The Evans Clan

Family Fun

2011-09-17T12:56:00.000-07:00

This summer has been FULL of exciting things. The kids are growing up and we are just happy to be together. We got to go to the fair, visit Utah multiple times, go up to Spokane, go to the swimming pool almost EVERYDAY this summer. Katie and Paul both learned how to swim. Megan still proclaims that she HAS to wear her floaty because she sinks. Scott took a trip to Texas with college friends. And Ellie is growing up so fast. She is rolling over back to front and front to back...she scoots in circles and backwards (hasn't figured out moving forward yet) and she is sitting up on her own. I love when the kids start doing things on their own. I know I am forgetting some things but needless to say we have been staying very busy.

Now that fall has come we are starting to settle back into everyday life. Since we aren't gone all of the time I have really potty trained Megan and she is doing great. Katie has started a little dance class and I am doing Preschool with the kids a few times a week. Scott on the other hand is busy at work.

I will try to post more often now. Because I realize I am missing chunks of time from my memory. This is what I have as a history of what we have been up to.

My little Ellie

2011-07-20T20:24:00.000-07:00

Here's the newest addition...since I never told the story here is the short hand version.

started counting contractions at church sunday morning...held off until after midnight...went to the hospital was at 5 cm...got the epidural at 3:30 in the morning...it wore off after they turned me to find Ellie's heart beat....so I felt everything from about 5am on...except my left leg. (To all you women that choose to go without the pain medication I say WOW...I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy) They think that the tube moved and all of the medicine went straight to the one leg...broke my water at around 8:45...she came a little after 9 in the morning...doctor barely made it.

She was healthy and beautiful. 8 lbs 1oz and 21 inches long

at her 2 month appointment she was 11 lbs 14oz and 23 inches long. she doesn't seem like a newborn anymore.

Here's some pictures...especially for you Jody since you asked :)

OH WE LOVE HER!

For those of you still looking

2011-06-22T08:41:00.000-07:00

I told Abby I would post some pictures for her. So for those of you that happen to come across the blog...maybe I will start doing a wordless wednesday or slowly get back into the blogging sphere.

Here are some pictures of my precious babes!

We went to Jump Creek Canyon...maybe I should do a post on that adventure. The kids had to cross the creek. It was a rock path about 20 feet across. Went with the Rex's, SO MUCH FUN!

Kids are enjoying the new place...Loving the extra space...not so much the third floor living environment.
Paul fell asleep on the floor after we got back from swimming. I love how he looks like he is posing but this is actually how he sleeps almost every night.
Ellie's hair has gotten long enough to put it in a pony tail on top of her head. Gotta love it!

Life is good...hopefully more posts will come...but no promises!

Stop-motion Christmas

2010-12-22T08:36:00.000-08:00

Scott's version of a Christmas card. Merry Christmas everybody. Hope you have a good one.

Guess What?

2010-11-24T18:45:00.000-08:00

We went to the doctor's office this week and found out that everything is great! We also found out that we are having a baby Girl!!!

Half way there...half way to go. I'll tell you one thing I NEVER thought I would be counting down the days before I was 3 months pregnant but I have been counting down for about 3 months already. It's definitely been the hardest pregnancy of them all. We are due in the middle of April.

Tell us what you think...these are the names that we like

Lindsey

Kenzie

Ellie

That is not in any particular order but there you have it. We are having baby number four and we are super excited about it!

Feeling Good

2010-11-12T08:37:00.000-08:00

I have had one of those weeks where it seems like I can do anything.

The house has been clean for a few nights. I have accomplished TONS of things and it has just been one of those weeks when I feel like I have done something, ANYTHING really.

I haven't taken pictures of everything that I've done but I am going to post the last thing I did. I have wanted one of those storage cubbies for all of my kids toys for a long time. And we happened to have a bookshelf with only one shelf on it. So what did I do you ask? I took a hand saw and trust me I should have definitely used something else now that I am finished and looking back but hey I got it done. Anyway I took the handsaw and cut up that bookshelf and turned it into this....

Now all I need to do is go and find the little canvas bins to put into it. So if anyone knows where I can find them for pretty inexpensive I would love to know.

I need some HELP!

2010-10-15T12:37:00.000-07:00

As most of you know I am the kind of mom that waits to potty train my kids until they are about 2 and 1/2 and can talk and tell me exactly when the need to go and all of that sort of stuff.

BUT...Megan has really taken to the toilet as of late and has done her #2 business in the toilet for over a week now. (Every day without fail...kind of nice not changing poopy diapers) So the problem is, I have NO idea how to potty train a 17 month old. Anybody have any ideas? She has #2 down but I don't even know if she recognizes when she pees. But I am just not sure I want to give this up because she LOVES the toilet so much. I mean SCREAMS when I get her off. I think it's because she sees her two older siblings going all the time.

SO ANY AND ALL IDEAS, CRAZY or NOT ARE MORE THAN WELCOME! Thanks in advance.

Guess What I Made...

2010-10-12T08:05:00.000-07:00

Lately I have been wanting Buffalo Wings all of the time. There is this place here called Buffalo Wild Wings and it has about 12 different sauces and oh the goodness of the food. I love it. I was craving it the other day so what did I do...I made them at home from scratch. I made the boneless ones but they were good.

After we ate dinner Scott went over to the couch, reclined back and said "I feel like I just ate an all you can eat wing dinner at a restaurant without the buyers remorse." I made me feel good and it completely satisfied the craving. Better yet, it didn't cost us $20.

Katie's 4th Birthday

2010-10-06T16:09:00.001-07:00

My little baby turned four on the 28th of September. I am still letting that soak in that I actually have a four year old. We had such a fun time together as a family and Katie absolutely loved her birthday and proudly goes around telling everyone that she is four now.

We went to a place called Monkey Business and there is this big blow up slide, a blow up obstacle course, a jumpy house thing and almost like a ropes course type thing. The kids had a blast.
There was this toy house too, that Katie enjoyed apparently.
She got a dress up box (the pink box) for her birthday and has been putting on princess dresses ever since. I have lost my Katie and now MUST call her Cinderella.
She wanted a Tinkerbell cake and has been asking for it for about 2 months so I decided I would attempt it...just kidding. I printed off a coloring page off the internet, colored it, cut it out and stuck it on the cake. Katie was pleased.
It was a fun day and we really had a good time together!

A week in the life...

2010-09-26T17:03:00.000-07:00

This week has been no different than usual. Just living and loving being a stay at home mom but I have to say how much I envy my husband this week. He gets to do so many amazing things, so I thought I would show you what his life consisted of this week in no particular order because my pictures always end up in a funky order anyway.

College game day came rolling into Boise...
Scott had a sideline pass at the Bronco football game.
He co-hosted the Women's fitness Celebration. There were over 11,000 women there.
It's America's largest women's 5K. People keep telling me how crazy he was.
The college football trophy came to KTVB.
That little crystal ball costs over $30,000!
And he gets to be on TV. But this week what takes the cake is I watched him give out an autograph. I can tell you one thing that is something I thought would never happen when we got married.

Handsome Paul

2010-09-11T09:49:00.000-07:00

So this picture doesn't really need an explanation but you will get it anyway. Paul would NOT let me put the tie inside his vest because then he couldn't see it. After about 30 seconds of him SCREAMING I decided to let him do what he wanted to do. Oh and we know the tie is too big...he won't wear his other one because it is not as cool as this one. I LOVE MY LITTLE BOY!!!!

High in the Sky

2010-09-08T16:28:00.000-07:00

So this last week Boise had something that is called the Spirit of Boise. Basically tons of hot air balloons take off from a park downtown for four days. And on one of the nights, (happened to be the night of the BYU game so we didn't end up going down there) they light up the balloons and fly in the dark.

Well Scott got to go up in one of them. Enjoy the view from high in the sky.

Maybe Scott will get on and explain some of the pictures later...that just looks CRAZY! I had no idea the balloons were that big. I mean they look big but that just puts it in perspective.
I love these two pictures. You can't tell what he is in, just looks like he is standing in mid air.

LOVE looking at all the balloons.

And we're back

2010-08-31T06:59:00.001-07:00

Okay, sorry it's been months since I have posted but you know what I figure during summer you get to take a break right? Right!

The kids are getting big and life is moving forward. Nothing really big to post about right now, I have decided I am not going to try and catch you up from the summer but just pick back up where we are now. So summer is coming to an end, both Katie and Paul can ride a bike now...no more tricycles. This was a big deal for me. It is crazy to think that I have kids that are old enough to be riding bikes. I guess they are officially not toddlers. Megan is walking and talking and screaming. She is definitely my most vocal. And the most stubborn. Scott is working, working and more working. He is anchoring a lot now and it is SO much fun to watch him. Scott and I are playing on a softball team together and that has been a LOT of fun. I forgot how much I like the sport. Other than that I get to be mom day in and day out...I am trying to do preschool stuff with the kids, I am failing at keeping the house clean, but we stay outside anyway. Katie keeps asking me to teach her how to read, so that is my project for this fall. If anyone has any ideas I would love to hear them!

Here are a couple pictures so you can see how big the kiddos are.

It just hit me!

2010-05-23T16:31:00.000-07:00

So as I was looking at pictures of Scott, me and the kids I realized something.

I am not a kid anymore. I just got home from a week in Spokane with my family and I saw all of the kids that I used to babysit. They are graduating from high school! I didn't realize I grew up.

I also realized it when I did my 10K. I have just always thought of myself as sporty. Able to go out and do anything whenever I wanted to. You know like teenagers can. So I only ran 2 times the last 3 weeks before the race and the day after I was hurting. Since when does that happen.

I also have a daughter who will be four in 4 months!

WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN? When did I become an adult?

You know what though...it's not a bad thing. I love my life, I love my family and we are living and learning and growing together.

Guess you have to gr0w up sometime.

Scottie's Birthday!

2010-05-14T21:05:00.001-07:00

Scott is 28!

We were able to go out without the kids and that was GREAT! Here are a couple of pictures from the party at home. I attempted to make an icecream cake and everything that could go wrong did. I am not kidding. At least the picture looks cool.

Scott likes to downplay things so it was a pretty easy going birthday. Some birthday I will have to throw him a huge party and make him way out of his comfort zone...but not this time.

I caught him right before he did his gang sign.
I forgot the candles so he got to blow out a match.
Here it is...the DEMON cake. First the cake stuck to the pans because I didn't grease them enough. Then the icecream melted because I didn't let the cake cool enough. Then the frosting wasn't cooperative. The only thing that went right was the popcorn. If you can't tell what it is it is supposed to be a bucket of popcorn. The popcorn was actually really good with the cake...I never would have thought it would be a good combo but it was.

