Sam and the Fam

Christmas 2010

2010-12-28T10:33:00.000-08:00

Ahhhhh. That was the most relaxing Christmas I've ever experienced. The few days before Christmas have always been a little too stressful and boys fighting and dinners and I missed something and I don't spend time with my kids, where did the reason for the season go?? etc.etc.

For some reason, this year, I have fallen in love with having a house full of teenagers. It was the season to kick back. Christmas Eve, everybody helped, dinner was low-key, with just my folks, went to bed about 10:30pm, after watching "It's a Wonderful Life" and reading Luke 2, of coarse.

I love that this year the boys went and worked out on the treadmill, and lifted weights, etc down stairs until they got themselvestotally exhausted. Loved it. They went to bed with instructions that the parents are not to be awakened before 7am. Oh please, by 6:30 I couldn't stand it and started buggin' Sam until he woke up. The kids heard us and it didn't seem like a Sunday morning trying to get them out of bed for church:) They were up and ready to rip the wrapping! It was nice to just sit there and relax while they handed out presents etc. and took care of it all.

Well, Sam landed in the hospital on the 22nd and still can't use his back well, so he took the boys with him to the farm to help with chores and I got to be home, alone for 1 1/2 hours. Ahhhhh. It was lovely. I sent some Facebook wishes to friends, finished my book and puttered around putting stuff away. Lovely. We went up to my folks later and played around for a while. Went down to the farm for Christmas dinner with the Stewart's and we were home by 7:30. Relaxed. The boys were happy. Sam was happy, and I slept well that night. ahhhhh.

I have a good life.

We're back! July '10

2010-07-22T16:52:00.000-07:00

COme on! Life is good and I want to get better about blogging it, so, I'm going to start with today and go backwards!

Going to lunch with the ladies! I love it!

Misc. stuff from the Stewart's

2009-10-21T17:34:00.000-07:00

We love having the missionaries for dinner. Last time we had them it was during the BYU football game so Elder Maki put his game day shirt over the White Shirt and Tie. Love it!

My beautiful Ben.

In the fall we cute down the bamboo and haul it off. Ben and Jackson usually take the first ones cut, make swords out of them, fight til they're exhausted and then I get to do the rest.

Shishkabob anyone? Jackson made himself a shishkabob with Swedish Fish. Great minds think outside the box!

Fun Fall Time of "oh nine"

2009-10-21T17:21:00.000-07:00

Ben and Jackson chose to wear their favorite "Team Jersey" to school for Red Ribbon Week. They wanted to wear Sam's old High School Football team jersey's. Fun times.

DJ dressed up as a Rodeo clown for "Sports
Day" Those guys are great athletes! He won a prize for the most creative. Fun Times.

Looking out my front door this time of year. Here Kitty kitty!

What a great day, a wedding and a funeral

2009-08-22T15:00:00.000-07:00

Yeah! Alyssa and Dave looked great! What a great day. I love it when good kids from good parents and make good choices! Are they not a fabulous couple?!?!?

Alexandra and Nicollette hangin' and waitin'. Alexandra was just smiling a second before I took this photo, sorry Alex!

What a good mom!

The Grandparents photo time!!

The WHOLE temple gang! Love it!

Later that day..... Aunt Vaye's funeral and burial. I was lovin' the women power at the casket!

First Day of School '09!

2009-08-19T08:38:00.000-07:00

Jackson got Mrs. Bair (yes!!)

Ben got Mrs. Bair too!! (love it!)

Ahhhh yes! It's the first day of school and my boys are BMC at both schools this year, so, there was no stress. What an exciting day!!!! Now,... what to do... what to do.....

Flag Retirement Ceremony

2009-07-25T10:30:00.000-07:00

The military does a fabulous Flag Retirement for the 24th celebration. We put our flag out almost everyday and we were excited to be a part of this. I love this country.

I love my scouters!!!!

After the speaker, they took down the big flag and respectively put it over the flames.

We got to see my brother, the fireman, Bruce, working hard.

Just a little video of Jackson taking a flag out. Ben was a little more competitive, he was a bout quantity, not so much on the quality.

How do you read scriptures at your house?

2009-07-25T10:27:00.000-07:00

We're reading our scriptures and closing the day and I realize that the twins are following along in there respective laundry baskets.. What? Who does that?

Father's Day '09

2009-07-25T10:22:00.000-07:00

When Sam came home from chores, and before our 9am church we had him open his "little" gifts

For Father's Day we had the Grandma's and Grandpa's join us for dinner and relaxed and ate and talked. We were lucky Marianne could be with us. She's always fun. After dinner we let Sam run across the street to get his "big" gift. The camping stove I won at a 5k race:)

Sam got a tractor! AND a new spray machine!!

2009-05-07T08:32:00.000-07:00

Little Annie and Gray-bee. Anyone need kittens?

This is Sylvester. The oldest cat the farm has ever seen. Probably because I came into the family and got her fixed and shot. She's as old as our marriage.

The tractor! He has saved long enough that he found the one he couldn't pass up. A little road trip to Rexburg ID and here you have it!!

Lousy photo, but, The sprayer was a road trip to Brigham City. It's spring!! Happy Farmer!

The Andrew Stewart Fan's

2009-04-09T16:59:00.000-07:00

#15 Andrew Stewart! The Star of the men's volleyball team

So, we had a free night and finally went to the BYU Men's Volleyball game and had a blast! We heard that Andrew was playing but we lead kinda busy lives, but, now, we're hooked!! #15 has a fan fan base now!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, she loves to sit on you

2009-04-05T12:46:00.000-07:00

"Kitty" loves to sit on the family members. Sam loves the "lap kitty" When the boys come home from school and drop their backpacks on the floor the cat will go sit on her tuffet:) She is a good kitty.

DJ... the Chimney Sweep

2009-04-05T12:43:00.000-07:00

DJ was doing a report at school on the 18th Century and REALLY got into it. Fun fun fun!

Yes! Ben and Jackson get their "Faith In God" Award

2009-04-05T12:37:00.000-07:00

L-R Sam, Grandpa Long, Grandma Long, and, Laura. Front, Jackson & Ben

After lots of work from Dad the twins completed the requirements and received the "Faith In God" Award at Pack Night . I was proud of all the boys!!

Ben and Jackson turn 11!!

2009-03-21T15:35:00.000-07:00

So Ben and Jackson wanted a friend party for their birthday and chose the Krista Macauliffe Space Simulator. What a great time we all had!!! Do ya think we could at least stop long enough for a picture?!????!!!!
Here's the crew!!
We had to get our mission plans and get debriefed on our orders

And we're ready to go into the Simulator
Ben, our fearless Engineer! Morgan.. our Operations Officer
Captain Jackson
Our birthday boy!!

