Movin' On Up

About 2 weeks ago, we moved out of our duplex in Provo and moved into a bigger one in Orem! Super exciting, I know! Reed took a full time job up here, so we decided we might as well move closer to work! Work has been going well and Reed has really been enjoying riding his bike to work everyday. We loved our last place, but our new place is just as great!  

One thing Evan misses about our old place was his special spot in the backyard by the shed. It was just his size!

Reed got to take Evan on their first Fathers & Sons church activity last week! It wasn't the usual camp out (Reed totally lucked out!), but just a dutch oven dinner up the canyon. Evan was pretty excited to go "camping" and Reed spent the whole evening chasing him around and making sure he didn't fall into the river!

We sold our couch before buying another one, so the air mattress has been filling the void. Luckily our new sectional comes tomorrow!

I've given Evan peanut butter before, but you'd never be able to tell by the way he dove into his peanut butter toast the other day...

And since it has decided to rain the whole month of May (and April) we've been putting our bigger kitchen to work! Cotton balls are sooooo fun!

 Evan put a few cotton balls up on the counter, but couldn't quite reach them to get them back down. So he was super smart and grabbed his big spoon so he could knock them off! 

And if you'd like our new address, leave me a message and I'll email it to you.

Easters

Sorry this is a little late, but things have been pretty busy around here lately. But here's a picture recap of our Easter.

Evan and Cougar really wanted to help with dying the eggs. But we didn't really want his help. Maybe next year buddy!

Reed's parents were in town for graduations. Reed finished his Masters, but didn't walk. Marie finished her undergrad and not only walked, but was also got to give a speech! She did awesome!

Easter egg hunt with some of his silly cousins. Evan loved egg hunts. He would grab the egg and shake it to make sure there was something in there before putting it in his basket!

And of course it's not a complete trip without taking Grandma and Grandpa to a Cougar volleyball game! Evan conned Grandpa into buying him some popcorn. I don't think he took a single breath or took his eyes off the popcorn for a good 5 minutes.

Family Easter picture. Evan wasn't very cooperative, so it's not that great, but we haven't taken one since Christmas, so it will do.

 Evan in his new Easter outfit rolling around in the grass after having so much fun in nursery at church (Apparently he loves to set up all the chairs for singing time and loves to help put them away. And he dominates "Book of Mormon Stories")

Watch Out Ladies

Evan has been lifting weights at least once a day lately. Who ever thought Reed and I would have a child that loves to work out?! 

And Evan always gets his pull ups in straight out of the tub!

And he's got a great sense of style! Check out those legs...maybe we should get going on the squats...

Glimpses of Spring

Any of you who have ever lived in Utah County know that spring here isn't your typical spring. We will have beautiful spring weather one day and it'll be snowing the next day. So you can bet we've been taking advantage of all the good days we can get!

Evan loves strawberries. See below.

 Evan loves having lunch picnics

For those of you who have been so unfortunate as to not have seen Evan lately, he's getting to be a big boy. He has been looking so grown up to me lately!

 Loves playing soccer!

PS-He's wearing his Eto'o jersey that we bought for him on the streets of Florence, Italy. Not a day goes by that I don't think about Italy. Love that place.

Best of Friends

Evan and Cougar really are the best of friends. They do everything together (much to his mother's dismay sometimes-luckily he washes well). Sometimes Cougar stays in the crib to sleep a little longer. When Evan finds him a little later he gets the biggest smile on his face and gives that Cougar a huge squeeze!

They like to get together with all their friends in their fort (Buzz, Woody, Kermit, his puppy, and Santa are all in there!)

Evan even changes Cougar's diaper!

And these are my new favorite pictures of this boy

This little face just kills me!

Haircut

Last night we gave Evan a haircut. But this time we decided to try using the clippers since the last haircut with scissors did not turn out as well as we had hoped. Oops. We were pretty nervous about how he'd react to the clippers. But our good friend, Amanda, gave us a tip from her mom to tell Evan that the clippers just tickle. Worked like a charm!

 Apparently we were too slow or he was unhappy with where things were going

PS-Reed just finished defending his thesis...and he passed! A few minor changes and he will be free of that thesis by March 18! We're so proud of him!

Best Job Ever

Today was one of those days that I remember I really do have the greatest job ever. Me and Ev were pretty busy today 

(not all of these pics were taken today, but we did all of it today)

We vacuumed the house and emptied the dishwasher...busted

 We played with Play Doh
(Evan is holding up our rendition of Bolt-he has been loving that movie lately)

We water painted for the first time

And we made homemade bread and potato soup for dinner. We also got to squeeze in some good snuggle time while watching Toy Story 3 together.

And I got to do it all in my sweats...doesn't get much better than this!