Fathers Day

Evalyn had a lot of fun making her hand prints for Fathers Day as a gift. We used chocolate pudding and the truth is, she ate pretty much all of it. Dave LOVED his little gift.

You know that sinking feeling you get in your stomach?

I have a confession, I am HORRIBLE lately at birthday dates. I am not sure what my problem is. You know that feeling when you remember something super important...(a few days too late?) I HATE that feeling. Well, I have done it once again. SARAH BEVAN, if you are reading this HAPPY (belated) BIRTHDAY!(june 13th) I have to say, it has been so nice to have to (unfortunately) live in a state away from your family and meet a friend who feels like they truly are family. Thank you SARAH for being such an awesome friend. We really miss living so close to you and Ryan. I hope you had a great weekend. And I hope we can celebrate with lunch soon!

Announcement

So I said the last two and a half months had been...different. This is because I was not sick with Evalyn and I was not anticipating the constant nausea that has been my companion from week five until 12. YES, we are expecting our second baby and so excited. It still doesn't seem real because I have only been able to concentrate on the sicky part, but the last week and a half has been very bearable. So I figured it was time to make a blog announcement.
Our little one is due December 20, and I will do everything in my power (which isn't much) to make sure he or she is here well before Christmas! Hopefully the sickness is over and I can start enjoying life again. Evalyn has no clue what is coming. She is still a baby herself after all. So, 13.5 weeks down and ... I don't want to count how many are left. I enjoyed every second of my pregnancy with Evalyn, so I am praying this one will turn out to be just as wonderful (now). We have a little over 5 weeks before the ultrasound, so any guesses??!?

It has been thunderstorms and rain here for the last week or more and rain is in the forecast for at least another week. I am ready to get some sun, but I can't complain, I love the rain. (Especially thunderstorms, I keep praying the lights will go out) However, the rain is making me realize it is time for a trip home. I miss the smell of the trees, the moss, the FRESH air. And I especially miss the view of MT. Rainier. So, time to schedule a trip!!

Just a little plug...

Well the past two and a half months have been...(I am trying to think of the appropriate word)... different. I will explain soon but in the meantime I have to put in a little plug for my new hobby.

Imagine this grocery bill: Amount due $33.00 amount saved: $137.00 This is an actual receipt.

I realize this sounds very "homemaker" but hey that's what I do right? And I love every second of it. (not exaggerating) So, for all of you grocery shoppers out there I have hit the jackpot. Some of my friends told me about grocery smarts a few months back and I am finally starting the process. You go to grocerysmarts.com, enter the passport code for your state, choose the grocery store you shop at and the website matches the stores weekly ad (aka items already on sale) with manufacturer coupons for those items. Mostly found in your Sunday paper. You do not sit and clip coupons(who has time?) You only cut the coupons you need that week, and grocerysmarts tells you exactly where to find them. Sometimes you are even getting items for FREE! For example: Lets say Yo+ yogurt is on sale at Albertsons for $1.50 and grocerysmarts tells you where to find the coupon in your sunday paper for $1.50 off Yo + yogurt, TADAA!!! free yogurt. Also certain times throughout the year you can stock up on diff. items like during the Quaker oats sale, and Campbell's soups that are on sale at the beginning of the school year. You end up getting them for cents per can.
One of my friends who uses grocerysmarts informed me she pays about .50cents for her cereal.
So, in short, I am stocking up on my papers and almost ready to start. The new button on our blog, theobsessiveshopper.com, takes you to a site where Shauntell Ottley will teach you everything you need to know. She is even coming to teach an Enrichment for us. So visit the site! The passport code for Utah is g84cso.

I will keep you posted on my success!

Here we go...

A new love...
Evalyn loves to go to the park and swing. The weather has been absolutely beautiful lately and summer is almost here. I have a feeling we will be on the swings quite a bit in the future.

