2007 babies (minus one)

Mexico Summer 2008

Friends and Family,

As many of you know, our family has been involved with humanitarian service trips to Mexico for the last few years. We plan to do another trip this summer during the month of June. We will be traveling to San Carlos, Mexico to work with children from a nearby orphanage called Ciudad de los Niños. We will be taking the children out of the orphanage for a summer camp experience. We will visit the beaches in San Carlos to snorkel, sea kayak, play in the sand, look for seashells, and enjoy the sunshine. It’s our goal to help the children have a memorable, positive childhood experience. We can only do this with your help.
If you have not made plans for your summer vacations this year, please consider helping us out. If you don’t think you would be able to help, please let your friends and family know about this project.
We will plan your trip through our nonprofit organization, Orphanage Support Services Organization Mexico (OSSOMEX). All lodging, meals, and activities are covered in the program fee. No Spanish is required to serve.
There will be 4 sessions available this summer for families and single volunteers. Each session will be one week long. You do not have to be there the whole month; however, there will be opportunities for Spanish speaking volunteers who would like to stay as OSSOMEX staff for the entre month.

Visit ossomex.org for detailed information about this project.

Come join us !


Jesse, Patty and kids

I am not sure what happened, but our halloween blog pictures did not post at the top. Be sure to scroll down to see what you think of "Froddo's" haircut.

Halloween Party

We had a great Halloween. Every year Curt and Jill have an amazing Halloween party. It is so much fun to get together with family and friends. The kids loved all the fun games that we did. Here is a picture of the kids after the "mummy game" and samuel and Savannah tring to eat a donut on a string.I 've never been much of a Halloween fan but a fun party like this helps me enjoy it much more. Thanks Jill! This year Samuel was a pirate, Savannah was a lion and little Kaitlen was the cutest little pumkin ever.

Halloween in Lubbock

We had a fun Halloween here in Lub bock. Darren was Eeyore and Garrison was a Power Ranger for the 2nd year in a row. Our ward had a Fall Festival that the kids loved. Of course we got way to much candy which I end up eating the majority of. Hope it see pictures of everyones kids!

Froddo Baggins

Wow! Derek had been growing his hair out for "Frodo" since June and we finally were able to get it all cut off! Hallelujah!! No more crazy, funky, bed-head hair-dos! He definitely has the Stewart-thick hair.

halloween with gauntt kids

Halloween is a holiday I can't appreciate very much. Ethan always wants me to decorate our house and I'm just not into that. Its also hard for me to come up with costumes. I think I must get that from my mom. I was a gypsy many times and Kris and Dan were often pirates. Then she got smart and just moved to France and did away with the whole ordeal altogether.

And then there is this issue of candy. Its everywhere. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the stuff. And thats precisely the problem. Its terrible that something so good should be so bad.

This year, Ethan was a karate kid who'd been bloodied up (karate was my idea, blood was his), Maren was a farmer girl and Neva was a lady bug.

What did y'all do?

Happy Birthday Dan and Kris!

Cassie posted a blog on her site to celebrate Dan's birthday (and let it be known that I'd like her to write my obituary when that time comes, please). I'm stretching her thought to this blog. What coverage!
Happy Birthday to my two wonderful brothers!

We love you. Everyone does (except, perhaps for your rugby opponents), and we wish you all our best.

jennifer