DJ, our fabulous 1st Officer
Koby, the Communications Specialist
Mitch, was the Pilot
Jacob, left, was our Ex Officer.... Captain Jack.... and DJ on the right

What a good lookin' crew!!

New moon ~ Finally!

2009-03-06T19:43:00.000-08:00

The 5th grade Wax Museum

2009-03-06T19:31:00.000-08:00

Martha (Becca Hansen) and George Washington (Ben)
(yes, it's the most embarrassing thing to have to stand next to each other ewwwwww!)
Albert Einstein (Jackson) The mustache had faded by this point
Sacajawea (Kenya Rodriguez) (Love her!)

George Washington~ Ben Stewart

Blue and Gold CubScout Banquet

2009-02-21T14:31:00.001-08:00

Ben and Jackson finally got their "Arrow of Light" award. I got the mother's pin, but, Sam did all the work!!

I love my kids.

We have a great group that pulls off pack night every month.

We all help get the place rockin'!

The Science Fair

2009-02-21T14:23:00.000-08:00

Ah, yes, another science fair under our belts.
Ben chose to do his project of the different temp of colors, and,
Jackson chose to do his on ... what happens when you pour salt and Pepsi in a bowl....

Huntsman Cancer Radio-a-Thon 2009

2009-01-31T13:22:00.000-08:00

"Shot Gun Jackson" from K-Bull 93.3 about to talk to Mr. John Huntsman for the Radio-A-Thon

Me and Jaymie manin' the phone lines while good people called in their pledges.

Photo op! (Our new friends Jose and Jon behind us)

Jaymie and Connie. Truly, the girl can make a friend anywhere we go!

Jaymie wanted a friend to go with her to the South Town Mall and I'm so glad she chose me! We had a great time raising money for Cancer research.

Let's go COUGARS!

2009-01-29T19:57:00.000-08:00

Oh say can you see~

DJ and his second mom, Jaymie.

Ok, so Sam's cousin is the head coach for the BYU Women's Basketball team and we go support to fam ..... and the team! It's a great time to be had!

Lets go to the Zoo

2009-01-17T09:20:00.001-08:00

The weather was perfect, the kids were pumped, gas prices are down, so... let's go to the Zoo.

We went with Behka White and her cute kids.
It was a great day.

It's Hedgehog Day.

2009-01-17T09:13:00.000-08:00

My friend that I taught with for a couple years moved to Kindergarten and she still does her Jan Brett unit with the Hedgehog....
So, once a year I borrow the neighbors critter and it goes on a field trip to school. It really is a fun thing!

2009-01-04T15:31:00.000-08:00

So, for New Year's Eve we went to Jaymie and Michael's home with some other friends, it was a great night with lots of food and good conversation.
So, we lost at every game, well, I did, but I'm glad we went, because.....

It is a known fact that I do laugh at others misfortunes,

and when Michael had Jocie on his shoulders and she puked down his hair, shirt, glasses, and himself, it was good. Making memories my friend! Making memories!

Piano piano piano

2009-01-04T15:06:00.000-08:00

The boys' cute piano teacher, Daphne, had them play at a senior

center during the Christmas break with all their stringed instrument students too. It was a good experience for them. Mom did alright too.

Bar BQ Anyone?

2009-01-04T15:01:00.000-08:00

Ok, so, Sam wants a steak for dinner. It's all good. Until I realize that he got the SNOW shovel and cleaned off a patch, got the grill going, and cooked up a good steak.

I did grab the camera and catch the FLAMES!!!

It's about 10 degree's outside with

3 feet of snow.

But, the sad thing is, well, maybe not so sad, is that I can't enjoy steak any where else because Sam cooks it perfect for me. I love the man and his cooking!

DJ's Big Day!!

2008-12-28T21:22:00.000-08:00

The nerf war is on!!

Blowing out the candles with the birthday boy!

He's got Grma Joan on the left and Grma Long on the right. Grnpa Long on the end and Cami and Travis on the other side. What a great day.

And to top it of. Grma and Grnpa Stewart were there to watch him get ordained a teacher. I love this fam.

Long Christmas Party '08

2008-12-28T21:16:00.000-08:00

Just some misc. shots of the fam

Christmas Day

2008-12-26T09:32:00.000-08:00

We had the Stewart Family Christmas dinner

We went up to my folks for lunch. It was a great day!

Just look at my momma gettin' around! Without a walker, cane, or an arm, just all by herself!! Come on Cruise!

Christmas Morning '08

2008-12-26T09:26:00.000-08:00

I hope it's safe to say, we all had a great morning. Now, can I have a nap? No, really! P.S., I love my cute husband! But, he went down to the farm to do chores that morning and took a 2 hour nap.

Ahhhhh, Edward

2008-12-26T09:23:00.000-08:00

2008-12-26T09:17:00.000-08:00

Is Santa coming? Wait.. I see something!

Ok, he's not here yet. It's gotta get dark first!!

I love cupcake frosting! So does Kylee

playing with the bears at Grm Long's

It's begining to look alot like Christmas....

2008-12-15T07:58:00.000-08:00

So... we got the carpet in and went to town on getting the spirit of Christmas in our home. DJ did the lights on the tree, Ben and Jackson brought up the boxes from downstairs and set stuff up and we "got-r-did!"

And, we only got side
tracked a time or two.

Let's freshin' up the place!

2008-12-07T18:51:00.000-08:00

So the new carpet is coming tomorrow morning and I'm totally ready! I've got the walls painted and I'm ready! Did I mention that I'm totally ready?!?!?!?

So, it's December... think Halloween

2008-12-01T18:18:00.000-08:00

Peace Out! Jaymie (my best friend) and Laura on Halloween at the school. Lovein' it!

Darrell & Sharon's 50th

2008-12-01T08:00:00.000-08:00

So, Fri after T-Day we ran up to Idaho (Shelly, just before Idaho Falls) for Darrell and Sharon Long's 50th Wedding Party. My DJ was named after this uncle. It was great to see the cousin's that I haven't seen for 30 years. Most people thought I was my sister Marianne. But, my Dad was confused with uncle Darrell a couple times too. It was great. I'm glad we went....... and I'm very thankful that Sally and her fam kept my kids all day for me so I could have an adult day. Ahhhhhhhhhhhh.

