July

Kira and Sami

Jaden splashing mom in the river... she was in about a foot of water

Most of the boys

Jonah

Sicily, Kira, extra kid, Dalyn's head

This is after Eli was born, the kids enjoyed the sun and the sand as you can see.

Rannon

James has a way with the ladies of the family :)

Jaden and Grandma admiring Eli

Jaden giving Kira a lift, pretty cute :)

Sicily painting Uncle Jon's toes. Ya, they looked HOT, like Hot PINK! :) He was a good sport, that is for sure. :)

Jaden threw Natalia a B-day party


(Dad) Wayne and Quint talking shop :)


Note the sunburn, and keep in mind that "I don't need sunscreen, I'll be fine." :) This is after a day at the river.

Sicily

James

Rebecca and Eli

Alex

The Family

Cali


Jaden holding her cousin.

There are so many pictures to choose from and I will add more, I just wanted to share how much fun we had with all our family that has visited the last few weeks. We have gone to the lake, the river, parks, and bar-b-qued. The men have gone fishing and last night we made Catfish. It was really good stuff. We have laughed, and talked, and laughed some more until our eyes scream out at us in agony 'go to sleep already'. We are pretty tired this morning... :) But really we wouldn't have it anyother way.

This video is funny to me. We went to Lake Lowel for the ward picnic, the day was warm but odd. Now all three of the kids shown are waiting to ride the jet boat or go water skiing. Can you pick who is having the most fun waiting? Rannon, you still make me laugh so much :) S

Family moments that make us who we are, are often the ones that go unnoticed at the time.

It was recently brought to my attention (again) that I have neglected to updatte my blog... I thought I would give a few moments of our crazy selves to you. Life is made up of moments, these are a few of ours. Stacey and family.

We have times that we feel like we have it made.

We learn about things we have in common.

We have days that we just want to give up.

And we have moments that seem to make it all worth while.

Sometimes we have the occasional moment caputered that says it all. :)

Sometimes we learn no matter how hard we try we just can't do it all.

Sometimes we enjoy the simple things that make us who we are.

Sometimes we look for the fast way to do things.

Only to find that the slowest ways are always more worthwhile.

We have had our happy moments

Our moments where we help others, in this case the ducks are in need of our bread...

We have laughed about silly things...

and attended the more serious things as well.

Most of all we all have our moments where we have to make that leap of faith (you know the onewhere you jumped already and just hope that the rocks under the surface are not razor blades of death... :)

Jaden's wheelchair

So This first one you can see Jaden is not real co-operative :) That was yesterday, the second one is this morning about 7:30am and yes it was getting toasty outside... She is doing so much better, still she has a long way to go, she did run me over this morning once.

So this Is Calvin's first loose tooth :) It is both a sad and happy occasion. My baby is growing up... sort of :)

Jonah's Baptism

Family... Note Elli's grand entrance :)
Too cute

(this adorabel photo was achieved by James jumping up and down repeatedly until snapshot was achieved. I am not sure what we will do without him when he goes on his mission)
Sicily is really growing up... :(
Please take a moment to enjoy Calvin's Orange flip flops. They make the whole outfit. They had to be in the picture too. (sigh... that kid)

Excited and goofy, and wearing wet underpants, lol. Some kids just never listen do they?
As you can see in both of these James is a tad nervous, still he did a great job. Jonah's feet didn't pop out of the water (despite attempts to do just that)

Jonah was thrilled that Aunt Teri and Uncle Dustin came (with family) and that Aunt Kyersten made it. He and James sang I am a child of God in front of a semi-packed chapel, with 6 others as back up. (some were quieter than others) :)

Stacey

A few updates

Well Quint and I had a great time in Oregon, I didn't take a whole lot of pictures unfortunately... These are a few of my kids updates, they are all taken with my cell phone but at least you know I have been thinking about documenting their growth right? Otherwise we have been doing the usual, except now we are also getting James ready for his mission, kids have school, Sicily plays her clarinet, and Quint loves his job. I am still writing, and I love it. Started 2 more stories, and a much needed revision (lol) is underway. Enjoy the pics and keep in touch, s.

Sicily

Grandma Stearns and Myself

Button hanging her nose out the car window, she might have sighed a few times. :)

Calvin and chocolate Ice cream ... need I say more?

This "Tatoo" was inspired while Quint fell asleep during conference. LOL, I think he will be more carefull next time. :)

A rare photo of Rannon. Noitce the slight curl to his hair and the grey that he already had on his forhead... nope it is natural.

James was another Conference Sleeper... guess what he left exposed :)

JAden wearing her Easter shirt... Dresses get caught in her wheels so we found the next best thing.

Well Ya... you can see for yourself.

Quint playing with two nephews, they were pretty interested for several minutes... :)