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

Milestones

Well, we are back from our vacation and I will post pictures from Cali soon. In the meantime, here are some updates on Evalyn. She is getting so big and learning something new every day.

First Food



Sitting up




I caught her tying her shoes (ok not really)

Park City Half-Marathon

Well I think I am crazy, BUT I am entered to run (jog) the Park City Half Marathon this August. In my post about three goals I have, I listed one as running a race. I was thinking something more like a 5 or 10k but with the help of my awesome cousin Nicole I am going to push myself. The race is August 23, and you will notice my countdown. I will be running with my cousins Kevin and Nicole while Dave races ahead of us. He is a little more experienced in this area so he can take my picture when I cross the finish line-who knows how long after him. I am scared stiff and totally anxious but all in all I am totally excited. Thirteen miles does sound like a long way though. So wish me luck and here's to training!!

GOING PRIVATE

After considering the benefits (and the weirdo's)-is that a word?- I have decided to go private with our blog. I will probably do this in a week or so. PLEASE if you look at our blog and would like an invite email me! carissapugmire@hotmail.com I realize their are a lot of you I have never posted on my link list so please email me. Also, those of you from our previous ward in West Jordan who have stumbled upon our blog, I would love to send you an invite. Thanks everyone!!

A post for Grandma

My mom is missing Evalyn (she misses you too).So here are some little video clips for you mom. Sorry it took so long. (I wish I could edit my voice out of these!)
I also noticed Evalyn's hair isn't done in some of the video's and she is sporting what Dave calls "Brigham hair".

Tribute to a friend

My post today is a little out of the ordinary. I have already written about our crazy month of may, but in the chaos I really blew it. May 2nd was an important day, and as it passed I became more and more embarrassed that I had overlooked it. I have been putting this off for long enough. I would like to say a huge HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY to an amazing friend. I have a birthday card I never mailed, but I think I will just let you (AMY) and everyone else know what a flake I am.(I might as well embarrass myself publicly) Amy and I met when we were roommates up at BYU-I. Our apartment really hit it off, and we had such a blast. As soon as Amy and I started hanging out I realized I had met a friend for life. She is so kind-hearted and caring. She was always sensitive to others feelings. I can honestly say I have never heard her say a negative thing about anyone, that's just the kind of person she is. So here's to you Amy, and the "spooners" dodge ball team, and Cierra, and "My milkshake...",oh and "You don't own me". Your friendship has always meant so much to me and I hope we can continue to stay in touch, even though the miles between us are long.

Family Outing

Last Saturday Dave decided to take us on a little drive and we ended up in Wasatch State Park. It is so beautiful and so close to our home. The park has a ton of campsites and the upper and lower Provo river. While we were driving Dave hit the brakes and right beside us was a moose! (We took a pic) We continued to drive and saw a sign that said Provo Falls, so we went exploring. They are so beautiful. So here are some pictures of our random family outing.

Short little video

I keep telling my mom I will post a short video (sorry mom, this is REAL short) Evalyn is just winding down for the day and as you can tell from the video, we just took a bow out of her hair. Thanks again to all of our family who came in May, we started to get a little spoiled and now we are going though withdrawals. Hope all is well, we love you and look forward to the next time we will see each other.