Evans

Snow Week!

2012-01-25T14:58:00.000-08:00

Last week the Seattle area was hit with day after day for snow(not usual for the area). Monday we didn't have any snow at our house but my parents had about 6in. So I took the kids up to play.

We only played for about 30min but this is how it went. Blakley got pulled around in the sled and was loving it. Grayson really didn't want to do anything, he just filled up his dump truck with snow and pulled it around.

Blakley and Auntie having some fun!

A few days later we got a good amount of snow. The kids didn't want to go out and play so I got a big bowl full of snow so they could play inside. The next morning that was the first thing they asked for, their bowl of snow.

Than after all the snow, we got about 6in in all, there was an ice storm. It was so pretty!

Until this happened...not so pretty.

Grayson is 3!

2012-01-23T13:03:00.000-08:00

On his actual birthday we kept it low key. We went to play at McDonald's. His Aunt and cousins brought him over some amazing cupcakes! Opened a gift and that was about it.

A few days later we had a family party for him. Thanks to everyone that came!
We had some lunch, play games(there was a great game of duck, duck, goose), and had cupcakes!

Toy story shaving kit. He doesn't like his face to be messy so we shave his arms.

Can't go wrong with money! When we go to Target he gets to pick something out with his money.

And Auntie Kerissa got him a present that will last for years to come, a Betta fish!

He loves it and always wants to feed it and catch it with the little net.

Zoo Lights

2012-01-12T14:26:00.000-08:00

The day after Christmas we made it out to Point Defiance Zoo to see the lights.

They had fun scenes like this one, others were animated.

In the middle area of the zoo the just had lights everywhere.

There was even a few animals we checked out. They loved checking out the fishes.

They were able to fed some goats also. It didn't get a picture of it but one of the goats tried to eat Blakley's hat she had on. It has little pom-poms on it, i guess he thought it was food.

To end the night the kids took a ride on the carousel. They loved it!

Christmas 2011

2012-01-04T10:53:00.000-08:00

We had a great Christmas! It was nice to start it out by going to

Church and focus on the true meaning of Christmas.

When we got back from church we let the kids open the presents Santa left for them on the couch. They played with those presents while we wanted for my family to come over. They kids were loving it! They went from one gift to the next than back to one they had already opened, than spotted a new present and opened that one.

Blakley loved all her new clothes she got. She is a true girl and loves clothes and shoes!

Grayson was in heaven with his tool table and trains he got.

I just had to post this. While we were waiting for my family to show up the kids entertained themselves with the box of Kevin's gift.

After we opened gifts with my family the kids napped and than we went open to Grandma and Grandpa Evans house. I'm sad I didn't get any pictures there. They had fun playing with their cousins and didn't do too bad in the present department either!

It was a great day and we feel so blessed to be back home with our families!

Snowflake Lane

2011-12-24T14:27:00.000-08:00

A few weeks ago we went to Snowflake Lane.

They have drummer boys, music, snow fairies, and of course snow!

We got there early to get right next to the drummer's platform. We went on a Monday night and it turned out there wasn't a ton of people and the drums were a lot louder than I remember. So it didn't really matter.

Near the end of the show it starts to snow. Blakley thought it was the greatest thing ever! You can't see the snow in the picture but she would just look up at point at it.

Grayson loved the girls handing out the suckers, just stared at the drummer boy and wanted daddy to hold him the whole time.

It was fun to be back home and be able to do this with my family!

Museum Of Flight

2011-12-13T11:20:00.000-08:00

A few weeks ago we went to the Museum of Flight.

We weren't sure if the kids would really enjoy it but the loved it and we'll keep going back!

We spent a lot of our time in the kids area. Blakley sat in the airplane for a good 10 minutes.

Grayson sitting in the helicopter. He had a blast running around checking out everything.

Notice Blakley in this picture she spent most of her time looking up

at all the planes hanging from the ceiling.

Thanksgiving

2011-11-28T17:46:00.000-08:00

We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. We were blessed to have both our families over and had a great time. Lots of food and yummy dessert!

Kind of a funny picture of Grayson but he was loving the turkey's

Auntie made from oreos, kisses, and rolo's.

Blakley also loved them! She sat there and eat her dessert and loved every minute of it.

Love My Kids!

2011-11-09T18:03:00.000-08:00

I went upstairs, after getting Grayson some breakfast, to get Blakley out of bed. I came back down to see this. I guess he wanted more! You'll notice his bowl is just pushed off to the side at this point, he was just eating it off the table with his spoon.

Saturdays are my days I get out and go get some stuff done. I came home and saw Grayson playing around but didn't see Blakley. Poor girl was very tired! Kevin said she went over to the living to and the next thing he knew she was fast asleep on the floor.

Halloween

2011-11-03T10:16:00.000-07:00

Trunk-or-Treat

Blakley really didn't get the whole trunk or treating thing. She just wanted to run around with all the other kids. Being that we were in a parking lot I said it would be better if she just hung out with dad at the car. So she helped dad pass out candy and even found herself a sucker.

After all our candy was gone and daddy could walk around with us we

let Blakley run around and Grayson just followed behind daddy.

Halloween Night

The kids loved going trick-or-treating!

Grayson was so funny! The first few houses he would go right up to the jack-o-lanterns and blow them out. Than he started knocking on the door, ringing the doorbell and than he would turn around and walk away. He did this at almost all the houses.

Blakley decided she wanted to take a break here on the front porch. She just sat down and picked out a piece of candy and tried to eat it. After a little freak out because she couldn't;t get it open auntie opened it for her and she was quit content.

We had a fun night with the kids and family!

Pumpkin Patch

2011-10-29T12:16:00.000-07:00

Last week took the kids to the patch. Blakley loved running around but wasn't to sure about the pumpkins at first. Grayson walked right up to the table of gourds, picked two up and was using them as drumsticks to play the others.

Walking with daddy over to the big pumpkins.