My Little Megan

2010-05-08T10:41:00.001-07:00

So I decided that I would surprise Scott today when he comes home and have homemade Pizza for him. Well I got all the ingredients out and started off on the task...which by the way I have yet to find a pizza crust recipe that I like. If you have one please leave it in the comments. I am making this new pizza crust recipe and I turn around to put the flour away and this is what I find.

Powdered sugar...EVERYWHERE! The picture of her where she is crawling toward me...it's like she is saying that's right mom I did it and there is nothing you can do about it because I am just so darn cute.

Well everything is cleaned up and my dough is rising. Hopefully it will taste better than some of the others I have tried.

We're Back

2010-04-14T08:49:00.000-07:00

I have decided that I am done trying to play catch up. So I will just start over all together. Life is great. Scott just signed a contract with channel 7 to keep us in Boise for the next 2 and a half years. We are really excited because instead of being titled a reporter he s now a weekend anchor/reporter. It is great as far as experience goes because when it comes to getting a new job later down the road he can apply for anchor jobs which is what he really wants to do!

As for the kids...they are getting big and loving life. Here are a couple pictures of the kiddos.

Thought this was cute

2010-02-05T11:43:00.001-08:00

Paul LOVES putting on sunglasses. Here are a few pictures that I thought were pretty cute.

My very own little thug! LOVE IT!!!

Katie's FIRST haircut!

2010-01-16T15:12:00.000-08:00

It's true. Never before, not even to get rid of the mullet when she was a baby. It took a bribe to be able to cut it but at last she gave in! And here are some pictures of the new do.

Look at the pictures from Bottom to Top I always forget that blogger puts the pictures in weird.

PICTURES GALORE

2010-01-14T16:36:00.000-08:00

Here is what has happened since I last posted.

Megan eats food. YAH!!!!

Katie and Paul wrestle around all the time.
We had Christmas!

Scott has started anchoring so he gets to see the kids more at night.

Megan rolls from one side of the room to the other and back again. First attempts at crawling...still a ways to go.
You gotta love the snow.

Paul had a birthday...SHOUT HOORAY!!!
I have attempted making new foods...healthier foods. Started a new blog check it out! And tell others about it too. It's my new years resolution, so any help with it would be great! Click Here

And the kids have gotten three months bigger.

Sorry it's been awhile, you know how holidays go. Merry Christmas and Happy New Years.

Halloween Fun...and so much more

2009-10-29T14:20:00.000-07:00

So first off here we have cute little Megan! She is starting to sit up and is getting to be so much fun because she is really interactive. The only down side. She hates sleeping longer than 45 minutes at a time...Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

The kids did Halloween houses with their friends that come over every week. Paul just ate the candy. Love IT!!!

Meet Jack...our family Jack-O-Lantern this year. We had a blast carving him and making pumpkin seeds for FHE.

Costume Preview...What do you think?

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!!!!!

Finally Fall

2009-10-24T16:25:00.001-07:00

I don't know about anyone else but I have been longing for fall weather. We went from 90 degrees to about 40 overnight it seems like. But finally it is here. The leaves have fallen the crispness is in the air and I am enjoying every minute of it. Granted the weatherman says that next week it will be in the 40's again but I am enjoying the weather for now.

It is amazing what can happen with a pile of leaves and three kids.

My Fearless Son

2009-10-16T14:13:00.001-07:00

Check out one of Paul's favorite things.

This little kid is SO fun. He doesn't limit his jumps to just pillows either. Every morning our kids start their days by wrestling each other. I will have to get some video of that for you.

Chicken Torpedoes

2009-10-05T12:39:00.000-07:00

So a little while ago Scott went down to Texas for the BYU Oklahoma game. GO COUGARS! And after coming back he raved about what he had at a restaurant down in Texas so what did he do? That's right he made up a recipe to eat it. He had something called Chicken Cigars but I figured if we were going to put them into our recipe rotation I wanted to call them something else so low and behold...Chicken Torpedoes.

Here's what he did

Put

Shredded Chicken

chopped sun dried tomatoes

chopped jalapeno slices

parmesan cheese

shredded cheese

some seasonings

and a little bit of ranch to hold it all together

in to a partially cooked flour tortilla

Then we flash fried it to make it crispy.

He also made a three cheese ranch to dip them in. I couldn't begin to tell you how to make that.

Then as a side dish he made these mashed potatoes with

potato

corn

sun dried tomato

red bell peppers

jalapeno

seasonings

If you want actual amounts I am sorry, he just kind of throws things together.

Scott said it tasted just like the restaurant food. If you are looking for something new to try, these were SUPER GOOD! Here are some pictures of his creation.

Happy Birthday Katie!!!

2009-09-30T07:26:00.000-07:00

Katie turned 3 on September 28! It was so much fun. She went around the house all day saying I'm Three, I'm Three. But the greatest part was when she started singing the birthday song to herself. We had a fun evening as a family. Oh how we love our little, big girl!

St Luke's Women's Fitness Celebration

2009-09-26T12:43:00.000-07:00

I ran a 5k this morning. It was a lot of fun. Apparently it is one of the largest 5k's in the nation. There was over 11,000 women there. Scott got to Emcee the event and I got some good pictures, enjoy!

Scott was dancing to all of these songs. I have NEVER seen Scott dance like this.

Scott and one of the head Anchor's at the news station, Carolyn Holly.
Gives you a little glimpse of what it was.
Doing what he does best. :)
After the race.

Our Little NutMeg!

2009-09-19T13:37:00.000-07:00

Time for a little Megan Update.

First's that have been accomplished:

-can survive the mauling from the siblings

-rolled over

-smiles like crazy

-laughed out loud

-cooing is a daily occurrence

-slept for 5 hours straight

-can track things with her eyes

It is crazy to me to see how fast things change. I look at the pictures I have posted and she doesn't look like that anymore. She is growing every day.

I couldn't resist putting this one in.

Pictures of Paul

2009-09-13T14:49:00.000-07:00

Here is what happens when we ask Paul to smile...You gotta love him!

Fun at the Fair

2009-08-27T14:25:00.000-07:00

Every year channel seven does a family day at the fair. Needless to say we took a little trip.

It started out with watching dad do a live shot for the Six o'clock news cast.
The newest thing at our house...the kids run around holding anything reporting on what they are doing. It has been a spoon, carrot and even car toys. They were so delighted to be able to actually hold the microphone daddy uses.
"I'm Katie Evans' live in the grass." It usually goes a little something like that.
At the fair the kids got a pony ride. They rode a pony when we were down in Utah and they just HAD to do it again.
This time there was no crying when they had to get off the horse. Luckilly.
Different night: Scott got tickets from his work. So we got to go see Rodney Atkins without the kids!

I have to say it was a lot of fun with just Scott! I felt like I was laughing all night long.

Time to play catch up

2009-08-17T09:28:00.001-07:00

So I was going to post a whole bunch of pictures to show what we did this last week and a half, but the kids just started screaming so here is a quick run down.

2 family reunions

24 hours in the car

1 cabin at lake tahoe

3 bruises on Katie's face

1 trip up to camp site in ogden

58 people in Scott's house for Megan's baby blessing

10 days with both sides of the family...priceless

You can't see the bruises too well here but you can see that it is swollen. We should have taken the pictures a day later.

And there you have it...it's funny to think that there was still three brother's missing...Steven (mission), Robert (wife had baby the day before), Jared (out with the flu...which went around all that week)

Hopefully later I will be able to tell the stories behind the numbers but I've decided sometimes it's okay to get an extremely abridged version.

Breakfast this morning

2009-07-20T15:44:00.000-07:00

So my wonderful husband set the alarm clock this morning for 6:30 so he could go to the store and buy a few things to make me Stuffed French Toast this morning. He made the syrup and everything. I have to say that I think I am pretty lucky.

Here are the fruits of his labors. If you want a recipe you will have to ask the hubby. I just know it was fruity creamy goodness. I had never had Stuffed French Toast before but hopefully we will be having it again.

Cute Pics of Megan

2009-07-15T13:25:00.000-07:00

Megan is doing great. 2 and 1/2 weeks old already. She is a very easy baby. She is just now starting to really wake up. For the first while all she did was wake up to eat and go right back to sleep. The kids absolutely adore her and we are making the adjustment slowly but surely.

It's funny because I felt like I had everything so under control with two kids and now that there are three of them I find it hard to find time to do anything. Don't get me wrong, adding Megan to the family has been very natural--it's just now I don't seem to have time to clean, cook, read, or anything else for that matter. I am sure it will just take some getting used to.

The family is doing great and we are really loving being a family of five!

There are more posts so take a look. :)

Happy 4th of July

2009-07-15T13:22:00.000-07:00

We hope everyone had a great 4th of July. Here are a couple pics of the kids in the Red, White and Blue.

Summer Swimming

2009-07-15T13:18:00.000-07:00

Megan and I enjoyed some time sun bathing while the rest of the family enjoyed a swim. I have to admit that I am VERY jealous because swimming is my favorite summer time thing and I can't swim until August.
Daddy, Katie and Paul enjoying the water.
I LOVE this picture of my boys.

Katie will swim all over the pool. We love her little floaty swimsuit.

Tiffany Here--Home Sweet Home

2009-07-02T08:50:00.000-07:00

It says the post has been done by me but the video is all Scott. You gotta love having a talented husband :)

So I guess this is when I tell the story for all of those that want to know. We now have beautiful Megan Rose Evans born June 28th at 1:03 a.m. So Saturday morning I woke up at around 6:00 a.m. with contractions about five minutes apart. Around 10 am we went to the hospital and they had me walk for an hour and they told me that I wasn't in "active" labor and sent us home around noon. That has got to be the worst thing to tell a pregnant lady. I'm sorry but you aren't doing anything...the pain your feeling is totally worthless. So dejected and rejected we went home.

I sent Scott to work and continued to count the contractions. I took a nap with the kids and would wake up to the pain every once in a while but my guess is that rest was able to get my body doing what it needed to do. So 5:00 p.m. rolls around and contractions are still five minutes apart. On it goes until 9:15 p.m. when Scott came home from work. We had about a half an hour to wait until our friend Melissa came to watch our two babies. So I went out to walk around the complex the whole time scared to death that I was going to go back and hear the same thing again. Not really in labor, go home and come back when it really hurts.

