Events

I put Evie's hair in pigtails! Every week the ladies head to the mall and do some walking, then let the kids play in this fun play area there. This the least blurry picture I had.





Last Friday, after Jason had finished his last in class exam, we headed over to On the Border restaurant, in southeast aurora. The food was good, and afterward, since we were out there anyway, we went to babies r us and world market. Jason stayed in the car and studied (don't worry, he has step one coming up in April, so he will spend the month of March studying for it) while Evie and I went in.
We finished our shopping and went to drive home. The car wouldn't start. The engine wouldn't even turn over, and it made a clicking noise when I tried to start it. The light had just gone on E so we were going to get gas on the way home, we even turned the engine off while Jason waited. I started to get anxious. It was around 5 and I was so ready to go home, actually, we all were.
We looked up how far a gas station was, 4 miles, we figured there had to be one closer, but Jason was studying and I was not eager to go walking around in search for a gas station. We realized we had roadside assistance (yes, you can call me lazy. However, I like to think I'm resourceful). I had to download the app on my phone and then I called. I told them I thought we might just be out of gas. They sent someone out with enough gas to get us to a gas station. We poured the gas in and tried to start the car... No dice. Then I really started to get upset. It was 5:45. The rescue person checked our battery and said it was fine, until we tried to start the engine. So he gave us a jump and we finally got to go home...
I switched the car seat to the little car and we, I, will hopefully go get gas and a new battery tomorrow.
Oh, and I gave Evie little bites of this chocolate block I bought in world market while we were waiting, and them she stole the whole thing from me and started eating it. (that's what is going on in the picture)




We went to the park near our place the other day. The weather was lovely. Evie loves animals so she kept following this dog around, it was a very nice dog and Evie would follow him and pet him and talk to him.




She loves feeding herself and doesn't do too bad a job. She actually does get the spoon in her mouth.




I put her hair in a ponytail. Here she was reading while daddy was studying.


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Grr

A fuse blew in the laundry/craft/office today.

I was in the middle of a project.

It will just have to wait until someone comes to fix the fuse.

Luckily, Jason's cousin is in town so we are planning on spending the day with her tomorrow. So I don't have to sit here wanting to finish my project, but not being able.

Valentine's day

Just to document. I don't think I took any pictures. Yes, I'm a slacker, oh well.
Valentine's started off at 7 am. Thank you Evie for my first Valentine present of the day (sleeping in). Shortly thereafter we took Jason to school.
While at home we cleaned up, and of course we played, then eventually napped.
After we finally got Jason, later in the afternoon, he said we had to pick something up. So off we went on a little adventure... Aka turning into two different shopping centers before finally finding the right place. We drove past a spa but didn't stop there. A couple of shops down he found what he was looking for and came back out with a beautiful, and delicious, edible arrangement. When we got home we all partook of some chocolate covered strawberries before going out for dinner.

Side story:
Probably two weeks before Valentine's, Jason told me we could finally go to the melting pot. They had a lunch special going on for $45 for a couple including tax and tip. I was stoked. I called and made a reservation. Except the reservation was more than a reservation because I had to pay for it right then on the phone in order to "reserve" a table at that time for that price (which was at 11 am).  So I did! It was the last time left, I had to act. Unfortunately, I was really dumb and forgot to check Jason's schedule before purchasing. Oops. I found out Jason had a required class that he wouldn't be able to get out of and he wouldn't be finished until way later that afternoon.  Gah! I sent out an email and someone graciously (although they were pretty lucky being able to eat there for $45) bought the reservation from me. Although after that we didn't really have a place we were going to eat. Pesce Fresco was booked up and we decided the Crepe place we thought of going to would be better on a less important day (neither of us had been to it and we didn't want it to make us sick or have it turn out to be gross on Valentine's day).

We went to Olive Garden around 4. Good thing we did because as we were leaving around 5:30 the place was pretty packed. The food was delicious as usual.
When we got home Evie and I played for a little bit before bedtime and Jason went right back to studying.

It was a really nice and delicious way to spend the day.

Snow!

February 7
We got quite a bit of snow over the weekend, and it snowed again last night and this morning. I bundled Evie up. Put some really cute tiny gloves on her, took her outside, and let her play.



There was water dripping from the roof and she kept going over to stand under it.



Then she fell. She didn't really even mind the snow in her face. No crying or complaining there. Actually, the only time she cried was when I took her inside.



Feeling the snow

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Present

January 26, 2012

We got Evie a sand and water table for her birthday. Today was about 59 degrees and Evie loves to be outside, so I finally set up the table. I haven't gotten sand for it yet, but I filled it up with water and we played outside for quite a while!



She loved playing with the toys that came with the table




(Don't worry, I filled it with tap water)
Getting a drink




She kept putting the bucket on her head. It would fall off and she would just keep putting it back on


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Birthday girl!

We had a birthday here on the 17th! It's crazy we have a one year old! I gave Evie a cupcake on her birthday and she opened two presents. (Those pictures are at the bottom) We had a birthday party for Evie. We had a lot of fun. Evie just loved having friends over to play with. I'm sure she enjoyed the cake and the candy too. Thanks to everyone who came! We loved having you over!

January 21st

The theme of the party was colors.

Our colorful walls & Rachael

Natalie helping Evie put on a party hat

Evie and Travis

Porter and the pinata

Rachael, Paige, and the pinata

Evie and the pinata

Evie, Janna, and hunter grabbing candy from the pinata

Evie sneaking some candy

Marshall hanging out

Hunter in the background, Evie, Travis, & Porter

Evie digging into her cake

Evie eating some of the cake

January 17th

On Evie's actual birthday I gave her a cupcake.

She had fun eating and playing with it

gooey hands

Loved the chocolate

One of the books she got for her birthday

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Christmas

We spent Christmas in Montana. Evie was still sleepy when she started opening presents. She like ripping the paper.


Really fun stacking toy! She loved playing with the rings!



She got sooo many clothes!


We went up to wolf point to visit Jason's grandma. Evie got to meet Jason's cousin's kid and they had sooo much fun running around together!

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