Happy Happy Thanksgiving Day '08

2008-11-29T08:05:00.000-08:00

What a great day! My mom and dad were here, Sam's mom and dad were here, and Sally and Slade and their fam. It was a fun day. After dinner we sang to Sing Star and rocked the night away. We could be heard out on the street. Crazy I tell ya!

Ben lost the "nerf war" with the cousins. He took it fairly well:)

Is that a 4 teir of pies in the back ground you ask? Why yes, Sariah was here and brought the goods.

That's Raelyn in the picture next to the piano and Rebekha in the kitchen. Walter was a hunrgry mungry and got in the buffett line right away. ... and wow, we had good food! And alot of good food.

The Wild Flower Grill

2008-11-20T16:49:00.000-08:00

This is one of our favorite restaurant's it's a little dive in Payson that has the beloved white sauce and the traditional fry sauce.

apparently you have to be touching your face to eat here???

The Dentist

2008-11-20T16:45:00.000-08:00

Seriously?!? How much we would love Dental Insurance. And if you're reading this and you have it.... you better feel pretty darn blessed!

About $1,000+ this month to take care of the 3 boys, sigh.

That's DJ in the chair.

Preschool Bake Sale

2008-11-20T16:21:00.000-08:00

I love my job!

Ben and Jackson were fabulous customers!

Seriously, a bake sale with fake money and lots of customers is soooo my cup of tea! We just have the cutest kids this year. We had a pumpkin unit for 3 weeks and made stuff to put in the freezer and then sold it to the families. I LOVE my job!!

We made the Chef's hat's with white tissue paper and the kids were into it and it was so cute.

We sold our preschool version of "pumpkin pie"

Pumpkin cookies

and pumpkin ice creammmmmmmyum.

Farming Any one?

2008-11-13T15:02:00.000-08:00

It's fun because at least once a year I get to go into the classroom and give a speal on farming. From getting the field ready to the loaf of bread that you take home from the store and all the good stuff in between. No, I don't promote whole wheat bread. It's Wonder bread and John Deere all the way baby!

I HAVE A WORKING CAMERA

2008-11-11T09:54:00.000-08:00

So, after a little Drama, my very oh so nice Sista sent me a camera so I'd stop whining about not having a one. There is truly nothing like have a fabulous sister. Truly. Especially one that had to buy two cause the first one got lost in the mail. And what do you think was the first thing I took a picture of? A Wrangler butt that kept walking by!

Stewart Family Party/Walter's 91st

2008-11-11T09:45:00.000-08:00

What a fun night! Sam was sick so It was just little ole me representing the Sam side of the Fam. Here's some misc. pictures as the night went on.

MISC. FYI

2008-11-05T09:16:00.000-08:00

So, a couple things...
**My sister sent me a new digital camera cause my camera won't work, AND... it got stolen in the mail. I couldn't believe it! Truly.
**We have beautiful snow this morning (it's beauty cause I don't have to drive in it!) and I can't take a picture. Ho hum.
**I'm on Face Book and loving it. That's a fun little addiction right there!
**We took Halloween down and put up Thanksgiving at my house. And that gives the radio and Walmart the right to play Christmas songs already? Say what?!?? No. No, it doesn't. Well, apparently it does. Cause they are. 24/7
**Eggs cost to much.
**We had a family theme for Halloween and I couldn't take pic's. They didn't take pic's at the ward party either. sigh. Cowboys and Indian. I love my husband in his cowboy get up. Grrrrr.
**Next week will be long. Sam's having his rotator cuff surgery that will take him out for 6 weeks on Monday and Jackson has his teeth pulled Wed. morning. And that's just the tip. sigh.
**I have fabulous friends and family to pick up my pieces when my best just isn't gonna cut it!

My big Ben

2008-10-13T07:18:00.000-07:00

He did great getting his cast off. He was a good trooper the whole time. He's actually had a harder time walking with it off, and trying to get used to all his muscles again, than when he first got the cast on. I think we've made strides on overcoming the Sever's disease. Here's to hoping!!

And why are my picture's small!!

choppin corn

2008-10-13T07:12:00.001-07:00

We made a pretty good team. I dug out my old 35mm and bought a battery so I could take a couple pic's. I got back down to the farm and he only had one row left. The "lace" row.

I felt sooo old.

Sam was like a 10 year old with a new bike with that tractor. It was great! We're done and it's in the silage pit. On to the last crop of alfalfa.

Oh for Real

2008-09-25T15:54:00.000-07:00

I hate not having a camera. The little taste I got has ruined me forever.
A couple things to note:
*Sam had knee surgery, did well. Acts like an old man sometimes but hey, look who he hangs around with. Meaning, his parents! ... not me!!!
*Ben has had a cast on his right foot and leg for 4 weeks. He has Sever's disease and needed a cast to slow him down . P.S., he hates his mother.
* School is back in and I have my routine back. Praise the Lord! I love love love summer. I love it. but, I have to trade it for my routine that I love too. So it's good to switch back after a while. It's all good.
* I got released from Relief Society President.
* Sam got called into the Bishopric. It's Fabulous. says me.
* I have great classes at school.
* I have a husband that is so stinkin' cute!!! It is time to harvest the corn. He had a guy with a beautiful 6 row~ yes 6 row chopper come and buy his corn. He was grinning from ear to ear. awesome. Man, I love that man.
*We had our annual teacher dinner and it was a great success yet again.
*I'm blessed and highly favored. truly.

Dang it, my Dad fell

2008-08-13T20:10:00.000-07:00

Yeah, my sweet mom has been moved to Rehab and she is progressing, but very s l o w l y.

We're hoping to get her stronger and take her home.

But....

Ok, so my momma still has her ugly green bruise on the right side of her forehead and my Dad falls and bangs his head up. So, what do we do? We get out the make-up and do up the grandkids and have a photo shoot.

Left back tall is Devan, Janet's oldest

w/ his arm around Paula, Janet's next w/ Sarah, Janet's last in front of DJ, and Lacey, Bruce's youngest, is back row, right. Front left is Ben, and

Jackson in front of Paula in John Deere green.

Dang it, my Mom fell

2008-07-27T17:47:00.001-07:00

Ok, so on my fabulous birthday on Tues. I get a call from my Dad in the afternoon...
"Hey, How's your day?" .... "Fine," I say, and he said
" Well, then let me ruin it for you, yur mom fell and broke her hip."
So, I have my priorities change completely in my . Now she's had hip replacement surgery. Her head bleed in calming down. She is fighting pneumonia and winning, and coming back to being responsive. She stood 3 times today, assisted of coarse, but she's getting a little better every day. It is exhausting I guess, because I come home from the hospital drained every day.
My Dad takes the night shift and I take the day. It's going to be a long ride. I am having a hard time watching my parents grow older. It's interesting to talk thru all this with my own kids and tell them to please make fun of me when I'm old, and find a little humor. But, without hurting my feelings.

