April 2024

The first week of April started out so rough at the Evans Family. Brynnli woke up one night throwing up. It was honestly the roughest 24 hour flu I have ever seen. Brynnli was throwing up so hard and I felt so bad for her. Just look at this picture... don't you feel so bad for her?

24 hours later Brynnli was feeling much better. Good news, right? Well not for the rest of us. Makayla got sick next and 24 hours later Tyler was throwing up. We thought maybe Caden and I got away unscathed, but nope. I got sick right after Caden's birthday and Caden was throwing up just a few days later. It seemed like just as one of us was getting better, the next person was sick. This stupid 24 hour flu lasted almost a week and a half by the time all of us were finally better. 

Take a look at my recently played list... looks like the kids have been playing music on my phone again... lucky me its all farts mix. 

Teaching the kids some carpentry skills. Our basement is coming along... slowly. 

Spoiled doggy

Bella really thinks she is part of the family and human. As we were playing a card game Bella sat right next to us so Tyler dealed her some cards too. 

Brynn Bakin some Banana Bread. (Were you thinking to your self, "wow, great use of alliteration, there"? Ya, me too.) 

Just two teenagers always on their phones (Bella is a teenager in dog years)

My favorite trees are blossoming!

We were on a family walk around the block when Brynnli suddenly had to rush home because her tooth was about to fall out. 

Have you ever had a Colton? It's a sleeve of Oreos crushed up in milk. It's named after Colton who apparently has one of these every night. Coltons seem to be a regular treat around our house lately

Nail Day!

Caden has been practicing with Darius twice a week. He pretty much gets a private lesson. We really like Darius, but we will probably have to find a new team since it doesn't look like there will be a team this year. 

My parents are definitely getting settled into their new house. Their couches arrived and they look so good in their living room. 

Brynnli has been begging me for a few years now to get a real haircut. I have always cut her hair but decided she needed a professional to help. She got a few inches taken off and a few long layers added. She looks so cute!

I love watching Utah Gymnastics. The Utes have made it to the NCAA finals every year. This year was so much fun because Oklahoma was slated to win this year, but in the semifinal they choked and were knocked out. I was literally jumping up and down and cheering for Oklahoma to fall. The Utes made it to the finals and ended up taking 3rd place. Louisiana won the title this year. Here's to hoping we win it all next year. 

I should give a little backstory to this photo. I have worked at Copper Hills in the attendance office for almost 4 years now, but everyday I work I check the postings to see if there are any openings at Bingham High School. See, all of my coworkers all have kids who go to Copper Hills and their kids come in to the office all the time to say hi to their moms. I keep thinking how much fun it would be if I worked at the same school as my kids so I check all the time. Well a few weeks ago I saw a posting for an open position at the Bingham Counseling center and I decided to apply. I was surprised when I didn't hear back for a few weeks, but then I got a call that the position for the counseling center was filled, but they had an opening in the attendance office... same hours and days that I work. I applied and they offered me the job!!! I'm a little nervous about switching because I love the people I work with and I know how everything works at my job, but I am so excited to work at Bingham next year. I took this picture right before I went in to interview. 

We are putting these kids to work. The kids are going to be mowing and edging the lawn this summer. 

And you have to know how hard it is for Tyler to pass along his favorite chore to the kids. Let's just hope the lawn survives. 

Tyler and I went on a date night to our favorite Carvers. My steak was so yummy! We had the best conversation over dinner... this date night was so needed and so much fun. 

Bella does not let Haylie and Henry hang out in our yard. She chases them away every time they even think about coming into her territory. 

When Bella isn't looking we sneak bread crumbs to Haylie an Henry

Some kids in our family eat a normal breakfast of cereal...

Other kids eat chicken nuggets for breakfast. 

Brynnli got to miss a day of school, and I got to miss a day of work for Brynn's dance competition, and it just happened to be my mom's birthday, so we took my mom and dad out to lunch. This was such a hard day because my mom had no idea it was her birthday. I am losing my mom one memory at a time. 

See this handsome boy right here? Well he was asked to give a talk in Sacrament meeting and he did such an amazing job! Tyler and I helped him organize the talk, but Caden came up with the examples all by himself. He confidently walked up to the pulpit, spoke clearly and loudly, looked at the audience, cracked a few jokes, and bore a very heartfelt testimony. So many people told us it was one of the best youth talks they have ever heard. 

He did such a good job that someone in our ward said they could see him as a future general authority

And now we refer to Caden as President Evans. :)

Hey remember how last year for my birthday I told Tyler that I wanted this egg swing, then remember how he gave me a coupon for a swing but never ordered the it? Then remember how the swing sold out and was no longer available? Then remember how it came back in stock and Tyler said he would order it, but he never did? So remember how I finally ordered my own birthday gift 9 months later? Ya, I remember that too. Good news is that my swing came and I love it. I can't wait to spend spring days basking in the sunlight with Bella by my side. 

And from now on, I will order my own birthday gift! (Now before you get mad at me for this post, just know that I like to give Tyler a bad time about this because he feels so bad about it and I am selfishly enjoying giving him a hard time!)