I could not get the kids to look at me, they had so much fun running around the patch!

First Hair Cut

2011-10-20T17:07:00.000-07:00

So she got her hair cut so long ago(end of September) but I just got these pictures.

This isn't the best before picture but you can see how crazy the back was.

It was all different lengths and would flip out to the side.

She actually did very well while her aunt was cutting her hair. She just wanted to know what was going on back there and kept turning her head around to try and see.

Here is her new hair cut, all the same length and nor more flipping out.

She even got a cut little pony tail.

Splash Park

2011-10-07T11:45:00.000-07:00

So we went to the splash park over a month ago and now that's it's colder and rainy we are wishing the warm weather was back so we could go again.

At first the kids really didn't know what to do.

They stood there looking around and checking everything out.

Blakley kept tyring to fill her cup up and drink it(eww) but she never could figure out how to fill it up. She would go over and put the cup by the thing but never where the water was coming out.

When we were getting ready for bed we saw this.

I guess I forgot to put sun screen on her little chest. Poor girl!

Point Defiance Zoo

2011-10-03T09:40:00.000-07:00

I've been so bad at blogging lately, not that I was good at it before. But almost a month ago we went to the zoo with the Evans family. It was such a fun day!

The kids loved seeing all the animals. Grayson was trying to find the moles in the tunnels.

"Hoook!" Grayson has a hard time with the "L" sound so that's what we hard all day

pointing at all the animals.

All the cousin's, except one(must have run out of the picture) checking out the monkey.

The kids loved the walrus. He would come up to the glass and just look at everyone.

The kids passed out the second they got in their seats.

Sand Sculpting

2011-09-09T13:19:00.000-07:00

Last week we headed over to Federal Way to check out the sand sculpting championships. They had all finished their creations and were already judged except for one. We watched him sculpt a mermaid, it was pretty cool to see what they could do with sand.

Grayson seemed more interested in the birds flying around than the sand at times, and didn't get why we couldn't play in it.

There were lots of good ones but I think this one was my favorite.

Lake Meridian Park

2011-09-02T16:30:00.000-07:00

Earlier this week we met up with our cousins to play at the park.

Blakley loved climbing up the stairs on the pirate ship and looking out the port holes.

Yay! we love playing with cousins!

And Grayson went down the slide by himself! He has always been scared to do the slide but he went right up to the slide and slid down all on his own!

Trip to Utah

2011-08-15T18:31:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago me and the kids went down to Utah for my cousins wedding. It was a long drive through the night but we made it. The reception was amazing! A Luau beyond all luaus, it was so neat! The next day we headed down to SLC for the wedding. The kids loved just running around looking at the Temple.

Here they are running after Grandpa as he was walking to sit down.

So some of my cousins are fairly young and Grayson loved playing with them!

The kids discovered some quail in the bushes and were following them around through the little pathways around the garden.

Swimming

2011-08-05T17:10:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago we went swimming with the cousins. It reiterated how different my kids are.

Blakley went running to the water, wasn't afraid at all. She just loved it!

Grayson on the other hand wouldn't go near the water, as you can see didn't even take his shoes off. He was the official "toy thrower in the water". He did have fun but with out the water.

I love that my kids have there own personalities and like different things. Its fun to see them be them.

Happy Birthday Baby Girl!

2011-06-07T21:22:00.000-07:00

She turned one today! WHAT?! I can't believe she is already one!

She got a eat a little piece of cake and loved it.

A few days later we had a little family party.

She LOVED her cupcake!

Here is to the next year and loving every moment with her! Love you Baby Girl!

I Thought They Were Over This

2011-05-24T11:17:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Grayson and Blakley were playing so well together while I was cleaning the house. After awhile I heard them both laughing and this is what I saw. They had pulled out all the wipes and Grayson was waving them in front of Blakley's face. You can't hear Blakley but she was laughing too.

I love that they can play together now, even if it is at the lost of a bunch of wipes.

(video was taken on my phone so it's not that great)

Helping Out

2011-05-11T13:06:00.000-07:00

I was doing the wash today and asked Grayson to come help me so Daddy could finish cleaning the bathroom. I took the load out of the dryer to put it away and I came back to him like this.

Just Checking things out mom.

11 months

2011-05-09T13:19:00.000-07:00

On Saturday Blakley turned 11 months. What better gift to give us and herself then to start walking!

Just Dance

2011-05-02T22:42:00.000-07:00

So my kids love to dance. This is from a few months ago, Auntie was trying to teach Grayson the spider man dance.

Blakley just makes me laugh when she dances. I swear she has a new move every time.

And please excuse my messy house and kids dressed funny or not even dressed at all.

Trip Home

2011-04-26T09:32:00.000-07:00

We were able to go home to visit the trip didn't exactly turn out how we wanted(everyone but me got sick), but it's still nice to get home and see family. Here is a short overview of our trip.

We all got dressed up for Uncle Randy's Wedding.

We partied the night away and danced with cousins.

We went to Uncle Ryan's baseball game.

We played in Duke's crate( he loved getting in there, not sure why).

We wrestled with grandpa.

And caused some trouble(we found him during his nap with a cassette tape completely unrolled).

9 Months

2011-03-28T10:47:00.000-07:00

So she is now almost 10 months but lets just get over that fact.At 9 months here are her stats:

Weight: 17.5lbs

Height: 27in

She is in the 15-25 percentile for both weight and height.

Still a little petite girl but she is getting so big.

She is pulling up and walking along things so well I thought, let's see if she can walk with this little push toy. She just took off and loves walking with it!

She loves her new car seat! In her infant seat she hated being in the reclined position and would always sit with her head lifted. Now with the new seat she can sit up straighter and Grayson and her can see each other while in the car.

Hangin' At The Mall

2011-03-24T12:51:00.000-07:00

While my sister was here a few weeks ago we went to the mall.

After some shopping we had some time to kill so we let the kids play.

