So I got tagged by two of my good friends, Cricket and Leah. You can see thier blog links on the side of my blog to check thier's out. I do consider myself to be extremely ordinary, so I'm sorry I wasted 5 minutes of your internet time when you could be paying bills online or checking your email. :)

Here are the rules:
1. Post a link to the person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Write six random things about yourself.
4. Tag a few blogging friends. Let each person you want to tag know they have been tagged by leaving them a comment on their blog site under the latest posting.
5. Let your tagger know when you have posted the "6 random things about yourself" on your blog.

6 random things about myself:

1. I have an extreme fettish for the smell of fabric softener and bleach in my clothes and bedsheets. When I fold my clothes, I have to press every other garment to my face and take in a deep breath. Yes, I even do it to underwear, that way I know if they are truly clean, ya know? I will also try to go outside and do some yard work after just putting my clothes in the dryer so I can work and get whiffs of my laundry from the vent blowing outside.

2. When I have unexpected visitors, I have small panic attacks while they are visiting because I start seeing everything in my house that I have neglected to clean and tidy. I don't consider myself the best housekeeper, and it sticks out like a sore thumb when I have visitors. It even happens when I have scheduled visitors, but not as bad because I've had at least some time to tidy up.

3. I love to sing as loud as I can in the car, but not when my husband is driving with me. Don't ask me why, I just can't. Maybe because he does enough loud singing for the both of us, but even when I try, I just can't get it out. I will sing with him in church and anywhere else that requires me to sing, but I cannot sing in the car with Kyle.

4. I love my church calling. My husband and I are Nursery leaders in our ward and I love going every week. What's better than entering a room full of happy smiling faces that are meant for you? When you sit on the floor and they all come swarming over to give you a big hug, and that accidental "Mom" when a child needs help. I love it. I feel that there is nothing much better than recieving love from a child. (Don't tell my husband I said that part about loving my calling)

5. I can make myself cry on demand. I'm usually a cry baby as it is, but if I give myself enough time to think about something to cry about, the tears will start flowing. So if you need anybody to sympathize with you, invite a bawlbaby to make you feel better.

6. I love my Husband's ears. I can't get enough of them. I love to rub them between my thumb and finger. They are warm and squishy, and it gives me tingles just thinking about them. Unfortunately, they are the best when he's tired and his ears are hot, but that's usually at the time when he's grumpy... and I forgot to say that he hates having his ears touched, tired or not. It makes him mad when I touch them. What do I do???

Alright, that was embarrassing, probably more for those that I wrote about, but there it is. Now, tag, you're it!!!

Labor Day at the cabin

Labor Day for the Bevans was spent being lazy in the comfort of a nice heated cabin. This picture was taken after a fun ride on the 4-wheelers in the middle of a hail-storm. Hot chocolate all around!



Aren't these two just precious? Thanks to Brooke for being the smart one and bringing her camera, she took pics of Erica and her best buddy and cousin, Kellie. They spent a lot of time chatt'in it up and hanging out. What could be funner than playing with the people you love the most?

Since the weather turned sour, the kids used their imagination and played a game of Peter Pan. Okay...not really, they destroyed the box seconds after the picture was taken.

Kayla's first day of Preschool

Here Kayla is with little sis just about to start her first day of preschool. Although she's the oldest in her class, she comes home every day with a big smile on her face. Her only complaint is that she doesn't get sent home with homework like her big brother does. That's okay, Mom can keep her busy with some of that stuff.

Zach's first day of 1st Grade

Hey everyone, even though I've been going to 1st grade for a total of 15 days now, I thought I would share my first day pictures with everyone. On my first day I got to take my first lunch that Mom made. It had a PB&J, a juice pouch (that I told my Mom never to send with me again because I don't like asking the teacher for help sticking in the straw), and a granola bar. My Mom asked if I would be interested in eating the school's lunch, but I said, "No way, they serve different stuff every day." I'm pretty okay with eating PB&J's every single day for the rest of my 1st grade life.


While I was at school, Kayla and Erica decided to visit Daddy at work and practice driving the fork-lift. Of course Daddy wouldn't let them actually drive it, but playing with the steering wheel and sitting in the driver's seat is pretty fun.
When I got home my good friend Rachelle came over and we got out all of the blankets and made a fort. Rachelle is pretty fun because she finds fun ways to play with our cat, Gary, and we made a nice little bed for him in our little house.

A trip to the State Capitol

When hearing of the Declaration being on display at the State Capitol Building, I decided to load the kids and a cranky husband in the car and drive to Salt Lake to take part in the festivities. To my dismay however, everyone else seemed to have the same idea because when we got there, the line to see the document trailed around the building for about a mile. It was fun to see the renovated building and the grounds, and we invited my mom so the day ended up being pretty worthwhile after all.