RAW Fusion

Last night Kent & I went to the 1st annual RAW Fusion @ the Verizon Center in Mankato. IT WAS AWESOME! It was a "fashion show" where different businesses sponsored models & their models wore their product, it was so neat! Our friend Jamie put a ton of work into it & it was a great show! Our friend Tony was one of the models & was sponsored by Schmidt's Siding & Windows (pictures below).... some of the other models (I will try & add pitures of them) realitor; a gal with keys sewn on her dress & shoes... construction company; a guy that made a tux out of Tyvex and another one made a dress out of blue prints... the Free Press a wedding dress made from newspaper... Kato cable; a skirt made of cable... Cambria; the bottom of the dress was Cambria countertop... Earl Johnson Furniture; a skirt that was actually a table.... Town & Country interor's; a dress made out of wall paper samples... There was 20 total, but this is some of them & as you can tell it was AWESOME!

Most Wearable; The dress made out of keys (dress made by our friend Jamie)
Best use of Raw material; Town & Country dress made out of wall paper sample (again made by our friend Jamie)
Show stopper; Tie between the Free Press bride & TONY!!!

RAW Fusion...






Friends; (waiting for the show to start)
Back-Tab, Emily, Michelle, Lindsey, Renae
Front-Me, Kent, Justin



Mom & Dad; (gotta love that silly daddy)





ToNy;



Tony & Miranda;


Friends;
Me, Kent, Miranda, Tony, Jamie & Justin



This is a little closer picture & you can see everything he used...

Easter

I was a terriable mom & forgot to take ANY pictures Easter morning :( Macie let us sleep in & forgot the Easter Bunny was coming, but once she saw her basket, she was super excited. We found Easter Eggs, played with our new toys & headed down to my grandma's in Blue Earth for lunch. We have a very nice lunch with my mom's sister, her family, my brothers & their families & of course my grandma. Once our rug rats started to get tired we jumped in the car & let them nap as we drove back to Mankato. We then meet up with Kent's family at the Olive Garden for a "no one cooks" Easter & it was yummy! I have posted a couple of pictures of dad & the rest of the Evans family as well as the Evans grandkids!

Evans Grandkids;
Tyler & Brayden.... Macie, Samantha & Brielle


The Evans;
Nancy & Kurt.... Kari, Katie & Kent

The kids' rooms

Tonight is Brayden's 1st night in his "big boy" bed, so I thought I would post some pictures of both the kids' rooms. Keep in mind - daddy MADE his awesome bed! Kent did a great job! I love it!!! Macie's bed we got from a friend. I'll let you know how the 1st night goes?!?!

(In Brayden's room I am waiting for 1 more valance)

Macie's room...


Brayden's room...

Brayden Surgery

Brayden had his surgery this morning and Dr. Christensen said it went good. He said he did have some gel/tar like "stuff" in his ear that he also removed, but said everything went well. We had to check in @ 6:45, he was on his way back for surgery about 7:45/7:50 & we were on our way home right around 9:00. We got home a little after 9:00 and he took a 3 hour nap! He had a great rest of the day, took a quick nap in the afternoon & was down for bed by 7:15! I love these pictures...

All dressed and ready for surgery...

Playing in the room, while waiting to get called back...

I love this one...

Updates

Mr. Brayden ... he is getting tubes! We went to our ENT appointment a couple weeks ago and that doctor aggreed that he needed tubes. So Brayden and I went in last Wednesday for a pre-op and we are set to get tubes in this Wednesday! Everyone tells me it is harder on mom than it is on them!? He is walking more & more everyday, I think by the end of the month crawling will be a thing of the past! He is such a happy boy & man does he love food! He is such a good eater, could out eat his sister any day :)

Miss Macie... she is doing so good on potty training! We started her two weekend ago now. That Friday we got home from daycare and we went cold turkey, no more diapers (everyone told me to) before bed, ONLY 3 HOURS LATER, we had wet through 3 TIMES!!! Ok maybe she wasn't ready, but we has really satrted to get the hang of it. She is still waking up some mornings & after nap wet so we are doing pull-ups then , but otherwise she is doing great. We have to work on the pooping a little more, but I would say it's 60/40 for the good, so we are getting there. YAAAA :)

I have been really bad about blogging, so there are 4 posts I believe to follow & I will update again soon :)

Portia Marie & Shelby Ann

My cousin Tiffany had twin girls last Monday - Portia Marie & Shelby Ann! Tiff was having some issues with her blood pressue and was only 33 weeks along so the girls were born up at the U of M. Shelby was 4# & 17 inches, Portia was 3# 10 ounces & 14 1/2 inches. Mom & I were able to go up yesterday and meet them.. man are they small! Portia was soaking up some rays under the light due to being a little jaundice, but we were able to hold Shelby. Mom & girls are doing great! As of this afternoon Shelby had no more IV & was eating 33 ml and Portia also had no more IV, was done with her tan & was eating 28 ml! I am excited for them to come home so I can go and see them again and introduce them to their cousins!

Ms. Portia Marie.... catching some rays :)


Ms. Shelby Ann & I


Shelby with her eyes open :)

Happy Birthday Dadddy!

Daddy's Birthday was this past Wednesday (the 23rd)! It was so sweet as soon as Macie woke up she walked into the bedroom & wished daddy a Happy Birthday. The kids helped him open his birthday present... it was a small version of a theater popcorn maker (he wants to build a bar downstairs & put that in there). I took Brayden to his pre-op appointment, so dad picked up Macie & meet us @ Mexican Village.... only to find out that my family & his family (minus a couple) were there to help him celebrate!
Happy Birthday Daddy!

Helping open....

SUPRISE :)

Gotta love the hat -