My kids play so well together and I love it. Although sometimes Grayson forgets that Blakley is still a baby and rough with her. But for the most part they play well.
So Grayson wouldn't go down the slide facing forward.
Would always get up there sit down and turn around and go down on his tummy.

Blakley loved to just watch all the other kids running around and playing.

3 weeks

2011-03-21T08:55:00.000-07:00

So it's been three weeks since my surgery and things are getting back to normal. Kevin has gone back to work and my sister has come and gone. Now it's just me and the kids again.

The surgery went better than the Dr. and us thought. The hernia it self was smaller than the Dr. thought, good news. But because I was so big with both pregnancies my abdominal wall was stretched to it's limits and never recovered fully. So instead of being at 100% thickness mine is more like at 35%, not so good news.

The recovery was not so fun. Originally I was going to have to be in the hospital for at most a week, but because it wasn't as bad the Dr. actually sent me home the day of surgery(although looking back I think I would have like to stay in the hospital). The first 4 days I couldn't keep anything in me or even eat at times. Things got better after that, I was still in pain but was able to get up for short periods during the day. The second week was much better I was able to actually be out of bed and pretty much walk around without much difficulty. Week three I'm almost back to normal. If I do a lot of bending over and lifting by the end of the day I'm hurting but over all feeling good.

I'm counting down that days until I start exercising to

try and help with my thin abdominal wall.

Poor Baby Girl

2011-02-28T14:40:00.000-08:00

Saturday night we had an unexpected trip to the ER. I had just finished feeding her and she fell out of her Bumbo and hit her head on the edge of the centerpiece on the table. It looked like it was a deep cut but we didn't know if we should take her in or not. We called up Auntie, who is a nurse. She talked to her mom who is also a nurse. They both said that you could take care of it at home but there might be a scar if not done right. So we decided to take her in just in case she needed stitches.

She did really good considering we left for the ER right when she should have been going to bed, not to mention she didn't take a good nap. She was all smiles and full of giggles. The only time she cried was when the Dr. first looked at it. She didn't even cry when they cleaned it up.

After 4 hours we were on our way home with a clean cut and some neosporin on it.

The Good, The Bad and The Cute

2011-02-24T10:23:00.000-08:00

The Good:

Blakley has gotten good enough at sitting up that her and Grayson can take baths together.

The Bad:

These two are already causing trouble. Grayson pulled out all the wipes so Blakley could play with them...isn't he so nice.
The Cute:
After every nap Grayson loves to go get "sissy". Blakley bounces up and down while Grayson jumps and runs around her. They love it!

Happy {heart} Day

2011-02-15T10:36:00.001-08:00

This picture is my kids to a "t". Never sitting still. Never listening.

Just being them.

Hope everyone had a great Valentine's day.

New Trick = Bad Nap Time

2011-02-12T08:32:00.000-08:00

Baby girl started pulling herself up this week. What!? I guess this means she is really growing up. I still look at her and think she can't be doing that...she is still so small. (Side story: the kids started going to a new pediatrician and after the nurse had measured her, she came in and did it herself just to make sure it was right. That's how small she is)

Her new trick has led to this while she is trying to go down for a nap. Poor girl, she has learned how to pull up but can't get down. So she will end up stuck standing and crying waiting for someone to lay her back down.

Post It

2011-02-05T08:19:00.000-08:00

The other day while I was doing the laundry Grayson found these little post it notes. I came out to the kitchen and asked, what's going on? They both looked at me and just smiled. I sat down with them and Grayson said, here you go and proceeded to stick some on my face.

Look at how cool I look mom!
Blakley could tell she had something on her head but couldn't really figure it out.

She was finally able to reach up and grab them off her head. Yummy!

Love Them!

2011-02-02T13:31:00.000-08:00

We are still trying to kick the sick over here. This picture says it all.

Blakley's nose would just not stop running. I feel like between the three of us I'm wiping, blowing and wiping noses all day long.

Grayson is feeling better but still has his running nose. This is the face he makes when we ask him to smile. This picture makes it look better but it is kinda creepy looking.

Little Inchworm

2011-01-29T20:59:00.000-08:00

So we have all been sick this last week so excuse my nasally voice and Blakley's stuffy nose. But here she is getting around.

She has been scooting around since the beginning of December but just wont actually move those hands forward while on her knees.

She kinda reminds me of an inchworm when she is "crawling".

Decoration Withdrawal

2011-01-24T09:46:00.000-08:00

Since taking down all the Christmas decorations I felt like my house seemed empty. I was looking forward to getting my Valentines Day stuff out. I thought I had more stuff than I did, with everything put up I needed more. I set out for more. I first made this little printout to go in the wreath on the front door. I than went on a search of some blogs I follow. I found this "Be Mine" banner. I had these prints printed out and swapped them out with the Christmas ones I had up. It's not a lot but it's a more than I had!

Happy Birthday!

2011-01-06T15:11:00.000-08:00

Grayson turned two! We had two little parties for him.

The first one was while my family was here.

(you'll notice that he was not to fond of the candle flame and the smoke)

We had some cupcakes that were not so great. The bright blue frosting stained everything. We ended up scraping off all the frosting and just eating the cake.

He got the idea of opening presents very quick.

The second party we had yesterday, on his birthday.

He was so excited to open his big present!

He got some zoo and farm animals from Grandma and Grandpa Evans.
I see a future basketball player! He better get a little taller though.

I got smart the second time and just got a chocolate cake.
Although he was even more scared of the candle and smoke from blowing it out this time around.

Awful Awful

2011-01-04T10:36:00.000-08:00

Last week while my family was here we took the time to go see a few things around Reno.

We went up to Virginia City, an old mining town.

We went in the old fire house. Inside there were old fire trucks from the 18oo's.
We watched as they made candy.
And went to the old Saloon
(which had been turned into a casino, it is Nevada after all).

