Evan's 2 1/2 year birthday

It's hard to watch this boy getting bigger but he's also learning so much every day. We celebrated his half birthday with some of his favorite things.

He has started wanting to wear hats every so often.  I just love little boys in hats

He loves anthing that involves strawberries, especially with whipped cream!  So waffles it was for dinner.

He really likes to dress up with his sisters.  When he is wearing this, they call him "Queen Evalina"

He got a new play phone which was a big hit

And a new scooter for outside

He is such a happy funny boy and makes our family so complete.  We love our Evan Boy

Swiss Days 2015

For my birthday I received a surprise package from my mom, Debbie and Elise.  In it was all kinds of travel items and a surprise ticket to fly to Utah for Swiss Days!  What a fun surprise.  I quickly made all the necessary arrangements with the kids and preschool to make this trip work.  It made me feel so loved and I really appreciated their sweet gestures!

We had a great time shopping, eating, crafting, watching movies, and resting.

I loved the cooler weather and getting to see the colors on the mountains.

All of our cute crafts!

Unfortunately the day I was supposed to leave there was a fire in the canyon and traffic was horrendous.  I barely made my flight- only because David called the Provo airport to tell them I was coming.  It was quite stressful and I was grateful for my parents for dealing with the stress of getting me there.  

Crackers

In the middle of the summer some friends in the ward moved back East.  They couldn't take their hamster with them so we bought him.  When we brought him home we were feeding him some snacks and Evan exclaimed "Crackers!" so that's what we decided to name him. :) He looks cute and all but he's still a rodent to me.  The kids are all enthralled though. 

School starts!

The first day of school is always excting.  The freshly sharpened pencils, new hairdos, crisp new lunchboxes.  I just lvoe how much my kids love school.  I hope they will always love to learn and develop their skills and talents.

Cyrena and Robyn Shields

Natalie's teacher is my good friend, Marilee Garbison. I am thrilled and know this will be a great year.

Morgan Mullins, Cyrena and Robyn Shields

And here's my preschool girl!  This is my last year with her at home, what a fun, smart little cookie

And her brother who adores her!!

End of Summer!

The end of summer was more swimming, playing, Pioneer Day, reading, ice cream and chores!

 How could you NOT swim with this stud?

 Pioneer Day Activities at the Mesa Temple!

Somebody realized she likes to read!

Kids bathroom remodel

This summer we decided the kids bathroom needed a facelift.  David and I had so much fun picking out the flooring and paint.  David was pretty awesome his first time tiling the floor. We went with a nautical theme for the bathroom and have been loving it!