Hello everyone,

The time has come to greet and meet our little one tomorrow (the 1st day of spring). We'll be heading to Seton hospital early in the morning for the c-section.

We'll keep you posted on the developments and will post pictures in our blog as soon as we can.

Love and blessings to you all,

Kerbey and Isabella

Reunion dates?

Does the weekend of August 7-9 work for everyone? If no one has any concerns or other suggestions, lets set the date.

Will you all make sure everyone is aware and ok with these plans (are the burtons going to arizona in august?) and will you think of a few things we could do? Another kid-friendly hike, another cookout, heck, I'm even game for another Easter egg hunt. Payson locals, what is there to do in August?

Send back your ideas. I've never organized a family reunion (especially not from afar!) and don't know what all we need to take care of in order for it to run smoothly. Food? Activities? Lodging? I'm eager to hear back from you all. Don't be shy. We need to make plans soon.

Jennifer

PS. Wanna try to put together another photobook for Grandma (and anyone else who may want a copy)?

reunion?

check out this great old photo of geneva steel i found on flickr. (i spend a lot of time daydreaming on flickr...). cool, isn't it?

i don't know if this is the best forum for planning a reunion, but we'll start here. Y'all will have to talk to each other to make sure word gets around. we need to know if we should be planning a trip to Utah this summer. we talked about a reunion last thanksgiving and think a date should be set if we're going to do it. i hope we do. i would really love to see you all again. (I'm always sad to leave, and its not just because of the long drive home.)

and who is new to the blog scene? can we add any more links?

hope everyone is doing well, wherever you all are!

Mexico

Just wanted to share this photo with the family. This is one of the kids we have got to know over the last few years. Her name is Nancy. Shes 14 and loves Maya and Jacob. In some ways we feel she's part of our family. We had a great trip it was good to see the kids down there again.
We had had to postpone this summers trip due to lack of interest, but that's ok, we'll go down again sometime soon. Hope all are doing well.

Jesse

Elk

We live near one of the largest ranches in the nation called Deseret Land and Livestock (which is owned by the church) during the winter months all the big bull elk come and feed in the field that is on our way to the grocery store. It is awesome there are about 80 bull elk all together right off the side of the road. Here are a few pictures, which don't really do them justice!

wedding and reunions

Esme and Neva

M&M
E and Ava

Maren, trying to persuade Sophia to smile


Dan, Cassie and Esme in France
Kris, Crystal and Carina at Morgan's reception

Slade, Morgan, Sarah and Jennifer

Its really hard to decide what to post. I have 50 things to talk about and 500 photos to illustrate! Christmas was nice but the highlight of this past month was Morgan's wedding and the blessing it was to be together (for the most part) again. Our traveling went smoothly, but only because Murphey unleashed all his power against Crystal and Kris and had nothing more to spit out at us. And while its true that most everyone involved with the wedding came down with the stomach bug, at least it passed in a day or so! I'm forgetting to mention the jet-lag. Attending weddings at 4am is a different experience for me and I say thank goodness for concealer and eye-drops! Jetlag did make for some fun midnight encounters, though. It seemed there was always someone up at some point in the night because none of us could sleep.
Despite all this, the wedding was really lovely and I'm SO grateful that we were able to go.
And we're happy to welcome Sarah to the family too. She is a lot of fun. You know, growing up I used to complain about not having a sister and now I have a whole bunch of them and they are all past the point of stealing my clothes or my boyfriends.

We were so glad to see Cassie again in Austin. She brought her girls down to see Ethan and Maren before we came back to Sacramento and we all spent a great afternoon at Grandpa Kerby and Nana Bella's house roasting hotdogs and goofing off.

Kerby and Isabella are in full baby preparation mode. Their house is under renovation and thats not the only thing expanding... Poor Isabella is feeling every bit of this pregnancy but is looking good. Spirits are high too, and I happen to know that makes a very big difference!

Now I am home again and getting back into the swing of my routine - the good and the bad - and am starting to make plans for the next reunion. Maybe in August? Lets get moving on those plans, folks!

Jennifer

Update

I forgot to put who that was from, If you didn't figure it out its Andrea

Update

Hope you all had a great Christmas and are back in the swing of things now that January is half way over. We are all doing great and still tring to keep warm. It has been very cold this last week, funny how you get used to it though. I sent Samuel out to play the other day and I think it was +1 but the sun was shinning, wind wasn't blowing so it was a great day! It doesn't seem to phase him. We have so much snow here and I can honestly say this is the first of my four winters here I am acutally enjoying it. I don't know if I have just gotten used to the freezing temps or know there isn't anything I can do about it so I might as well enjoy it. Anthonys basketball team is doing very well and they hopfully will be playing in the state championship game.....one more month I enjoy it but will be glad to have him home again. As for me I have been spending alot of time playing Polly Pockets with Savannah, it is actually really fun. Lisa, Catie, and I would have loved to have the Polly Pocket cruise ship when we were little. I guess I'm kind of re-living my childhood, but hey isn't that one of the perks of being a stay at home mom?? For those of you who don't know I have started my own blog and you can email me for the link if you'd like. How is everyone else doing??? Does anyone look at this anymore besides me, Lisa, Catie and Jen???

DeeAnn's Grandkids

Here is a picture of all of DeeAnn's grandkids a few days after Christmas. It is always fun to have everyone together.
Back row- Maya Sorenson, Darren Bylund, Savannah Mitchell
Front Row- Garrison Bylund, Jacob Sorenson and Leah Sorenson, Kaitlen Mitchell, Samuel Mitchell (just in case you aren't sure who is who)

mystery gift

familia,

i have to assume that the mystery gift from the north pole which showed up on our doorstep a couple of weeks ago is from one of you. what fun! the book was nice and all, but the real fun has been trying to figure out who sent it. my only clues: mailed from orem and spells my addy incorrectly (its Shelley, like the poet) - since all of you stewart kin do that, that doesn't do much to narrow things down for me... 

so thank you to whomever sent it!

i'm not sending out Christmas cards this year. i've been so overwhelmed with all the things i have to do this season that it just got shoved aside for too long. still, i want to wish you all our very best wishes for a happy and safe holiday. and may it be filled with peace and joy and all that good stuff. 

Merry Christmas!