After that we drove into Reno to the Nugget. We heard there was a burger place called Awful Awful that we had to go try. It turns out there was no special burger place but just a restaurant that served a burger called "awful awful". We all got one and had a yummy lunch.

We found a huge arcade area and Grayson loved it.

All the sounds and lights, just what he likes.

As we were leaving Grayson couldn't resist a little dance session.

Christmas Morning

2010-12-30T14:22:00.000-08:00

We had a great Christmas, we hope you all did too!

Merry Christmas

2010-12-25T14:11:00.001-08:00

So we got a great Christmas surprise this morning. We got some carolers from Washington. My family, minus my sister(she has to work) surprised us by driving down.

Sorry it's sideways.

Reindeer Food

2010-12-24T20:31:00.000-08:00

"Sprinkle on the lawn at night, Rudolph's nose will make it sparkle bright,

As Santa's reindeer fly and roam, This will guide them to your home."

Grayson really had no idea what he was doing.
But running around throwing "Reindeer Food" all over was so much fun!

Blakley is wishing everyone a Merry Christmas!

Santa

2010-12-20T16:05:00.000-08:00

On Saturday we took Grayson and Blakley to see Santa! Grayson wasn't so sure about the jolly ol' guy.

As you can see from the picture he just stood there and stared at him.

Daddy had to step in and help Grayson get anywhere near Santa.

Blakley was just all smiles. She is a funny girl!

Snow

2010-12-17T10:27:00.000-08:00

Since we found out we were moving to Reno I was excited about the weather change and the thought of getting some snow in the winter. Come to find out where we live, about 45 min east of Reno, doesn't get a lot on snow. So when we woke up this morning and there was some snow on the ground I took Grayson out to play.

He wasn't so sure what to do. He just kinda walked around

trying to figure out what this stuff was.

When Blakley woke up I did the mother thing
and had to take her out to get a picture too.

This was a little later Grayson was out having fun with Baxter until her jumped up and knocked him over. oops! He was done playing after that.

6 Months!

2010-12-08T14:18:00.000-08:00

Baby girl is 6 months old!

Stats

Weight: 13.6lbs

Height: 26.5in

This is the new way she sits in her bumbo. After about 30 seconds she turns and hangs over the side like that. She actually was able to get out of it the other day. I'm not sure how she did it but she was able to get herself out.
Is this what he are in store for? 6 months old and already lovin' on the cell phone.

Grayson

2010-12-06T08:46:00.000-08:00

Grayson is 23months, I cant believe I'll have a two year old in a month!

He is so much fun but does have his moments.

He loves to be just like mommy and daddy. Any chance he can get he will

come sit at the desk and pretend to work on the computer.
This is his favorite way to watch a movie. Just like daddy he loves his popcorn!

We have these moments quite often. When he doesn't get what he wants, when he drops something, when he don't understand him, when he wants out attention.

I feel like these moments stem from the fact that he is being very stubborn about talking. He understands us pretty good but when is comes to talking he just wont use his words.

He loves to put peoples shoes on. Here he asked me to put his sisters shoes on.

So pretty in pink! :)

My favorite is when he puts daddy's shoes on. You can also see in this picture some of his cars. He will pick two cars out in the morning and drag them everywhere with him all day.

This just makes me laugh. He took the spray bottle and soaked himself. I tired showing him how to spay it forward but he insisted on spraying it in his face.

What We've Been Up To

2010-11-13T17:02:00.001-08:00

We really haven't been up to much the weather has gotten

cold and we usually hang out inside playing.

This is Grayson's new thing to do. Every time I open the

fridge he will sit on the bottom ledge so I can't close it.

This was from a few weeks ago but Blakley has learned how to roll over. She has learned how to get that arm out from under her and when you set her down she will immediately roll over.
Grayson loves to pretend to play games with Daddy. Although lately he seems to watch more intently so no more watching daddy play.

We also gave Blakley a puff the other day for the first time. She gets so excited when she sees we're about to give her one.

Big Girl Bath

2010-11-06T16:15:00.000-07:00

So the other day I gave Blakley a bath in her Bumbo.

She loved it!

Although she was too light to keep it sunk, so it made it hard to actually bathe her. I had to hold the bumbo down with one hand while trying to wash her with the other.

What a cutie all bundled up after bath time!

Trunk-or-Treat

2010-11-01T10:05:00.000-07:00

So we weren't sure if he was going to get the whole trick-0r-treat concept but after a few cars he realized what was going go.

This was the first car we went to, he just kinda stood back to looked. I had to walk him up and put his bucket up.

He also would occasionally just stop and start going through his candy.

"Hey daddy I know what's in the bowl, give me some!"

Blakley got all bundled up and it doesn't look like she enjoyed it much.

Carving Pumpkins

2010-10-31T16:08:00.000-07:00

Grayson loved helping us carve pumpkins. He was so surprised to see what was inside.

He favorite part was playing with the pumpkin goop. He wouldn't really touch it but he loved playing in it with the spoons.
Once Dad started poking and carving all Grayson wanted to do was sit on his lap and watch, it make it kind of hard for dad to do anything but it was cuteSo I tried to get him to play in the goop but instead he tried to eat it.

The the result was him trying to scrap it off his tongue and making gross faces.

It's been fun a fun holiday with him with year!

My LITTLE Girl

2010-10-21T17:16:00.000-07:00

We had her 4 month check up last week. She is growing well and healthy.
At 4 months Grayson was 17.8 lbs, Blakley is 11.1lbs!

She is just so small but so much fun. She is so close to rolling over but her little arm keeps getting in the way. She loves to stick her tongue out which results in slobber all over. She hates tummy time and usually ends up spitting up while on her tummy. She has been in her room for about a month now and does great! Here she is in her Halloween jammies getting read for a Halloween party. I have a cute little custom for her but I think she'll be too small for it.

In the last few weeks she has gone from taking great naps during the day to not really napping at all. So by the end of the day she looks like this, red eyes and totally lethargic. Poor girl I hope I can get her on a good nap schedule soon.

