Since I haven't written on here for about a month and a half, I thought that the best way to sum up the last couple months is through pictures. Thankfully, we bought a laptop for me to use! Now I can actually do some updating while Wes is gone long hours at school. The sad thing is that we don't have any quality pictures from our digital camera, but at least we took some with our phones. So without further ado, here is a cell phone picture slide show of mostly Evie, and a couple of Wes.
Wes and I celebrated our
two year anniversary on August 8th! Clearly this first picture was not taken with a cell phone. To celebrate, Wes surprised me and took me to the Invited Inn in Midway. It was so much fun! We ate at the Zermatt restaurant next door- a delicious, high class buffet. He also arranged for my mom to take care of Evie, so we had a great evening to ourselves.
Here I am in the front of the cozy little bed and breakfast.
Wes inside of our room.
The view from our balcony was awesome! It was such nice weather.
But yes, I still got a little chilled at night, and we
did take advantage of this fireplace and jetted tub.
Now I know how Evie feels sleeping under a mesh netting.
It was an awesome evening and another great surprise from my wonderful husband. He never takes any shortcuts, he always wants to
give me the best. I'm sure that he would try to do more if I let him...but one of us needs to worry about the bank account :).
This handsome man had another birthday just three days after our anniversary on August 11th! It's pretty pathetic, but I only have a picture of the ice cream cake I made him for his birthday. We had a fun celebration at my parent's house and Wes received a lot of great presents!
The cake. I promise it looked better without the candles.
I could really go for some for some of this right now!
Wes' sister Jennica was married August 21 and her colors were teal and mustard, so I made Evie a little teal dress. She looked so cute in it! If we ever see some wedding pictures, I'll try to post them on here. Jenni was a beautiful bride and the whole day went so well! We are so happy that she's happily married to a great guy!
Evie finally got her one year shots at the beginning of September. I'll tell you what, it was miserable. She just gave me that look of "Mom, why are you doing this to me?" I am grateful for immunizations and modern medicine, but it still pains me watching her go through that. Especially considering how much I hate needles.
I decided to get her a smiley face cookie from Provo Bakery to make her feel a little better, but she just ended up getting it all over and falling asleep in the car anyway. But doesn't she look cute?
After she woke up, we went to get Wes from school and she could barely walk! She just sat there and cried. I'm surprised that we even got this little smile out of her! These are the flowers in front of the ASB at BYU. They are absolutely gorgeous.
For Labor Day weekend we went up with Wes' family to Oakley, Idaho. Our sister-in-law's, (Haley- Wes' brother Graden's wife) parents have a house up there where her dad grew up. The Matthews were so kind to let us stay with them and enjoy the small town. The only pictures we managed to take were at the Rodeo we went to, and of Evie in a cowboy hat. But Wes was able to feel like a true farmer as he picked potatoes out of the ground to bring home for us to eat.
Pajamas and a cowboy hat. It doesn't get more stylish than that.
I think there's a cowboy out there somewhere.
Evie just found other kids' toys and played in the dirt the whole time. It was pretty cute.
A couple weekends later we decided to go camping with Wes' family on our property in
Indianola. We randomly bought this acre of land at the end of July, and thought that we may as well get our money out of it. I don't think that will happen though until we go at least 100 times :). This is one view of the land- we are the proud owners of that great fire pit that you see.
This picture is from the first time we went up there. Do you think Evie is ready to drive yet?
I thought that it might be cold at night when we went, so I searched high and low for anything warm I could find for Evie. This hat and glove set fit her perfectly. She was so intrigued by the mittens.
I even tried on a Halloween costume I bought from Old Navy last year for $2. She looked like a pretty cute bug, but the costume is 2T/3T if you're thinking it looks a little big. I opted not to bring it with us.
Wes brought his motorcycle up there with us and Evie LOVED the ride! She now says "daddy" and makes v'room v'room noises every time she see a motorcycle.
For some odd reason, I haven't wanted to give Evie utensils yet when she ate. I just thought it was easy enough to feed her myself. Feeling spontaneous (I know, it's really going out on a limb), I decided one day to give it a try. She ate like a champ! She was poking her fork into her eggs like she had been doing it for years!
As you can see by the pictures below, Evie is WAY advanced :).
And then she had had enough of this fork business, so finger food it was.
Finally, she put the bowl up to her face to get the rest out. Clever thinking girl.
And of course, a victory dance at the end to celebrate her accomplishment!
Lately we have been going to see Wes' Grandpa Gibby at his home. He is 95 years old and is in great shape! His wife was recently diagnosed with cancer, so she is now in a home, and that leaves grandpa all alone. It is so fun for us to go over there and spend time with him and hear about some of his life stories. Evie enjoys being over there too as she finds many interesting books on the shelf.
Even though BYU is majorly stinking it up this year, we decided to go to a game with my brother Kenny. It was way nice of him to invite us, and to subsidize the expensive tickets he bought for us. The Cougars lost, no surprises there, but we actually had a great time still! There were cold waters and candy under our seats, along with a free large drink redeemable at the stadium. During half time, we went to the tent behind the stadium to enjoy hot dogs, ice cream, fruit, and popcorn. For the third quarter, we were brought ice cream right to our seats! Food really does take your mind off a bad team.
For all of you real Cougar Club members out there: I know this is a normal thing for you and this kind of treatment happens every game. But thank you for letting us poor people be a part of the rich kid club for a day. It was quite enjoyable.
We got a kick out of this. Evie, all by herself, put the iPad in the bumbo. Such a thinker she is.
Evie is walking down the stairs so well these days! Without help though, she also tumbles down stairs (particularly at my parents house) very nicely. No worries though, it's not a habit.
Wes and I bought the all-in-one Trafalga/Seven Peaks/Utah Flash/Utah Owls pass and we finally used in for the first time on October 2nd. We went mini-golfing at Trafalga and had a great time! I know that there aren't great pictures of us having fun, but who needs to see Lisa and Wes when you can see Evie. She thought that the golf clubs were pretty neat, and she carried hers around the whole time!
Lastly, but not least: Evie also knows that both the Church, and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, are true. She was captivated by the singing during
conference. We were captivated by the messages. I love conference, I love the Prophet and Apostles, and I love the church! Now it's time to go and do and be a better person!
I have a feeling that the next time I update, it won't be nearly this long...because I won't wait nearly this long! That's the goal anyway. And we all know how good I've been at my goal with this blog. But we can all use improvement in something, right?