That endure to the end scripture is a multi level script. I seriously thought it meant, all the way thru raising my little kids to be self sufficient. Then I thought it surly meant thru the teen years. And I watch my sweet mom and realize it really means the long haul. I'm a little more short sighted than that I guess I'm still thinking the teens.

Pack Night Aug 08

2008-07-27T17:34:00.000-07:00

So, just who shows up to our cub scout pack night?

but the oh so manly BYU football players and gives the boys a whoo ra on good sportsmanship. And,

David Nixon #43

did a nice job and gave Bryan Kehl a little jab.

It was funny. And the cute kicker

Mitch Payne

talked about being a good person. So, the Stewart family wore their decked out BYU garb and peppered the boys with questions about next year. It was a really great night!!

Those Mormon boys are so polite!

The 1st 1/2 of Summer '08 well more like ramblings

2008-07-19T16:00:00.000-07:00

What a fabulous summer thus far. I hate not having a camera, but I am tired of using that as my excuse for not posting.
So, I will continue jabbering on about summer... it's a hot one in Utah but hasn't really seemed hot until a couple days ago. Weird. Because we haven't had a drop of rain for months (plural!) But I am physically 20 lbs. heavier this summer and yet I feel that much lighter. Weird. I was determined to have a summer to be with my boys. And I have. And I've loved it. Weird. We bought the passes to Seven Peaks. The local water park for those of you not familiar, and we try and go enough to get our monies worth. I like my boys. After seeing what's out there, I like them alot. They are gone on a little fishing/camping trip to Scofield Reservoir. Sam bought the trip at the Scout auction. Uhhh, Scouting, let's not go down that lone and dusty trail. Well, now wait,.... Let's. My opinion of scouting is this. I think the church made the deal with the devil/scouting a long long long time ago and now they can't get out of it.
But, back to the train of thought on the train tracks, I cut my hair short. I realized today that it looks like yours Janet! Why do I always want to be my big sister? Because I just do. We've gone to the Zoo, and again, I really like my own children, the library, and speaking of, why does a trip to the library automatically bring on guilt for a mother? ANy one? I know I should read to my kids more and blah blah blah, I'm a beliver, but I'm not one for guilt, and yet, there it is. Weird. We've had low days and way busy days. We've done our service projects and "Have been anxiosly engaged in a good cause" to help someone out. Mainly Sam. OK and a couple neighbors. Again. I wouldn't trade my boys for anything. Ok, I hope to have a camera soon and put up a couple pic's of the Stewart summer fun.

I Hate Warts, But love Misc.

2008-07-02T06:39:00.000-07:00

OK, so last time I had warts taken off my feet it was a little dramatic. 13 off both at one time. So, Monday I go in and have just a couple taken off. But, none the less, it makes me a little whiny. I thought the Grand Canyon was awesome when we were there. But, It feels like it is now in the pad on my left foot. Truly. Whiny.
But...

THE GOOD MISC THINGS IN LAURA STEWART'S LIFE
I got a fabulous hair color with my feet propped up.
I get my nephew Devan for a week. From Oregon.
My cat made it's own pet door in our screen, so I don't have to let it in or out any longer.
I got to go to Cami Buhler (and Travis) baby shower and it was great to see everybody.
We get to go see Wall-E this morning.
My boys mow the lawn for me now. And they do a good job.
AND.... I am no longer PTA president at Westside Elementary. I'm glad I did it. And, I'm glad I'm done and it is moving on to good hands. Ahhhh. (did you hear the sigh of relief as you read it?)

A little about Sammy

2008-06-25T12:14:00.000-07:00

You read that title and think I'm really going to write about Sam. Ha, no. We got the hay in! We worked together, with the help of the boys too, and cut it and hauled it all. Ahhhhh. I just can't be the farmer and the wife. Well, I guess I could if that were all, but I still gotta be RSP and Mom and BF and PTA and VTer etc. etc. etc. Add a couple more initials if you'd like:) But, we did get 13 acres of hay off. I was soooo tired. I got a great tan from it all and formed a whole new level of respect for my husband, but over all, we got it done. Yes!
He's healing slower than either of us would like and I'm sure we'll be doing rotator cuff surgery in a couple years if not sooner. It's just slowly getting worse, not better. He sure doesn't complain though. He can't sleep on his left side yet because of the ribs, but, he can sleep for longer periods of time on his right or back.
Side note: He was called in to the YM's presidency and assistant scout leader a couple months ago. Are you kidding me?!? It has him busy. But, It is a good kind of busy.
No new truck or car yet. That stuff just seems to work out somehow. We'll find something sooner or later. I had no idea the paper work involved with an auto accident. Or the loop holes to crawl thru. But, I'm learnin'. There has been several silver linings to all this and I'll said it before and I'll say it again,
I'm blessed and highly favored with the Lord.

I muddle

2008-06-25T12:09:00.001-07:00

Okay, so I've figured out that for the most part, I muddle thru life, and people can't really tell. I don't do high maintenance and can't pretend like I have it all together. If I have a day where I'm really at the top of my game, I rise above muddling. But, for the most part. I muddle thru life and it's my comfort zone. I like it. I don't need to fix everything. I don't need to stress about a lot. Muddling. It's for me.

Ok, I'll try it:)

2008-06-04T09:13:00.000-07:00

A-Attached or Single?-happily attached
B-Best Friend- lucky enough to have lots of dear friends
C-Cake or Pie?-Chocolate cake with Whip Cream icing
D-Day of choice?-depends on the week
E-Essential item?- Mt. Dew from the tap, or Pepsi from the can
F-Favorite color?-red, or navy blue. Or, John Deere Green
G-Gummy bears or worms? neither. Not enough Choco. or nuts to make it worth it.
H-Hometown?- Mapleton, Utah
I-Favorite Indulgence? Nuts, or homemade chocolate/caramel pretzels
J-January or July?-July, cause it's my birthday month.
K-Kids?- DJBenJackson. It commonly comes out all one word.
L-Life isn't complete without? my family
M-Marriage Date?-to Sam, Aug. 17, 1996
N-Number of Bro & Sis?-3 brothers, 2 sister
O-Oranges or Apples? like 'em both
P-Phobia and Fears?- Fear of flying, heights, the usual
Q-Quote?-"Who's evolved?" From Night at the Museum. Sam relates that quote a lot when I'm arguing with my boys:)
R-Reason to smile?-I've got a great life.
S-Season of choice? I love all 4. I have often said that's my fav. part of living in Utah is all four distinct seasons.
T-Tag Ten People? you are 'tagged' if you want to be.
U-Unknown fact about me?- I'm prone to warts
V-Vegetable?- I love a bunch! Green Pepper maybe
W-Worse habit?- Finishing people off because they're to slow.
Y-Your favorite food?- Chips and Salsa, or popcorn
Z-Zodiac sign?- Cancer, go figure

Dang it, Sam got hit

2008-06-01T16:36:00.003-07:00

Ok, so, Sam was coming home from the farm and dang it, he got hit by a big white truck.