We left at around 10:00 p.m. and stopped to get Scott some dinner, you have got to love fast food (I know Scott does). And the moment of truth came around 10:30...the nurse totally played on Scott's sarcasm. She looked so sullen and I was sure she was going to send us home. But happily I was between 4-5 centimeters dilated and within 2 1/2 hours Megan was born. Here's the kicker...I only had to push for one contraction. That's right, just one. It was about the easiest thing, but I am sure the epidural helped out quite a lot :)

Now we have been home for a few days and I have to say the transition is happening quite easily. I am sure there will be lots of frustration and lots of hard times, but for now we are LOVING the time together as a family and enjoying having Megan here with us.

Oh, special plus for me I stepped on the scale this morning to see if I have lost anything...16 pounds down...about 10 to go. It's not very often you can say you lost 16 pounds from the last time you stepped on the scale :)

She's Here (And it's me again)!!!

2009-06-28T09:45:00.000-07:00

I won't say much now or post much, but here are the stats:

Born: 1:03am

Length: 21 1/2 inches

Weight: 8.5 pounds

Sex: Girl

Name: Megan (We're pretty sure)

Tiffany is doing great and Megan is also doing great!

Here I am again!

2009-06-20T08:26:00.000-07:00

Well, I've blogged so many times in a row now It's hard to keep count. Why isn't Tiffany blogging anymore you might ask? Good question. I just don't know, I can only speculate. But a good hint might have something to do with this picture.

Let me give you an update on where she is right now. Today, Saturday, she is 11 days from her due date. But you probably already knew that from looking on the right side of our blog, not to mention the paper chain that you made at your home so you can keep track on your own when our baby will be due.

Since Wednesday she's been having contractions. For the first day or so they were around 10-15 minutes apart. They weren't hurting her, but they were coming none the less. In the past day and a half the frequency has increased to, on average, about 7 minutes apart and the intensity has also increased. From the looks of things, this probably is labor.

Then yesterday afternoon the frequency of the contractions backed off to 10 minutes again, but the intensity continued to go up. Last night Tiff wasn't able to sleep very well and she is getting more and more tired from these contractions that are making her stomach, back and thighs very sore. Those of you who have gone through birth, (like me, mine was a kidney stone. Those count I think.) know what kind of pain this can be.

So that's the latest on that. We may go into the hospital today, it may be tomorrow, it may be next week, we just have to wait for the contractions to be consistently 5-7 minutes apart. We're hoping that's sooner rather than later, but neither one of us have very much control over it.

Here's the latest on the names we're thinking - at least from my perspective, which by the way, is Tiffany's perspective as well.

In no particular order other than what we like the most right now :)

1. Ellie Rose Evans

2. Megan Rose Evans

3. Abby Elizabeth Evans

4. Jessica Alba

5. Katie Ann Evans

6. Tom Hanks

7. Tiffany Ann Evans Jr.

So those are the names we like right now. We may switch things up at the last minute like we did last time, we'll see.

Here's some limited video from a Media Football game I took part in this last Wednesday. Our team got smoked, but once again - our team's MVP. I scored our only touchdown as well as two point conversion. The highlights are only from the first half, and the touchdown came at the end of the game. Our quarterback is a pro quarterback from the Boise Burn, an Arena Football team. I hope you enjoy.

And here are some pictures of the kids to enjoy. These were taken at what the kids call the BIG PARK. There's a splash pad and a bunch of stuff for the kids to do.

Breaking a record...

2009-05-21T23:04:00.000-07:00

Welcome to post #4 ... ever ... give or take. But I don't recall ever posting twice in a row - either I'm a posting nut - or Tiffany has more important things on her mind - or brewing inside her belly. I just got done reading a blog about a 3 year anniversary from one of my best friends and his wife who has become a really good friend, Mark and Bekah Gardner. She wrote the blog because I don't think he knows it exists - but what man really knows the blogging world?

Anyway, Bekah wrote about their relationship and it got me thinking at 12:06 am about my relationship with Tiffany. Right now she's sleeping behind me, or as close as she can be to sleeping with a baby kicking the inside of her ribs and Katie spooning with her. As of six minutes ago she is 34 weeks and 2 days along in the pregnancy. For all those returned missionaries out there - one transfer left and we'll get our little Megan or Abby or Lindsay or whatever else we come up with when we see her.

Katie's new place to relax.

Paul's version of Katie's new lounge area.

Tiffany's life doesn't get a lot of praise right now, so I'll attempt to do a little praising for her. Katie pooped today in the toilet. What? You say you do that all the time? Good for you, you can have a sticker just like her. But for this 2 1/2 year old pooping in the toilet and not in Jasmine or Arial or Belle, (She has Disney princess panties) that's a big deal. Once Tiffany got back from helping my sister Leslie in Utah, she went all out with potty training Katie. It's been great. She has her just-in-case panties (Pull-ups) and last night she woke up dry. So she has that down really well and knows when she needs to go. Today she was able to hold "it" until we got home from a little outing to the mall.

Throwing rocks into the river while camping - 2 stints of 2 hours. Wow!

You can never get enough popcorn - proof that these children are mine.

So accomplishment #1 Potty training Katie. I know starting to list things by number will get me in trouble if there is only one - so I'll have to be creative.

Just helping carry in the groceries.

We only buy the highest quality TP - from reputable companies.

Accomplishment #2 She is such a good mom that she can read an entire book in 2 days while watching two kids! Yeah, I know I didn't think it could be done either. I introduced her to the Ender's Game series - both sides of it. She can't put the books down.

She is a spiritual giant. She is well educated with when it comes to gospel topics. She also knows her stuff when it comes to listening to promptings - I make sure I stay close to her because when I don't I can get lost - figuratively speaking.

My sleeping habits are a little erratic I go to bed late - now 12:14 - and wake up late - today 9:00. She stays awake as long as she can at night - 6:47 pm - just kidding - but then gets up with the kids in the morning. I hope I don't reveal too much about me to where you don't think I do anything around here, but know this, I do just enough to look busy. :)

We have to take Katie and Paul to the temple grounds at least once a week so they can kiss the temple. If we don't they are very upset.

The fountain is the first place they always go. Katie threw a rock in during our last visit - I didn't let her make a wish.

Anyway, accomplishment #43 Tiffy can tell the difference between when I am sarcastic and when I am serious. Don't underestimate the difficulty of this. This is something I pride myself in - telling what I am really saying when I am talking is no easy thing, but after knowing each other for 4 years now - and dating just a little bit less than that - she's on the top of that mountain.

I know when I post no one comments or even reads everything and that's fine - that's probably because you saw that I wrote it and figured nothing would be accomplished by reading it, and I agree with you. I usually write for myself. This time it's for you Tiffany. I love you in ways that would make even my closest friends uncomfortable. Ya, I know that's a lot, and by the way you're smiling right now you obviously understand how serious of a statement that is.

Boise Temple - and yes, I took it.

And just to break up the reading - pictures! For those who find my writing less than enjoyable - bland or wordy consider them as eye candy.

Once in a while....

2009-05-10T17:33:00.000-07:00

Every other moon or so I muster up the courage and write on this thingy, our family blog. It's usually about the Jazz, but since they are giving me nothing to write about, thanks to the no good, lousy Lakers, I must write about something else.

So, I will write about me. For the past week I've been home alone. Tiffany thought it would be good if we took a break for awhile and tried living with other people. And I think this time away from each other has worked. She took the kids and moved down to Utah to live with my sister. I've slept in my bed alone. The timing of this was perfect since Tiffany went down to Utah the day after my sister had her baby. Imagine the timing. But this time apart has really taught me several things, most of which is how much I miss my wife and kids.

Are you confused yet? Did you think that Tiffany has spent the last week in Utah for any other reason beyond helping my sister out while she recovers from giving birth? Well, if you thought that it's just your imagination. We're doing great. I've had the chance to read a lot of books and really do whatever I want. Especially eating out more than I should. :) Sorry Tiffy.

If you've read any of my previous posts you probably recall that I mostly waste your time with words that just go in a circle. Words that really don't come to any point. You just read and then think to yourself - Why did I just read that? What was his point?

Well, today is your lucky day. My whole point of posting is to bring this video below to your attention. What's ironic is that being in the news I am trained to give you the most important information up front - right at the beginning. Completely opposite of the way I write on these blogs. I enjoy this way a lot more.

Anyway, I've digressed way too much.

The video below is the story I did on Saturday May 9, 2009. I got a call in our newsroom from a surgeon at St. Luke's Children's Hospital in Boise. The conversation was simply. He told me he had a kid about to go into surgery who has a pencil that went through the back of his mouth and almost out the back of his head. He then asked me how long it would take me to get to the hospital so I could cover it. Needless to say we were there pretty quick.

I must warn you some of the pictures are a little graphic, or rather shocking, but they weren't the worst ones we had.

I hope you enjoy what I think is one of the best stories I've ever done.

And, as always, go Jazz!

Megan or Abby????

2009-04-29T12:29:00.001-07:00

WHO DO YOU THINK SHE LOOKS LIKE?????

So we went to the doctor today and all is going GREAT with the pregnancy. I am 31 weeks exactly today and she is measuring 2 weeks ahead. She weighs in at a whopping 4 pounds 4 ounces and her head has about a 30 centimeter circumference. I really don't want to get my hopes up but the doctor said something about if the baby came in 7 weeks she would be in the 7 pound range. I would LOVE if she was early, BUT past pregnancies have shown that it hasn't been the case for me. So I included a picture of the big belly too...sorry it's far away, I don't let people take pictures of me too often.

My little tough Guy

2009-04-21T14:32:00.001-07:00

As a mom there is nothing more heart wrenching then hearing your child scream. Then to make it worse you hear your husband say I think his finger is broken. That's right...that was the case this morning. Katie slammed Paul's finger into the bathroom door. After a trip to the doctor and a fun lunch out this is what it looks like. It's not broken, but it is quite swollen and very colorful. I don't know if the pictures do it justice.
Still happy, after ALL that!

Time for an update

2009-04-07T21:17:00.000-07:00

So lately the weather has been pretty good and the kids have LOVED being outside. I am ready to spend hour after hour outside all spring, summer and fall for that matter. Update wise all is going well. We are getting excited for the baby to come (I know, I know I'll post a picture) we like the names Megan and Abigail, we'd call her Abby. But we have decided to wait until she comes to make the final decision. Probably because Scott likes one and I like the other but that is okay.