Pumpkin Patch

2010-10-18T17:05:00.000-07:00

We ventured out to the pumpkin patch and Grayson had a great time. Blakley as usual slept most of the time. Grayson wondered the patch until he found his pumpkin. He actually tried to pick up almost all of them as he walked by.

They had lots of fun activities. A kid sized corn maze, an art barn, a big tee pee, an old tractor to climb on, a corn box(like a sand box but with corn) and a petting zoo.
Grayson didn't get far into the maze and wanted Kevin to hold him as they walked through.

He LOVED the animals!

He was funny while feeding the goats. He wouldn't just let them eat out of his hand, he had to pick out each little piece and try to put it in their mouths.

He loved the animals so much he was trying to give them kisses.

New Room

2010-10-05T14:26:00.000-07:00

So this last weekend we put Blakley in her own room.
That first night was a little hard but she did great!

She looks so grown up, what happened to my little baby?!

A Little Small

2010-09-30T14:30:00.000-07:00

So we got the jump-a-roo out for Blakley a few weeks ago. She loves it but just isn't heavy enough to actually jump.

Her little feet hang about 4 inches above the floor.

Weekend In SLC

2010-09-27T09:24:00.000-07:00

We had a whirl wind of a weekend, but it so fun to see family! Thursday morning we drove the 8 hours and the kids did soo well! Friday we got up early to get to the SLC temple by 7:30 for my cousins wedding. While sitting there waiting Elder Holland walked by, so neat! The ceremony was wonderful and it was nice to be in the temple! Grayson loved walking around the grounds and playing with my cousins son. After pictures we of course had to hit up Attic Circle. We enjoyed our food while Gryason played. That night we went to the reception where Grayson ran around again. Blakley was passed around all day (it was nice to have so much family around to watch the kids). It was a long day but despite the lack of good naps the kids did good.
Saturday we were able to go to some of my cousins football games, hang out with family and eat at a great Mexican place "El Matador".

Loving the temple!

Hanging with dad while taking pictures

Tyring to give Boston a high five.(that's my cousins son, only 24 days a part. wish we lived closer so they could pay)
Grandpa helping him up the slide. He wouldn't go up the stairs.

Sitting on the old Model-T.

Blakley hanging out with Great-Grandma at the foot ball game.

I Did It!

2010-09-18T15:55:00.001-07:00

So I saw this cool square wreath at one of the blogs I follow. I thought I could do that. I went out and got everything to make it(spent $7 and didn't even use all the leaves I bought or the mini pumpkins and gourds)

This is what I ended up with.

Boys Will Be Boys

2010-09-14T20:14:00.000-07:00

Here are some videos of Grayson from the last few weeks.

As we were putting the pool away we found a grasshopper in it. Kevin caught it and Grayson loved watching it hop around. Until Jojo ruined the fun(she decided to eat it).

(don't mind our lame backyard and the fact that Grayson doesn't have pants on,

he spilled on them and it was almost bedtime so I didn't bother putting any back on)

Boy all the way, laughing at farting noises.

Spoons And Forks

2010-09-12T20:29:00.000-07:00

I have a confession to make. I have not let Grayson use spoons and forks because I am kinda weird about him getting super messy while he eats. He has used them but never with food he can make a mess with. But at 20 months I think it's time to get over my messy fear and let him feed himself with utensils.

This was the first time I let him use a spoon with "messy" food. He dripped a little just on the top of his jammies and for course got on his face but nothing too bad. So I thought maybe this wont be so bad.

This was the next time. I'm glad I thought to take his shirt off. He has it all over his face(hard to see but even in his eye lashes), hands covered in yogurt, all down his chest and his tray was covered.

This made me want to rethink to whole spoon and fork thing. He doesn't need to use utensils right?! I'll get over my fear...I hope...

3 Months

2010-09-09T16:56:00.001-07:00

Well she finally did it, she has grown out of her newborn clothes and into her 0-3 month clothes. She is such a happy baby smiling all the time. She loves to sit up so the bumbo is her good friend. She is sleeping so good we are going to move her into her room at the end of the month. Goes to bed at around 8 and gets up between 7-8. She loves her brother and does well with him trying to play with her. She is a spiting queen, always blowing bubbles with her tongue. She is starting to lose her red hair in the back(we'll see what color grows back). She is just a sweet little girl growing up way too fast.

Bath Time

2010-09-07T10:03:00.000-07:00

As I've said before Grayson loves to take baths. On occasion he even jumps in with daddy. Of course it's not a bath without sitting in some water so Grayson stopped the drain and had a shower and a bath at the same time.

This kid makes me laugh!

Headboard

2010-09-02T11:29:00.000-07:00

Yay! So after almost 2 years of wanting to make a headboard we did it!

I've been getting the stuff to make it for a few months but just got around to making.

It's nothing fancy but it works for us.

Hangin' Out

2010-08-30T10:21:00.000-07:00

We haven't been up to much lately. It's been to hot to play outside and there's not a good indoor play place to take Grayson.

So we stay home and try to make sister smile
And Grayson entertains us by doing silly things.
(that's his Easter basket on his head)

It's Like Having Another Baby

2010-08-28T13:23:00.000-07:00

Meet Baxter!

After a few weeks of looking we found a dog yesterday.

He is just a puppy, 13 weeks old. He loves to sit on the air vents on the floor. He'll be laying in his bed and all of the sudden get up and run. He is a good little puppy so far. Even slept through his first night.
Jojo has a lot to teach him and I'm sure they will be great friends

Just Because

2010-08-26T12:48:00.000-07:00

Yay! I got my new camera yesterday so now I can take pictures of my kids!

I'm trying to get Blakley used to sleeping in her bed while she takes naps. Right now she usually naps in her swing or bean bag. After ten minutes I went in to check on her and she was wide awake. She never stays asleep lying on her back unless she is swaddled.
Our new little "helper" around the house. His new thing is to try and help us clean. He gets the swiffer out at least once a day and "cleans" with it for hours.

