cheerio anyone?

So by the look of Owen's appearance I hope you know that this is in the morning. Missing sock, crazy hair...he's just a wild sleeper I guess! Well that's not really the reason for my post, though that picture is pretty darn cute. I want you all to notice the next to pictures of Owen's bum. Would you like a snack? hahaha I hadn't really noticed how messy his high chair had gotten until after I got him out of his chair and watched a bum full of cheerios crawl away! Poor guy. Who knows how long he's been eating in such uncomfortable conditions. Needless to say, I cleaned his chair later that day! :) Is he not the cutest or what??

Happy Happy Birthday CORY Dear

This past Wednesday, on Dec. 15th we celebrated Cory's 25th birthday. Now that we're getting older and Cory's working full time, celebrating his birthday had to wait til after he got off work. This was the first time since we've been married that we weren't able to spend the whole day together. So that kind of stunk, but I tried to make him fell special even though we were apart for most of the day. I wanted him to at least go to work with something yummy to share so we stopped off at the near by donut shop in town and picked up some for him to share. Well, Cory only works with two other people right now and one of them didn't work that day so between Cory and his boss they ate all the donuts! hehe Hey I say on your birthday you can do whatever you like! It's your day to ENJOY! When the work day was finally over, me and Owen picked him up and we went to one of our favorite places for ribs, Ruby Tuesdays. I don't know if I haven't been cooking very good dinners lately or what but man I thought that was the best meal I had ever had! I kept talking about it even days after. What can I say, I love good food! So then after dinner we came home had cake, ice cream, and opened presents. Owen wasn't the biggest fan of the party hats, but we were still able to get a couple good shots before he destroyed his. Lucky Owen got to practice for his own birthday thats at the end of the month by digging into his own slice of cake. And I pretty sure he'll do the same with his own birthday cake.

Cory I hope you had a fun birthday, even though you had to work. Owen and I are so very lucky to have you in our lives and we just love you so so much! Here's to the next 25 years and then some!!!

UPDATE :: we are alive

I have put off blogging long enough...I was just feeling overwhelmed with all the posts I've wanted to do with all the stuff we've done since my last post. But I decided that doing a brief update and then starting fresh from here would be best.
So here's what's happening with the Evans' now...

WHO: Cory Lindsay and Owen

WHAT: Just Living the Dream as an eternal family of 3

WHERE: Battle Creek, MI

WHEN: Since the middle of November

WHY: Cory got a job working for the Battle Creek Bombers, a collegiate baseball league. We felt like this was the right move to make at this time for us and it will be great experience for Cory to have for grad school later on. So we plan on being here for a little while (longer than any other place we've lived our married lives) but who knows! hehe I am hoping we are here until we go to grad school, I am done moving!!! Even though I have gotten pretty used to the feeling and craziness of the whole moving process, it still hasn't gotten any easier. Its always a little rough at first...the new home, new ward, new area, and no friends...but I know it takes a while til you really start feeling comfortable and start making some good friends. This move is really a whole new experience for us because we've never moved to a place where we knew absolutely no one, and are completely on our own. I am just so grateful to not be too far from our hometown, and for modern technology that makes it so easy and convenient to communicate with family and friends. We are very happy and know we are where we should be.

THE Science Center

So all of your Washingtonians know exactly what I'm talking about when you hear The Seattle Science Center! I mean who's lived in WA and hasn't gone there?! haha Well this place was visited many times by the Dunn kids while growing up, and I think every time we had friends or family come and visit we took them here. So of course I had to go and take Owen there to enjoy the wonderful world of SCIENCE! Christanie's parents were in town and little while back and we thought that would be a fun activity to do for the day, especially for Brady. Which I think he had the best time out of all of us for sure! It brought back so many memories being in that place. Seriously, nothing had changed! It was too funny. It's so weird going back to the places you grew up going to as a kid and revisiting them as an adult is just a whole new experience. As kids you are just in your own little world oblivious to so much going on around you! But I loved it and had fun being back in that great place that provided our family with countless hours of pure enjoyment! Thanks mom for being so awesome! :)

Twins!?! (For the day at least!)

I don't think I have informed my blogging buddies that we are currently in the state of Washington for the summer! We are living in Renton and have been here since May. Cory is selling door to door home security systems again for Elite Security and making momma proud hahaha! I was pretty excited to here that we where going to be in the Seattle area for the summer cause I grew up here and my sister Katie's family lives only 4 hours away in Spokane! So when we first got here in the beginning of May I got to watch my little niece Preslie for 2 days while my sister was out of town. It was so much fun, a little crazy, but fun! Owen and Pres got along great until Owen started getting a little jealous that someone else was taking up his momma's time! I pretty much didn't leave the apartment for those 2 days, nervous that there would have been a major catastrophe if we went out! I loved it though and got a taste of what life could be like if we had twins...Here are some cute pictures of Owen and Preslie.

tubby-time!

hello...

beautiful blue eyes

preslie whats to play...

...but Owen's not interested!

sharing toys

sleeping babes :)

2 Year Anniversary...back on May 3rd!!!

Lucky I am in love with my BEST FRIEND!! Cory, I love you more than anything in the whole world! You make me so happy. I love your sweetness, funniness, love for life, tender heart, and how you make me feel like I am the prettiest girl in the whole world. You are such an amazing husband and dad! You work so hard for our family and I appreciate it more than you know! As of recently I have been hearing this song by Keith Urban a ton and every time I listen to it I think of us! Cheesy I know, but I just love it.

Thank you for treating me and Owen so good and loving us so much! Happy Anniversary Sweetheart...looking forward to many, many more to come! I love you.

My First Mother's Day

I do realize that Mother's Day is back in May, but I am still playing catch-up with my blog posts, sorry!! I had a wonderful first Mother's Day and was treated like a queen by my sweetie, Cory. He got me lots of fun gifts which included a deluxe spa pedicure and a massage! He knows what girls really want; to be pampered!!! Thanks babe! And Owen gave me a little book titled Mommy Loves Me! So cute! Here are just a few fun pictures of my little man dressed up for church on Mother's Day.





There are no words to truly describe the joy and love I feel being a mother to Owen. He has changed my life so much and it just keeps getting better each day. I love you with all my heart my sweet Owen and am so blessed to by called your momma!

"Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs in my field, since the payment is pure love." ~Mildred B. Vermont