I have photo's of him in the hospital and a couple in the E.R. But I can't get my camera to cooperate!! Is it because I'm playing on the computer on the Sabbath? That's what I tell my kids. The short of a LONG story is, we just brought him home today, the wreck was Friday afternoon, and in 6? weeks, we won't even remember all this. Yeah whatever. He has 4 broken ribs in front, for you medical people, it's #2-5, and one in the back. Ha, I'm holding my breath while typing. It ripped his ear in half horizontally, and then because of the glass and drivers rear view mirror (on the outside) and other misc. debris he has 70+ stitches. We lost count. But, I do know that they went through 13 suture kits. He is so sore and tired, but still wants to take a drive down to the farm tonight before dark. Ya think? I'm just gonna let him keep on sleepin' and try to get down there tomorrow.

Marie Barone, I mean, his mother forgot his name and called him "my baby" through all this. I thought it was kinda cute.

Any who, we had way more help and offers than we could handle and I am doing that~ "I'm blessed and highly favored" moment. The boys had my neighbor bring them to the hospital and she stopped to get them some lunch and they thought they had hit the jack pot because she ordered them a "real" lunch, NOT from the kids menu. It's all they've talked about. Cracks me up.

Sam's sister Sally took DJ and Ben for a couple days so that it's one , well, or two less things to worry about. Jackson is not feeling well and I kept him home. Poor kid has a fever and doing hallucinations. They told me it was a virus. Well, ok.

So, as soon as I can put up pictures of Sam sitting in a hospital bed I will. The other stuff, his elbow bone sticking out while the two Dr's discuss what in the world they are going to do to sew it together, I thought that might be to much for this kind of a family show:0

Thanks to soooo many family and friends for the prayers and thoughts and wishes of good luck. Sam believes that the blessing he got in the E.R. was the reason for having no broken bones. I would lean that direction too, except that the man drinks about 1/2 gallon or more of milk everyday. I'll all about the spiritual miracle and all, but common sense has it's place too:)
......I'll work on the camera

Lagoon Day

2008-06-01T15:55:00.000-07:00

So, DJ got to go to Lagoon for the day with school, but,... we wanted to go toooooo.

So, I checked Ben and Jackson out and we all went. They have a photo place and I couldn't resist. They chose what costume to wear and I loved it.

Twins? Ya think?

I'm feeling brother vs. brother!

I couldn't get the boys on anything but the bumper cars. No roller coasters. Well no, they loved the carousel, the weenies. We met up with DJ when they closed the park and it was time to go. He is a roller coaster kid! I love my kids. I do.

Memorial Day '08

2008-05-27T08:41:00.000-07:00

Clean~ or~ Blog? Clean or Blog? clean or blog. Not a tough choice.

Preschool is out, but my boys are still in school for the rest of this week. So, I'm home alone. Ahhhhhhhh. No, I'm not staying home to clean. It will be... blog, read, shop, and then home.
Any who,
Memorial Day. Yet again, no camera. Didn't even think to bring the #**% camera along.
Yes, input a word from the bible. We went to the Benjamin Cemetery and watched the 2 minute program and had a good visit with old friends and neighbors. Stopped at Great grma and grnpa Stewart's grave sight. Went to the Spanish Fork Cemetery, hit the Francis side. Then we went to the Springville Evergreen Cemetery to pay our respects to DJ's Dad's grave. We stayed for the 45 minute program that was very well done. Had more friends and neighbors to visit with. Walked around and talked about different people in that cemetery. The boys went to the car and Sam and I relaxed and enjoyed the spirit that was there. There is something about honoring the military that just feels right. No, I won't be voting for Obama. We came home and had a nice day with just our family. A couple card games, yard work, and great FHE night. And for us, that's saying something.

Ward 50's Sock Hop

2008-05-23T15:47:00.000-07:00

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Our Ward had a 50's Sock Hop and since I believe that you can never have enough blue eye shadow, I was all over it!!! Ben had the cig's in his sleeve, Sam had his pants rolled up one, well, I guess all the boys did. With white socks and black shoes of coarse. I had my Rock-n-Roll Poodle skirt on and we danced the night away. They had a bubble gum blowing contest etc. that not one of us won:)

Spring has sprung, no really this time!

2008-05-04T21:09:00.000-07:00

Sam is putting in a garden for us and has planted peas etc. but in order to do that he had to build a retaining wall. These little projects always look good on paper....

needless to say, the boys weren't much help

Happy Happy Birthday Grandma Dear

2008-05-04T20:32:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to Grandma Stewart!
She'll be 85 tomorrow, May 5,
(happy Anniv. Emily) and we got together at Slade & Sally's and had a fabulous evening. The kids had plenty of room to run and play, and the adults had plenty of food and good company. Beautiful weather and we had ourselves a party!!
Alexandra, Audra, and Nicholette
As we arrived at the Party and got settled...
I did capture Slade taking all kinds of pictures as
evidence that Sally does have something to blog on:)
Audra in blueish green, Ana at her feet, Ben behind Rebeka (stripey shirt) DJ in the hoodie with black sleeves, and Jackson (with no head) between Rebeka ans DJ

Garrett was helping Grandma blow out her candles. Jackson wanted a chance to . Yes, it's not a girl with short hair, it's Jackson in the top left corner of this picture with way long hair! Sariah and her latest beau in the back ground. Who let the only person with the oxygen get right close to the candles to blow them out?!???!!! Opps!
Go Grandma! Go Grandma! It's your birthday!!

(L-R) Sally, Ruth, Allyssa, Nichollette, Alexnadra, Audra

I just love this family!

Spring Break '08

2008-04-19T09:38:00.001-07:00

What a fabulous week! Monday was the zoo, and did she take the camera? Why no, the loser mother did not. Friday was GOBLIN VALLEY. Did she take the camera? Why yes, the "redeem yourself" mother did! And here's what came of our fun.

Ok, I'll take Brown

2008-04-07T20:25:00.001-07:00

What's Your True Color?

