Merry Christmas 2009!

It was so fun this Christmas Everyone was home!

These are all my sisters and my mom and my brother. We all got red pajamas for Christmas! It is one of my favorite traditions that we have. We open pajamas on Christmas Eve!

We all went to my parents ward, and the ward I grew up in, Christmas Party. It was really fun to see a lot of familiar faces.

Most of my nieces and nephew were there too. Nathan loves his big boy cousins Richard and Kayson. Melissa took such good care of Nathan. He loved seeing Kamrie run around.

Nathan actually loved Santa this year! Because he knew he would get candy! Silly boy, he must be related to his mother.

Happy Halloween!

Nathan the Lion and Mckay & Gibby the cowboys loved getting candy at the ward "trunk or treat"

Nathan wouldn't let us put the hood on. It was really cute.

Fun fishing games at the ward party.

Brad Paisley Concert

My Mom, Dad, Michael, Rochelle, Kelly, Melissa, Richard, Bella, Lisa, & Lily came to visit us in October. It was so fun. They came to hear Andrew and My first Master's Recital. We all got to go the Brad Paisely concert with some our friends from our ward.

Oquirrah Mountain Temple Open House

We were able to go to the Oquirrah Mountain Temple Open house with Melanie, Colt, Kayson and Kamrie. If you have never been to one it is a really amazing opportunity. You get to see what all of the rooms are like and the guides explain a little bit about what service we do in the temple.

Nathan and Kayson are best buddies. Their favorite part was the cookies!

July 24th in Enterprise

Nathans first horse ride.

Daddy & Nathan love the horses.

Nathan absolutely loved playing in Grandpa Evans truck.

Nathan ran the races at the park. He just kind of laughed and watched the other kids run.

Adele and Nathan caught so much candy. I still don't know what to do with it all.

Katelynn Alice

This is my other beautiful niece that was born just two days after Lily. I got to see her 3 hours after she was born. These little babies are amazing and so sweet. Katelynn weighed 6 lbs 1 oz. It was kind of fun too to see how different the two babies looked right by each other. You wouldn't think 1 lbs would make a difference, but it is a lot when you are so little.

My mom, Nicole, Katelynn, & Me

Nathan loved seeing the babies!

Lily Lynne

This is one of my beautiful new nieces that was born this summer. I was there when she was born. She has the cutest chubby cheeks and blonde red hair. She weighed 7 lbs 1 oz.

Happy Birthday Andrew

We were at Andrew's house for his birthday. Several of his high school friends were able to come up for his birthday. It was really fun. It was Andrew's 10 yr high school reunion this year. Man he is getting old. Richard and Collete, Kayla, Luke & Megan, Garrett, and Andrew and I. It was really funny that day because Megan and I dressed our son's in the same shirt. What can I say great minds think alike!

Swimming Lessons!

Nathan took swimming lessons for the first time this summer and he did so well. At first he didn't like it very much, but he got used to it and by the end he loved it even to the point that he made me nervous because he was so brave. At the end of each lesson they got to dive to the bottom to get the rings. That was Nathans' favorite part. Miss Elizabeth (his teacher, my friends' sister) would trade them the rings for a piece of licorice. The licorice is Nathan most favorite part.

Tombstone Arizona

For the 4th of July weekend we went to Thatcher with our friends the Davis'. We also went to Tombstone for the day. Andrew and I have never been so he was really excited about going. We are standing in front of the Bird Cage Theatre the most hoppin' spot in Tombstone back in the day.

Nathan had so much fun riding this pony after we saw a reenactment of the shot out at the OK coral.

We ate lunch at really cool restaurant that I can't remember the name of, but it was fun, and they had really cool stained glass murals all over.

Nathan's 2nd Birthday - Cars!

These are Nathan's Friends Sam, Gibson, & McKay
We had a Cars party. We played Ring Around the Rosy, Duck Duck Goose, & Head Shoulders Knees and Toes. All of Nathans favorite games!

Nathan loved blowing out his candles. We had to do it four times.


Nathan loves cars so I made a racetrack cake. I thought it turned out pretty cute and it was really easy. I had lots of fun making it.

Nathan is almost 2!

I can't believe that Nathan is almost two. It is bittersweet. I can't believe my baby is not a baby anymore. He is so much fun to be with. We had his pictures taken this week and he was a little bit scared so we didn't get a really good smiling picture so I was a little disappointed but I thought they still turned out cute. We love him so much!





These are his model faces. I especially like the first one because he totally looks like he is posing. Watch out GQ!

Memorial Day Family Reunion

We were able to go to Utah for Memorial Day weekend and spend the weekend in Fish Lake at our cabin. It was so fun to be with my whole family.



Nathan loved going in the water for boat rides and playing with his cousins, but he hated the life jacket.

Crazy Nathan!

Nathan loves playing around with Daddy! He makes us laugh everyday. Andrew and Nathan were having a hay-day with a box. Nathan has these sunglasses that he loves to wear and he zooms around our house on his truck.

Fond Farewell to Mesa Junior

When we started working on our master's degrees Andrew and I decided that he would only teach for the first year of his master's and then only go to school the second year because I was unable to take some of the classes needed while teaching so he said good bye to Mesa Junior High. He taught there for three years and loved it, so he is sad to go, but it is time to move on. They brought him a cake on the last day of school!

Advanced choir with his student teacher and our friend Erin Parrott

Women's choir

Prep choir. When Andrew started he had about 25 kids total in his choir program. This year he had over 60 kids and next year there will be about 75. He did such a great job with the kids and they loved him. He is going to miss them.

Father's and Sons & Ruger Buddy!

Andrew took Nathan to his first Father's and Son's outing! Nathan loved sleeping in the tent. Andrew left Nathan asleep to go help with breakfast and came back to check on him and found him peaking out of the tent. It was really cute.



They went on an hour hike up the moutain, hooray!


Nathan's buddy Ruger came to visit and he was so excited to see him. I was excited to see my friend Amy too. We miss them so much. They had so much fun together!

They loved giving each other hugs. It was sooooo cute! Nathan calls him Ruger Buddy!