Uncle Fevin!!!

 

My brother the Marine!!! although he is a great Marine, he has a very special talent. He can sing, play guitar, piano...and pretty much any instrument he can pick up.  Ever since he was little he just had an ear for music. I always wanted him to go out and do something with it because I think he is just so talented. But alas...he is the shyer one of the two of us. As he has gotten older he has gained confidence and sings for others now, and there is one person who cannot get enough of it...

Since I showed Jacob the video of Uncle Fevin singing, this is our breakfast routine. We come downstairs and start eating and I ask Jacob, "You want to watch Mickey Mouse?" And his response is "No. Uncle Fevin!!" and he says it with a giggle of excitement.

We watch Uncle Fevin average 10 times a day.  These are some of the statements and places we watch the video.

"Uncle Fevin TV?" - upstairs we play it on apple TV.

"Uncle Fevin song"- yup he learned a new word.

"oooooh Uncle Fevin"- when the movie starts.

And perhaps the funniest is when he sees my brother in a wife beater tank top he says "Uncle Fevin sleeves up. Jacob sleeves up!"

Here is the famous video. As much as I love this song that he sings...Kev Boy I am putting a request out there for you!! All Jacob wants for Christmas is a CD of you singing!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!

Kevin's Welcome Home Party

After three months of boot camp, Kevin finally came home.  So we thought in true Shadd fashion we would throw him a last minute party... it actually turned out to be a lot of fun!! It was my first time hosting a Shadd party, and I did it without major catastrophe!! YAY!!

This is my favorite... Both Amber and my mom look really cute!!

Kevin's Home

A couple of weeks ago, sorry about the delay, we went and picked Kevin up from boot camp in San Diego.  We were super nervous to pick  him up, just because we were thinking he wouldn't be the same goofy kid he was... but we are happy to report he is the same kid, he just says mam and sir now.  anyways the ceremony was pretty cool because of the marching that they did.  It was really neat to see 300 soldiers march in unison.  Kevin ate more than I think anyone has eaten in their life,,, the day we saw him he had 3 donuts, prime rib, veggies, mashed potatoes, 2 king sized Snickers, fries, 3 sodas, and an ice cream bar.  Let me remind you that we only saw him for 5 hours that day and that's what he ate in front of us...lol!! He had ten days off which was really nice, but too short.  He is now at School of Infantry for two months, but he can at least call this time.  After that he will know more about his future in the Marines.  But we are very proud and miss him a ton!!

Here he is all dressed up in his outfit... I guess uniform.  Its just weird because I remember when he wore this same outfit for Halloween when he was three...

Another Kevin Update...

Although he didn't write to me, he wrote to my parents.  Whatever...lol.  He is doing really well, I guess he moved up to recruit level two and is one week away from moving up to recruit level three.  He didn't say whether he named his gun, but I did give him everyone's suggestions, so hopefully he picks one of them because they were all pretty funny.  He also had his PFT's last week or two weeks ago.  He did really well; he did 20 pull ups (the max), he did 104 sit ups in 2 minutes (the highest level) and he did 3 miles in 20 minutes.  He wasn't to happy with the last time because he got stuck behind some fat people (in his words).  So he thinks he will do better when it comes to the real one... he scored a 284 out of 300.  So pretty good!!! He needs to get a 290 if he wants to qualify for recon, but he thinks he will do it no problem!! He now weighs 143 lbs, which I didn't think he could get skinnier, but apparently he can!! He seems to be doing really well, but is very excited to come home.... thank you for all the well wishes!! He will graduate on May 7th, so its just over a month away!!! YAY!! Here are some pictures from his last night here, just in case you forgot what he looks like ;0)

Oh the brother and sister love... I am very very proud of him!!!

Here is the cute picture of proud Aunt Jeannie and Tutu... and of course Andy!!

Oh and of course the proud brother-n-law!! Which I never realized, Mike is a lot taller than Kevin, or he may be standing on the fireplace, I don't know.  If you would like to write to him just ask me for his address.  He says his favorite time of the week is when he gets to read everyone's letters.

Kevin Update

So most of you know that Kevin is in the Marines and right now he is at bootcamp.  I got another letter from him yesterday.  It said that he was doing much better than the first couple of weeks and that they are leaving for another training camp up north (whatever that means) to shoot their rifles.  He wanted me to ask people what he should name his rifle... it has to be a girls name apparently.  I didn't know that and Mike had to correct me.  Guns and cars have to be named after girls... go figure!! So if you wanted to help him out... I would love to hear suggestions!!  Also he has his first PFT (Physical Fitness Test) on Sunday which he has to run 3 miles, max sit ups in 2 minutes, and max pull ups in 2 minutes.  Depending on how he does in that depends on where he will be placed... so keep your fingers crossed for him!!
He is going to graduate May 7th!!! So anyone who wants to come we will take a road trip down to San Diego and cheer him on can come!!! I can't wait!!!