Visiting the Evans

Sarah had little Alice Lilley Evans so I went to Michigan for a week to help out.  I didn't pull out my camera very often so I don't have a picture of Baby Evans but she is beautiful!  I do have a few pics of Madison and some of our adventures.

Sarah was craving several foods she was not able to eat during her pregnancy due to heartburn and Better than Anything Cake was one of those foods.  Madison was a good little helper. . .

 and did a great job cleaning the bowl!

WHAT IS THAT!!!

Madison, Mom, and I were walking back from dropping off Abby at Preschool when Madison asks, "what is that?"

Hanging on the grate was a cute little raccoon.  Madison was worried that it was stuck so Sarah called animal control to report the raccoon.  We checked on it several times in the next four hours but by the time animal control got there, it was gone.  

 Madison spent a good couple of hours on the internet researching stuck raccoons.  It was a fun afternoon.

Holly Jolly Christmas 2012

This is what Abby and Madison found when they woke up Christmas morning.  They were so excited!

 Dave and I trying to look awake after being jumped on by the girls to wake us up.  Christmas is so much more fun with children.  They let us sleep in till 7:30 which was really nice of them.

Madison and Abby pointing out the deer tracks and carrot crumbs they found out the back door.  The girls left Santa a cinnamon roll and the reindeer each got their very own baby carrot.  As you can see, both liked what was left for them.

 These were the presents they girls got from Santa.  They played with them the whole time we were there.

This is how Dave really felt that 'early' in the morning.  WEAK SAUCE!!!  We had a really fun time at Sarah and Brian's place and it was hard to go home.  Thankfully I'll be out there shortly to help when little Baby Evans is born.  Can't wait!

Back Home in New York Playing in the Snow

Don't you just love our snowman.  He is so talented.  We had to take several pictures to get the humans on their heads though.  I used to be so good at a headstand but alas, apparently not anymore.  In my defense, I had already worked out my arms an hour that day and they were a bit tired.  As you can see, I had to cop out and do a hand stand.  Good times =)

Much to be Thankful for!

 This was my successfully made pecan pie.  Dave liked it so much he practically ate a whole one all by himself.  The crust turned out a bit too flakey but other than that, it was awesome.

David really likes aprons =)  due to our lack of a man apron, he is wearing mine and looks very nice, I might add.  He helped with Thanksgiving dinner and made the mashed potatoes.  We had a pot luck dinner with about 8 other families in the ward and had a very nice time.  

Halloween- BOO!

 These were our costumes if you can call Dave's a costume.  We went to a friends party and I got all dressed up and Dave went in what he was wearing that day already, a Captain Obvious t-shirt.  I guess it works.

 I went as a goth because Dave kept making fun of my Bellatrix Lestrange costume I have worn for the past three years (it might even be four), even though it totally rocks. 

This is Matt and Liz.  She was Amelia Earhart and he was a priest (obviously)

My Beach Fix

Liz and I went to Ontario Lake Beach and put our feet in the water.  We pretended it was the ocean. The beach had real sand =)  That made me happy!

 I have never seen geese on a beach but there they were.  Just a reminder that we were not at the ocean but it was till pretty.

 I loved this shirt so I took a picture.  

 The fisherman would often catch these little trash fish.  They would get in trouble if they threw them back in the water so they just threw them on the pier for the sea gulls to eat. . . kinda gross!  Watch where you step.

 We walked on the pier and there were a lot of people fishing for perch.  My experiences with perch involved a cane pole, worms, and a little pond.  These fishermen were using minos for bait and extra line hooked to the main line so there were two hooks per pole. I have never seen that before.  I got the skinny so if anyone wants to go fishing when they come and visit, I know what to do!

Letchworth. Not your grandmother's park

The title might be a little misleading.  It's not your grandmother's park because, chances are it's been around longer than she has.

Anyway, as it turns out, New York State grows waterfalls, and parks that have waterfalls, like idaho grows potatoes.  We went and experienced the so called "Grand Canyon of the East" this past weekend, and it was so pretty we decided to share pictures with you.  Actually, we figure that you all are starved to see our lovely smiling or smirking faces again, so we've included pictures.  Yes, that's right, pictures.  If you haven't had enough by now, sit back and relax, cause more are coming your way.  I've decided that mostly people will want to see the pictures, because there's not much to say about them, so I'll just let you look without interrupting.

I know I said I wouldn't interrupt, but I just had to.  This bird thingy was flying level with us.  How cool is that?

The clouds were being a little ornery during our trip, so some of these pictures might be a little dark.  Like this last one.  We went with another couple from our ward, the Preslars.  They're a lot of fun, and we've had a good time doing a variety of things with them already.

All in all, Letchworth state park is pretty dang impressive.  Well, I guess we really only saw about a fourthish of the park, really, but everything we saw was really pretty.  Except a nearly empty dam.  Not so pretty.  I mean, it didn't even warrant a picture.  But other than that, pretty awesome stuff.  Yep.  And that's all I have to say about that.

Bartoq Comes to Visit

So I was in the bathroom brushing my teeth, minding my own business, when I looked to my left and baboom!  There was a bat.  I guess he knew Halloween was coming and decided to provide some natural decorations. 

It is a day later and he is still hanging out, pardon the pun =)  Hopefully he does not die between the screens because that would be really fun to try and get out.  "I'd give her a ha! and a hi-ya! and a whooooo-ah! And I'd kick her sir"