Man

Our blog would not be complete without mentioning Carson's latest attachment. He is so attached to this pool toy. He calls it his "man" and can't go anywhere without it. He sleeps with it, carries it around, has to have it close while he is eating, etc. Anytime I leave the house I ask myself if we have it just to avoid any freak outs later. Carson lost his man in the mall yesterday. I just about had a stroke when he started asking for it and I noticed it was gone. Everyone in Gymboree noticed the panic on my face and helped me look for it. Luckily the man was found minutes later. Also note...upon further inspection I think this is actually a woman pool toy. She's got long hair. Maybe if I noticed earlier Carson would be walking around saying "woman" which would make Matt happier.

Phone Skills

This little clock also doubles as a phone for Carson. I say "ring, ring" and he picks it up to say "hello, okay, bye-bye." He now runs for the home phone when it rings and brings it to me.

Harry Potter

The Evans household is excited about the recent release of the final Harry Potter book. I went to Target this morning at 8 a.m. to get us a copy. Don't worry if you haven't purchase yours yet...there were at least fifty bazillion left! Matt has been reading ever since he finished his morning chores. :) I'm such a nice wife to let him read it first. That definitely won't be happening when Stephanie Meyers, Eclipse, comes out August 7th!!

Golfing with Daddy

Carson getting a tip or two from the pro. I get such a kick out of watching them together. I love my boys!

Sunday Nap

Carson didn't get his nap in before church last Sunday, so this was what happened soon after we got home. I don't think Carson has fallen asleep on the couch since he was a couple months old, so I thought this was especially sweet. He looks so big!

Toot Toot

So this is me tooting my horn for just a moment. I don't remember posting a picture of my kitchen cabinets once they were done. If I did already...sorry! You will just have to appreciate them again one more time. I'm really excited with how they turned out and it has totally transformed our kitchen! Next project: Getting caught up on all my scrapbooking! I'm WAY behind. I don't think it is ever possible to be "caught up" but I will do everything I can to get as close as possible.

Loving the summer!

A few more pictures from the birthday party. Carson got attached to this blue bucket and thought it was funny to dump water on Matt. This is the face when got after doing the same thing to him. The last pictures just shows off our fearless little guy. It cracks us up that he'll jump from anywhere!

Happy Birthday Brooklyn!

One of Carson's friends, Brooklyn, had her 1st birthday earlier this month! We got invited to a swim party and had a great time. The top picture is of the birthday girl, Brooklyn, and her mom, Allison, who is one of my good friends from BYU. Carson is always up for a swim and has lots of fun with his daddy in the pool!

Happy 4th of July!!

As Dennis Prager would say the 4th of July is "the mother of all American holidays." We are so grateful to live in the USA! Here we are sporting our red, white and blue attire for a fireworks show. Sorry about the fuzzy picture, but you get the idea. Carson was absolutely mesmerized by the fireworks show. I don't think I've ever seen him sit that still for so long!




Me & my cute sister-in-law, Natalie. She is getting ready to head up to BYU and we are certainly going to miss her!

Who needs a pool??

Who needs a pool when you've got a hose?! Look at the concentration on that little face and then he goes wild.

Ah, this is the life!

Carson, just chillin' on a pool float.

"Two, Tea"

I apologize for the overload of swimming pictures. As you can see this is our favorite activity! What else can we do in this Arizona heat?? This is such a great picture because of Carson's little fingers. He points and counts, "two, tea (three) before jumping off to anyone who's willing to catch him.

So sweet!

Thanks Kapri for forwarding me this cute picture of Carson from playgroup last week. Doesn't he look so sweet!? Shortly after this picture was taken he had to be put in time out for throwing shovels full of rocks out the window at his little friends. Oh, so sweet!

Popsicles + Swimming = Summer

Carson has really been enjoying summer. It's the only time of year that popsicles count as dinner.

Darling boy!

I look at this picture and am reminded how great it is to be a mom to this darling little boy. He has his moments of craziness, but I still love him to pieces!

Playing Hard

We have had family in town this weekend for a suprise 80th birthday party for my grandpa. We decided to take advantage of our time together and had dinner last night at Liza and Justin's new house. They have little ATV's for their boys and Carson couldn't get enough of them. He really just sat on them. I'm the mean mom who has Liza take the batteries out so he can't go anywhere. He still seems to little for those and I don't want him to injury himself or run any other cousins over. When he decided he was done with those he just cruised around the backyard and had tons of fun. This kid definitely needs a backyard at some point!

Me & My Little Man

I just love my happy little boy! I couldn't image life without him! He is at such a fun stage. He loves to play, laugh and to give kisses and hugs. I steal them any chance I get!

Fun in the Sun

We have had a fun Saturday! We woke up early this morning for family pictures and then headed over to Matt's parent's house for naps and swimming. I'm hoping to get Carson in a swimming class this summer. It has been so fun to watch him enjoy Grandma and Papa's pool! Sorry for the overload of videos below. You can tell I just learned how to get them on our blog! Very fun. Now if I could just make them better quality!

"I don't know"

Carson loves to imitate Matt saying "hello" and when you ask him questions he says "I don't know" and shrugs his shoulders. Too cute.

Diving Carson

Does anyone know how to make these videos look not so fuzzy??? Carson LOVES the pool and is brave enough to jump of the diving board. Sorry about the not so good quality of video, but you get the idea!

Go Diamondbacks!

Well, I've had several people tell me I fallen of the face of the earth. I have been keeping very busy with Carson, work, home projects, Young Womens, scrapbooking classes, etc. I look forward to my life slowing down just a bit, but who knows when that will happen! We did however have a very fun weekend. Carson has been loving the pool, so we swim every chance we get. Grandma Gail & Papa Dave watched Carson Saturday night so we could go the the Diamondbacks game. We had such a great time! It was lots of fun to be out with Matt! We went to the game with my parents, my brother and his wife (Dave & Karyn) and they brought their little girl, Kassie. Dave had some sweet tickets through PWC and we enjoyed a little baseball, chatted lots and ate greasy food. Here are a few pictures from the event.

Me & Karyn - seriously one of the sweetest people I know!

Me & Matt
Dave Kassie & Karyn (sporting the D-Back's colors!)
All of us! What a fun time. Thanks Dave!

Swim buddies

Carson and his swim buddy, Preston. Preston would ask "where's that guy?" when he couldn't find Carson. Obviously something very humorous was going on when this photo was taken.

Little dude!

Carson with his dad's sunglasses.

Spoon Skills

Just when I thought Carson was getting pretty good with his spoon I look over to find this after his morning yogurt. Apparently we still need to work on this skill.

Accident

We got home from church two weeks ago and Carson climbed up in his chair for a snack. He slipped and fell head first onto the tile floor. We felt so bad for our little guy.

"The Look"

Yes, we have a sweet little boy, but his new thing is to give us this look. When you ask him to do something and he doesn't want to....this is the look we get. I don't know where he gets these things! It's not like we look at him like that. Ha.

Check out that walk!

I saw this picture and started cracking up.

Carson with the guys!

Our good friends, Marci and Joe, invited us over for thai food and yet another pool party. Carson just loves Doe (Joe). Here are Carson and Joe testing out their trampline skills.

Carson and his absolute favorite guy - DAD! You can always bet Carson will be smiling and laughing when he has his dad around!