We have also been trying to save money and make money on the side. For now I will just write about the saving money because it has given us quite the rush. We have started clipping coupons. I have to say I was quite hesitant about it because we tried it once before and only saved a couple of dollars a week. TOTALLY NOT WORTH IT! But this time Scott saw a news article (surprise, surprise) about a lady that clips coupons and how she bought over $1000 worth of groceries for about $250 so we decided to look into it. Here is the fun part....I will just tell you what we were able to do today...all for $20 and change...counting tax (for some reason a lot of coupon clippers don't count tax but that doesn't make sense to me because you still have to pay it). We bought 10 boxes of Post cereal regularly $4.69 at Albertsons for about .30 a box. 4 cans of hormel chili for .45 a can. 4 cans of dole pineapples .35 a can. 4 16 oz darigold strawberry or chocolate flavored milk FREE. John Frieda Shampoo and Conditioner regularly 6 something each for 1.20 a piece. 2 things of colgate toothpaste for .50 cents a piece regularly 3.50 or 3.60. A dozen eggs FREE. Two things of lysol disinfecting wipes .50 a piece. Gallon of fat free milk $1.00 and a package of oreos $1.50....I think that is all...IT WAS SUCH A RUSH. But here is the thing, you don't have to "know" how to clip coupons. I don't. All I do is follow these two websites athriftymom.com and krazycouponlady.blogspot.com (I had them as links and for some reason it wasn't working so just copy and paste it) and they find all of the deals and tell you how to do it. (they are both Idaho based so it may be a little different if you live in another state) MUCH BETTER THAN SAVING A COUPLE BUCKS A WEEK. So there you have it. Hopefully it will help us build up our food storage and save money on our grocery bill. It seems to be working so far, the last 3 dozen eggs we have bought were FREE.

Well here are a few pictures of what has been happening lately.

Scott was having some fun with the kids...Katie and Paul would get frustrated when it was the other one's turn. Dad's just too much fun.
Katie spent about an hour watching it pour from our front door. She likes to strip down to her diaper lately so that is why she has just the blanket on.
Paul fell asleep while I was talking to my sister on the phone...I guess I waited too long to put him down for his nap.
Our two little cuties!

Clueless and a little embarrassed

2009-03-10T09:45:00.000-07:00

Okay, so we have been making a little Evans' Family ABC book to help the kids learn their alphabet. And I am actually really surprised by how well it is working. Katie now knows about 90% of the letters that we have done. She has some trouble with B and D but we will get better at it.
So on to my problem I am using this scrapbook to make the book and we are on to letter R and have ran out of space. I have never had to insert extra pages before and can't figure out how to get the screws or whatever they are out. So if anyone knows how to do it, it would be great if you could help...so that way katie doesn't think there are only 18 letters in the alphabet!

Also if anyone has any ideas for the letter X send them my way...trying to think of something other than x ray or xylophone.
THANKS!!!!

Back to the Park

2009-02-26T10:44:00.000-08:00

I have to say that I was getting some cabin fever with the winter months but it has been great to be able to be outside again. The kids love it and so do I honestly. Two days ago it was so warm that we had t-shirts on and bare feet. I can't wait for spring and summer!!!

This is Paul and his friend Addy. We enjoyed an afternoon at the part with them this last week. (Kelly you can copy it off the blog if you want it...if it doesn't work then I will email it to you)
My kids LOVE the swings. Not just that, but the underdogs. I get quite the work out running underneath Paul and then doing the same thing for Katie and then right back to Paul. I have to admit it was easier when I wasn't pregnant.
This makes me scared to start Katie on a normal swing because she always leans so far forward. Hopefully she will get the hang of it sooner or later.

It's a...

2009-02-21T07:57:00.001-08:00

Feet
Hands
Little face
Scott says this picture looks like the baby is smashing it's face up to a window. You can see the nose and mouth.

So Katie has this new thing that she says when I try to change her diaper. She says I can't touch her private spot. Apparently the little one inside me feels the same way because the whole time the baby was sitting indian style blocking the sonographers view. Well the sonographer said that she is 90% sure it is a GIRL!!! We are super excited and loved going and seeing the baby.

I don't know?

2009-02-12T09:41:00.000-08:00

Here is the video I've promised...all because of Scott!!! :)

The Special Olympics

2009-02-11T14:24:00.000-08:00

So I haven't forgotten about the movie of Paul. We have it and it is coming. I can never get it to work for me so I need to have Scott work his wonders. Meanwhile I figure I should probably post something. The 2009 Special Olympics Winter Games are here in Boise. Scott has been covering a whole lot of it so we decided to go and see some of the games on his day off. It was a lot of fun. If you are interested at all go to KTVB.com and see some of the stories that Scott has done this last week. They have been pretty incredible.This floor hockey team from the Dominican Republic is one of the teams he did a story on. About a week or so before the games they found out they didn't have enough money for all of the plane tickets...half to be exact. Well people called in and donated and miracle after miracle happened and low and behold they were able to make it. Scott tells it better than I do... http://www.ktvb.com/video/?z=y&nvid=330221
Katie and Paul wanted to run around everywhere while we were at the games so we put them in the make shift "playpen"
It was the supports that were holding up the floor hockey courts.

This was the Trinidad and Tobago vs Canada game. There was a guy that was cheering on Trinidad so loud because there were about 6-7 people cheering on Canada. It was pretty funny. Scott ended up doing a story on this one too. http://www.ktvb.com/video/index.html?nvid=331200

It turned out to be a really fun day and we all went home and took about a 2 1/2 hour nap when we were all done.

SIDE NOTE....We have hit the half way point in the pregnancy!!! We find out if we are having a boy or girl next friday. We will keep you posted.

Just because I thought it was so dang cute

2009-01-28T21:30:00.000-08:00

One of Katie's favorite songs is "I'm so Glad When Daddy Comes Home." It's funny because all day all the kids want is Scott and then when he gets home for some reason all they want is mom.

Next up...Paul has his newest thing that he does and we are trying to get it on video so you can see it. I will ask him a question such as...Paul where's Katie or Paul where did your bottle go? He will look around and if he can't see it he turns back to me and says "I don't know" It makes me laugh every time. We are trying to get it up for the grandparents so be patient. It will come.

Just a couple pictures before church

2009-01-20T15:48:00.000-08:00

This was the outfit that all the little girls wore for Craig and Mandie's wedding. They all looked so cute, but since we lost all of those pictures I had to make sure I got a couple of Katie in the dress.

Paul loves the camera. It doesn't matter if he was crying two seconds before, when he sees the camera he puts on his grin.

And here is the baby bump at almost 17 weeks. We find out if it is a boy or a girl on the 20th of February. This is the first time that Scott and I have no idea what it is going to be. So any guesses are welcome.

My little artist

2009-01-16T18:35:00.000-08:00

So I was all happy this morning because Katie and Paul were playing so well together in their room. They were up there for about 20 minutes without any crying. I actually got to spend some alone time with Scott. So they ended up coming downstairs and when they leave their room Katie closes the door behind them. So we went on for a little while and I noticed that Katie's hands were blue. I asked her where the marker was and she said "it's upstairs mom." Like duh of course you should know that. I walked into the room to find our wall decorated. So Scott took the kids for a minute so I could clean up the remains, but not before I got a couple pictures with the culprit. So now I have blue tinted walls, any advice on getting the last bit off would be VERY helpful.

Ready to pull my hair out....

2009-01-13T18:50:00.000-08:00

Okay, so here is the scoop. We had pictures on our camera from before Christmas all the way through Paul's birthday. So I thought that Scott transfered them over to the computer and I was going to do about 4 posts for the different events. Then I sat down and opened iPhoto to rummage through the pictures and what do I find...NO PICTURES!!! So I grab our camera. I turn it on and click on the picture button and the two saddest words come up. NO IMAGE. Scott is gone so maybe there is some explanation but for those of you who have asked for a post I am trying. I am going to be quite upset though if we just lost pictures from, here's the kicker...Christmas, New Year's Eve, Craig's wedding, my birthday and Paul's birthday!!! It wouldn't be such a big deal if it was just a few pictures, but no I have to lose about 10 pages worth of scrapbooking material!!! (I got a digital scrapbooking program for Christmas and am loving it) So if you are wondering why we have no new pictures there is your answer. Hopefully Scott will come home and be by knight in shining armor and show me what happened. If not, know that we had a bunch of cute pictures to share and imagine them.

A quick update.

2008-12-20T19:13:00.000-08:00

So I am going to let the pictures do most of the talking.
The first snow...there has been plenty more, and Katie loves it!
Paul on the other hand was crying most of the time. How I got this picture I will never know.
Katie is our little helper she loves to feed her brother.
Trying to potty train Katie...hasn't quite been going like we thought :0) any suggestions are welcome!
I have redecorated the Christmas tree multiple times. This was the worst. Paul pulled the whole thing down on top of him. Katie was screaming, not because Paul was hurt but because he wrecked the "pretty Christmas tree."

Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas. We are really excited to see a lot of family over the New Year!

Holiday Parade

2008-12-02T07:45:00.001-08:00

As promised here are some pictures of Scott and Katie in the Parade last Saturday. It was a great time. Scott and Katie got to be in it and I just had Paul on the side of the road watching the Parade. It was a great time to relax.
After receiving a question about the cart...they were helping the Salvation Army. The cart is empty at the beginning of the parade and it is full of canned food and toys at the end.

Sorry if the pictures are small. They weren't taken on our camera and I don't know how to change it. Maybe Scott will change it later for me. Anyway enjoy the miniscule photos for now!

Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and the Christmas tree Oh MY!!!

2008-11-29T15:35:00.001-08:00

So we had a GREAT week! Thanksgiving was hard because Scott had to go to work at 1:30 so Dinner started at 12:15. It worked out just great and we are still enjoying the fruits/veggies of our labors.
yes that is a salt shaker. Luckily it is sea salt and you have to grind it to get it out.
Paul loved the food, he eats more than Katie at every meal...hence the reason why he is so much bigger than she ever was!
The table with about 3/4 of the food on it.
Here is my attempt at an apple pie. I have yet to get one right. This time I forgot to put the flour in the apple mixture so instead of gooey apples they were just juicy apples. Oh well, next time!
You have to have a picture of Pumpkin pie! This is one of two that was made. LOVE IT!

Before continuing on to the next section. I have to insert that I ventured out at 4:30 in the morning on Black Friday and it was once again totally worth it. For the last two years I have gone and everything I have bought was at least half off! So the kids were able to get a little more than expected and the Christmas shopping is pretty much done. And I was back in bed by 5:40...No one ever missed me.
This is Paul's Christmas Tree Face. He will stare and screech like it is the greatest thing in the world.
Scott's job every year is the star because he doesn't like to join in on the festivities.
So thanks for being a good sport hun!
The finished product.
Where you can find Katie most of the time now. She says "whoa mom, so pretty Christmas tree!"

So a peek of what is to come. We went to the holiday parade today because Scott was in it for work and we got a couple of good pictures but that is a story for another day.

Introducing...

