Wyatt's 4th Birthday!

Wyatt turned 4 on January 19!
We started a new tradition last year of putting balloons in the hallway and surprising him when he wakes up! He loved his birthday presents. Yes that is a Tinkerbell DS game. Yes he loves Tinkerbell! He was even more excited to get a new car seat. Now he feels like a big kid!

His birthday was on a Saturday so it was a perfect day to have a party. This was the first year we've done a friends party. We invited a few friends his age from our ward! Before Christmas I was asking him what kind of cake he wanted. I went through the list of possible choices and when I said, "The Cat in the Hat" he was sold! So a "Cat in the Hat" Party it was!

 

The Invitations!
I did not make these! I found it on Etsy!

The Party!

We decorated in red, white, and blue. The kids played "Pin the Hat on the Cat" and "I can do that-Cat in the Hat game!" Wendell was a good sport and pulled out his Cat in the Hat costume. A few of the kids were scared at first!

 

I went on Pinterest and there were tons of links for cute birthday ideas. If I had the time, money, and energy to do it all I would have. I did get this idea from Pinterest though and the kids loved it!

 

The Cake

I did not make the cake either. Every year I stress about a cake and so instead I found someone on Facebook to make it. It was done by Creative Cakes by Kari. She did a great job and Wyatt loved his cake!

Happy Birthday Wyatt!

We've been busy!

We've been busy! I enjoy blogging but I am so far behind. Instead of trying to take the time and energy to catch up I'll do it quick instead!

September

• I took an Institute class for the first time in my life. My old seminary teacher from Cardston was the instructor and I went with my good friend Brooklyn. I was really scared and intimidated to go at first. I was afraid I was going to be the "old" person but in reality there where quite a few people my age and some had children as well. It was a great experience and I wish I could fit it into my schedule to go again this semester!
• We enrolled Wyatt in "Sportball" classes at the Trico. It was a 12 week program and each week the instructor taught them a new sport. It was a parented program meaning that daddy got to go with him and play with him. I can definitely envision sports in his future. I would have to say his favorites were hockey and golf.
• Wendell turned 29! I surprised him by decorating his cubicle at work! I'm already planning his 30th in my mind! I hope it will be great!

October

• Wendell's nephew Derek Redford got married to Maddi. They are both so cute and it was fun to talk to Wyatt about getting married in the Temple. He told me Maddi looked very pretty in her wedding dress.
• We volunteered at the Calgary Temple Open House. Wendell worked in Parking and I was an Usher. It was an early morning and a long day on our feet but so worth it. My parents came up to watch the boys and my sisters family came up as well. The plan was for them to come to the open house after we were done our shift. My dad got really sick and my Grandmother was really ill back in Cardston so my parents left to go back home. Luckily Primrose's were here and able to get the boys dressed and up to the Temple.
• I went to Time Out For Women in Salt Lake City with my mom and 2 of my sisters. We also spent time with my Aunt Brenda and my cousin Chelsey also came to TOFW with us. We left early in the week and spent a few days shopping and touring SLC.
• Jakey turned 18 months and started going to nursery. He did not like it then and does not like it now. They say he is getting better. We've discovered he likes men better than women so luckily there are some men in Nursery and they can usually calm him down.
• For Halloween the boys were a Pirate and a Parrot. I thought long and hard about what I wanted them to be. (it's all about what I want right??) I loved their costumes from last year and felt like I needed something just as great. So Wyatt actually said he wanted to be a Pirate and then I found a cute Parrot costume for Jake. I thought I was so original. But I was Visiting Teacher one night before Halloween and I commented on some pirate swords she had on her stairs. She says, "Ya my girls are going to be Pirates for Halloween and my son a Parrot." My jaw literally hit my chest. So much for being original. The actual night of Halloween was freezing. We bundled them up the best we could and I sent them out with Wendell. Jake was not impressed with is costume. He cried and cried. I kept imagining him saying, "I'm a bird. He gets to be a Pirate and I'm a bird!"

November

• We spent a lot of time sledding and skating. Wyatt is fearless when sledding and will go down practically any hill. Wendell built a skating rink our in our backyard. Wyatt and Jakey like to go out with daddy and skate.

