Provo River 1/2 Marathon

The Provo River 1/2 Marathon just happens to be the same weekend as our family reunion in Utah. I just thought I would see if anyone would be interested in running it while we are all in town. The race starts at 7:00 am so we could be done and back to Payson by 9:30 or so. Here is the link to the race if you want to read more about it. I did the race last year and had a great time. It is mostly down hill but not very steep. The course in on the Provo River trail which is paved for most of the race. It usually fills up early so if anyone is interested we would need to register soon.
http://www.trailrun.com/trun/showdetails.cfm?event=55&state=UT

Just leave a comment and let me know if anyone would be interested.
Thanks,
Lisa

coup de grace

I'm been meaning to do this post for a few months now and am finally getting it done. Jeff and his band, "coup de grace" came out with a CD a few months ago and I am so proud of him! I am posting a link to the bands "my space" page you can listen to some of their songs and even purchase the CD if you'd like. He has been playing with these guys for quite a few years they are two brothers who live down the street from Grandma, and a girl from West Mountain. Anyway I hope you enjoy.



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Here are a couple of great pictures my mom sent me. Can you believe that is little Jeffrey he certainly doesn't look like my little baby brother, he's grown up on me........ - Andrea

Gabriella Nicole

cute little thing...

one more!

My dad and Isabella had their baby girl earlier today and named her Gabriella Nicole. She weighed in at 7' 7 and has a ton of black hair. Everyone is doing well and I will send photos as soon as I get some.

... and you all thought the Stewarts were done producing immediate cousins!

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