2008-11-22T08:03:00.000-08:00

Baby Evans #3

The baby is upside down. You can make out the beginnings of a leg in the upper left area. The bottom is the head and the black area inside the outline of the baby is the brain. He/She is about 2/3 of an inch right now! It was amazing to see the heart beat the everything. We are really excited to add another one to our family.

The baby's big debut will be around July 1st 2009!

Paul's First Haircut

2008-11-18T10:02:00.001-08:00

It was a little bit of a battle...but we won!

Sisters for a Weekend

2008-11-18T08:33:00.000-08:00

This last weekend my two sisters Andy and Kimi came for a visit. Andy's whole family came, (Andy, Eric Ruth and Sadie) the kids had so much fun together. Those were actually the only pictures that I got. It was so much fun having everyone here. The girls even got to go out to lunch with no babies....thanks Eric!
Katie and little Sadie.
Ruth and Katie were throwing leaves at each other for about 10 minutes
There is this wood barrier that goes all the way around our playground and the girls played a little bit of follow the leader.
They had a lot of fun on the playground.
The weekend was GREAT! I wish I would have gotten more pictures of everyone else but enjoy the pictures of the girls.

Helping Mommy Cook

2008-11-08T11:57:00.000-08:00

We made cookies the other day and the kids had such a good time helping. I turned the oven light on so they could watch and they literally stood there and watched the cookies rise. It was pretty cute. Katie would scream...Mommy LOOK...Cookies.

Katie loved the dough.
Admiring their hard work.
I love that Katie likes to help but yesterday it got dangerous. She pushed her chair over to the oven stood up on the chair and was scrambling the eggs as they were cooking. Luckily she didn't get burnt.

Happy Halloween

2008-11-01T07:20:00.000-07:00

Okay, so I don't know why the pictures are uploading differently now but I don't feel like re-doing it and putting them all in order so you will get our Halloween backwards. It would probably work out okay if you read the post from end to beginning. Anyway you do you will still get the picture.

I got the prize for most original costume. What is it you ask, that happened earlier in the day.
Paul won the prize for most BOO-tiful baby. I have to say that I agree, but I thought that I was always a little biased.
Katie was just happy to have all of her candy!
The three of us at our ward trunk or treat. It was a lot of fun, and dad was even able to show up for a little bit and take Katie around.
Scott Evans, Idaho's News Channel Seven.
Cheerleader
Harry Potter
After the kids nap, Katie was really excited to go but we couldn't pass the time fast enough so we decorated her candy bag. It was actually a lot of fun. Maybe we will do it every year.
Paul enjoying his breakfast jack o lantern.
For breakfast I made brains (scrambled eggs) and jack o lanterns (pancakes with banana faces) for the kids. It was a perfect start to a great halloween.

Fall Fun

2008-10-30T07:20:00.000-07:00

So we haven't really posted anything for awhile. I guess it means it is time to play a little bit of catch up. We have really enjoyed being outside in the fall weather.
We went to a campground and had tin foil dinners and smores.
It was right by a stream and Katie LOVED throwing rocks in the water. Not just pebbles, she would find the biggest rock she could carry and try and throw it in the stream. This picture is right after she threw it.
Paul has officially mastered the playground. The second we put him down he heads straight for the stairs. He can climb up and crawl all over the playground.
He loves the slide. I think it has been his greatest feat. He can climb all the way up and turn around to slide back down.
It wouldn't be fall without playing in the leaves. We got the pile so big over a couple weeks that it was taller than Katie. She will run around a tree and sing ring around the rosie and then when it gets close to the end she runs about 20 feet over to the pile of leaves and "falls down." It's hilarious.

Our little photo shoot

2008-10-26T07:00:00.000-07:00

Another First

2008-10-11T17:25:00.001-07:00

That's right, Paul is hitting one milestone after the other. This just happens to be a pretty big one. He has taken his first steps!!! I know crazy. You don't believe me, that's what I thought. So I got proof. It isn't the most he has taken but it is two steps. He took his first step at the beginning of the week. He got up to three in a row. Today he took four, but of course I couldn't get it on camera. So this will have to do.

What went wrong???

2008-10-04T18:53:00.000-07:00

Okay, so it is the Saturday morning of Conference and what do I want to do? Easy, wake up and cook some banana bread so Scott can have something good when he wakes up and something to snack on throughout the morning session. So like the good little wife I am I turned the oven on and stuck the chair next to the counter so Katie could help me cook. Meanwhile Paul is sitting in the high chair nibbling on some cheerios. Alright, so there's the scene. As I am grabbing all of the ingredients I started thinking...all of these people lately have been telling me that you can be healthier when you cook if you just use applesauce instead of sugar. You can't tell the difference...so I'm told. I thought why not, lets test Scott's taste buds. So Katie and I put it all together and in the oven it goes. Well 45 minutes later I go and wake up Scott so I can go running before Conference starts. We talk for a minute and he says that it smells delicious. That was the only compliment I got about the banana bread. Well the timer goes off at 50 minutes and I open the oven. Inside much to my surprise/dread whatever you want to call it I see...

Well there you have it. So much for trying to be healthy! I say eat drink and be merry for twenty minutes later I run!!! But if anyone knows the error of my ways feel free to laugh and then correct me. Oh by the way just to let you know, I really don't suck at cooking all of the time. Usually it turns out quite well...it's just when I adventure into the unknown. FOLLOW THE RECIPE, it never goes wrong when I pay attention to the directions.

Zippity Zoo Katie's TWO!!!!!

2008-09-30T09:52:00.001-07:00

So we celebrated Katie's birthday yesterday with a little party. It turned out to be a whole lot of fun.

I made a Monsters Inc. cake. I think it turned out pretty nice. Katie loved it.
After pizza for dinner we had a little treasure hunt. I threw toys and candy all over the yard and the kids scampered off to find them.
Katie is our little raccoon. She picks up things all of the time and won't put them down. So the treasure hunt was great for her.
Katie and her friend Sophia enjoying their spoils.
One of the toys in the treasure hunt were these glasses. It was funny to see them on the kids.
Katie loved the singing and blew out the candles on the first try. She better get her wish.
I could not believe all of the gifts that she received. She loves them, she has been playing with everything all morning long. I am sure she is excited to have something new to play with.
Thanks to everyone that came and all of the gifts were absolutely incredible.

We love Katie so much and can't believe how big she is getting. She isn't my baby anymore, she has officially hit childhood.

I've been tagged...

2008-09-19T19:33:00.000-07:00

My sister in law Tiffani tagged me. This looks like a fun one. Hope you enjoy getting to know me. Scott will have to do one for himself .

~Question #1: Where were you 10 years ago?
Coming home from Girls camp for the first time. I had only been in Young Women's for about half a year. I was a seventh grader.

~Question #2: What's on your to-do list today (this list includes today and tomorrow morning's list)?

Laundry, Laundry and more laundry. You have got to love vacations. I cleaned the whole house before we left to come home and destroy it. Why have I not done it yet do you ask, easy...we left our kids for over a week and now they won't let me go. Any advice anyone? I think that they are scared to let me out of their sight.

~Question #3: What if you were a billionaire?

1. Pay off all debts.

2. Buy a house with a fence and a yard so we could get a dog for Scott

2. Go and see my parents...and travel all over the place

3. Buy a car for me so I don't have to walk everywhere...wait I like walking...we would get a gym pass

4. start cooking all sorts of fancy food because I don't have to worry about how much it costs

5. start some sort of foundation. I think that would be really cool!

~Question #4: Name 5 places you've lived.

1. Baltimore, Maryland

2. Shelley, Idaho...near Idaho Falls

3. Spokane, Washington

4. Provo, Utah

5. Boise, Idaho

Question #5: What are 3 bad habits you have?

1. I can't remember where I put things...drives Scott nuts!...I lose my keys all the time...it's really bad when I lose Scott's! Love you hun

2. I bite my nails...well actually I am just too lazy to get the clippers so I bite the edge and rip my nail off to cut them.

3. I have no will power when it comes to sweets...if I make a cake/bread/cookies or whatever Scott is lucky if he gets a piece. I am home all day so every time I walk by I take another piece.

Question #6: What kind of snacks do you like?

1. OREOS!!!! Tiffany's favorite cookie

2. The snack mix that is like Gardetto's but it is the costco brand. Pretty Scrumptious!

3. Chocolate cake...not just any kind though...German Chocolate, I LOVE the coconut.

4. Yogurt...I eat one almost every day

Question #7: Who will you tag??

My family (both sides), and Abby

Have fun with it. Don't just look at it and say "oh great another tag"

Universal Studios, Disneyland and Beaches oh my!

2008-09-17T08:28:00.001-07:00

Well we are back from our "Babymoon" I guess you could call it. It was absolutely AMAZING!!! We started the vacation by dropping the kids off at Grandpa and Grandma Evans'...thanks again. And drove the ten hours to Los Angeles. Where we spent Sunday evening with Mark and Bekah. It was so good to see them and just chat. Monday morning came after the FIRST uninterrupted nights sleep since Paul was born. It felt so good to wake up when I wanted to. We were planning on going to Six Flags and drove all the way there only to learn that it was closed. So we decided on Universal Studios. It was a lot of fun, and I learned a lot too. Scott volunteered in one of the shows and he had the audience cracking up a few times. It was hilarious. Monday night we made it to Bobbi Mann's house. Scott baptized her on his mission, and she was nice enough to let us stay ALL week! Thanks Bobbi! Tuesday we went to the beach and I boogie boarded and swam in the ocean for the first time. I have to say I didn't like the taste of salt in my mouth but I loved everything else. Wednesday we spent the day touring part of Scott's mission. It was fun to put places and people with stories. Thursday we headed back to the beach and found all sorts of seashells and hermit crabs. Friday we went to Disneyland with Mark and Bekah and hit every ride we wanted to go on at least once. It was such a good week to go. I will say that they talked me into going on the Tower and Terror and it was FREAKY!!! I didn't enjoy that at all. Saturday we went to the LA temple and my old roommate just happened to be getting married. Then we watched the BYU blowout....GO COUGARS!!!! And headed back to Alpine to get our kids. Well Sunday we got in the car to go to church and found that the battery light was on in our car. Monday the car went to the shop and it ended up being a quite expensive fix! All is well that ends well though. The car works and the trip was a blast. I loved being alone with Scott for a long while.

Scott's Family in Town

2008-08-17T15:22:00.000-07:00

Last Monday Scott's family were on their way home from visiting Grandma and Grandpa Jim in Oregon so they stopped by as they were passing through. We went to this fun park in Meridian and had a great time for the few hours they were here.