My Result: Brown

You're brown, a credible, stable color that's reminiscent of fine wood, rich leather, and wistful melancholy. Most likely, you're a logical, practical person ruled more by your head than your heart. With your inquisitive mind and insatiable curiosity, you're probably a great problem solver. And you always gather all of the facts before coming to a timely, informed decision. Easily intrigued, you're constantly finding new ways to challenge your mind, whether it's by reading the newspaper, playing a trivia game, or composing a piece of music. Brown is an impartial, neutral color, which means you tend to see the difference between fact and opinion easily and are open to many points of view. Trustworthy and steady, you really are a brown at heart.

What are you?
http://web.tickle.com/jumpto?test=colorogt&c=50652

We got a cat

2008-03-26T18:39:00.001-07:00

We came home from CA and my friend called and asked us to take a cat. She caught me on a good day. We love her. She's a fun cat. now that is. We can't decide on a name. And , no, thank you , ... but we don't need any suggestions:)

How do the Sam Stewart's go to the beach?

2008-03-26T18:31:00.001-07:00

We had a little time between Katie's wedding and the reception, so... we stopped at the beach. All dressed up. The locals were entertained. We did get changed and had a chilly but FUN couple of hours. Thanks Katie!!

Disneyland

2008-03-24T18:25:00.000-07:00

What a fabulous day. We were very lucky to have AJ go with us to
THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH!
He kept up with the kids when their old parents were done!
It was a fun day and I can say that I'm glad we went. Here's a couple random pic's
I wish I could put the pic's on a cutesy slide show or something, but this is it:)
Enjoy!

Ben and Jackson are 10!!!

2008-03-24T18:07:00.000-07:00

We had a very eventful birthday for the twins this year. To start they got bacon for breakfast. They could each truly eat a pound themselves. But, Ben got out of school early to have his appliance taken out of his mouth. That was the best b-day present we could have ever given him!! Well, Super Smash Bros. on the Wii was alright too.

Ahhhhhhhh Spring

2008-03-01T09:45:00.000-08:00

It's here and I'm lovin it. My first crocus is out with tulips on the way! It seems like this winter had a hard time leaving. We'll get more snow I'm sure, but... until then, spring has sprung!

Ahhhh, boys

2008-02-21T16:30:00.000-08:00

So, Jackson put on a blue hoodie while the brown one was in the laundry,
but,
Ben was eating string cheese and put all the strings hanging out of his mouth.
Gross? Of coarse, that's all part of the Stewart house of boys=)

Everyday

2008-02-21T16:26:00.000-08:00

I don't know when it started, but Jackson wears this or one other brown hoodie EVERYDAY! I figure he is up and gets himself dressed so I'm a happy mom. I just kinda cracks me up.

What's new?

2008-01-31T17:40:00.000-08:00

I have comitted to full time employment, so, we now get benefits, yeah!
I'm not going to be working with Luzon Wall at her prescool, after 8 years:(
I hit someone's car that I didn't know about. (another story)
My 13 year old is acting like a teenager.
I'm getting fatter. I switched up my RS presidency. We know have 196 sister in our ward RS. Lord, help me with VTing. I get to teach Sunday.
I have to go back and tell the regional PTA president that I can't be Pres-elect for the next two years, because I'm going full time. Sigh.
And did I mention that I'm going full time?
Sam tells me we get to go to CA in a month.
keep breathing.

Misc. Items to round up a great Jan.

2008-01-31T17:30:00.000-08:00

What a fabulous year for snow!
This is looking out the back door from the computer. If you look you can see about
a foot of snow on the railing and the table out there.
I know, it's a
"you had to be here" kinda thing.
But, come on, we've had a lot of snow!! Wii Wii! We fianlly got a Wii. After the 2 month search, we reached Meca.
Ha! It is fun though. The kids are fun to watch.

I'm in print! I made it to the newspaper and it wasn't in the Police report!

Great Grnpa Barnes 100th b-day party

2008-01-21T09:22:00.000-08:00

I had to take a picture of Jim! We walk in and he's totally out, gone, snoring in the lobby.
Sam and I looked at each other wondering just how exciting this party is going to be!

We took a couple pictures of the kids with Great Grnpa Barnes, then Grnpa Barnes took the camera from us and took a couple pictures of us, so on the way out I snapped one of him and Norma. That's what Granpa's are suppose to do. Sit and look pretty and hold the sleeping babies:) It was a nice afternoon, after BYU beat U of U and we could finally get out of the car and walk in. I also wanted a picture of those gloves Ben was wearing for posterity. He loves them and he won't take them off. We cut the finger tips off and they are frayed. Whatever.

Christa McAuliffe Space Simulator/ DJ's b-day party

2008-01-19T06:57:00.000-08:00

So, two years ago DJ goes on a field trip to a space simulator with school, and has been wanting to go back for a b-day party. Well, it is a little expensive, so we told him he had to skip a year and save up. He was all for it! We went last night and "It was awesome!" They meet and get briefed on their individual stations, and spend the next 2 hours in the simulator navigating thru space and the challenges it brings. They were to rondavue with a Klingon and his ship got blown apart so they had to figure out and decode the info left from him, on what they were going to do.

Engineer~ DJ

Communications~ Tyson

Pilot~ Ben

Tactical Officer~ Jacob

Sensors~ Jackson

1st Officer~ Delon

can't remember~ Moises

Captain~ Kyle

So, they each had their station and at one point or another they

would have to help the rest of the crew, or DIE!!!

It was a great birthday party for the mom because I got to sit in the lobby and play tetris:) Or go into the control room and watch the monitors.

P.S. I love my kids, even under pressure they were nice to each other.

Cub Scout Pack Night

2008-01-17T08:36:00.000-08:00

Pack Night...... How fun is that?!?
The boys made cars from boxes and got to race around the gym and make pit stops.
The family had to be the pit crew and the awesome Farrari and Flames did great!

Christmas is over so rewind to Halloween:)

2008-01-07T14:58:00.001-08:00

So, I finally got my way for Halloween!!! I've always wanted a "family theme" and this year I was Ceasar's very beautiful wife. And isn't Ceasar so handsome!)
Our Roman soldiers were very protective. It was a fun night. Trick-R-Treat!

DJ is 13!

2007-12-31T10:28:00.000-08:00

So, I now have a teenager, and I still like him. He chose Golden Corral for his birthday dinner and someone told the waitress it was his birthday:) So, she had him stand on his chair while the whole room sang to him. He was a tad embarrassed and has mentioned that he still can't believe that happened. He got an MP3 player and yes, I've lost him.