We just started using the bumbo with her. She only lasts about 10-15 min in it but she loves it. It's hard to really tell in this picture but she is so tiny sitting in it.

But so cute.

Water Park

2010-08-17T19:48:00.000-07:00

Saturday Amazon had a company picnic at Wild Island. We thought it would be fun to take Grayson. Blakley as usual slept most of the time. Here they are playing in the shade.

Grayson had tons of fun playing in the kiddie pool and going down the slides. With all this swimming he's had lately I think it's time to try his pool out again.

Check Up

2010-08-15T19:58:00.000-07:00

On Friday Blakley had her two month check up. She is growing great and gaining her weight just fine. She still in on the small side but I think she is just going to be a small girl.
Stats
Weight: 9.14lbs
Height: 22.5in

She had started to smile but it's hard to capture it with my phone camera(our camera is no longer working, just waiting to get a new one). She loves baths! She just lounges there while we wash her. Tummy time usually turns into nap time for her, she loves sleeping on her tummy! You can't really tell from any picture but her tear ducts are clogged so they get really red and gunky all the time. Poor girl, but we just got her drops so hopefully that will help. Overall she is an awesome baby sleeps great. Can't say it enough we lover her!

Vacation

2010-08-14T10:05:00.000-07:00

The last week of our vacation was full of activities. (I wish I had more pictures but our camera is not working)

Monday: dad did a little work in the morning and that afternoon we went out to play with cousin Diego.

Tuesday: in the morning we went to the aquarium and that night we hit up a mariners game.

Wednesday: we went to look at our condo than met up with a friend for lunch.

Thursday: we had a little pool party with our cousins. Grayson didn't like the pool at first but got used to it and would walk up to the edge and try and jump in. Thanks for having us over!

Friday: we got up and went to the Zoo. Blakley slept the whole time(that's actually what she did all week, hence no pictures of her) Grayson was worn out by the end of the day.

We had such a great time being home and around family. Looking froward to our next trip up there, cross your fingers it will be sooner than later.

We Love Seattle

2010-08-10T13:18:00.000-07:00

Saturday afternoon we got back from a two week vacation back home to Seattle. We had a ton of fun. The first few days Kevin had a conference to go to so the kids and I had some relaxing days with family.

We went to the beach with cousins.

Went over to a new friends house to play in his pool.

And he had his first popsicle.

We Miss You

2010-07-29T13:05:00.000-07:00

Saturday morning we woke up and notice Bella was walking with a limp. We decided to take her to the vet before we left for our trip. After getting looked at the Dr. determined that she had a slipped disk in her back and would need surgery right away. We prayed and thought about it and felt that surgery wasn't the right thing for her. So she was given a steroid shot and some pain medication. By the end of the day she had gone paralyzed from the middle of her back down.

Monday morning we were leaving and she and Jojo were going to be staying with a friend from work. We got a call from them the next morning say that when they picked her up to take her outside they noticed she was bleeding. They took her to the vet and had the Dr call us. We got a call a little later letting us know that the bleeding was from her bladder beginning to tear from the pressure(she didn't have the function to go to the bathroom). He said there was about a 10% chance she would live if surgery was done right away but that she would need 24 hour care for the rest of her life. We know we couldn't give the kind of care she needed so we decided to put her down. Bella was a great dog and we would like to think we gave her a good life.

Love Hate Relationship

2010-07-07T15:33:00.000-07:00

Grayson loves taking baths, I mean the sound of the water turning out he comes running. So I thought it would be fun to get him a little pool. You can't tell from this picture but he didn't want anything to do with the pool. It took him about 15min to get to this point. There was no walking around, no sitting, just standing there.

He was also like that when we went up to Lake Tahoe the other weekend. He wanted nothing to do with the water and would scream when a wave came up and got him.

I don't get it!

This is just another picture from up at Tahoe. He loved just walking around checking everything out.

Cute As A Button

2010-06-30T16:58:00.000-07:00

I can't believe it's been almost 4 weeks since Blakley was born. She is a great baby only really crying when she is hungry or getting changed. Sleeping hasn't been a issue for her, from day one she has been good about sleeping at night. But as nice as that is for mom and dad, it's not working out so great for her. Since leaving the hospital she has lost a little weight and is not gaining any of it back. We go back to the Doctor at the end of the week and hopefully she has gained some of the weight back. She is different in every way from what Grayson was like. But that makes is fun getting to know her and her little personality!

Big Brother

2010-06-18T15:38:00.000-07:00

We were curious to see how Grayson would react to his new sister, as you can see from the picture he was not so thrilled.

But a few days later he just come over and started giving her hugs and kisses.

It was so cute!

Make It Four!

2010-06-07T20:56:00.000-07:00

Blakley Ann Evans arrived this afternoon at 12:46 and wanted everyone to know it. After screaming for a while she settled down and waited for mommy to finish up with her surgery(which went well if your wondering). She weighed 8lbs 6oz and is 19 3/4in. long.

Baby Girl

2010-05-31T21:27:00.001-07:00

So this is not the greatest sono picture(it looks like her eye is going to fall out) but oh well. We did find out that she is not as big as my belly portrays her to be, I just have a lot of fluid in there.

She is measuring a week bigger than what she is supposed to be, at 8lbs 4oz but who knows how accurate that weight is. Only time will tell.

A week from now she will be here and we are so excited!

Aces

2010-05-24T17:29:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago we ventured out to a Reno Aces game. I was a little worried that the night wasn't going to go so well(Grayson woke up not feeling very well and with me being huge walking around) but it was a fun night. Grayson loved walking around checking everything out despite not feeling well(as you can see from the picture) and it was just nice to get out and do something.

Playing With Daddy

2010-05-13T11:01:00.000-07:00

So the video quality is pretty bad, but too cute not to share!

