Travis & Stephanie Evans Family: July

Wednesday, July 31, 2019

July

Super hero dress up day at Kidz Kamp! I was laughing so hard. These kids and their creativity. Collin even convinced Rusty to call him Super Pigeon.

Even Olive gets to go this year which is AWESOME!!!

So proud of Tanner passing off his ISR lessons!

That's right dude. Live. it. up.

He just kills me!

We love Kim!

Our traditional family day at Sunsplash, but this time we brought everyone! It went pretty well, surprisingly. We were split up most of the time between the big kids and little kids, but everyone had a good time. The Iceberg shakes are my reward at the end!

Still sippin' my celery juice every morning, folks!

It is not often we take the family out to dinner, but a patient gave Travis a large, Red Robin, gift card so we treated everyone. I died laughing when Collin, in complete seriousness and some confusion, asked why Elder Eyring's picture was on the wall. Side note: we used almost the entire gift card on one family dinner and there is another reason we do not do this often!

Birf-day birf-day lunch with the sisters and mom! Love me a benedict at Henhouse. Mmmm- MMM! Got lots of fun presents too.

There is an app circulating that will age your pictures and it's quite terrifying. I don't even know why I'm posting this to remember forever except that it surprised me how much I looked like Grandmother. At least to me.

Took the kids to KTR in Mesa and Tanner was a PILLLLL. He got very bored with the kiddie area and wanted to run around where he wasn't allowed. I finally left and took him next door to Water n Ice to get ice cream, then strapped him in his car seat to watch TV. Sounds ridiculous, but just goes to show how desperate you can get with a screaming toddler. His smiles are very deceiving!

He's in the habit of not letting us leave him when it's time for bed. We have to lay down next to his crib and hold his hand until he falls asleep. It was endearing the first couple times, now I just miss circulation in my arm.

Sleepovers!!

We used to get out all the camping pads and sheets, but now they just beg to sleep on the floor. Whatever! It's your back!

Tonsillectomy time. The week before school starts. He got it done at the Phoenix Children's satellite center by Banner Gateway. His doctor was a cowboy named Davy Crockett. But seriously, his name was David Crockett, haha. He was very very nice and I felt comfortable having him take care of Collin.

The BEFORE:

He looked so cute in the hospital jammies!

I guess 10 years old isn't too old for a Cozy Coup.

Travis was able to get off work in time to meet us down there in the waiting area. He was the last patient they had around 2pm. He fasted all morning and was in good spirits. When they took us back to the recovery area after it was over, he seemed to be doing ok. He didn't wake up angry or emotional or anything. I drove him home in my car while Travis went to the pharmacy to get his prescriptions. Right as I was pulling into our house though, he lost it. I mean, full blown, crying, legit panic attack. I quickly parked and ran around to his side of the car to hold him and talk him down. I was able to help him get control of himself after not too long. From there it was a very, very VERY long week. He did not handle recovery well. He flat out refused to eat. I had stocked the house with jello, pudding, popsicles, juice, ice cream, you name it. He wouldn't touch it. Everything hurt, he said. We were sympathetic at first, but the constant crying, whining, neediness, wore us down. He was on constant medication, so we were waking him up in the night, every three hours to take more pills. It was like having a newborn again. It was a BIG fight when we finally got him to swallow some Malt-o-meal or take a few spoonfuls of soup. But, what do you know, he felt a little better after getting some food in him! School started the next Thursday, but he only went to the first hour of the first day and the first couple of hours of the second day. Pain and Collin do not mix.

Always with the swagger :)

Sunday dinner birthday celebration with Claim Jumper's Motherload cake!!

Catching him lounging like this just cracks me up!

Doing back to school father's blessings, Tanner was so very solemn getting his. I took a "pretend" picture when it was over, but wish I could capture how reverent and still he was during it. Like he sensed how special this was.