Evy's 2 year old pictures

Thanks to my lil' bro Matt Matt, I got some cute pictures of Evy last week. Kate came with us in her princess jammies. We swapped her clothes really quick-like and added her into some of the pictures with Evy. Super cute eh?

She totally looks like she has red hair in these pictures but she's still brunette, everyone.

They fight over toys daily but I hope they're lifelong friends.

Baby #2!

Last week on Nelson's birthday, we went to our 20 week ultrasound appointment. This time I was really focused on the health of the baby. Yes I know I should be, but the main reason is because Nelson didn't let me find out what the sex of the baby is! I wanted to know so bad but I guess we're waiting. I am a really nice wife for doing this.


Here's the legs and umbilical cord.

And a cute little foot that looks like a neanderthal. (Which is pretty much my feet) Let me know ASAP if you can figure out what this baby is. Now I have to figure out two names. Sigh.

Queen Margaret's Baby Shower Sept. 17, 2011

We had such a delightful weekend celebrating the coming son of Sir Maggie and Brian Johnson.


We all put on our best hats


Sarah, Maggie, Holly

Stephanie and Kim. Congrats to Kim for winning the hat contest along with my cousin Kim.

Allie, Zach and Elena

It wouldn't be right if the Bensons didn't bring along that red bird. Cousins Kimber and Melissa.

Auntie Jeanne and Grandma Mac

Sarah Atwood and Maggie's mother-in-law Sandy

Jessica, Abby and Vienna. Evy's in the background stealing someone's purse as usual.

Kim had us play a "don't break your water" with water balloons game. You can't quite tell here, but Grandma Mac's water balloon is slowly spraying water from between her legs like a fountain. It just wouldn't have been as funny if it happened to another person.

Evy helping me make it to the bucket.

Matt was sure a dove to stay and mingle the whole time.

Vienna, Abby and Evy staring at Taggert through the door.

Here's a close up of my super neat hat.

If someone could explain Elena's hat to me I would sure appreciate it.

Evy turns 2!

Evy turned 2 on Sept. 8th.


We had family and friends that live close to us come for her birthday party. The kids frosted cupcakes and the adults had dutch oven cobbler Nelson cooked in our dirt backyard.


I know it's blurry, but it's the only one we took with her cupcake. She didn 't blow the candle out, she burned her finger instead.

She got lots of fun presents her cousins loved opening with her.

Uncle Casey picked out this fanastic Frankenstein mug for her.

Playing with Play-doh. I don't think Evy had been introduced to it before.

Evy, Sami and Maddi.

Travis Atwood, Casey, Jack, Vera, Jackson, Melanie

Cute little Vera.

Evy and her new doll that Sarah got her that she claims looks like me.

Labor day at the Farm

Every year we hit my grandparents' house in Firth, Idaho. We attend the kickin' Eastern Idaho State Fair. This is my Grandpa Ford helping Evy put on her shoes.


This is Evy and Kate on the ten minute drive to the fair. We hadn't even gotten there yet.


McKee's petting zoo is a favorite of ours. Evy liked this pig until it got too close.


Evy and the "horsey"

If you're wondering about Evy's hair, it's because she pulled out her pigtails, lost the elastics somewhere in the fair, and this is what we were stuck with. A minute after this picture, a lady sat next to Evy and said, "Wow, you're hair is wild."

Maggie and I split this tiger ear with extra honey butter. That's right, we ate the whole thing. I do it every year.

Oh it's delightful.

A great day of fishing at the pond by my Cousin Tim.

Some of us (not me:) camped out by the pond. We ate most of our meals there. Ask everyone that camped how they liked the sprinklers soaking them at 3am. Ha ha ha.

Yummy breakfast

Maddi and Evy

Grandma pulled out this creepy dog? from her cedar chest from the 50s. It's super weird and I made the kids pose next to it. P.S. This creature still needs a name. Any ideas?

We had a fish fry at the pond that Tim and Casey had caught that day. I heard Matt and Stacy laugh simultaneously at the table. They were enjoying watching Aunt Michele bite into her lettuce burger. What a delight. Bless her heart for making her famous cookies even though she's on a special diet. Until next year EISF! (Eastern Idaho State Fair)