Love

Evan loves his buddy Ava ... and she loves him too!

They were playing kitchen and Ava kept grabbing Evan to give him smooches. At first he didn't know why she was grabbing him and kind of wanted her to back off. Once I told him that she wanted a kiss he was all excited and lovey... oh my!

Super excited about finding 2 pink cars in a tub full of non pink cars.

Ava is amazing! Just noticed that she somehow found all the girly things that this house has all on her own: doll, 2 pink cars, foofa, and a girl lego person. She is so funny and so incredibly sweet. Evan and I love having her around.

Christmas 2010!

Christmas at Tata's house!

Mikey just told Megan to take something out of her mouth and this was her pouty face... so cute!

Thanks Tata for the cool new bikes!
At Grandma Midtun's house Christmas Eve. I'm sure Evan will be asking for one of these next Christmas.
At Tia Linda and Tio Gilbert's house Christmas Eve.
Tia Linda reading the children a Christmas story. Thank you Tia Linda for always making it so special for the kids.
Cookies and milk for Santa! So exciting!
There it is! Evan was a good boy and Santa brought just what he has been wanting for the past few months.... the Costco kitchen. He would ask to go to Costco every day just to play with it.
... and of course a million other wonderful gifts.
Grandma and Grandpa's house Christmas morning.
(Mike, Dani, and Drew)
JD and the girls. Debbie was home with baby Cody. We missed you Debbie!
Evan waiting patiently to open another present.... while doing the splits ha ha!

Cute kids!
(Lexie, Kylie, Erica, Evan & Harley)
Dave and Evonne
Almost all the cousins... missing Cody and Jared!
Grandma and Grandpa

Wow!

Nana and Tata David's house Christmas afternoon. Story time.

I thought for sure Evan was going to be a tantrum mess at Nana's house because of all the late night x-mas fun and now missing a nap. He did so great and enjoyed every second of it.

Tears of joy over this present! :')
Michelle and Dan

Nana

Tata David

Nathan, Evan and Marty ready to go outside in their new winter hats and mittens.

All the cousins!

Marty and Kori

Aunt Carol's house for Christmas dinner.

(Mom and sister)

New Nephew!

Cody James Midtun is here!

He was born on 12/19/10.

7 lbs 10 oz

21" long

Big sisters Kylie and Lexie!
Cody already loves his Aunt Liz. :)

So sweet! Love him!

These girls are going to be wonderful big sisters.

December Fun!

At Nana's house decorating gingerbread houses (our yearly tradition)... also, having some wine. That's a BIG bottle of wine!

Evan had so much fun and did such a great job. I didn't think it would go well. I thought there would be lots of tantrums about wanting to eat the candy. That didn't happen at all. He didn't ask to have any at all... just decorated his house beautifully. :)

We love our house. First year that I didn't take it home and eat it. I wanted to soooo bad though. I did eat a couple candies and Evan noticed right away... darn ha ha!

Adrianna, Evan, Marty and Serenity and all the beautiful houses.

Evan loved helping his Daddy decorate the yard. Even though it makes Mikey very grumpy he did a really good job making it special for his little boy.

SNOW! Not really... Tempe Market Place.

Evan loved his Christmas craft classes. This happened to be right before he fell and bumped his mouth on the floor. It was so sad! Evan's front two teeth are now turning gray :(

Zoo Lights!

Mikey and I remember this being very boring on a date about 8 yrs ago.... way more fun with a 2 year old.

Evan's buddy/neighbor came over today.

They made Christmas crafts, played lots and had lunch.

Waiting in line at McCormick Ranch to ride the train. I highly recommend this to anyone with kids. There is a big train that cost only $2 per person (2 and under free) and a small train that is free. The light displays were great. Evan had a blast.

Happy Birthday Daddy!!!

For Mikey's birthday we went to Tempe Market Place and had dinner with Julie and David. Then walked around, saw the snow and had some frozen yogurt.

Then, off to my sisters yearly Christmas party.

(Sister in law Evonne and sister Dani)

Shots for Mikey's birthday!

Making a BIG gingerbread cookie!

Evan loved decorating the cookie but had to have his hands wiped every 2 seconds. He really hates anything on his hands... we go through A LOT of napkins.

Admiring his work.

We all shared a foot.

I love the green frosting in the ear. When I showed him later while cleaning up he cracked up and didn't want me to clean it, but of course I did. A few days later while eating more of the gingerbread man I looked at Evan and noticed green frosting in his ear again. I said something to him and he cracked up... before finishing his cookie he stuck his finger in the green frosting and put it in his ear. He is soooo crazy/funny!

Decorating and eating cookies.

When I ask him how old he is he can't seem to get his fingers right. When he asks for 2 cookies he has no problem with it.... hmmm.