Up to date!

I've been neglecting our blog lately. So I'll just post a lot of photos and call that good.

I LOVE this book! I can't recommend it enough! Maybe it's just catered to the way my mind works, but for me. . . .the book just makes sense!

Andrew is now potty-trained! It was an intense day and a half, but he did it! We made cupcakes with jelly beans on them to celebrate.

A lot of wrestling!!! Wrestling has been a huge part of our lives lately, and it's about to come to an end.... until next year.

(Dave is entertaining the kids while they wait for the tournament to start.)

I dedicate these to my sister Marissa. (You know why!)

(The one of Evan is kind of scary huh?! Yikes.)

Easter!

(Matching, home-made bow-ties!)

Will and Cassie invited us over for an Easter egg hunt after church. Oh how we miss a yard!! Look how beautiful and green it is! I love easter photos, they're always so colorful.

Dave is not going to like that I posted this photo! LOL!

I've finished a lot of "projects" lately.

This is really for my benefit more than anything else. I guess so I can remember I really did accomplish something.... or finish somethings I've started.

I did a lot of sewing!

Our patio...BEFORE.

Our patio....AFTER!

I found some scrap wood in our storage locker and made something to hang our bath robes and jeans on inplace of the end of our bed. :) It's been working....so far!

I don't know what got into me, but I decided I wanted to make some aprons for mothers' day.

And finally..... Andrew's quilt! This has been a several months project, but I finally finished it! And best of all....I got all the fabric squares from a Fabrix distribution event for FREE! You should check it out sometime. http://www.fabmo.org/fabmo/Home.html

More Original Artwork

So why do I keep posting Evan's drawings? Partly because I'm proud of how well he draws and well, partly because then I feel justified in throwing them away. :)

Here's a quiz for you: See if you can tell what movie the drawing is of. (Most are Disney)

Answers: Superman, Peter Pan, Walle, Little Mermaid, and Lightning McQueen. (More to come I'm sure!)

And finally...an original of Andrew's. Don't ask me what it is. I think I asked him at the time, but I can't remember. :( We go through a lot of paper at our house!

I was in the office when I overheard this:

Evan: Hey Dad! As soon as I'm grown up our family will have two dads!
Dave: You want to be a dad when you grow up?
Evan: Yep.
Dave: You know what happens when you become a dad?
Evan: What?
Dave: I become a grandpa!
Evan: Aughhhh! You mean you're going to have white hair and be old?
Dave: Yep.
Evan: Aughhh! I don't want you to have white hair and be old!
Dave (laughing): Well, it will be a while before I get that old.

Evan: Hey Andrew! You know when YOU'RE grown up, Daddy will die!

LOL! I was cracking up.

Dave and Evan are at a wrestling tournament today...

and I'm realizing I never posted photos of their last tournament.

This was two weeks ago down near Modesto.

My photos are blurry, sorry I don't have any better ones.

Because of his weight, Evan was wrestling kids a year or more older than him. (He lost two, and won one.) I think it was kind of a blow to Evan to realize there are kids who are stronger than him. LOL! I love his confidence.

Look at the focus on his face!

Wyatt did amazing!

I told Dave he's got to work me into this whole wrestling world slowly. This was a perfect tournament for that. He wrestled all three matches and was done within an hour, and they gave each participant a medal.

We're so proud of you Evan!

Sneaky little Leprechauns

They walked all over our kids faces and painted little clovers on their noses! (Evan didn't want me to take a photo.) And they dyed our milk green!

Evan is a dedicated artist...

Dedicated to getting Spongebob and friends just right!

(If you notice in the first picture, Patrick is "running to get in the photo."
In the second one, Evan thinks it's so funny that he drew Spongebob's belt falling off.

I've been meaning to post these photos for months.....

and now it's taken me so long to upload them, I have no time to write.

Evan turned 5 years old last month!!!!!

He was sufficiently SPOILED!! I have to mention what a great kid Evan is! He's always had such a big heart and a great attitude! I love this kid so much and really want to be more like him.

This is some of what the boys did while I was in Utah.

Don't they have a great dad? What lucky kids.

Random

I know this is totally a random story, but I was thinking about it today and thought I'd blog about it. So those of you who have been to our church, or any one of the chapels for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will know the green hymn books that sit side-by-side in the little box in front of each seat. Two per box right?

Anyway, every time we sit down at church Evan puts one shoe on each of these hymn books, leans back, and starts driving a car. Sound effects and all! It drives me crazy! (To his defense, they really do make great gas/brake pedals.) He just can't resist! What a boy!