Sewing lessons

Last Sunday Evan had "ACLS" training (still not quite sure what that means, it was just something he had to do before he starts his clinical rotations). This left me home by myself for most of the afternoon so I got out the sewing machine and started sewing a quilt top for Humanitarian Aide. When Evan got home I asked him if he wanted to learn how to sew so he could help me. Needless to say he was reluctant at first, but once he started he didn't want to stop. He has steady hands, perfect for surgery or sewing. He picked it up very quickly and did a great job. We finished it up in no time with me pinning the pieces together and Evan sewing.My Grandma would be so proud!

The final masterpiece!

Two years down...Eternity to Go

Evan took me to BJs for dinner on our second anniversary of our wedding. He ordered salmon, since I don't cook fish for him, and I ordered pizza.

Special occasions call for ordering dessert. BJs is known for their "Pizookies," soft baked chocolate chip fresh out of the oven cookie with vanilla bean ice cream on top.I couldn't decide which picture of us I liked best so i posted both. I think our waitress was a pretty good photographer.

After dinner, a stroll around the shops and back to our place for a movie, "Mickey Blue Eyes."

Finals finally over

May 20, 2010 marked the last day Evan will ever take a final. He is done with his course work as part of medical school. Now he has a couple weeks to study and take his First Step of the boards then on to the next part of our medical school journey...clinical rotations.

I should have taken a picture of me as well since I'm just as happy as Evan is, if not more so. I can't believe how fast these past two years have gone by. It hasn't been easy, but I pray it will all be worth the effort.

I dare you...

So a couple weeks ago our ward hosted a Relief Society activity about decluttering and cleaning. As part of the activity we had an exchange table where people can put out items that they no longer wanted/needed and basically the poor med student wifes swiped all their "junk" right up.

I found these cute flowers that could be made into those flower clip things that everyone is making these days so I took a couple. My friend had the same idea and she took a few as well. As we were talking about making them into the cute clippy flower things I jokingly said they did not need to be sized down that they were perfectly fine the way they were and that I would have no problem wearing a giant flower in my hair...Ne ways she took me up on that offer and basically dared me to wear the flower to church. How could I turn down a dare like that?

Now you see it...

Now you don't...

These pictures were taken after church, so my bun is a little fuzzy, but I pretty much rocked the giant flower don't you think?

Silver Spur?

I have recently discovered or rather finally tried out Restaurants.com. It is a website that sells gift certificates to locally owned restaurants at a discounted rate (and they are even cheaper if you have a promo code (use promo code "FLAG" until 5/29/10). I like these certificates for the following reasons:

1. Evan and I get to dine out for a very inexpensive price

2. We get to order lots of food or even dessert and still stay under budget

3. Spending less money means more frequent date nights

4. Getting to experience new restaurants

5. Stimulating the economy by visiting local ma and pa restaurants.About a month ago we "experienced" the Silver Spur with Landon and Ashley Winget. We even ventured out of our usual 1 mile radius around our apartment complex, since the place was in Cave Creek.

The food was good, especially the corn bread, the service was excellent and the atmosphere was really fun.

After dinner we took a stroll around the restaurants where there are some fun gift shops and props to pose with and take pictures.
Evan in the old school out house.

The Wingets at the gallows.

I thought the name of the bar was funny, really bear garden?

pickles

In mid April Evan's parents and one of his younger brothers came for a visit. So we all went out to dinner with Evan's sister's family. It was a cute family restaurant that was featured on "diners, drive-ins and dive" or whatever that show is called ne ways it was a cool little place that served a lot of organic things including...home style pickles. This is my nephew attempted to eat one... At first we couldn't figure out what he was doing. It was pretty cute. His kept making faces as if he didn't like the pickles but he kept eating them go figure.
The other cute kiddos

SURPRISE!

Evan and I threw a surprise birthday party for Evan's older sister who turned the big 3-0 and his younger brother Patrick who became a menace to society at age 26. Patrick was in town for a week so we thought we would give them a surprise when they stopped by to visit. All the guests (me and Evan) hid and yelled, "SURPRISE" when they came inside, needless to say since both of their birthdays had past they were surprised.

Evan and I decorated the birthday sign, cute right?

The rough housing started almost immediately after the kids walked through the doors, lucky for them they have two young very cool uncles. "Flour Tower" Kinda like Jenga. Whomever makes the coin fall has to pick it up with their teeth. Little Wade kept making it fall, but Uncle Evan was willing to pick it up for him.

See how many cotton balls you can stick to your nose with Vaseline and blow off in 45 seconds...one of those games that is more fun to watch then actually participate in;)

It's a Norby family tradition. Honestly I was a little skeptical of the whole concept of giving someone a straight pin while being blind folded, but Evan assured me that his mom let them play the "pop the balloons attached to the ceiling fan while it's on" game, so I obliged.

Sara and Patrick with the special birthday plates.

the "other" birthday plate. I saw these at Target and couldn't pass them up. Really? Come on

Blowing out the candles on the self decorated cup cakes
Presents!

Playing dress up the next morning after our walk to the duck pond and before swimming in the pool