December

• Was your typical busy month. We saw Santa twice.  Once at our ward party and then at our Prete Family Christmas party.
• We went to the live Nativity Pageant with our friends the Wilde's.
• We had a FHE night and invited over the Capps & Wilde families. We made gingerbread houses and ate popcorn & hot chocolate.
• We went to Cardston for Christmas. We had a Prete Christmas Party (my mom's side) at my Aunt Ruby's house. The kids had a lot of fun playing with a few of their cousins and getting spoiled Christmas Day.
• After Christmas my family came to Calgary and we spent 3 days at the water slides. Growing up we went to Medicine Hat for the water slides practically every Christmas. It was fun watching all 20 grand kids go up and down the slides for hours. It definitely brought back memories of going with our cousins when we were little.
• Wendell's niece Tenelle Card got married to Mat Richards in the Calgary Temple. It was the first wedding I had go to at the new temple and it was beautiful. Tenelle looked gorgeous as always!
• We spent New Years Eve home with our good friends Brook & Travis Quinton. We had way too much yummy food and had a nice relaxing New Years with our friends.
• New Years Day was the Walton get together at Wendell's sisters house in Okotoks. They have a skating rink and snow mobiles so most of teenagers/younger kids spent the day outside. Again we had sooo much food! 
• I got called to the Primary Presidency in our ward. I love Primary and the girls I work with. I already somewhat knew all of them and feel comfortable with them. I look forward to the next 3  years!

January

• I started online classes at Red Deer College for my Early Learning and Child Care Diploma. Mount Royal University (here in Calgary) doesn't offer online classes for the 2nd year. So I was easily able to transfer to RDC.  Our textbook is a book by Stephen R. Covey called, "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People." It's a great read with a lot of useful information. I think everyone needs to read it. It blows my mind that I'm taking classes through RDC and my instructor lives in Vancouver BC. Gotta love technology!
• Wyatt started Sunbeams! The first week was pretty crazy. Wendell was out of town and I had to conduct and teach sharing time. I had to quickly drop Jakey off at Nursery and take Wyatt to Primary with me. I basically threw him in his chair and ran to the back to get things started. He was pretty whiny and kept coming up to the front with me. I feel bad that that was his first experience in Primary but he's doing pretty good now.
• Wendell went to California for 3 days for a work conference. One night him and some people went to Disneyland since they were staying practically next to it. Seriously he went to Disneyland and I was at home with the kids......
• Somebody turned 4!! Mr Wyatt had a Birthday on January 19! I am going to do that in its own post since I'm all caught up!

Now do you understand why I didn't want to start blogging since I was so far behind! I'm pretty sure I missed a ton but now that I'm caught up I can just start from here!

Jake's First Birthday!

Somebody had a BIRTHDAY!! Mr Jakey turned 1 last week.

For Jakey's party we just had a couple of friends over that were moving to BC that weekend. We kept it low key and casual as we were still pretty tired from our trip. I kindof feel bad because for Wyatt's birthday's we usually throw big parties. Oh well.... he'll get a big party for his 2nd Birthday! Here are some pics of our adorable

 1 YEAR OLD!



2nd Annual Bevans Birthday Bash!

Last year we started a new tradition of having one GIANT birthday party for my nieces and nephews whose birthdays are from January - April. This year there were 9 kids! We rented out the Leavitt church and spent a few hours playing in the bouncy castle, playing games with some great prizes, eating, eating, eating,(hot dogs, popcorn, cotton candy, treats, and cupcakes to be exact) and of course ended the party with a Pinata. The kids had a great time and by then end of it we were all exhausted.

 Pirate Wyatt ARRR!

Pirates Casen, Shayde, Teegan, Wyatt & Keenan!

Mmmmm cotton candy & popcorn!

 Cupcakes

Hit Uncle Nate with a hockey stick

PINATA!

Until next year.... or I guess the Summer/Fall when we do it again!

Somebody is FINALLY 3!

We celebrated Wyatt's 3rd Birthday last week. I was actually quite happy for him to turn 3. Whenever people would ask me how old he was I would say almost 3 because 2 just sounded too little for him. He was a very smart 2 year old so 3 fits him better. Of course I need to list some fun facts about him:

