Memorial Service

The whole gang...minus the grand kids

Evan and his siblings

Evan and Patrick in front of the church before the memorial service.

Evan's grandpa served in the Navy and had great love and pride in the United States. His patriotism definitely rubbed off on his posterity.

Evan's mom and Grandma

Kendra also stopped by to see me

Black Friday

I went out early Friday morning with my mom. We got in the store and were done within 45 minutes. I wouldn't really call it "fun" but it was a useful trip. Evan picked me up at my grandparent's house and we headed to Salt Lake to visit his dad's family. We visited with Grandpa Norby then went to his aunt and uncle's place for a short visit. Then the "kids" went and saw Tangled. Every time we get together with Evan's siblings we try and see a movie and just doesn't work out, so finally we got to see a movie together.

Here is Evan and his little brother spending some quality time together at Target, before the movie started.

Thanksgiving

My older sister hosted Thanksgiving at her place this year and my parents even drove down, so we were all together expect for my older brother. We of course had a yummy relish tray (my favorite part about thanksgiving) and my nephew figured out that black olives fit perfectly on ones finger all by himself. The boys worked on a puzzle while we cooked. We also made the "thankful" tree which Heather made us do before we could eat. She also stuck all the tables together to made one really big table eliminating the "kid table."

After our feast Evan went to Heber to visit with his family. They were able to share memories about their grandpa and hear a tape he made for his wife and kids before he passed away. My family attempted to do some per Black Friday shopping, but Rex wouldn't go to sleep then he barfed so we had to give him a bath...but at least I finally have a picture of him smiling.

Life Comes Full Circle

Evan's Grandfather passed away November 23, 2010 the same day my best friend gave birth to her baby girl. So we made an expected trip up to Utah for Evan's Grandpa's memorial and spend time with family.

It was so fun to surprise Kristi and meet her new little one. I also got to meet up with my college roommate Corrine who I haven't seen since she returned from her mission.

Thanksgiving

Tuesday November 23 we left for Utah after Evan got home from work. We made it to Las Vegas, NV in the wee hours of the morning and crashed at a fun little hotel where we stayed on the 12th floor! Wednesday morning we headed out again. We made it to Provo late afternoon. After visiting Kristi and her new baby we met up with my family. Then we headed to my grandparents house, but not before we made a quick pit stop at the DI...well worth the stop.

watching my nephew play...our favorite thing to do when we get together

can't pass up a good deal

and they can even share it too!

"Eegees" 11.19.10

When we would tell people we were moving to Tucson their responses were always pretty similar. They'd say something like this, "oh, that SUCKS...But you HAVE to go to Eegees." Now that we are in Tucson when people find out that we moved from Phoenix they say something like, "oh well I'm sorry about that." I'm not sure the reason, but there is definitely an unspoken rivalry between people from Phoenix and people from Tucson.

So Friday night we went to Eegees since we HAD to go. It is a sandwich place, but they are best known for their version of the slushie. We ordered "The Original Grinder." Basically it looked like a sandwich from a grocery store deli. Evan got a Pina Colada slushie and I got the cherry. Evan's drink reminded me of the "snow cones" from Monster's INC. He didn't like it very much, but we both liked mine.

We also bought Evan 2 suits, since he doesn't have one and it was cheaper if we bought 2 instead of 1. He will put these to good use next year when he interviews for residency positions.

Evan really wanted me to post a picture of my awesome shopping trip to Old Navy. (he is so supportive of my obsession with a good deal) They had their clearance on sale for an additional 50% off, and of course I had a coupon to go with that...an additional 30% off the final total. Here is what I bought: 1 woman's jeans, 1 woman's bermuda shorts, 1 woman's sweater, 1 woman's long sleeve shirt, 1 woman's sport's bra, 1 men's t-shirt, shorts and a t-shirt for my nephew, 2 infant onesies, 1 infant t-shirt, 1 infant dress, 5 pairs of infant shorts TOTAL=36$ and change

The Things I Make Evan Do

11.10.10: I hosted a Toy Story 3 party. We wore costumes (kinda) and had homemade rolls and Campbell's Chicken Noodle Shapes soup (Toy Story 3 shapes) I added rice and chicken to the soup as well. Then we watched Toy Story 3 of course.

Me with my soup and "costume." My PJs have teddy bear cowboys on them.

11.12.10 Evan and I went to Chuck E. Cheese for date night. It was quite the drive, but we were able to see a new part of Tucson. Evan wasn't to thrilled at the idea, but he warmed up to it and we enjoyed our time. We even won 158 tickets (mostly from Ski Ball and Deal or No Deal)

My Captain Nero, Action Hero...Isn't he cute?