I Love to see the Temple

2008-08-17T15:16:00.000-07:00

We went down to the Twin Falls Temple Open house either last week or the week before. I can't remember now. It was a fun little day trip. Every time we drive to the grocery store we pass the temple and Katie freaks out. She usually sees it before the rest of us and she just starts saying over and over again temple, temple. So we thought it would be good if she could go inside the temple. She loved it. She was always pointing at things and getting so excited. And it amazed me when we went in the celestial room because she got all quiet. We really enjoyed going together as a family. Here are a couple pictures from the experience.

Good Deals and Good Times

2008-08-01T12:04:00.001-07:00

Okay, so life keeps plugging along, here is what you have missed...
There is this store called Other Mothers here in Boise, I know that there is one in Spokane, but I don't know where another one is. Anyway every month the last Friday and Saturday of the month they have a 25 cent sale. This is when I get Katie and Paul clothes. Last month I just happened to hit the jackpot. Over 30 items...and I only got charged $7.95 for the lot of it.
Now don't think that these are junk clothes. The thing that you have to remember is not to buy it unless it's quality. So in that pile of clothes is a Baby Gap winter coat, a few pairs of baby gap pants, gymboree jumper, a children's place dress...the list goes on. It is a great sale, bad picture of the clothes but a great sale.
Here is my jackpot pile.
Katie loves my makeup she plays with it everyday. I swear she wears it more than I do!
She wanted to do the cameras makeup
This is Paul's new favorite place. He plays with our food storage whenever I am in the kitchen cooking.
And when I am not. I was in the other room reading and Paul played with our canned food for about a 1/2 hour. It was pretty funny. I am just grateful he can entertain himself. Katie always wanted to be entertained.

THE MEMORY GAME!!!!

2008-07-22T22:33:00.000-07:00

This was on my brother and his wife's blog. I (Scott) posted on this and thought that it might be a fun little thing. I remember sitting around with friends on random occasions remembering the good ol' days and how fun that was, so maybe this can facilitate that once again.

Note: Feel free to post for either me or Tiffany. We accept comments for both.

1. As a comment on my blog, leave a memory that you and I had together. Doesn't matter if you knew me a lot or a little, basically anything you can remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog! It's quite fun to see what people remember! If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume your playing the game and come leave one on yours!

On the Move

2008-07-22T15:14:00.001-07:00

It's official, our little Paul is crawling! Not only that but he has also hit my FAVORITE milestone. He reaches for us. It was the greatest thing in the world when he did it the first time. I reached my hands out to pick him up and he did the same thing. It was and is amazing every time I go to pick him up.

Snake River Stampede

2008-07-16T08:50:00.000-07:00

We went to the rodeo yesterday with Scott's cousin Josh and family. I absolutely loved it. It was just so fascinating to me. Scott said that he was a little bored some of the time, but mostly it was great just to get out and go somewhere together as a family. Katie loved the barrel racing. When the horse would come out she would start clapping and continue clapping until the horse left when she would promptly put both hands in the air and say uh-huh where'd it go. Then another horse would come and it would start all over again. Paul was more like dad. He fell asleep and stayed that way for most of the night. Here are a few pictures of the adventure.

I learned last night that the horses they used for bucking are bred to buck just like thoroughbreds are bred to run. Just a little food for thought.
Katie was enthralled most of the evening.
This act is called the one arm bandit. There is something wrong with one of his arms so he can't use it and the other arm he would use for the whip. So he rode his horse and steered with his legs. It was pretty cool. Then he corraled these two buffalo wherever he wanted them to go.
Paul enjoying his much needed nap. I was just shocked he stayed asleep, it was pretty loud.
At the end of the night, can you tell the kids are done?

Just Another Day

2008-07-10T09:13:00.000-07:00

I thought I would just post a couple pictures of what we do almost every day. Paul and I hang out on a blanket reading while Katie enjoys the playground .

Happy Independence Day!

2008-07-09T09:17:00.000-07:00

So this 4th of July was going to be a little hard for me because Scott had to work until around 11:30 that night. That left me home with the kids for one exciting holiday...boy was I wrong! It turned out that Scott was covering the festivities of the fourth so we were able to all be together during the fireworks. Not only that but the whole family was on the news. I wasn't too excited about it but it worked out okay I guess. It was really fun to be out and about and it was fun to get to watch Scott work as well. The kids were fun to see react to the fireworks as well. Katie was scared at first but took to them by the end of the night. On the other hand Paul was screaming because he was so tired and then the fireworks went off and he went into a little trance. It was a great night. Here are a few pictures.

Katie and Paul enjoying what they love most at the park...SWINGS
Watching daddy work
It's too bad you can't see this up close...there was cracker ALL over everywhere.
Katie and her fake picture smile. This is what her smile turns into when she says cheese for the camera.
Scott getting ready to interview a family on the news.

Well Happy Late 4th of July to one and all!

Let's Recap

2008-06-26T16:39:00.001-07:00

Okay so here is what happened over the last week or so. A lady in my ward was going down to Utah and asked Scott if I wanted to go from Thursday until Tuesday. So of course he said yes. There turned out to be so much going on while I was down in Utah. We will let the pictures do the talking.
Got to Utah Thursday and went to a park with all of the kids.
Friday, went to Scott's cousins wedding luncheon then hit the ball field for a little bit of batting practice.
Decided to cut my hair and chopped about 4-5 inches Saturday morning...thanks jody!
Went to Scott's cousins wedding Saturday morning. Saw Elder Perry in the temple.
David and Karin right after the wedding.
I can't post what happened over the week without showing a picture of what it was like at the Evans' home. Babies galore. They had SO much fun together!
Well Saturday night was the yearly friend get together for all of Scott's high school friends and spouses. It was a lot of fun. It took me forever to get Katie out of the pool!
Saturday night Kimi came and stayed the night then when to church with us on Sunday.
Monday was a hang out day and we headed back home for the long car ride on Tuesday.
And this is what I came home to...
4 dozen roses scattered at my feet.
a clean house
more flower petals
Scott was still at work by the way
And a new iPod nano and some fun gifts...and a really LONG letter
But wait there is more, when I was walking up the stairs I started to hear music playing. The computer was playing the slideshow of our wedding. It was the perfect end to our long busy trip!
Talk about a great homecoming!

Rounding up the Evans'

2008-06-13T17:13:00.000-07:00

This last weekend we were lucky enough to be able to head down to Utah and be in the Salt Lake Temple for Isaac's sealing. It is now official that all of Bob and Diane's children are theirs for eternity. It was a great little trip. It is always hard to go and come home so quickly. But it is better than nothing.
I mostly feel bad for Katie because she gets used to being so free, maybe a little too free as you can tell by the little head wound. Then we come home to our condo and she feels trapped.

I finally got a good picture of our little sweethearts. They really do always play that well together.
Our little family
Scott's brother Isaac that was sealed.
All of Bob and Diane's grandkids...well there is one more but little girl Evans' isn't coming until September (Mark and Jody's baby)
Katie had a tumble off of the firepit...she also fell down the hole in the trampoline, but went unscathed with that one.

Tiffany's new adventure

2008-05-24T09:54:00.001-07:00

Tiffany is going to try her hand at being an entrepreneur. Hopefully it will go well.

Pair of 2 1/2" bows
Turquoise and brown 5" bow
4-5" flower clip
matching 2 inch flower clip
4 1/2" pink and brown bow
4 1/2" pink and lavender bow

Whirlwind Weekend

2008-05-15T16:41:00.001-07:00

So the weekend started at 4:30 on Sunday morning. We woke to the alarm and Scott took a quick shower while I got the rest of the car packed. We were on the road to Utah by 5am and got to Alpine at around 10:15. Where we shocked Diane to the point of screaming. It was a great Mother's Day surprise. So we got to spend the day with Grandma and Grandpa. Monday morning we headed to Midway and spent the day with some really great friends. The Boothe's and Kacher's. It was so much fun! Then by 6:30 we were back on the road, destined for Boise. It was a quick trip but totally worth the exhaustion.
Katie and Grace.
I have no idea what they are looking at but the picture turned out pretty cool.
Paul and his cousin Mason.
Happy Birthday to the love of my life by the way!
Long lost friends. They were holding hands like that for some time.
We think that they look like they could be related.
Next door neighbors reunited once again.

Thanks to everyone who made the weekend so much fun!

Bath time fun

2008-04-24T16:48:00.001-07:00

So I just thought that these were too cute not to put up. Katie and Paul love the bath tub. I have given up trying to take pictures while they are in the tub because I am scared that the camera will get ruined but I thought that these turned out quite nicely.

I've been Book Tagged

2008-04-22T08:53:00.000-07:00

Alright here we go. I will do the book that I am currently reading.

Instructions:
1.Pick up the nearest book (at least 123 pages).
2. Turn to page 123.
3. Find the 5th sentence
4. Post the 5th sentence and the next 3 on your blog.
5. Tag 3 people.

The History of Joseph Smith by His Mother

In this, the Lord permitted Martin Harris to take the manuscript home with him, on condition that he would exhibit it to none, save five individuals whom he had mentioned, and belonged to his own family.
Mr. Harris was delighted with this, and bound himself in a written covenant of the most solemn nature, that he would strictly comply with the injunctions which he had received. Which being done, he took the manuscript and went home.
Joseph did not suspect but that his friend would keep his faith, consequently, he gave himself no uneasiness with regard to the matter.

I will tag Tiffani, Liz, Melanie, Abby and Jandee.

Before I close the post though I am going to write my thoughts. We will see if they make any sense. These four sentences are quite compelling to me. Knowing the whole story and how Joseph went and asked the Lord three times before he was given a "yes" answer makes me wonder...if Martin had not lost the 116 pages would Joseph still had been chastised? Go ahead and write what you think. I think that he would have been. Not for the reason that eventually he was, but for the reason that Joseph was not willing to bend His will to the Lord's. In this life we are constantly striving to put off that natural man and become more like Christ. Even to "receive his image" so eventually to become all that he is. I find that the more that I try to be Tiffany (natural man) the less I am changing to become like Christ. So this story of the 116 pages for me lately has been one of wills rather than an issue of lost scripture. Well I have written enough I think. If you have any thoughts on the subject I would love to hear it.

Again I tag Tiffani, Liz, Melanie, Abby and Jandee.

Playing at Pump it Up

2008-04-17T09:25:00.001-07:00

I heard about this place called Pump it up from a friend of ours so we decided to check it out. It turned out to be a whole lot of fun. I think I liked it more than Katie did. Anyway here are some pictures from our little adventure.
My two boys. It was fun to see them together. For a long time they just laid down in the basketball one and were playing together. I LOVE seeing Scott with the two kids. One of my favorite things is just watching Katie and Paul with Daddy.
Katie loved to crawl into one and then back out again. Never really playing on the toys just loving the doorway. I am amazed at what keeps kids occupied.
The basketball gym.
My favorite part...the obstacle course. Scott and I raced through it. He beat me...but I never got my rematch.
Katie doesn't quite understand the whole sit INSIDE the car. She has a bike at home and does the same thing. Hopefully she'll figure it out soon enough.