• He weighs 34.4 pounds and is 38 inches long.
• I call him Wy.
• He is on the verge of giving up naps. If he naps he goes to bed at 8:00pm and if he doesn't it's 7:00pm. (I prefer the 7:00pm as that's when Jakey goes to bed. I can't describe the feeling of having them both in bed and asleep at 7:05pm!)
• His favorite cartoons are Super Why and The Cat in the Hat. His favorite movies right now are Wall-E and Cars.
• He is fully potty trained and hasn't had an accident in months. He gets up at least once a  night to go potty or just to wake me up.
• He has learned his upper and lower case letters and can sing the alphabet 100% correct. He has also learned the sound that each letter makes. He can recognize  his name and is starting to learn to spell it. Right now it's W-Y-TTTT. We're getting there.
• He was 19 days short of going to Sunbeams this year. I would have really liked for him to go but he can wait another year. He loves going to Nursery and talks about it all Sunday morning . He loves singing time and his favorite songs are "I am a Child of God" and "Do as I'm doing."
• He has become a cuddle bug. He loves to lay in our bed with us in the mornings and watch cartoons.
• He is quite an active and outgoing child. He has a strong personality and can be quite stubborn. I have had to learn different ways of dealing with his stubborness. The biggest thing I've learned is to give him choices. He is learning very quickly that he can either listen or have a time out/lose a toy.
• He loves my IPod and DS. One of the older boys in my day home has a DS so in order to keep the peace I let Wyatt play with mine. He is actually getting pretty good at Mario. He also loves the games on my IPod. He has seen me use my IPhone 4S to set a timer so he walks around with my IPod saying, "Set timer for two minutes."
• He is starting to get frustrated with Jakey. Jakey is practically crawling and moving around a lot so that means he is all over Wyatt. I'm trying to teach him instead of pushing or hitting Jakey to call mommy to come and get him.
• He loves board games. His favorites are Candyland & Cranium Cariboo. (It's a great game that teaches colors, shapes, number,and letters. I highly recommend it.)
• He loves his cousins, grandparents, and aunts and uncles. Whenever we come home from seeing them he will talk about them for days.

Now for his actual birthday we surpised him with balloons first thing in the morning. This year was the first year he realized it was his birthday and was so excited. For days before his birthday he would tell us how we were going to sing HAPPY BIRTHDAY to him and he was going to blow out his candles.

Waking up to his SURPRISE!

Ya for PRESENTS!

Motor Works that he loves!

Cat in the Hat books!

We also had a birthday party with a few of our friends. Every year I get these great ideas of making an awesome cake and every year Wendell ends up doing it. I lack the confidence in myself and end up asking Wendell to do it. This year we Wendell made him a #3 monster truck cake. I think it turned out great!

Wyatt, Macy & Riley eating playing!

Wyatt & his cake. He was sooo done taking pictures!

The gang- Macy, Ryan, Riley, Aiden & Wyatt!

Future love birds Clair & Jake!

We love our 3 year. Happy Birthday WYATT!

2 birthdays in 2 weeks!

My birthday and Wendell's birthday are about 2 weeks apart!

This year for my birthday I got to spend it in Florida with two of my favorite people!

But before we went I got to celebrate with Wendell and the boys!

Wendell got me a temple picture that I have been wanting forever! He even drove down to Cardston the morning he gave it to me so I could have it before I left to Florida!!

On my actual birthday we sun tanned by the pool, went shopping, and ate at Cheesecake Factory!!

The big 2-3!!

You would think the Cheesecake Factory would give you free cheesecake on your birthday right..... WRONG! You get icecream!! Oh well!!

I just got some to take home!!! Mmmm yummy Red Velvet Cheesecake!

It was a great birthday! Sometimes I actually forget how old I am. I still feel 17 especially with my blonde hair!! Right now I'm the age Wendell was when we started dating and got married. I could never imagine dating someone in High School! I still can't believe he endured those few months I was in High School!

Now for Wendell's 28th Birthday! He's been working at Lowes so he decided to buy himself a new BBQ! He got a great deal on it so HE couldn't resist!

I'm such a great baker I made him pumpkin cheesecake!!

Kidding.... this is courtesy of Walmart! He loves it so why mess with a good thing!

Happy Happy Birthday to Us!

2nd Birthday Party for my 2 year old!!

In my family there are 7 grandchildren that have birthdays from Jan - March. Usually we have dinner at my moms and then let them open presents. But this year someone got the crazy idea to rent out the church and have a huge party! My sisters did an amazing job planning it and getting all the stuff! The kids had a lot of fun so I think we'll do it every year!!

Wyatt loves playing with the parachute! He was the last kid

standing so some the adults did it with him!

My sister bought a bounce castle! It was a perfect size for all

the kids.

Making PIZZA!

The birthday kids!! From Top Left Clockwise - Georgia, Casen

Wyatt, Grace, Addie, Teegan & Keenan!

The balloon cupcake cake!

PINATA!!

Wyatt got spoiled from his uncles & aunties and grandma & grandpa! I love that the

kids are starting to get old enough that we can have these kind of parties!!