Waiting Game

2010-05-05T16:26:00.000-07:00

So I feel like the last month we haven't been doing much but waiting around. Waiting to move out of our temp housing into our house and waiting for out little girl to get here. Well we've been in our house for a week now. The unpacking and getting settled seems to be taking longer than it should. We've got everything out of boxes but now it's just getting all the little things done. I usually love doing this but with 4 1/2 weeks left of this pregnancy I just don't have the motivation and standing for more than 10min kills my back. Maybe by the time my family gets here we'll have everything put together.

So now we are just waiting for our little girl to arrive. June 7th is our day!

The Park

2010-04-18T21:22:00.000-07:00

This weekend the weather was awesome, mid 70's. So we took Grayson to the park. We thought he would love it since last time we went he spent forever in the swing. Turns out he was terrified of the swing this time, he cried to get out after a few pushes. So we took a break from the swings and he just walked around checking everything out. He eventually found his way to a grassy little hill, started walking up, turned back around took one step and fell, rolling down the rest of the hill. We couldn't help but laugh but he was not happy about it at all.

Ouch!

2010-04-06T19:55:00.000-07:00

Last night Grayson had his first real injury. I'm not going to lie I was a little scared and the first thing I did was call my mom and ask what do to. In our temp housing we have a coffee table and I knew sooner or later Grayson would fall and hit it. Last night was the night. Poor kid tripped over Jojo and fell right into the corner of the table.

It's hard to see in the picture but we think his front tooth went through the top of his lip and out right under it.

He was a trooper though, after about 5 min he was running around laughing again.
This was taken this morning, again hard to tell but hes got a fat little lip.
I guess I need to get used to the big falls and injuries, he is a boy after all.

Lions, Tigers and Bears...Oh My!

2010-03-29T21:52:00.000-07:00

Now that I think about it there were no bears at the Sacramento Zoo. It was a smaller zoo but it was still fun to take the day and drive over and have Grayson see these animals for the first time(we've taken him to the zoo before but he didn't get it).

He was so funny, every time he saw something he would start Ohhing and Awwing.
Here he is taking a snack break. I swear he never wants to smile for me when I take pictures, he is more interested in tyring to get the camera from me.

This was the closest I got to a smile that day, he was watching the Kangaroo jump around and thought It was very cool.

Over all it was a fun day well worth the drive and Grayson had a ton of fun.

Grayson Loves...

2010-03-18T17:26:00.000-07:00

I love that Grayson loves our dogs! This is a daily occurrence where Jojo and Grayson just sit and watch out the slider. It's so cute!

He also loves, loves, loves to take baths. He would rather play with his shampoo and body wash bottles than he would play with his toys. He usually has one in his mouth and is holding the other.
Along with baths he also loves to play in the water while we shower. It's kinda hard to tell from this picture but he is completely soaked. He wouldn't get at wet but the shower head in our temp housing is really dumb and sprays all over the place. Needless to say it works out well for him, as it gets him really wet.

Another love of his is to be on the couch and rolled around. But I'm scared to let him do it even with someone sitting next to him. So we bought his this bean bag hoping he would enjoy rolling around and stuff in it. It's worked out great!

New Favs!

2010-03-02T14:57:00.000-08:00

So I just wanted to share with you the joy these things have brought to my life. I just got these Privo shoes and they rock my world! So comfy! Second, my grandma turned me on the these and what a time saver! I use my crock-pot every Sunday and I hated cleaning the thing after. Long gone are the days of scrubbing, just pull the bag out and all clean! Love it!

Bubbles!

2010-02-23T18:40:00.000-08:00

Last week when we went to get Grayson's hair cut he got a prize when he was done, it was a little thing of bubbles. I thought well that's dumb what's he going to do with bubbles. Until we decided to use them, this was the result.

And He's Walking...

2010-02-22T22:00:00.000-08:00

I got a semi-good video of him walking today, not the best but much improved from last week.

Reno So Far

2010-02-22T21:46:00.000-08:00

Here are just some pictures from the last couple weeks since we've moved.

Grayson got his 4th haircut, his hair grows so fast! We got it cut really short this time but now we can't wait for it to grow back out a little.
This is the door to out garage. Lately this is what happens when they hear the garage opening. Grayson and even the dogs race over to the door and wait for Kevin to come in.

This was Grayson playing in the snow for the first time. He was loving it until Jojo kicked snow on his face while laying down making a snow angel.

So Close...but not really

2010-02-21T15:57:00.000-08:00

This is from last week and within the week he has started to get more control of his steps and has better balance.

He also just takes off from holding to something. I've tired to get a video of him but he just does it so it's hard to capture.

One Year Pictures

2010-02-18T15:01:00.000-08:00

We finally got our laptop charger in the mail, so I can share these pictures.

I love this picture. This is his new face he makes about a hundred times an hour and it's always accompanied by "OHHhhh!"

I still can't believe how fast time goes. He is now almost 14 months and getting into everything. It's so much fun to see him explore and learn new things. In our house he wasn't able to get to any of the bathrooms but in our temp housing he always manages to find his way to one. I heard him this morning, as I was getting ready, splashing in the toilet water. Ewww!

He is being very stubborn about walking or even standing by himself. We know he can do it but he just choices to still rely on his army crawl. He'll get there sooner or later I just hope it's before our little girl comes. Having two kids that we'd have to carry does not sound fun.

Happy Valentine's Day

2010-02-13T22:17:00.000-08:00

Grayson wants to wish everyone a Happy Valentine's Day!

Blue or Pink?

2010-01-25T13:41:00.001-08:00

Looks like there will be some pink in our future!

We found out this afternoon we'll be having a girl.

She is growing well and is about 9.5 inches long.

Happy Happy Birthday!

2010-01-08T11:47:00.001-08:00

Tuesday Grayson turned one and of course we had to let him have some birthday cake.

At first he wasn't sure what to do, only eating the icing.
But than he figured it out and went after that cake!

But about half way through he had decided he had had enough cake and starting freaking out.

