Procrastinating

Hello blog-

I have an essay to write and I need a break. My black cat Olive is fed up with me always being on this computer writing reports.



Here she is posing like a good cat.



And here is my other cat Maggie sticking it to the environment.



Anyway, I might as well update while I'm at it. Jana is still beautiful, amazing, dedicated, hard-working, caring, genuine, and beautiful (oops I already said that one) as ever.



That's her with her nephew and one of her nieces. We went to a disappointing suns game with the parents of these cute kids, Spencer and Tina. We lost to the Mavs in a tragic defeat reported by a Suns reporter to be "the end of a dynasty" or something as this game pretty much excluded us from the playoffs.





Other than that, life has been pretty normal. I use the term 'normal' loosely since both Jana and I have been working ourselves to the brink of madness for the past few years. Jana is still working at Banner Good Sam Hospital as a nurse (RN) and picking up overtime shifts so we can save some $$ for a house... we're sick of apartments. I am graduating in May (OBAMA is speaking at my graduation!) with a Bachelor's in nutrition and have been accepted to start a Master's degree in nutrition starting this August. I am also on 3 different "alternate lists" to get into medical school (Wake Forest, U of A Tucson, and U of A Phoenix campus), so hopefully one of those schools will accept me here soon. Finally, here is a nice picture of Jana and half of my face. I think this was taken on our way to San Diego this past March for spring break. It was a fun trip, and we're also going to Disneyland here soon to meet Jason, Jessie, and Stacey + family to celebrate Carys's birthday! Woo hooooooo-oo...



Enjoy the pictures!

Dinner with Kobe

So, Jana and I went to Maestro's City Hall Steak House last night for Valentine's day along with Stacey and Legrand. I had the ahi tuna and Jana had a big, juicy steak. The food was great, but the company was even better.

No, I'm not talking about Stacey and Legrand (although they are superstars)... I'm talking about when Kobe Bryant walked into the place towering what looked like 8 feet tall over his wife. He sat at a table right near to us along with some other superstars of past and present: Lebron James, Carlos Boozer, and Scottie Pippen among them.

It was awesome. Kobe! He seemed just as arrogant in choosing which table he'd sit at as when he's playing the game.

...Wish I had a picture...

Winter trips and Disneyland pics

All interested parties:

We went to Disneyland, NYC, and Utah. Each trip was a lot of fun. Life is hectic. Matt goes to school full-time, works full-time, and is helping one of his professors draft a research paper. Jana works night shifts at Banner Good Sam Hospital in the neurological intensive care unit. It is stressful but she enjoys it.

Enjoy the pictures!

We just received the JDRF newsletter today that highlighted the diabetes walk for the cure in November of 2008. To our surprise, Carys and I made the front page! We are in orange, and I am holding Carys on my shoulders. We think that we should have had the full front page to ourselves (seeing as how it's the best picture on there), but alas, we are one of the many small pictures (but still in the CENTER). You can see some more pictures of the walk on Stacey's or my mom's blog.

Anyway, sorry for the huge lack of posts lately. I just finished my last few finals yesterday. We should be posting some more pictures of our two trips this Christmas break here soon, too. We are headed to New York City tonight (just for fun) and then up to Utah right after New Year's (to see family, go snowboarding, and attend a medical school interview at U of U). Merry Christmas everyone!

Olive and Maggie...

With all the talk of babies, Jana and I wanted to let everyone know that we have two new babies ourselves! We both love cats, so we were very lucky when one of my co-workers found a couple kittens underneath her shed who needed a new home. We named the all black girl Olive and the grey, striped girl Maggie.

Jana Evans, BSN

Introducing the beautiful (and educated) Nurse Jana!






After the ceremony we all went out to Los Olivos with Jana's family. It was alot of fun to celebrate Jana's Big Day!

The happiest day in our universe

Finally, here are some of the wedding photos. Sorry it took so long, Jana and I have both been engrossed in school. Jana just recently graduated with her Bachelor's of science in nursing (pictures to come). She was absolutely thrilled at her ceremony and is anxious and looking forward to starting her new job as a nurse at the neurological ICU in Banner Good Sam Hospital in Phoenix. I'm still going to ASU until I graduate in December, and as an explanation for never adding any wedding pictures until now... I got all great grades while taking a full load of classes, getting married, and working full time all at once (toot toot - my own horn). Aaaaanyway, we hope you enjoy the pictures! 'Twas a happy day.