thanksgiving plans

Payson Stewarts,

Hi all - Slade and I want to know what is happening for Thanksgiving. Are you all meeting for dinner or are different families doing different things? If you will not all be in one place at one time, can we plan a game of touch football for the guys, or another shrimp fest at Curt's? We don't come out to Utah very often so we want to make sure we see everyone.

We plan to stay at Grandma's, if thats still ok with her. Right after Thanksgiving, we will go up to Snowbird to do whatever there is to do up there that time of year. We have a 3 room condo (sleeps 10) at the Cliff Club and would love to have any of you join us if you can make time for a little getaway.

Please let us know what you all have planned. We don't want to show up and not know whats going on.

Jen

PS. If Candace is baking again this year, please lie to me and tell me she is not.

PPS. Did y'all know my little brother, Morgan, is getting married this winter? Dec 28, in the Swiss Temple.

The Van Blog

I joke around with some of the guys I ride with that I'm going to start a blog about vans. There would be a place for cool van pictures and people could post about cool van features. I think this post will be as far as the van blog goes. Jen asked me to send pictures a few months ago. I just had to wait until I could get a few picture of the van in all of her glory.

Also, I'm going to be heading out to Navoo to get grandma in April. I think Curt and I are going to take Jacob and Derick. If others want to jump in and ride out with us let me know, we have plenty of room.

Road Trip

Last week mom, Jeffrey, my three kids and I all loaded up in my van for a 18 hour drive to Lubbock, Texas to visit Lisa and fam. What a hoot!...maybe Jeff wouldn't describe it that way. :) Everyone did really great on the car....,kids that is, I was the one who complained the most about being confined to one stop for such a long period of time. Our visit was great though, the kids had so much fun playing together and it was good to spend time with my sis I can hardly stand living so far away from her, thankgoodness for cell phones we still talk at least 2 -3 times aday. Here are a few pics of the kids playing at some parks. Other then that adventure we are all doing great and getting all geared up for Halloween, the kids are excited to dress up and go to a few Halloween parties. Kaitlen is trying to scoot around on her belly and is 7 months old already.... they get big so fast! Winter is quickly approaching which makes me a little "grumpy" (as Samuel would say) I try to find the beauty of cold weather but I have a hard time.......maybe I should be the sister that lives in Texas??? Great to hear from everyone. - Andrea

St. George Fun

We had a good time last weekend cheering Curt on for the marathon and playing in the pool. I quickly lost track of the number of cannonballs Derek landed. Curt did great on his run. He had a PR of 3 hours and 31 minutes.

Austin Stewarts Greetings

Hello everyone,

Greetings from Austin, Texas. I guess the pictures above are telling the story of the big news in our neck of the woods. Yes, Kerbey and Isabella are expecting. We are in the 4th month and we expect to deliver our little one in March 08. This pregancy is really a team effort, between Isabella's crankiness at having been put on bed rest for the 1st trimester (glad that's over !), gaining much more weight than expected so early on, and Kerbey's sympathy pains, we're both really going through it together. Yes, he is having nausea, fatigue, headaches and even digestive issues that are usually linked with pregnant females.

An ultrasound done at 13 weeks (we're almost 18 weeks now) showed the baby to be a boy, although it was done so early that they say it is not very sure then, we will be having another ultrasound this coming Friday and then we should know for sure. We are so happy and have even picked out names (for either boy or girl).

We will keep you posted on our progress and developments.

Bylund Family Update

Garrison has been playing soccer and loves it. I have to admit, he is a bit like his uncle Jeffrey in that he is such a little show boat. He wants to look good while he is playing. He is also very competitive and runs down the field with his arms in the air after his team scores a goal. It has been fun for us to watch him play and in a city like Lubbock I jump at the chance for something to do on Saturdays. Jared is in full swing at school and work, we are so grateful it is his last year! Darren is a happy little guy most of the time although he has figured out that he can throw a temper tantrum to get what he wants. As long as we keep his stomach is nice and full he is pretty easy going. We are enjoying our warm weather here in Lubbock and take advantage by making regular trips to the park. Hope to hear from more of you soon!