Cherry chocolate cake

One of my favorite stories about Cherry Chocolate Cake was when Todd and I were visiting MN.Rindy served the cake for dinner one night.  The next morning Todd and I were eating breakfast at Tim and Rindy's when down comes Evan for breakfast.  He helps himself to a nice sized serving of cake in a bowl with 2 scoops of vanilla ice cream on top.  He steps out onto the screened in porch, locks the door and enjoys his breakfast.

All the food groups are there! June 2004

A fire truck for this week too

Dean should really come visit - two firetrucks in two weeks!

Wednesdays, Evan meets me at the front of the Pentagon and I bring him in and we have lunch. Today I met him and he was with a police officer and his hand was bloody. He had cut his finger on a kitchen knife at home, washed it, wrapped it in paper towel, then taken the bus to meet me (after bleeding in the kitchen and bathroom a bit, of course, weee). The officer stopped him to give him a bandaid and new papertowel. You couldn't tell how deep the cut was and it was still bleeding, so they called EMS. I expected 2-3 nurses to show up, instead, a firetruck showed up (that was the only med unit available). Eventually an EMS ambulance arrived and the firetruck left. They washed his finger, put on a bandaid, and it stopped bleeding.

We ended up just taking a bus to a nearby urgent care center and three stitches later we headed to Costco for lunch and antibiotics from the pharmacy. Just in time to drive to Alexandria for a 3:30pm meeting. Whew - thank goodness for a workplace with a flexible schedule and understanding boss and being 1 mile from home.

In the car, Evan started waving his injured hand around. He smiled and said, "see, I can still conduct music!"


Interesting observation by Jared:
Tell Evan that we hope he heals up nicely!

Brig, you are a great brother.  This is exactly what is at the heart of being a brother.  Being flexible, loving, understanding and there for someone.  Thanks for your example.

Best Ev Singing Story in DC

Evan still sings.

 

Yesterday outside our front window we saw a paramedic car slow down and stop in front of our house and people get out. We went outside to see what was up and saw that a police car was already there with the cop outside. Soon a firetruck also arrived. After 6 emergency personnel entered our small front room we found out that somebody had called 911 because they heard a loud moaning noise from an upstairs bedroom that sounded like an old person who was in desperate need of medical help.

 

The emergency people were afraid someone was hurt, but we assured them everybody was fine and even brought Evan down to show them he was fine. They were still kind of worried that we had some sort of Jane Eyre wife-in-the-attic or Cinderella locked-in-the-tower situation, but were willing to trust us and left.

 

Oh the dangers of singing along to Newsies, especially in a monastic-chanting way.

 

-BW

 

 

More singing

Evan followed his heart and soul loving of music into another section of choir this semester and found himself singing once again at the BYU Tuesday Devotional. He sang and sang and perhaps stole a glance at the monitor now and again. Gratitude to all those who helped it happen.

Its here as a link for the moment http://byutv.org/watch/event/c4640ed7-2175-445a-9e63-b0e1a1d2c9f2

24

What a wild ride for twenty four years.
Evan loves birthdays and he loves a party - his brother Brigham and roomate Stuart know how to throw them, they hosted some 40+ people for the event. Music by Selena Gomez and Justin Berber was a natural setting. Presents of music and posters of the same made it even better. They partied for a couple of hours to Evan's delight. The next morning he went skiing at sundance then flew up (the pilot and stewards both announced his birhtday over the speaker system), to Seattle for a long weekend visit with brigham to Oliver and Kristin. Grateful for all he can do, enjoy, and the many people who help along the way.