This is for Kelly!

So it's been a while since I've posted a bunch of pictures of Nora, so this post is especially for Kelly who is wanting an update! Nora is just a little ball of fire! So independent it's almost scary! Not like her mom at all who use to go door to door and introduce herself and her family everytime they moved to a new place. We went to jump on it for the first time last week and then went again this week. It's only $3 and Nora is able to get ALL her energy out! She just rolls around everywhere, runs, jumps, dances to the music and is all smiles while we're there. The best part is that she falls right to sleep when we leave for lack of energy, I love it!

so maybe not ALL smiles! this is her attitude face! This is her "mom, I want to play with your camera" face!

jumping, rolling, laughing... all the fun stuff!

Thanks to Sarah and Etta for inviting us and telling us about Jump On It!

Yet another mischievous act by Lenora!

her new thing is to throw everything out of her crib INSTEAD of napping. What she threw out, 3 blankets, all her crib bedding and bumpers (which were tied to the posts), two books, her stuffed elephant and her baby doll! I didn't realize how much stuff was in her crib until it was all on the floor.

She of coarse thought it was hilarious!

Now our biggest problem is that once she throws everything out she can't fall asleep because she's obsessed with her blankets and baby doll and wants them back in the crib! I guess she's just gonna have to learn the hard way!

WE LOVE YOU NORA!

I LOVE BEING A MOM MOMENT

The cutest thing happened last night!

For some reason Nora did not want to go to sleep. She was hysterical! Mark made her a bottle, but nothing would calm her down. Finally I sat in the rocker with her in my arms and rocked and sang her to sleep! She hasn't let me do that in almost a year! It was so sweet. I think I sang the same song 20 times but it was so worth it. She's pretty active and does not like cuddling usually. So this was so much fun for me! I love her so much!

Just one of those I LOVE BEING A MOM moments!

The Student's Wife

Nora's little mischief

I know it has been forever since I've posted, I'm kind of a slacker! The good news is that I'm starting A NEW BLOG! YAY! It's thestudentswife.com so check it out :-) Nora is 15 months now! Last week Nora and I were heading out to run some errands, so I gave her a bath and then quickly got her all ready for the day. Mark and I were in the kitchen and I thought I heard water splashing, so we ran to the bathroom. Well instead of drowning (because I'm a little forgetful and FORGOT to drain the bath water) Nora thought that it'd be fun to take another bath but fully clothed this time!

DAY AT THE TEMPLE

Mark was filming a wedding video so Nora and I just walked around the temple grounds for awhile. She had so much fun walking around and exploring, but everytime she saw Dad she wanted him to hold her so... we had to go out of sight so he could work. It was such a beautiful day for a wedding!

and... more Nora

all and all it was a pretty fun day! I just followed her around for about an hour and a half if you couldn't tell :-)

TWO FAMILY REUNIONS!!

We had TWO awesome family reunions this past summer back to back! LAKE MICHIGAN one week with my fam and LAKE TAHOE the next week with Mark's fam. Mark took the second block of summer session off at UVU to be able to hit both the trips, so it was so fun having him home for a month and being able to get some quality family time in. I know it's been a while since we've posted... I'm just not too good at the blog thing! I mean come on I don't even have a background! WHO ELSE HAS A WHITE BACKGROUND ON THEIR BLOG??!! This summer was so much fun for us! And Mark is finally DONE studying for the LSAT (which he took yesterday!) Now we start the application process for law schools, cruise through this school year, Mark graduates in April, HAVE A BABY THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY, and probably move across the country by August!! Wow this year will be fun! There's the lowdown.... and yep I'm pregnant again :-) Nora and the new baby will be 19 months apart and hopefully... the BEST OF FRIENDS!! haha! We are having a birthday party for Nora today with mine and Mark's families so hopefully I'll post some of those pics later this week. Nora is so much fun! We really love her, and everyday I am so grateful that Heavenly Father is sending us his children. Family is so important, so thanks for such fun trips this summer!! THANKS to Brian, Nat, Bob and Diane for making Tahoe possible and THANK YOU Mom for making Michigan possible! We love you!

Grandma reading to all the babies!I have no idea what she is about to eat here! I guess I should have taken it away instead of taking a picture :-)
all the fabulous Evans girls!!
Lisa designed our family reunion shirts! watch out she's gonna have her own clothing line someday.
Nora's favorite aunts and uncles, probably because they speak her language right now :-)
the whole clan!! minus steve on his mission and Mandie and Craig's baby is still in the oven.
Bob, Diane and all the happy grandkids! (we have this same shot with my mom and her "happy" grandkids too)

the stellar guys...
and of course super cute girls!

Here's Michigan...
and there's some of the happy grandkids! :-)
daddy daughter moment


David totally took us out!


they look really excited to go on the tube!!

Lenora and Stacey Lenora!