Here are some pictures from Nana's visit(or as Evie says-Nani)We had so much fun with her and miss her already. We went to the zoo while she was here and Evie was semi interested in most of the attractions but she loved the monkeys and was fascinated with the giraffe. Nana bought her a fun zoo book to remember our trip by and we read it almost EVERY night!


We also visited the Tulip festival and Evalyn, who had just learned how to "sniff" a flower, was a little overwhelmed as she tried to smell as many as she could.






And last but not least, I pulled out an old t-shirt with a print of my mom holding me when I was a baby. I set it out on the floor and told Evie "look its grandma". Her immediate reaction was this...



And she stayed that way for a while (We miss you mom)

Drumroll please...

I am happy to announce that the Pugmire family has finally purchased a new computer. Yes its true, my wonderfully "frugal" husband decided we needed one.(I had been saying this for 6 months)So we are in the process of transferring all family pictures, etc. and downloading programs etc, that we may freely post for Grandma, Nana and the rest of the fam. Also, I realized today that on the previous page of my blog are pictures of Evalyn as a newborn. Yes, only one page away. So I formally apologize to my mother who is always begging for updates and pictures. Either I am horrible at posting for my family, or time is really flying by as quickly as I suspected. (I believe it's a little of both.)But since I just read the heading of my former posts and they all read something to the effect of "finally an update" I'd say my mom is right on this one. (But aren't they always)In short...pictures coming soon :)

It was so nice to have our family (Kevin and Nicole) and good friends (the Bevans) over this Easter. Evalyn had so much fun playing with Ruthie and Tate and even though the Easter bunny brought her some fun things she just liked playing with empty plastic eggs. So here are a few pictures from our Easter.


And... here is a pic of Evalyns first time on a swing!

Lets Play Catch-up

A lot has happened since our last post so here is a little bit of a catch-up. Dave has had two construction accidents one of which included falling off of a kitchen counter top and landing on his back on the corner of an island. The other included a table saw, wood flooring, and splitting his nose open clean through, as well as a gash in the head and an eye swollen shut. (pretty) I will have to get permission before I post the pictures.
On a lighter note, Evie has turned a year (February 15) and is finally gaining some weight! Yes (whole milk is the best)So here are a few fun photos to get us started.

Oh, and yesterday Evalyn was bit by a big spider. We rushed her in to the Dr. because we have HOBO spiders here (don't look them up unless you want nightmares). Luckily it was not a HOBO bite. How do we know it was a big spider? Well, the "fang" marks were pretty far apart but totally clear. Yuck-I have never been able to handle spiders but I would love to squish the one that bit her.

Hello everyone

I am so excited about going private and we almost have all of our invitations out. We should have new pictures soon, but in the meantime all is well. Dave has been golfing in St. George for 3 days and will be back today ( I am sure in a great mood). Evalyn in doing well, besides having such a picky appetite. She was only 15 lb 5 oz at her one year but has gained a lb since. She also is standing a ton but will only walk when we hold her hand-any day now! And as for myself...SPRING CLEANING yay!

Hello everyone!

Ok, I know it has been forever and trust me I am having heavy withdrawals. I have however been reading all of your blogs and hearing all of your crazy stories so here is the deal: I am going private FOR REAL THIS TIME! I know we tried this last year but then I was contacted by long lost friends and decided to wait. We are doing this next week. Please leave your email on my comments and I will not publish them. I will email when we go private. Thanks and we will post soon.

Up and running...sort of

I am having posting withdrawals so I am temporarily using Daves work computer to post. We had so much fun in California this year for Christmas. The traveling was an absolute NIGHTMARE! Between missed flights (yes we missed our flight...long story) to delayed flights and misplaced cars (another long story) we were exhausted. But all of this made the Holiday in California (once we got there) that much sweeter. So, here are some fun pictures of Evalyns first Christmas.