And in honor of the Jazz making the playoffs again and securing the Northwest Division, here is our tribute to them. Go Jazz!

Long Time No Post

2008-04-17T09:09:00.000-07:00

I guess that I would say a lot has happened since the last time we posted. We were able to take a long weekend down to Utah and see all of the family that is there. It was a blast. A big thanks goes to Grandpa and Grandma Evans for letting us stay with them. And another goes to Joe and Codi for being such great dinner hosts. We wish we could see everyone more but the little trips will have to do for now.

Katie's aunt Emmalee has to where a helmet which she doesn't like too much, but Katie on the other hand loved wearing it.
Uncle Bert and Paul just having some fun.

As you can see Katie trusts Grandpa so much that he had her eating out of his hands...what Katie didn't know was that it was salt...funny joke Grandpa.
Paul's newest trick. I know you can't tell in the picture but he does the little inchworm. He will lift his head up really high and then plant his face in the blanket and put his bum in the air. After doing it over and over again he ends up going in circles.
Our little diva...and Paul!

Happy Easter

2008-03-25T15:45:00.000-07:00

This Easter was a fun one for the Evans' family. Below we have a bunch of pictures to explain how the day went...it was full of fun that is for sure.

Grandma Evans got Katie a pretty dress for Easter and we had to put a picture of it up for all to see. At the moment Katie would not smile so this was the only decent picture we got.
Here is little...well not so little Paul in his church clothes. We took him to his two month appointment and he weighed 13 pounds 14 ounces. He has gained almost five pounds! He was 24 inches long as well. He is growing rapidly. We love him!

More cute pictures of Paul that I couldn't resist putting up. Oh, today we have to announce that Paul rolled from belly to back twice on the bed this morning. He is SO talented. I have to put the little disclaimer that he rolled towards me so the bed was slanted just a little bit, but he was working SO hard.

Katie participated in two Easter egg hunts. She had so much fun at the first one we did one at our place for just her and her friend Ella. After they found all of the eggs we let the two little girls fly a kite. It turned out to be quite the adventure.

As you can see we let both of the girls fly the kite all by themselves. Which wasn't a big deal because the kite only cost us a dollar. So if we lost it no big deal. Well I guess we asked for it because Katie let it fly!
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When she let go of the kite it flew over the top of our building and the end got caught in the tree as you can see. What you can't see is the power lines on both sides of the kite. The string go t caught on the power lines on one side of the road and the kite itself would barely miss the power lines on the other side of the street. Well the kite flew by itself for about 15 minutes before the string broke and all was well again. Luckily nothing bad happened...but I have to say that the kite turned out to be well worth the dollar.

Random Fun...

2008-03-16T22:18:00.001-07:00

These are just a few pictures of the kids while they were sick. I know they don't look it but trust me they were. I don't know if this is how it is with all kids but mine try so hard to be happy even though they are feeling crummy. We have gone through a huge box of tissues and loads and loads of laundry taking care of the sick ones. I am happy to report that they are both recovering and now we are just waiting for the house to recover...I have let the place slide over the last week and now it's time for a cleaning overhaul.

Scott taught Katie a New Trick

2008-03-13T14:24:00.000-07:00

So the last two weeks have been pretty difficult because both of the kids have been sick. But we were able to get out and play a little bit and Scott taught Katie how to slide down the slide with her eyes closed. She is so funny because she doesn't know that she can close her eyes without touching them so she sticks both of her hands to her face and holds her eyelids down with her fingers. Enjoy!

Baby Blessing Day

2008-03-03T18:13:00.001-08:00

Hello all,

I was minding my own business playing Mahjong, a game my dad loves, and Tiffany kept nagging me to post something about Paul's blessing this last Sunday. Well, I wasn't in the mood to write this, so that is why I am telling you this, so if you find that I am not on my A game, then you know why. It isn't that I didn't want to write about it, its that I didn't want to write it right now, at 11:59 at night, when both kids are sick, and I have to be up for a cannery assignment at 8:00. But alas, I am writing.

Well, my family, all but Brian, Natalie, and Kyrie were able to come up for the weekend, and oh what a wonderful weekend it was. My dad got off work at 10:15, and my family picked him up from work sometime in the 11 o'clock hour, and they were on their way, to drive all night to Boise. Well, that plan lasted only a few hours when they fell asleep halfway through the trip, thankfully they stopped the car before they fell asleep. We spent Saturday over at the church playing games from basketball to football to hide and seek with Joseph (He mostly wanted to hide and didn't want to be seeked). All in all we spent nearly 6 hours at the church, fun time.
Isn't he cute? He is wearing the same Stellar one-piece jumpsuit I wore when I was blessed, pretty cool stuff if you ask me. The blessing was nice, it was just family in the circle with the Bishop. I asked the Bishop right before the blessing if he invited himself or if we needed to do it. He said a member of the Bishopric had to be in the circle and he was inviting himself. That wasn't so bad, he's a great guy.
After church we took some pictures, and here are just two of them. Here is the first grandson on the Evans side that will carry on the family name, pretty cool. Gooooooo birthright! Those guys look like they should be on TV. If you had to say who had better hair, who would you say? Keep in mind whose blog this is. If you look closely, my dad's hair is flat on top. That is because when he was little his younger brother dropped a Tonka truck on his head from the top bunk, and it made part of his head flat, and apparently he never recovered. As for me there is a perfect dome shape, not to mention the wavy texture of the hair. I guess I pretty much decided for you. :) p.s. I'm not vain.
And last, but certainly not least, our first family picture that can actually be called a family picture. Feel free to print this picture off and put it up on your fridge or in your wallet. Man, that is one cute family. I hope all of you are doing well. Love you all.

Joys of being a mom

2008-02-27T13:07:00.001-08:00

So yesterday was one of those days when it seemed like both of the kids were crying at the same time all day long and everything was just frustrating me. Then there are days like today where they are just laughing and smiling all of the time. I came upstairs to put the pictures on the computer and couldn't help but think just how blessed I am to have the family that I do. I am so grateful that Scott's job allows me to stay home and be with them...through the good...and the bad. Here is what we did last week.

Paul got in the bathtub with his big sister for the first time. I think it might still be a little early for the big tub because he was sliding all over the place...but we got through the bath without any mis-haps.
Katie was loving it just like always.

Monday we went to the Special Olympics invitational Games opening ceremony and the one thing that I wanted to see we didn't get to because all of the kids got restless...so I watched the torch light at home on the news that night. It was really fun to get out of the house though.

This is walking to the car after the ceremony with Jamie and Ella. Scott ended up running ahead and getting the car before we even got halfway to it...the girls love to take it nice and slow. The two of them were so cute though, they wouldn't let go of eachother.

Poor Paul, I wasn't even burping him. And all of the sudden...it was funny. He didn't think so :(

So all in all the good far out weighs the bad and you just have to love how you don't know what is going to happen next.

Daddy knows best

2008-02-20T10:16:00.001-08:00

This last sunday Scott and I were sitting in the living room playing with the kids...well one of us was doing a better job than the other. For some reason I think that dads are better at getting the kids to laugh/smile whatever. I spend all day long with Katie and Paul trying to keep them happy and the second Scott comes in the door they go crazy with laughter and happiness. I wonder what it is. These pictures are proof of the phenomenon. Whatever it takes to keep them happy I guess. I just wish I could get the little one to smile for me. The only time that I have been able to get Paul to smile is after he is well fed and sound asleep, crazy I know but true.

Random Thoughts

2008-02-13T07:26:00.001-08:00

So first off...Katie finally let me french braid her hair. It looked pretty good until we went outside and the wind got to it. It's funny because the front of her hair is so much shorter than the back. So from the front you couldn't even tell it was done, thus the reason for the picture of the back of her head. I wonder why the heck babies hair grow like mullets but I guess there is really nothing you can do about it but cut it off, or in our case put it up in pigtails everyday so people can't tell.

Who does he look like? I thought at first that Paul looked like Katie but I don't think so by these two pictures. So you will all have to give your input.
Paul
Paul
Katie

Mommy number 2

2008-02-09T18:42:00.001-08:00

I just loved this picture. It has nothing to do with the post but take a look at my boys!

Katie has been such a little trooper ever since Paul was born. She has adapted very well to having the little guy around...almost too well. Don't get me wrong she has her moments when she will slap him in the face or what not but for the most part she is a better mom than I am. Every time Paul makes a sound she runs over to him to give him a kiss. And every time he wakes up she runs over and grabs me one of his diapers (that's right she has figured out the difference in sizes) and she won't let me do anything until his diaper is changed. She has even found a way to help with feeding him. She will sit right next to me and hold his head in place so he can eat. In a couple of the pictures you will notice that she won't let me hold him either. Tonight was especially difficult. She was sitting on the couch holding him for about 5-10 minutes and all he wanted to do was sleep. So I either had Katie crying because she couldn't hold Paul or Paul crying because he couldn't take his nap. It has been so fun to she her innate maternal instinct. I love being the mother of two.

Katie holding Paul
again...

Katie to the rescue
Our chiller son!

We love Grandma

2008-02-01T22:24:00.001-08:00

For the last week and a half my mom got to stay with us and help with my recovery. It was so nice to be able to be the daughter again rather than the mother all of the time. She made my bed every morning, did 11 loads of laundry in a week and had my house spotless every night. I am so grateful that my mom was willing to drop everything and come to my rescue. Katie loved having her here and I was very grateful that mom hadn't totally adjusted to waking up to Idaho time but instead was up every morning at 6ish with her Granddaughter playing the Wii. Now for those of you who know my mother we were unable to have nintendo games because she was against them....BUT while she was here she loved playing it. I might even say that she was rather addicted to it. :) Anyway, thank you mom for everything, we LOVED having you and miss you already!

Home Sweet Home

2008-01-21T11:17:00.001-08:00

Adjusting to life with two kids has been relatively easy. I better say that I was able to have my sister here all last week and my mom is flying in to Boise tonight to stay with us for a week. So I guess it has been easy adjusting to being pampered for the last week and a half. It does seem like we have more stuff than we did when it was just Katie but I guess we will just have to get used to that. It has been really fun seeing Katie interact with Paul. I think the only problem is that she loves him a little too much. Every noise he makes she runs to him and kisses his head. Which poses a problem when he is sleeping but I guess he will just have to get used to it. We get to go to the first doctors appointment this afternoon for Paul followed by my post op check up. Hopefully everything will be just great.
Katie has been reunited with an old love. She will swing so fast that the base starts bouncing. I think she likes it more now than she did when she was little.
Paul doing his much hated tummy time.
Our TWO kids. I am not quite used to saying that yet, but I am guessing it will come.
Katie about to attack...

