Evans Edition

Monday, June 12, 2017

Easter, 2017

When I think about the fact that we will have our Elle again one day soon because of Jesus Christ, I "stand all amazed." Gratitude is not a big enough word or idea to express how I feel.

John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

They really do love us and want us to be happy

I remembered (!🎉) to post up our cards of Carl Bloch paintings of Christ on the fridge (where we all will see them most 😉) and post the daily events of the last week of Christ's life

One of these things is not like the others...

Rob and Cy bolted back from a tournament
in Vegas for Easter morning

Las Vegas Temple

String maze to find baskets

And guess who's back and roaming the premises?!

Check out his locks 💁

Getty's been at a residential treatment center for the last few months but earned time at home for Easter weekend. He barely ever leaves the facility, so I asked him, "Where should we go? Do you want to go out to dinner? a movie? the park?" Getty sits in a big chair in the living room looking around, "I just want to be home with the family."

💗😭

Mia's basket

Popsockets for everyone 👌

Cy and his gimp leg from the tournament

Getty's friends heard he was home for the day and ditched church for a few minutes to see him 💞😇😇😇😇

Easter dresses

We're all like the same height now, haha 👫👫👫

Typical Mia... and MK

Bunny impersonators

Our top three 💗💗💗

MK is the glue 👊, Getty's the adrenaline 💨, and Mia is the fire💥. Adrenaline and fire are not the easiest substances to contain, but they have taught me unforgettable life lessons, and I love that I get to be in their lives for the long haul.

Saturday, June 10, 2017

Afghanian Eats

A typical lunch for Mahdi... all of this...

Mahdi's date burger👆, along
with his favorite cucumbers

Reza's eggplant and tomato dish😝 and
his date paste (to put in smoothies)👇

From what I've seen from these two, the Afghanian food staples are: Plain yogurt, rice, and lavash bread

Mahdi and Reza use plain yogurt in drinks
(as in Mahdi's favorite salty cucumber yogurt
drink "Doogh"), as a dip, as a dressing,
as a sedative, and as food.

Sunday, May 28, 2017

Mother's Day, 2017 (My perspective)

I think God knew I needed a little appreciation about this time in my life, and the family really showed up for me this year.

Rob bought and planted me some beauties for the porch

... and he and the kids hijacked this blog, which was the best present ever... and embarrassing.

M&M voted for a girls' day out. Mani's for them and a pedi for me (I'm maintaining my dishwater man hands), then dinner at Cafe Rio and a 3rd-season Kardashian marathon (analyzing Bruce the whole time haha)