:00.000-07:00

Put up a tent and watch a movie.

Kate And A Pickle

2010-03-14T19:28:00.000-07:00

A Green River

2010-03-13T19:24:00.000-08:00

We took the girls downtown Saturday to see the river dyed green. It was to rainy to trek to the parade, but we had a nice lunch indoors and enjoyed the crazy Chicago crowd.

60 degrees - we are out of the house!

2010-03-10T19:22:00.000-08:00

Just A Little Monday Photo Shoot Of The Girls

2010-03-08T17:13:00.000-08:00

Staycation

2010-03-07T14:28:00.000-08:00

We headed out to Rosemont to a fun little hotel to do some swimming this weekend.

Evelyn got a pair of water wings and now she is a little fish... could not get her out!

Biker Chic

2010-03-01T14:22:00.000-08:00

Evelyn looking ever so biker chic (p)leather jacket - ear flap hat. To cute :)

Bowling Night

2010-02-27T18:46:00.000-08:00

Evelyn's first attempt bowling.

Who knew they had a little kiddie helper. Just push the ball and down it goes!

Kate Multitasking

2010-02-22T11:58:00.000-08:00

Here is Kate multitasking. Drinking from a sippy and walking.... way to go Kate!!

Evelyn Showing Off

2010-02-22T11:15:00.000-08:00

Here is Evelyn showing off her twirling moves and her ABC's.

Yes, she is in her Speedo. Today she said she was going to the beach. Oh how I wish.

Kate - 10 months

2010-02-20T11:13:00.000-08:00

Kate's Steps

2010-02-10T18:43:00.000-08:00

Kate has been taking little steps all day!

Sushi Night Out

2010-02-06T19:03:00.000-08:00

We had a great night out with our friends the Walkers!

Here is Evelyn and Audrey making their silly faces.

And me, Audrey, Liz and Evelyn.

A Night At The Museum

2010-01-31T07:21:00.000-08:00

We went to a wonderful event at the Field Museum last night. The exhibit was Diamonds and the benefit was for Children with Mental Illness. They had "treasure hunts" for the kids and lots of food, dancing and entertainment. It was a great time!

Here is a fun pic of all the girls out on their treasure hunt. It was Lilly Fitzpatrick's 8th Birthday - so her and her friends were celebrating - and being so kind as to take the little ones around with them. Evelyn and Audrey were in ah of the older girls!

Fiona, Evelyn and Audrey enjoying some dinner.

Snow

2010-01-30T07:49:00.000-08:00

Daddy messing around with Evelyn.

Christmas 2009

2010-01-30T07:36:00.001-08:00

Well, it only took a month, but I finally went through all the Christmas photos!

We had a wonderful time in Des Moines. Both sets of Grandparents were so generous to the girls. They loved all their toys! Evelyn really got into the holiday this year ~ and Kate loved the paper and boxes :)

There are more pics in our web gallery ~ click here.

Santa

2009-12-13T21:09:00.000-08:00

We had brunch with Santa Sunday and Evelyn actually went right up and sat on his lap!!

Street Princess

2009-12-11T21:06:00.000-08:00

Not sure what else to call this look - the backwards hat, the slippers.... this is definitely a fashion don't!!

Standing Up

2009-12-10T21:04:00.000-08:00

It's official - Kate is pulling herself up.

Fun times ahead!!

Diaper Changing Time

2009-12-09T21:02:00.000-08:00

Lately I can not get Kate on the changing table without Evelyn wanting to lay there next to her. It's a tight squeeze, but we still get it done.

Note - the Halloween dress and tiara never comes off.

Kate - Bath Time

2009-12-06T21:00:00.000-08:00

Having Fun

2009-12-02T20:49:00.000-08:00

Here are the girls in their matching pj's having some fun before bed.

Yes, this is a big cardboard box in our living room ~ hey, it's winter!!

Finding Just The Right Tree

2009-11-29T20:56:00.000-08:00

Picking out our last Christmas Tree in the city. We ended up with a small tree that can be put up away from grabbing toddlers and crawling babies!!

The Living Room

2009-11-22T19:04:00.000-08:00

Evelyn and Kate in the family room of our new home.