What's in a name?

2008-01-15T13:08:00.000-08:00

A rose by any other name would still be just as sweet....right? WRONG...So we were set on naming him James Edwards Evans and even filled out the Birth Certificate information when we both decided that James doesn't fit. I was still at the hospital when Scott called and said that he was hesitant to call him James. In the mean time I was having a hard time calling him that as well. I thought it was just because it was new but after Scott put in his two cents I got the paper work back and we went back to square one. Last night we decided for sure that he was going to be named after his papa. I have loved that Katie is named after me and I really wanted our first son to be named after Scott. So we had a middle name...good place to start. _____ Thomas Evans. Well we got our list of names out and started looking at all of them. We were thinking about Caleb and Paul...when out of no where Scott said he liked Liam. So Scott left last night and we were still trying to figure things out. We were tentatively thinking Liam. So I tried calling him that all last night during my three middle of the night feedings and it wasn't working for me. So I told Scott this morning at about 7. So I tried calling him Caleb and that was a no go when finally Paul stuck. So we have a beautiful baby boy named Paul Thomas Evans. He is just perfect. He is a really good baby and we are really excited to be home and happy with our family of four.
It was really amazing to me how it really did matter what we named him. At first I thought whatever we chose would just stick but I must report that that is not the case.
Okay so enough with that, it is SO great to be home. I am feeling pretty good but quite sore. My sister Andrea flies in tonight and she is going to stay for the week and my mom will be here to help next week so that will make adjusting to having two kids a bit easier. Thanks to everyone that has called, I have loved it. Keep calling it is really good to hear from family and friends. Enjoy the pictures....

James Edwards Evans is finally here!

2008-01-13T19:17:00.000-08:00

Well, let me take a step back for you, and take you back to January 12, 2008 - 2:00am. Tiffany woke me up with contractions 5 minutes apart, but no worry, we've done this before. Tiffany knew they were the real thing because of the pain, but she also knew we were several hours away from going to the hospital, so I went back to bed - she on the other hand couldn't. 8:00 am rolls around and Katie is up, we're both up and the contractions are steady, so we decided to go on a walk. We had breakfast at Burger King - and yes, I had coupons - then we walked home and got here around 9:30am.

I then came upstairs and slept while Tiff did something on the computer - remember the husband's role in the birth of his child can be just as straining on him as it is on the mother, and I wanted to be at the top of my game, plus, if we ended up not going I had a full day of work.

Well, time to get ready for work rolled around and Tiffany didn't feel it was necessary to have me stay home with her, so I went to work. Blah, blah, blah, I was at work, and finally came home to Tiffany a little after 5:00 pm because she felt it was time to go to the hospital. So we dropped Katie off with some friends of ours (Scott and Jamie Thompson) then went to the hospital.

We checked in and the lady who admitted us looked at us funny thinking that Tiffany wasn't really in labor with how calm she was, she also didn't like my jokes (I guess there's a first for everything). Well, we went into a room, and they hooked T-diddy up to some monitors and then checked her. Her contractions were 3 minutes apart and she was 90% dilated, and 5 cm. Great news! We didn't have to go home. Bad news! His head wasn't down low enough. They sent us to another room for the delivery - I turned on the Patriots/Jaguar game while about 7 RNs and Doctors came in to give Tiffany ultrasounds to find where the baby is. Well, long story short, his butt was where is head was supposed to be. No, he isn't a butt head - but he was breach, so we had to do a c-section.

Tiffany started to cry, I held it in trying to be strong because that's what men are supposed to do right? She wasn't scared about the procedure, but worried about how she was going to take care of Katie, I on the other hand was worried something was going to happen to her.

Well, as you can see from the pictures, it went perfect. He still came out butt first, but what can you do? I was able to be in the room while it happened and took some stellar pictures, some too graphic for young eyes, but really cool none the less.

We decided on James Edwards Evans if you didn't already know. James is the first name of my (Scott) mother's father, and Edwards is my (Me, Scott again) father's middle name, and Evans is after my parent's last name, and my dad's parents as well, and ... we'll if you need me to go further, email me and I can draw you a family tree.

Katie and James met for the first time around 1:00 pm today, and Katie loved it. She wanted to hold him and love him, and she's going a great job as a big sister, she even supports his head. At that age the biggest problem is loving the little one too much, and Katie is doing that. He doesn't know how to play with her yet, so when she tries to do patty-cake with him, he just cries instead. She also is obsessed with pointing out his nose over and over again. I don't think she realizes that Tiffany and I are well aware of where his nose is - as a matter of fact we can name more body parts than she can. When we James started to get hungry I tried to take him from Katie, and she screamed and cried and held on to him even tighter. She loves having a REAL baby in the house, and we are excited to have kid'S'.

Well, if we haven't called you I am sorry, with 15 kids in my family and 10 in hers and the million friends we have - we won't be able to call everyone, but if you want to call us feel free, we'd love to hear from any and all of you. You can call me at (208) 608-8496 or Tiffany at (208) 608-8476.

Hope all is well with everyone.
Go Jazz

Happy New Year...

2008-01-11T18:21:00.000-08:00

Okay so this post is going to be pretty random, but I figure it's okay considering we will get everyone caught up on what is going on in good ol' Boise.

Right after coming home from Spokane all three of us got sick. So it was a good thing that the baby didn't come early. This is a picture of poor Katie with her runny nose. It was crazy to look at this and see just how different she looks when she isn't feeling well. Luckily we are all about done being sick now. Down side, Katie is no longer sleeping through the night...makes me a little nervous for when there are two of them screaming at 4 in the morning.
The other day I found Katie run out of the bathroom like this. First let me tell you that Katie LOVES the shower. While Scott was in the shower Katie ran in to the bathroom and tried to get in with him. Her being soaked along with the bathroom floor was the after math. It was so funny though.
This is Katie's new favorite toy. She loves to put my shoes on and walk around. The bad thing is that she can't really do it on her own yet so she will stand next to the shoes crying until I put her feet in and walk around the house with her for about ten minutes. I would be smart to start hiding my shoes.

I tried to stick a video on too but it's not working right now so I will have the computer guru do it when he gets home from work. But for now I better end with a baby update. My due date is tomorrow and alas no baby yet. We went to the doctor today and were told that everything looks great. I asked him to guess how big the baby is and he said his guess was 8 pounds 3 ounces. We will see how close he is...good news though I will not be pregnant next friday for sure. I get to be induced Thursday at 7am. The doctor's office that I go to will not let you go more than a week past your due date. However, my doctor told me that most likely the baby will come before then. I guess we will just have to wait and see. I am so ready to be done with this pregnancy that is for sure. So let the count down begin....

Christmas in Spokane

2008-01-01T11:42:00.001-08:00

Scott was lucky enough to get a few days off for Christmas and the doctor said that we were okay to go on the 7 hour road trip so we headed up to Spokane. It was a lot of fun to see family and it was pretty hectic with all of the babies running around. So here are a few pictures to recap the four day trip.
This is three of the five babies that were there under the age of two...the sixth baby came up the day after we left. We were sad that we didn't get to see Robert, Liz and little Emma.
Christmas morning after the festivities settled down...left to right...my little brother Justin's head is cut off, my dad on the phone, my oldest brother Dave and my little brother Ryan.
Katie got a little bike from Grandma and Grandpa Evans, it is a NOISY toy and there is no off button. I am guessing that is why she likes it so much. :0) She loves to sit on the steering wheel and scare me.
This is Katie enjoying the snow after we got home. I love this picture. We had been outside for about an hour and she was just walking around with this piece of snow in her hand. Finally I said Katie do you want to go inside and eat some food...she quickly responded with a mmmmmmm and shoved the snow in her mouth. Apparently she hadn't realized that it was edible until then.
This is up in Spokane when the boys were playing some black ice basketball. Aunt Kimi and Katie.
Katie likes to get in on the action. Every once in a while they would have to stop the game and let her shoot the ball.
Katie Christmas morning with her stocking.
Scott opening his deep fryer
This is what you could find Katie doing the whole time we were up there. Playing around with one of her cousins.
It was a lot of fun to see everyone and we wish that we could have stayed and played longer but I have to admit it was nice to come home to a quiet house. A huge thanks go to Dave and Tiff who are still hosting the Adamson clan at there house, we love you guys!

No baby yet, but it's close

2007-12-28T14:03:00.000-08:00

Just wanted to give an update. As of today there is no baby, but Tiffany has been having contractions 15 minutes apart for the last several hours. Some have hurt, some haven't. I haven't forgotten the ones I love, I've just been ignoring you. :)

I will let everyone know when the little guy comes, and that will be by phone for most of you, but know if you don't get a phone call and you find out through the blog that doesn't mean I hate you, it just means I forgot.

Puppet Katie

2007-12-21T09:01:00.000-08:00

Here is a little video of Katie and daddy. Katie learned a new trick recently. She learned it in one day, and now look how she performs.

Update will come later today for the baby watch update. We go to the doctor later this afternoon and we'll tell you the status.

Let the contractions begin!!!

2007-12-17T21:31:00.000-08:00

Sunday Tiffany and I were sitting in our pleasant abode minding our business when she began to get contractions that were an hour apart, and they continue to this hour. Don't get too excited though, she tells me they are Braxton Hicks contractions. Did I spell that right? I don't think so, but realistically who can? Pregnant women know how to say it and know how to describe it, but no one ever asks them or anyone else for that matter how to spell it, so there was my best guess.

With Katie this same thing started on the Sunday before she was born. She ended up being born on Thursday, four days later. So we aren't expecting the little Scott here anytime in the immediate future, but my guess is that he wants to get out of there. I know I would want out if I was him. In fact I was in his situation and I came out before I was done cooking, so why shouldn't he?

For those who don't know, if all goes as planned he will be born in the same hospital I was born in. If we're lucky even the same room. But if that happens we will never know because I don't know which room I was born in, or if they changed the rooms around.

Well, that is it for now. I will post again when we have some spectacular news. Hopefully we'll have a name for him too. At that point we can let you in on that secret, which has even been kept from us.

A Baker's Dozen Plus 2

2007-12-09T19:06:00.000-08:00

The final score is 9-6...for now.

Boys Rule, Girls Drool.
Check out pics here.