We went to the beach on Christmas Eve and afterwards we had fresh crab! mmmmm



Christmas Morning and Evalyn opening her first present

Happy Thanksgiving

Well, we haven't posted in a while and here is why. Our computer died! My link to the outside world is toast. I have been in the process of transferring family pictures and all of that fun stressful stuff so I can save family memories. I have the cutest pictures of Evalyn as a flower at Halloween, but no way to post them...yet. So we just wanted to tell everyone HAPPY THANKSGIVING from the Pugmire family and hopefully we will be posting something interesting soon!!!!

Buddies

Our good friends the Bevans were able to come up to our home and visit. Evalyn LOVED having Ruthie and Tate to play with. She is used to boring Mom all of the time and to see someone her size was super exciting.



Dave was pulling them around on the blanket on our hardwood floors (didnt we all do that when we were little?) The girls were loving it but Tate wasnt so sure...

Tate thought Evalyns hair was pretty cool...


We are so lucky to have such awesome friends and hopefully the hard winter ahead will still allow them to make another trip up!

Finally some food

Last week a girlfriend and I went to one of the canning nights here in town. I have been trying to build up a 3mo supply of food storage but I finally decided I would can some items to rotate in a 3mo supply.(stuff we will actually eat in addition to our wheat, beans, rice etc)and then go from there. Anywho, we had a lot of fun and I highly recommend the outing. Through the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints you can get food storage for amazing prices. I was able to can 2 cans of potato flakes, 1can carrots, 1 sugar,and 2cans of apple slices for $29.00 Now going back every month and stocking up will be easy. Now the items I canned along with my small supply I had previously actually looks like some food storage! (kinda boosts your self esteem:)

PROTECT MARRIAGE

Even if we do not live in California we can help protect marriage. We need to start taking an active role and show our conviction in protecting our families. If proposition 8 is not passed to protect marriage as defined between a man and a woman, it will effect us all. It is only a matter of time before it reaches our states and our families, our children. Visit Protectmarriage.com and discover what you can do. I encourage all of us to post the link to protectmarriage.com on our blogs.
http://www.protectmarriage.com/video

I love Autumn

From Fall pictures

From Fall pictures

Sunday after conference, Kevin and Nicole came up to visit. We drove them to Aspen Grove to see some of the fall colors and get a few pictures. Our camera was acting up so they offered to take a bunch of our family. The scenery was beautiful! Autumn has always been my favorite time of year. I love the crisp air, beautiful colors, and hot cider. I am so glad Kevin and Nicole were able to come up with us. Thanks again guys for all of the pictures!!!

A good night sleep

Evalyn has always been a great sleeper. She started sleeping through the night when she was 4 weeks old, and for the most part she has ever since. The other morning she awoke from another great night of sleep and wow! I just had to take a picture of that hair. She was in such a happy mood. She stayed nice and cozy on our first chilly night.

From 021

From 021

Great Grandparents

A few weeks ago, Evalyn and I had the opportunity to attend my cousin Christine's wedding in Washington. While we were eating the great wedding dinner I captured a few priceless pictures of Evalyn with my Grandma and Grandpa Hayes. She loved playing with them. I love these pictures, especially the second one. Isn't my Grandma beautiful?!!

From Great Grandma and Grandpa

From Great Grandma and Grandpa

From Great Grandma and Grandpa

From Great Grandma and Grandpa

Finally an update!

Yes the countdown was up weeks ago, and yes I did run the Park City Half Marathon, YAY! Here are some pictures taken before the race with Kevin and Nicole. I am so glad I did it. Kevin and Nicole kicked my booty but I was counting on that! I really enjoyed it and ran my heart out.After I had Evalyn I couldn't even run a block and now this! I am proud of my time and I am really looking forward to doing this again and seeing how much I can improve. I will update more pictures later. I have a lot of catching up to do. In one of the pictures I have a safety pin in my mouth (It is not a piercing) Also the last picture was taken after the race...we are tired, and we were not ready for the picture...

From race

From race

From race

From race