"What?" That is now the most common word spoken by my teenager.

It was a fun night and Gram & Granp Long went with us and then Aunt Sally meet us and he had a sleep over with Jacob. To wich the MP3 player got a little more music loaded. I love it.

But wait, there's more!

2007-12-31T10:22:00.000-08:00

Here is all who where there that beautiful Christmas night for good food and good company.

We really are part of an awesome family!

I can even take pic's of...

2007-12-27T12:41:00.000-08:00

Jackson and Rebeka VS. Audra and Ben. It's always fun at Grandma's house!

I got a camera, I got a camera!

2007-12-27T12:26:00.001-08:00

Me, Sam, and Sariah (yes, she's holding her homemade cheese cake that was absolutely FABULOUS!!)

Scott couldn't help but act the part of a proud Grandpa and show off Scottie and Aleese's blog. It really was a great evening. And I can put it on my blog cause I got a camera!!

DJ was sooo cute to the little kids. I love my boys!! It was a transformer Part-ta!

I GOT A CAMERA FROM SANTA

2007-12-27T12:18:00.000-08:00

All the grandkids with Gram & Gramp on Christmas night. back row l to r

Raelyn, Danny, Audra, Rebeka, Nichollette, Allyssa, Jacob, DJ, Garrett.

Next, Colby holding Ammon, Shauni holding Carter, Gram, Gramp

Next, Jackson, Anna, Ruby, Ben

our latest greatest?

2007-11-28T15:12:00.001-08:00

We had family pic's taken, and Jackson has his eyes closed in this one, and we borrowed the cat, but yes, this is about as good as it gets.

Ahhhh Thanksgiving

2007-11-28T15:03:00.000-08:00

What a fab Thanksgiving. My mother was exerting her independance so we had dinner at her house for the first time in 5 years. I thought we had a good thing going by coming here, but I got my battery recharged by such a great weekend. We took Grma and Grnpa Stewart with us to my mom's and all the bro's and sis that live in Utah came. My twins were the youngest, and they just chilled in front of "Transformers" so the adults sat and ate and talked, and ate. Ahhhh.

Oh grow up

2007-11-05T14:51:00.000-08:00

Those little toys are fun at the park! I couldn't help myself! Ride 'em cowgirl.

Oh sure..

2007-10-23T10:15:00.000-07:00

Post every day for one week? Yeah, right. Three weeks later and back in the real world we had a very fun Sat. afternoon! We, meaning Grama & Granpa Stewart, myself, and Sally went up to join Aleese and her family at Scott & Val's for a baby shower. Aleese flew in for the fun day. She's blogging now also. Sally has photo's of the shower, not me. I'm hoping Santa will bring me a digital Cam for Christmas. I think I gotta be good to get it. The final numbers on the budget said I'm not that good. But, of coarse, good food at Val's. Nice day. Danny needed to comb his hair but it's all relative. He was there and he's so cute! Got home and watched the BYU play extremely well. Beat 'em up Cougars. Life is good on the Stewart home.

a sunday day in the life...

2007-09-24T04:59:00.000-07:00

Sun Sept 23
ahhhh fabulous nights sleep, do I really want to get up? I don't think so, but I gotta
7am up and watched tv on the Sabbath. Stephanie Meyer was on the Sunday addition of the Today show. She's the author of Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse. Love those books
8am get in the shower and get going, hey, I'm going to be on time today!
9am Ward Council Mtg. bla bla bla
10:20 get back home and only Ben is ready for church. Leave the family and Ben and I go to church. Church is all good with the couple of dramatic moments when things go wrong. I have a very big iron to flatten them all out, until I get called into Primary after church and one of my children has made the teacher cry and there's more drama than my iron can get rid of. We all leave as friends and the primary presidency think I'm pwt. Bring it on.
Normally, home by 2:15, no, no, today we're home at 2:45.
get dinner on
run back to church for a meeting with the Bishop
make some rsp visits
get Sam and go visit Jeff (knee replacement surgery)
I'm late, but I'm still going.. game night with some inactive sisters that always invite me.
home and cleaning from 8:30-9, walll laa, life is good
in bed by 10 with out reading scriptures or having prayer. On a Sunday. grrrr

a day in a fall Saturday life...

2007-09-24T04:47:00.000-07:00

Sat, Sept 22

8-11 visiting teaching drive-thru conf with a presidency mtg after. What a fun morning! Loved it. I love this church.

11-12 mow the lawn, bark at the kids

12-1 clean up and do chores with the kids, run a couple errands

1-4:30 BYU vs AF with the in-laws over. Fed everyone left overs from the teacher dinner and life is good, started cooking...

3:30-7 make 8 pans of lasagna roll-ups for my freezer meal exchange club on thurs. Ok, that wore me out!!

7:30 ignore laundry and try to find something good on tv

8 pm turn on Pride and Prej. DVD (the 2 hour version) asleep by 9 and Sam turns everything off and puts kids to bed

a Friday day in the life..

2007-09-22T12:04:00.000-07:00

Sept 21,
7 am Get crackin' missed the treadmill. The fire alarm went off in the middle of the night and it was a big ordeal to get the ladder and shut that thing up!
7:30 run carpool to the Jr High, oh, don't forget it's the Homecoming Parade for the High School
8:30 breakfast is done and we're out the door, on time, with both boys! Mom threatened to pick them up and physically carry them out to the car in whatever state they where in at 8:30. It worked, this time.
8:45, Get my mormon coffee, head to my Mapleton Preschool
stop to see if my Mom wants to go walking or not. It was a not.
9-11:45 Preschool, and it is soo cute. I love this class. I love my life.
12-1:30 lunch with my Mom, Cracker Barrell, run her errands, stop at Sam's Club for ribs etc.
1:45-2, get the twins out of school and hurry to Main Street for the Homecoming Parade. It lasted 15 minutes this year instead of 10. So fun. Get DJ from Jr high, he thought he couldn't miss school to go to the parade with us. But, But, it's our family tradition! No, he says. He's got to stay in school. fine.
One other tradition that we have at our house is that once a year we invite the kids teachers over for dinner and the kids pick the menu. Jackson wanted bbq ribs, Dj wanted cheese stick rolls and Ben wanted Choco chip cookies. So..
3-6 we clean and prepare dinner for Ms. Miley and Ms. K. Thomas. The boys were sooo cute to help out and clean and putter. I like my kids.
6:30-9pm we eat a fabulous dinner, relax and talk and once again, we're glad we do this.
9pm DJ has Dellon come over for the sleep over, I get the kitchen cleaned up and the dishwasher is going, I stop to watch a little news,
10:30 make Sam a very happy man, or, visa versa, watch Everybody loves Raymond and fall asleep by 11:30

a thursday~ day in the life...