But of course things turned up again when he got to play in the tub after.

Christmas Vacation

2010-01-05T19:09:00.000-08:00

We woke up Christmas morning and opened presents with Grayson. But as you can tell from the picture he was not really into it, we tried to get him excited but nothing. He would just lounge out on Kevin.

He did enjoy his gifts; he was in major need of some new toys, so thanks everyone!

Later that day we made our way to the airport, what should have been a 2 hour fight to Utah turned into an 11 hour ordeal including an almost 4 hour layover in Denver, needless to say we made it there!

The next day we woke up and drove up to Idaho Falls for a few hours to visit Kevin's Grandma than on to Freedom, WY to the cabin.

Even though it was way to cold to do anything outside(at least for me, I think the high while we were there was 6) we still had fun relaxing and enjoying my dads fireworks show(fireworks are legal year round in WY and they sale the good ones too). After a few days at the cabin we drove back down to Utah and had a family fest for the next 5 days.

It was a great vacation, very much needed by Kevin after a busy holiday season.

Deja Vu

2009-12-14T08:53:00.000-08:00

It feels like we just did this but here we go again. Just more than a year and a half ago we found out we were expecting and moving to Dallas with in a few weeks of each other. Last week we found out we will be moving to Reno, NV by the end of January and we are just as far a long with this pregnancy. I guess we just like to get all our major achievements done at the same time. The move will be much faster this time around but I think(we're still trying to get used to the idea of moving again) we are excited about this next adventure in our lives.

Eleven

2009-12-07T08:02:00.000-08:00

Where has this year gone!? I can't believe our baby is almost 1! Here are a few pictures of him from the past month.

His new favorite thing to eat is a hot dog. If I let him, that's all he would eat! He gets so excited when he eats that he gets his food all over, you can see the little hot dog bits on his cheek and arm.
Auntie Kerissa came to visit for Thanksgiving and thought it would be funny to put Grayson in him laundry basket, you can't tell from the picture but he actually liked it. He would flip over and turn it on it's side and crawl right out.
This month has been his month for climbing. He climbs on everything, pulls himself up to everything and is just all over the place. It's so fun to see him grow up and learn new things!

Here he is playing with daddy's new toy. He sat there and just pushed buttons for quite awhile, using his little pointer finger(so cute).

I {heart} Christmas Lights!

2009-12-03T14:00:00.000-08:00

I wish I could say this was our house but it's not. It is my parents house though!

I love Christmas lights but sadly have yet to get lights on our house. Last year I was 8 months pregnant, this year 12 week pregnant and have no energy to do lights, let alone get out of my sweats some days. I do miss those lights though, maybe next year is my year!

Cross your fingers!

SURPRISE!

2009-11-06T09:48:00.000-08:00

After the initial shock wore off we are so excited to announce baby #2!

This was very much a surprise for us but know that the Lord had something to do with this and we can't wait for our family to grow.

Our little guy(Kevin thinks is a boy) will arrive June 16th.

Hi!

2009-11-04T07:25:00.000-08:00

Just last week Grayson out of no where started waving. We have a picture of Jesus hanging right outside his room and whenever we walk by it he waves at Jesus. It's so cute!

Hair cut, Pumpkin Patch, Halloween...Oh My !

2009-11-03T06:36:00.000-08:00

So I know I'm a little late on this but a few weeks ago when Grayson and I went home to visit he got a well needed hair cut. He was very interested in what she was trying to do but over all he did great! Thanks Tanya!

We also ventured over to the pumpkin patch. We realized after getting there that really there isn't much a 9 months old can do but just crowd watch but he loved getting out and as you can see from the picture he was loving playing with all the hay.
I am so glad I got him a costume. I wasn't going to to get him one but found a great deal and ended up buying 3(one for this year, next year and the year after). Of course he didn't know what Halloween is all about but he still looked cute walking around with dad at the trunk-or-treat.

Happy Halloween

2009-10-19T19:31:00.000-07:00

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I love my mom! It seem like anytime a card like this can be made she finds it and does it.

I'm A Big Kid Now

2009-10-13T12:06:00.000-07:00

So Grayson has out grown his "baby" car seat. Something we didn't even think about when buying that car seat was the weight and height limits. But too late now.

He looks so small in this bigger seat. But he loves it! He sits higher in the car so he can see better out the windows and he just loves looking around while we drive places.

Best Of Friends

2009-10-08T14:25:00.000-07:00

Grayson absolutely loves the dogs! He will just laugh at them, chase them around and occasionally if he can get close enough try to ripe their ears off.

Here is Grayson and Jojo watching for squirrels.

We knew it would happen sooner or later but he found the dog dish. Ya know he loves those dogs so much he wants to eat just like them.
And I couldn't leave this video out of him and Kevin having some fun. You'll notice that Jojo joins in on the fun at the end.

9 Months

2009-10-08T12:16:00.000-07:00

So at 9 months Grayson has averaged out a little.

Weight: 20.1lbs

Height: 28.5in

Head: 48cm

Just bout 50% in both weight and height but still in the high 90% for head circumference.

He is just going to be really smart. :)

A "dreamy" Addition

2009-09-28T15:31:00.001-07:00

We have known for awhile, actually from the day we got married, that we wanted a king sized bed. We both enjoy our space when we sleep and on top of that two dogs sleeping at our feet, space was limited at times. So last week we made did it, we bought ourselves a king bed!

In the 3 nights that we've had it we have not bumped into each other once and I have not had to fight with the dogs for space. We love it!

His Little Big Adventure

2009-09-25T13:43:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Grayson and I went out to get some shopping done, what was supposed to be a quick run to the store turned into play time in the car(our car died on the way to the store). We spent a half hour waiting for Dad to come rescue us than another hour waiting for the tow truck. Grayson loved sitting on daddy's lap turning the wipers on,

along with the blinkers and of course driving.

(sorry for the picture quality, taken with my phone)