Final Family Picture

Here is the Evans family picture after Mark photo shopped Ruben in. Nice work Mark.



And here's one of us I forgot to include in the Evans Family Pictures post.

Labor Day Weekend

I am so grateful that I can call the members of both sides of our family my best friends. I prefer to hang out with my family over anyone else, (friends, this doesn't mean I don't love you), but I am glad that my family members are also my best friends. This past weekend we got to enjoy time with both sides of the family and it was absolutely fabulous.

Friday we packed up, cleaned up, and headed up to the Ranch. Mark went with my uncle to cut logs for firewood to give to my mom for her Birthday. He spent the afternoon and evening cutting and splitting that wood. Then we enjoyed dinner at the Oakley Polar King and conversation and a movie with my parents.

Saturday was the traditional Labor Day Weekend/Mom's Birthday BBQ. The Evans family (minus Emily and her family whom we missed very much) enjoyed each others company as we gorged ourselves on Mexican BBQ. Thanks for the food and fun guys. Sadly when it is up to me to take pictures it just never seems to happen. This is the only picture I got from the first half of the weekend. Brian loves loves loves to play with his cousin Jordan.


Sunday we drove down to Salt Lake so I could teach Young Women and Mark could teach Elder's Quorum and Brian could decide NOT to go to nursery and sit on Daddy's lap during his lesson. After church we packed up some more stuff and met Mark's side of the family for a night and day at the Ranch. Luckily my sister-in-law Vivian is really good at taking pictures and is willing to share them all with me. Without her I'd only have two pictures from the second half of the weekend. Thanks Vivian.


Sunday afternoon we relaxed and watched the boys toss a football and Frisbee.

Then we roasted marshmallows and played games.
On Monday we went to the lake to fish and play.
Brian couldn't get enough of watching and talking to the fish that his uncle Tony caught.Later that day we all got to go for a nice horse ride.




I had a blast with both sides of the family. Thank you all for being willing to spend your weekend with me!

Evans Family

It is amazing how fast my family has grown and how difficult it is to have us all together at the same time. We almost had every person together at once this summer when Emily was here from Texas. However, the only day her husband was in town, my other brother-in-law Ruben happened to be in Mexico. We took family pictures anyway and hopefully Mark can photoshop Ruben in soon. Thanks to our friend Audrey for the fabulous photos. http://rememberthemomentsphotography.blogspot.com/

I LOVE MY FAMILY!

These kids could not ask for better grandparents! They (we) are so lucky!

The Zoo

Last week we went to Hogle Zoo with Alli, Jordan, and Caitlin. Now that Brian can run around he can have even more fun at the zoo.

I'm glad that they still have the eggs and turtle shells to play in at the playground. I remember loving both when I was little.
I'm not surprised when Jordan and Brian are way more interested in the water ball than the animals, but I love the animals, especially the brand new baby giraffe.
He/she is still a little wobbly on those long lanky legs.

Brian idolizes his cousin Jordan and just had to sit next to him on the carousel.

Girls' Camp

Theme: MASH - Mend All Sister's Hearts

Everything went so well and a good time was had by all. I shouldn't post pictures of the girls without permission, but just know that they are as cute and funny as they get. Even with a bear scare, a mouse in their tent, and a really scary zip line, they were troopers through and through.




Brian was lucky enough to stay with my Mom at the Ranch. Thank you so much Mom for taking him for four days. Hopefully he got to see a little bit of his Grandpa between his trips to Central America.