2007-09-22T11:47:00.000-07:00

Sept 20,
6am up and on the treadmill, drive the car pool and home at 7:45,
finish getting ready, get the twins up and at 'em Jackson isn't going for all my fun "countdowns" he's just buttin' heads with his mother, bring it on my boy, bring it on.
8-12am Get Visiting Teaching Conf questionnaire printed and copied, get all my calls done and get this thing a little better organized, run to Walmart and get groceries for the vt conf, dinner club, and life in general, faster momma!!
12-3 get to preschool, ahhh, to much fun, can I really call it a job? I don't think so.
3:15 head home and get DJ to Parent Teacher conf., that takes until 4:30 yes, he's getting straight A's. Yes, he likes to brag about it and so does his mother. Get home and start to clean, work on the homework with each child. after school snacks etc. while DJ and Jackson go to piano lessons. Get signs painted for VTing conf on Sat morning
6pm Go back to the school to help with the Literacy class. To fun, I took the boys with me and they do such a great job with the little kids.
We sneak out at 8 instead of 8:30 and run back to the Jr High school to finish Parent Teacher conf. Home by 8:40. I'm soooo tired from lack of sleep last night, did you hear the whinny part of that? clean, read scriptures with the kids blah blah blah

a day in the life....

2007-09-20T08:33:00.000-07:00

I'm trying to post every day this week so next year when I look back and think .. what did I do with all my time...
wed the 18th
6am wake up, give the treadmill my best, sorta
7am in the shower
7:30 run car pool, everyone was on time which makes a happy momma
come home, next wave, get twins to school, late, dang-it
make rsp calls and solve world hunger
9:30 get a mt dew and head to council pta mtg
10:30, done with that, run to the tanning bed
but wait, swing by my folks and make it look like I have been taking care of the place
while they've been gone, now tan
ahhh from 11-11:115 the world stops and my blood pressure drops 20 points, at least
ok, so I found out my new niece (getting married to my nephew Kelly) works at the tanning salon and knew who I was all along. dang-it
12-3 I'm off to work at preschool at Westside, I missed my Mapleton preK because of the mtg.
What a fabulous day! The kids were sooo mellow. And we learned how to use scissors. fabulous.
3:20 Get the home work crackin' , the neighbor calls, tend her kids while i'm cleaning and answering the phone, the other neighbor kid comes over. We're good til 6 and DJ has got some scout thing, Sam comes home, 6:30. The tractor is still not working, hence the little black rain cloud following him and hovering over his head. (yes, i'm singing it to)
7:30 I 'm off to SLC airport to pick up my folks, they're late, way way long story short I make Sam a happy man and fall in bed by midnight. After I set my alarm from 6 to 7. I just can't do it!

a typical day in the life

2007-09-18T15:10:00.000-07:00

6am wake up and get moving,
6:02 try and keep it together, cause I'm not waking up well
ok ok I'm up! I don't have enough time for the treadmill now so just get DJ in the shower
7:15 rush to get dressed cause I decided to do a deep conditioner
7:30 car pool to Jr high, come on mom, get moving faster!
7:50 finish getting ready, oh dang, it's picture day! school hoodie it is!
8:20 Are you kidding me, come on Ben and Jackson, get moving faster! I ended up leaving them.
8:30-10 PTA volunteer for picture day
10-11:30 figure out how to stop the world and get off and catch a "quick" tan in the tanning bed
oh no, the Bishop called, the comp. service leader called and then, my sweet neighbor called and her k-garten child has diarea and she can't leave work.
12:00-12:20 miss lunch to clean up my cute neighbor, and yes, all that that implies, get him to daycare , did I mention miss lunch? go to work.
12:30-3:30 have a fabulous day in preschool, minus the pee pants incident, mom was very good about coming in.
3:30- 4 quiet down the over achiever on the PTA board
is all i have left to do is.. laundry, cub scout pack night, guitar lessons, city council mtg., ym's is going rock climbing, Sam's chopping corn, a t-shirt party that my friend is throwing, but, I've got my health and Gilder to frame for it, so, I'm doing OK. I just want to look back in a couple years when I feel like I don't do anything and remember days like these. another bonus, no one got in my face. ahhhhh

Mrs. Stewart's 1st day of preschool

2007-09-10T15:16:00.000-07:00

She did it! Made it through her first day of preschool. We had a couple kool-aid spills and at least a dozen "Where's my mom and when is she coming back" but we're good to go. A couple puzzled faces at the comment~ "You don't get to make the rules at preschool, now please sit down and I'll tell you what we're doing next" I do love my job and love the independence of a 4 year old. And then the bravery of a 5 yr old. I've got a fantastic life!

Whose chilren are they?

2007-09-03T17:57:00.000-07:00

Yes, as a matter of fact, we do crack ourselves up

OK, this is the picture, sorry

2007-09-03T17:55:00.000-07:00

I love 'em!

2007-09-03T17:53:00.000-07:00

Here's fun picture of the boys that we love!

It worked!!!

2007-09-03T12:25:00.000-07:00

OK, I figured it out! By the way, if Emily lived closer, none of this would have taken so long! (did you feel the guilt? I was going for guilt here:)
Life at the Stewart is fantastic! School's in, for all of us. The fall harvest is right around the corner, and oh, did I say school's in? Now, I need to figure out how to get the pic's off my cell phone and on to this computer. Don't stand by. But, I will get it figured out!

Testing..

2007-09-03T12:23:00.000-07:00

Okay, I'm trying this agian, for like the 4th time!!! I'm such a techno idiot! But, I'm not giving up. Thanks for being patient. OK, did it work

Oh we're back!

2007-08-08T17:16:00.000-07:00

Oh yes.... we're back! It all started when Beebe and Tyler got me the first part fixed and Em and AJ got the rest. I'm sooo techno savy that I couldn't figure it out on my own. And, we're back!

2006-07-22T13:37:00.000-07:00

This is what AJ did on the 4th of July. This years show was only an hour and a half, not two. He is really so fun to watch. The highlight-- when the boys would go out on the road to light the next firework, he would throw out a small handfuls of those pop things and they would pop all around. It was great. There are a couple more pic's coming later.

2006-07-22T13:34:00.000-07:00

Grandpa, or Colonel, Stewart and Grandma Stewart were special guests at a military thing around the 4th of July. It was at the Grand Hotel in Salt Lake City, and I loved the picture of them. They are some awesome people.
Sorry it took me so long to get it on the blog.