Pre-Easter

Well, It's been a while since I have posted. Sorry. It's been nuts. You know how you go through the weeks and you are so busy and when you have time to take a minute for yourself the last thing you want to do it take the time and type out what has been going on. Also hoping that soon somethings may be forgotten and not remembered by typing them down for all to see. Oh well.
Pre Easter- Larry & I went to a movie with my friends hubby the friday before Easter. She was gone with their 3 adorable boys to see her family in Utah. So I crashed the guys night out and asked Mom Evans to watch the girls. Of course they had a blast there. Before the movie I got a call from Zion (my friends hubby) that the later showing would be perfect because he was waiting for the Police Fingerprint Guy to get there....WHAT? He came home to find the house broken into and both tv's and the playstation stolen. The house was a mess, but nothing was taken that couldn't be replaced. THANK GOODNESS! I am glad that everyone is safe and sound. The next morning we had a ward choir rehersal for Easter. Then we ran some errands and then went to go pick up the girls in Manteca. Larry's mom had been telling us to get some kites to fly at the park....but we are too lazy to do it......so.......of course we got there and she had bought the girls each one. Maddie got a Princess (of course) box kite- we thought this would be the hardest to fly...WRONG. Super easy! Kylie's was a tropical fish....it was suppose to have LONG tails on it.....but Larry cut them in half instead of attaching the second one. I was joking when I told him that there must have been lots of research on these kites to see how they fly and that is why they were so long.....I was totally joking.....! We went to go fly them and Kylie's was the hardest to stay up.....the tails were TOO SHORT and UNEVEN. HA ! It was actually sort of funny, but really frustrating....moral of the story.....DO NOT CUT THE KITE TAILS IN HALF> READ THE DIRECTIONS! Larry's mom's kite had tails too......it work pretty good for the most part. It was really funny because we were flying them in the baseball field across the street from their house and right after we walked on the field the sprinklers came on.....Larry's dad (in his motor wheelchair) was going to come in, but now couldn't because of the water. So he just had to sit int he dug out and watch. Eventually he made his way around the field on the sidewalk to watch.....but for us......the sprinklers were getting closer to the back of the field every 10 minutes or so. Maddie had fun, but Kylie was NOT happy that hers wouldn't stay up and she couldn't hold it on her own. Oh well. We were out there for over an hour. I had never had so much fun flying kites! Hopefully I will get the pics up soon.

Meet Brylee Leona Evans---my new niece!

Ok, so here she is, all 7 lbs 12oz, and 19 inches of her. I know Jeanann and Nate are so happy the waiting is over! Whew! She is just a day or so before her due date. Apparently, Jeanann's body would not go into the full dialation and labor....so out she came via C-section. Luckily we had conference today, so we were able to drive up to UC Davis in Sacramento and see Brylee and Jeanann at the hospital. Jeanann's doing pretty good, considering she was cut open just about 10 hrs before! Brylee is perfect, 10 fingers and 10 toes! When we got there Nate and Bradyn and Mom and Dad Evans weren't there yet, so we got a full hour to hold her! Maddie and Kylie were so sweet with her. It's neat....Jeanann had a bracelet from the hospital that she had to wear to match Brylee's, but they were mini music boxes. When they get close the mom's plays soft music. When they get near a baby that isn't theirs.... it tells them it isn't their baby! I thought this was great!!!! Brylee was wide awake and content with all of this new attention, what a sweetie! I know all of her other cousins are just itching to met her. I am so happy that we live close enough to go up and see them. They are moving to Florida at the end of May and we will miss them very much! BY THE WAY....YES...that is a monkey sticker on Bradyn's forehead! :)


Yes... I know....I couldn't resist making this for her!

AMAZING!!! Have to watch!

They did all of this from taking still pictures!

Shout out to Shabby Shores!!!

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Kylie's 3!

So, I can't believe my baby is 3. Yikes....the time sure flew by. Here's some pics from her birthday on March 12th. My brother Brian got back from Peru, so Roger picked him up the night before @ the airport and then they drove up here on her birthday. The didn't come soley for her b-day, but it worked out perfectly. My brothr Phil & his wife Tawny (they live in Modesto), and Mom & Dad Evans (Manteca) came too. We ate yummy pizza and had cupcakes. We just wanted a small party, so sorry for those of you I didn't invite!

Andean Opals from Peru

These are Andean Opals/ Turquoise, Quartz, and Shark Tooth fossils-- from Peru that my Brother brought back. They are amazing. He will most likely be going back again and bringing more back to sell. The ones I have pictured are the ones he brought back for the family!!! Lucky us!!! I ended up getting a sweet Opal (turq. color) pendant, a Rose Quartz necklace, and a
turquoise bracelet!!!!
Check out this site to learn more about Peruvian Opals!!!!
http://www.bernardine.com/gemstones/perv-opal.htm


Opal pendants Lots of colors!


Seed bracelets, Rose Quartz, Brown Opal, Bl. Opal


Opal necklace Set


All Andean Opals


Turquoise Necklaces


Opals, Tiger Eye, Turquoise necklaces


Opal Pendants, Bracelets, Necklaces


Shark Tooth Fossils

Madeline is 6!

Yikes, so I can't believe she's 6. She already talking about when she turn 8. She gets her ears peirced then. Sooooo, we had 12 girls over for Maddie's bday, the girls made necklaces and ate pizza and Ice Cream Cake. She had a school holiday, so it was perfect to have it on her REAL bday. She was excited all week leading up to THE DAY. She come running up to Larry & I and say..."Guess what? Guess how many days until my birthday?" She'd do this at least 10 times a day. She can be SUPER sassy, rude, shy, trouble maker, mean, bad/good example, sweet, caring, helpful, smart (sometimes too much for her own good), thoughtful, and CUTE as can be. She loves all of her family. She always tells me that I am the best Mommy ever and not to tell DADDY. HA HA HA! I tell her Daddy wouldn't mind since I AM the only Mommy. She will come up and give random hugs and kisses to me....sometimes I know I don't deserve them. She can be very helpful around the house and playing with Kylie--when she wants to be. She's super smart in school, and she knows it too. She's very helpful in her class in every way. She is a very good example to her friends at school. She's creative...she loves to draw, sing, dance, play the piano, etc. When she's bored, she will even do the homework for the following week. Can we say over-achiever? Better that than not. She loves life and all that it brings.


Maddie's Favorites:
Color: Pink / Animal: Elephant / Food: Spaghetti / Cookie: Choc. Crinkle / Song: "We Are The Champions" QUEEN (go figure) / Fav. person on TV: Joe Jonas / Fav. Music Group: Queen/Josh Groban---ok, i have something to do with that! / Grow up to be: A Vetrenatian / IceCream: Mint Chip / Cake: Strawberry / Drink: Straw. Lemonade / Fav. Clothing : New ROBE! / Fav. thing about School: Learing how to read.