Gram & Aba's Early Summer Visit

Gram and Aba Evans spent the past week in town and boy did we have fun!
(You may notice Dad's evolving nickname.  The girls christened him Aba during their last visit and it has stuck!)
The week started off unseasonably cold and rainy but warmed back up to the 80s by the time they left.
We spent a lot of time in the park, picking cherries, and reading.

Taking a break from cherry picking in Payson to climb a fence and check out the cows and horses in the adjacent fields

Hiking in Emigration Canyon

Fun times for all in the park

We set up and tested out our new tent in the backyard

Popping fava beans

Happy Father's Day!

Just in time for Father's Day Noemi has entered a big Daddy phase. Both of the girls love reading books, wrestling, and working in the yard with Daddy, although there's so much more that Mike does to keep us all happy. Thank you for being such a warm, sweet, and funny dad. We love you!

Family Visits

Back at the end of April, we were lucky enough to get visits from both Oma/Meg and Auntie Chris in back-to-back weeks.  We did lots of fun stuff.  Endless easter egg hunts, chalk drawing, peeling hard boiled eggs, cuddling and more.  And we spent a lot of time talking about the baby in Aunt Chris' belly!

Rainy Day

Now that the dry heat of a Utah summer is upon us, I miss the cool, rainy days of spring. The girls miss the puddles most of all!

Splashing on our street

The deeper the better for Noemi

Zora's a wet blur

Definitely needed a snack break after all that.

Mommy Sit!

...is a new phrase Zora has picked up when she doesn't want Katy to leave the room at bedtime.
Perhaps now is the time start teaching about the distinction between commands that we can give to the dog and requests that we can ask of other people.

Lots of good reading and lots of good mommy time this weekend!

Thanks (from all three of us) for all that you do (for all three of us).

Big Girl Beds

It seems like the last few months have been filled with milestones. One big one is that they moved from cribs to "big girl beds" (really, just their crib mattresses on the floor for now). Noemi started the trend of climbing out of her crib and Zora soon copied her so it was time to make the switch. There are been some ups and downs; some nights better than others. If they stay asleep, we count that as a victory, even if they don't stay "in" their beds:

Zora on the left, Noemi on the right (taken with our night-vision video monitor)

Happy Birthday, Katy

Happy birthday, Katy!

Thanks for your unending patience, cheery disposition, and ability to always keep things light and help me to keep it all in perspective.  Thanks for being such a wonderful mom, wife, and partner.