When our ninth child Michael became one of two Crossfit athletes from Utah to qualify for the International NoBull Syndicate Crown Crossfit Semifinals to be held in Knoxville, Tennessee Diane's response was immediate, "We're going. All of us." 

And so we did.

Out of nearly 300,000 Crossfit athletes around the world, only 30 qualified for the semifinals in Knoxville. The top five athletes moved on to the finals.

This episode of the Evans Life, A Remarkable Adventure recounts that incredible experience. To watch Michael win one of his heats, click on this link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxR7QEWYTtw 

What if he thought she loves gifts, but in fact she loves quality time together? What if she thought he loves acts of service, but in fact he loves physical touch?

Knowing your spouse, significant other, or children's love languages is critical in helping them to feel truly loved, and building a strong and lasting relationship.

Bob, Diane, and Stacey take the 5 Love Languages Quiz, and encounter some surprises along the way.

Whether it's putting together a profile book for your upcoming adoption, or embarking on a new chapter in your life, listening to that inner voice and having the courage to do what it tells you to do makes all the difference. 

Erica Chancellor (etsy.com/shop/littleknithomeco) shares her inspiring story of adoption, and how she helps other adoptive families prepare the all-important Family Profile Book. 

Adoption is very emotional. For everyone. The adoptive parents are nervous, anxious, longing to love, and full of hope and even faith.

But what about the birth mother? This young woman will become a new mother, with all that that entails physically and emotionally. And will then, in what is usually a very short time, hand her baby over to strangers to raise and call their own.

Ashley Mitchell (bigtoughgirl.com) became a birth mother at age 26. In this episode, Bob & Diane visit with her about what she was feeling then, and continues to feel now, as a wife and mother of two, and a birth mother of one.

Where do our thoughts come from? Whose voice is that we're hearing in our head? How do our thoughts and inspiration intersect or overlap? 

These are just some of the questions we put to psychologist Russell Hurlburt at UNLV, an expert on the inner experience, as we drill down on how what we think and feel affect the decisions we make, and how we behave.

Prepare for a fascinating and stimulating discussion.

If you had to make a brochure that succinctly describes you and your family, could you do it? What would you say? What pictures would you include? How would you convey what you're truly like in a way that would touch someone's heart?

In this episode we talk with Kendra from Adoption By Design about that very thing. And with Kendra being on her own adoption journey, we know you're going to fall in love with her, just as we did!

Sometimes adventure lies just beyond a spur-of-the-moment decision. Who knew what lie ahead for Stacey as she and her friends decided on a whim to buy those cheap airline tickets to Boston, and then New York?

You'll find out in this episode, as Bob, Diane, and Stacey recount her Remarkable Adventure, and catch you up on their adventurous life back at home.

Sandy Hook, and other tragedies like it; infants dying of neglect as their parents played video games; the loss of real human interaction and person-to-person learning. These, and much more, are the terrible costs of our digital age. Little children, and even infants, are given screens in the name of educating, entertaining, and babysitting them.

But what it's doing to their brains and their lives will terrify you when you hear what psychologist and best-selling author Nicholas Kardaras, Ph.D. presents in this interview with Bob & Diane.  

For ten years while he was growing up Rabbi Avremi Zippel was sexually abused by his caretaker. In recent years, he decided it was time to come forward. Now, his abuser is in prison. And he is a vocal advocate for sexual abuse victims in religious communities.

Through his life experience and religious training he has developed tremendous insight into not only the worth of a soul, but making use of that divine spark in each of us to help guide our lives.

You'll enjoy listening to Bob and Diane's conversation with this very wise man.

Oscar T. Moses grew up in a religious home but never thought the ministry would become his life's mission. As a police officer working in the projects of Chicago, he saw hopelessness firsthand and got very good at prayer. He tried to bless the lives of those he served, and eventually, guided by his inner voice, was led to the pulpit, and a life of service.

Bob & Diane explore with him how to transition from just hearing your inner voice, to doing what it tells you to do.

You'll love this fascinating and insightful conversation.