thanksgiving Pictures

We had so much fun having family over for Thanksgiving. The food was great and there were a lot of laughs. The laughs mainly came from my Dad(we got him to play the Wii) It was awesome.

Happy Thanksgiving

Hope you all have a fantastic Thanksgiving. :)

The Gophers MUST GO!!!!

Ok. So we have gophers in our back yard. I have tried to get rid of them myself through the summer and everynow and then we would get a new dirt mound from one of their tunnels. Well...today I go out in my abondoned yard(I haven't been able to go back there due to my busy schedule. Any ways this is what I found.






Thats right all of those are fresh mounds.
I'm calling a gopher getter!!!!!!

High School tag

1. DID YOU DATE SOMEONE FROM YOUR SCHOOL? No, the dating started in College

2.WHAT KIND OF CAR DID YOU DRIVE? 1981 Chevy Cavalier

3. DID YOU PASS YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE TEST YOUR FIRST TRY? Yes

4. WHERE YOU A PARTY ANIMAL? No, I spent time with my friends watching movies and stuff.

5. WERE YOU CONSIDERED A FLIRT? I don't think so.
6. WERE YOU IN BAND, ORCHESTRA, OR CHOIR? I was in Band my freshman year and then I went to sports

7. WERE YOU A NERD? I would like to say no but the answer is probably yes

8. WERE YOU ON ANY VARSITY TEAMS? yes

9. DID YOU EVER GET SUSPENDED/EXPELLED? No

10. CAN YOU STILL SING THE FIGHT SONG? Nope

11. WHO WERE YOUR FAVORITE TEACHERS? Ms. Gregg, Mr. Hauser, Mr. Cato, Mr. Petoskey, Mrs. Barringer
12. WHERE DID YOU SIT FOR LUNCH? Outside, every now and then I would eat in the lunchroom.
13. WHAT IS YOUR SCHOOL'S FULL NAME? Hagerman High School

14. WHAT IS YOUR SCHOOL'S MASCOT AND COLORS? Pirate, Orange and Black

15. DID YOU GO TO HOMECOMING AND WITH WHO? I never did go to the homecoming dance.
16. IF YOU COULD GO BACK AND DO IT AGAIN WOULD YOU? No way. High school was full of too much drama, I would like to see my friends a little more now though.
17. WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER MOST ABOUT GRADUATION?The hot gym and microphone that didn't work, oh yes and the messed up slide show..Lets just say we had a horrible graduation

18. WHERE DID YOU GO SENIOR SKIP DAY? I went to school, I didn't want to go camping with everyone who would be drinking. Lame I know but I'm glad I didn't go
19. WERE YOU IN ANY CLUBS? Yes. BPA and Honor Roll
20. HAVE YOU GAINED SOME WEIGHT SINCE THEN? Yes, I lost it a few years ago then I met Craig and I have gained it back. I am currently working on losing the 15 lbs

21. WHO WAS YOUR PROM DATE? Sophmore year it was Brandon Knight, Junior Year it was Ben Christiansen,and Senior prom with this guy named Daniel from Gooding.
22. ARE YOU PLANNING ON GOING TO YOUR 10 YEAR REUNION? Maybe. I guess it depends on what is going on in a few years
23. DID YOU HAVE A JOB IN HIGH SCHOOL? Yes I worked during the summers. One summer I worked at Emerald Valley Garden Center watering plants and the next summer I worked at a Waitress at the Roadrunner for KJ and Luann Coates(Awesome Bosses)

Congratulations James and Amanda

My older brother James and his wife Amanda had their first baby today. Congratulations and we love you guys.

Funny stories from Church

I think everyone can relate to the feeling of embarrassment that happens in church so many times. These are some of the funny yet embarrassing things that happened to Craig and me this Sunday. By the way it was the Primary program in Sacrament meeting which makes this even better.
First:
Craig and I were sitting near the back of the chapel. I was talking to Craig about something unimportant when I hear one of the children state "Heavenly Father" I was sitting with my arms folded, immediately got confused, stopped my talking and bowed my head ready for the pray. Then I feel Craig shaking with laughter beside me as I hear the child finish saying something like "Heavenly Father wants us to return to live with him".
Second:
The fathers and older boys came to the front of the chapel behind the podium and sang Called to Serve. As they were singing the younger kids were doing the actions behind them(Putting their fists in the air when singing "Onward" and pushing their hands out in front of them when singing "forward") Well the funny part about this is the song was sounding really good and then all of a sudden anyone who thought they could take a nap during the meeting were awakened when the younger kids yelled out ONWARD!!!! It was so funny the fathers that were singing with their sons were laughing.(this might be one where you had to be there)
Third:
The Congregation was asked to sing the 2nd and 3rd verse of We Thank thee O God for a Prophet. Well Craig was really ready to sing and he joined about 5 people in the congregation with full vigor singing the first few words of the First verse. It sounded something like "WE THANK THEE o' ...." and quickly faded, followed by laughter. It was even funnier when we thought our friends Danny and Laura were laughing at us but in reality they were laughing because Laura did the same thing. :)
Fourth:
In nursery during song time, one of our little girls had the cutest tights on which had a picture of a bear on her bum. While singing wheels on the bus she pulls up her skirt and says "Hey look at the bear on my bum" It was so funny.

Oh the joys of church.

Its a Girl

Announcing Alyssa Joan(this picture does not justice to how cute this little girl is, remember it is from a cell phone camera right after she was born)

As many of you know my younger brother Ben got married at the beginning of this year and soon after found out their due date for their first child was Dec. 6,2008. They have been having a really tough pregnancy with Janna being in the hospital at least four times in the last month and being on strick bedrest to keep their little girl from coming too soon. Well last night they went to St. Lukes in Meridian and after a few hours were transported to the downtown St. Lukes in Boise. At 5:50am(time might not be exactly correct) little Alyssa Joan Stewart was born. She weighs 3 lbs 12 oz and is 17 3/4in long. I had the chance to go see her a few hours ago and she is doing fantastic. She has been breathing on her own since she was born this morning and although she is in the NICU she is in an open bed(meaning no incubator) which is a relief. What a strong little girl. I let my brother borrow my camera to take pictures so once I get it back I will be posting some pictures of the newest addition to our family.

P.S. at the end of November my older brother James's wife is due to have their first baby as well, Also a baby girl.