SwingSet - Birthday Present Complete

Here it is the beautiful swingset with a clear tunnel as you can see is pretty high! We have not put the swings on just yet but you get the picture - Clair LOVES it and Nephi enjoys the sandbox.

Thanks to everyone who gave for Clairana's birthday present it worked out great!!

Duncan likes it too! We are still working on sharing as you can see in Clair's face!

Oh and Mr. Evans enjoyed the project and being able to get his tools out.

Haircut

My cousin Drew has taken on a new profession as a barber and we asked if Clairana could get her haircut...

I think he was pretty nervous as he told us during that he had never cut a girl's hair let alone a toddler.

He did great and so did C.

Franklin....

This past week the world lost a great little dachshund, Franklin. Now Frank had been in my life a long time, I think since I was about 10. He was our family dog which took TONS of convincing to get - my dad was not very excited about Frank but he grew to fall asleep with him in the chair within a few weeks.

The day I got to meet Franklin....

Symone had drove to my mom's house to pick Dustin and I up for the weekend, in my dad's big truck. We climb in and there he was the most adorable little teeny tiny one. I of course was in a cute little dress and wanted to hold Franklin the whole way home. As we started down the road to Crawfordsville from Lafayette I looked up at her and yelled ... something scalding hot is running down my leg! Yep he had marked his territory on me!

Will always remember - Love  You Franklin Lynette Colette!

Evans' Family Update

So, here are the updates around our house....
Nephi is sitting up really well now which is a blessing, although he is starting to lunge forward which is scary to think he may craw in the next few months. He is SEVEN months old! Still nursing but also eating baby food - only a certain kind and no homemade - he is one picky eater! Texture baby.

Clairana has become a full blown toddler - including throwing tantrums which are very fun but then in the next five minutes giving us kisses and saying she loves us. She also is talking a lot more including saying shapes and colors which is awesome. Oh and about a month ago we started giving her the binkie only when she is going to bed....slowing weaning this addition! It has been working out pretty well.

Levi is still loving his job and enjoying all the benefits which are free work boots and an ice machine that makes it like Sonic - yup jealous! Told him he should trip a secretary today and get me a job.

I have started on a new adventure, I am going to become a CPT or Certified Personal Trainer. Got my study materials yesterday and it will be an eight week course with a lovely three hour exam at the end. After lots of thought and prayer I have decided that this would be a great way to get out of the house, take the kids with me to the gym daycare, workout for free, make a little spending money, meet new people. Now I just have to study and pass this test oooh and become an extrovert to teach classes! We will see.....

Reading Time

Beautie Janae

This past week our family suffered a lost of a beautiful baby girl, Beautie Porche, she is my second cousin on the Ashby side of the family. I had never been to an infant funeral before so it was very emotional and overwhelming.

Lydia (her mother) is such a very strong woman. She had decorated with tons of pictures, her tiny little shoes, little blankets, flowers, and even painted her nails. This little lady looked so peaceful like she was just sleeping.
Lydia has sufferred through more pain in this lifetime then anyone I have known. She has lost both her parents and now her little girl at such a young age.

Prayers Prayers Prayers.....one day we will understand. Familes are FOREVER!

Beautie Janae Porche, 4-month-old daughter of Dartanyan and Lydia Sanders Porche, passed away unexpectedly at 9:11 a.m. on Tuesday, June 26, 2012 in her home. She was born in Lafayette on February 22, 2012.

Surviving with her parents are her paternal grandmother, Valorie Parker, maternal great-grandparents, James and Joann Ashby, maternal aunts and uncles: James Ashby, Jared Ashby, Christina Sanders, and paternal aunts and uncles, Irving Madden, Maurice Waller, and Lashae Porche all of Lafayette, great-aunt, Debra Trader (husband, Brad) of Monticello, and great-uncle, Richard Ashby of Vincennes. She was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, Jan Laverne Ashby and Oscar Sanders.

Jump It with family & friends

We had a playdate to Jump It which is a place full of bounce houses. 

Abbi (my cousin) came along to enjoy the fun and help with Clairana.

While we were there my girlfriend Brandy joined us with her son Jace and nephew Keatyn.

Wow it was a day full of fun and crazies!