Tribute to Luke

Our best buddy in the hole world left for Bangalore, India. Elder Luke R. Davies went into the MTC on May 20th. We miss him so much already. Counting down the days til he gets home in two years! Congratulations Luke!

Poor Mikey

Sitting in the ER, minutes after the accident. Already swelling.
All wrapped up. Swollen Piggies.
Good and bruised and swollen.

Mike and his friends have been riding some dirt jumps on their bikes up at one of his friends houses in Lehi. We all went over one night for a BBQ and Mike had an accident. He was very high in the air, just about to do a really cool trick and his bike got away from him. Landed just right on his foot and busted his heel all up. We were in the ER for quite some time that night taking all kinds of Xrays and CT scans. All of the Doctors were very impressed. He was in a lot of pain. We just have to wait now for the swelling to go down so they can operate. They will have to put in a metal plate and a few pins. Surgery is set for Wednesday. 

The Many Personalities of Whitney

So... Due to the car accident I had the wonderful opportunity to yet again go car shopping. Let me just give you a little history. Right before Michael and started dating I bought a cute little red convertable bug. I loved it. I drove it for a year and once Mike and I got married we decided to sell it and get something bigger and more reliable. Then came the car shopping. We both always liked the Honda Elements so that is what we decided to get but... of course I have to have the most impossible color to find. Took us a while but we finally found one and we jumped on it. Drove that for about nine months and wrecked it. yay! Gotta love it. So here we were back to square one. After a lot of test driving and many headaches we found the Subaru Impreza. Cute eh? 

My Poor Car!

I got in  an accident on Tuesday on my way home from work. This is the result. I am okay. But as you can see... my car did not come out so good. Luckily it was not my fault so all is well. I will try to explain what happened. There was a car stopped at a stop sign and she did not see another car coming toward me in the opposite lane, she hit the back end of that car and sent the car spinning into on coming traffic and of course I was the one there, we hit head on. It was pretty intense and I was very very shook up afterward. It was my first accident, had to make it a good one I guess. I just thank heaven that I made it out of it okay. Just sore. Have a few bumps and bruises but I think I will be fine. If you see any Green Honda Elements for sale be sure to let me know!

My very first quilt!

Okay so... my cute husband got me a sewing machine for my birthday. I sewed a little with it and then i just kinda got feeling bad because I hadn't used it much so i found this neat little book that has all kinds of patterns and cool stuff in it to sew for your house. It had this quilt in it. I thought oh that won't be bad... it was totally hard! ha ha It took me a good three months to do. But it is done and I am so proud of it! I felt so accomplished once I was done. So here it is. I just had to share it with everyone.

Easter!

Cute Little Skylar with her pretty easter egg.
All the kids going through their eggs to see what was inside after the hunt.
Nev was loving life looking for eggs.
Skylar loved having uncle mike swing her on the swings at grandmas.

Every year for easter Michaels Grandma Evans has a weenie roast and an easter egg hunt at her house with all of the family. It is always fun to see everyone.

My little sister, Kenzy is an amazing artist! She has always been so good at it. She is a Senior this year at American Fork High School and one of her paintings that she did was put in the Springville Museum of Art. We all went to see it last night. This is her painting and her standing nest to it. We are so proud of her.

MEXICO!

Our absolutely beautiful beach, right outside our back door.
Michael coming in from a snorkel. Snorkeling was his absolute favorite thing.
At the Coba Mayan Ruins. We hiked all the way to the top of that giant thing.
Lunch on the beach. Matt and Mike.
At the Tulum Mayan Ruins.
Sunset on the beach.

We went to Akumal Mexico. It is just below Cancun. We went with Michael's work. His boss Aaron took all of the management and their spouses. We had such a blast. We got to  stay in this great house right on the beach. It was such an amazing vacation. Very well needed. We sat on the beach and swam in the ocean everyday. We also got to go see a few Mayan Ruins. That was so cool. I recommend that to anyone. Very interesting. We also got to go over to the Island of Cozumel. We rented some scooters there and rode around the island and hung out. Such a great vacation. 

We are going to Akumal, Mexico tomorrow! We could not be more excited! We are leaving first thing tomorrow morning and we will be back friday night! I know you are all so jelous. We will be staying in a house on the beach. Mikes work is taking us. Don't worry. We will post pictures as soon as we get back! We will miss you all!

Tiny picture.. sorry. Cassie (Michael's Cousin) got married on Saturday morning to Seth Gruber. MRS. Cassie Winslow Gruber. They got married in the Salt Lake Temple. Their Ceremony was amazing. They both were so happy. We couldn't be more happy for them.

Our fun weekend in Park City

All of Mikes companies franchise's come into town for a week in February every year for what is know as the "Franchise Retreat". Thursday night Michael and I drove up to Park City and stayed in the condo with Matt and Aaron. Friday morning they had a big meeting with all of the franchisees. I went shopping. ha ha then friday afternoon we went snowmobiling. It was so much fun! We had a blast! Mike loves it. He goes nuts every time we go snowmobiling. He is like a kid on Christmas! Then Friday night, one of the franchisees made everyone dinner. It was so good! We had to drive home that night and it was snowing so so hard! It took us a good two hours to get home! We had to drive so slow! Then Saturday we didn't go up until that evening for the big dinner at Zoom. That was about the conclusion. It was a very full very busy weekend. We had alot of fun.

Yet another birthday! Tanner turned 12! On his was to becoming a teenager! I cannot believe it! I remember when Tanner was born! Weird! It is incredible how fast life passes you by! We went to PF Changs for dinner for him and had cake and ice cream. He went bowling with a bunch of his friends the day before. He had a good one.

          Cute Little Skylar had her 1st birthday! YAY! Isn't she so adorable!? 

On Thursday my work had a hair cutting competition. It was up in South Jordan. It was against all Sport Clips in Utah and Idaho. I decided I would compete since the prize is good money. Who doesn't need money these days? So I did it. I cut our friend Luke's hair. Mike came up and supported me. We had fun. We haven't gotten the word on who won yet though. 

On January 24th all of Mike's family got together for the annual Soup Party. It basically is just a family reunion or a birthday party for their grandpa. It is always fun. We eat soup and play games and visit. There were alot of people there this year. We had alot of fun together and it was so great to see everyone. It is always just laid back.

It was my dad's Birthday on Saturday! Happy Birthday dad! Big 46! Mike was being lame and would not leave his eyes open for any pictures i took. Gotta love it! 

On Saturday we went to my little brother, Tanner's, basketball game. He is 11. He is on an all star team and loves it. Me and Mike go as often as possible. They are really fun to watch.

Nevada turned 3!!

We spent Christmas morning at michaels parents house and ate a wonderful breakfast with them and opened presents and then we went to grandma evans's house and then we spent the afternoon and evening with my family. We had a wonderful Christmas!
Merry Christmas! This is Nev in her cute christmas pajamas on christmas morning at Michaels parents house. She likes to drink coke obviously.

Happy Holidays Everyone!!! We love you!