Posted in Family on Jul 28th, 2007 6 Comments »
When I woke Caleb this morning at 4:30 he grumbled, got out of bed, started to change his clothes, and then looked out the window and said “Dad, I thought you said we would leave in the morning, not the middle of the night.” Although not the middle of the night, it was an early [...]
Posted in Kids, Random Acts of Kindness on Jul 27th, 2007 5 Comments »
I posted last week about Project Linus donating blankets to hospitals for the children after Hannah was a recipient of one. This week we were at Walmart for a completely different reason (getting replacement glasses for Emma) when we walked through their fabric section. I let each of the older three kids pick out a [...]
Posted in Family on Jul 21st, 2007 9 Comments »
Well, when it rains, it really pours. We felt that this week with staples for one injured child, broken glasses for another, and a postponed anniversary trip for Mom & Dad. But, today we felt the blessings that have come from these. With no last minute preparations for our anniversary trip Chris was able to [...]
Posted in Hannah, Random Acts of Kindness on Jul 17th, 2007 6 Comments »
Going along the lines of Random Acts of Kindness that I posted about last week, we became a recipient of one last night. When the kids were going to bed, Caleb & Hannah were standing on their beds, falling/jumping backwards onto their pillows. Hannah missed her pillow and hit the back of her head on [...]
Posted in Family on Jul 16th, 2007 7 Comments »
This weekend we drove to upstate New York to attend the Hill Cumorah Pageant in Palmyra. We stopped in Ithaca to spend some time with our old neighbor, Cathy. It was so peaceful to be back and kind of felt like de ja vu to be back at our townhomes. Cathy came with us to [...]
Posted in Random Acts of Kindness, Uncategorized on Jul 12th, 2007 6 Comments »
Did you ever see the movie “Pay It Forward”? Wasn’t it amazing what one person could do? Have you ever paid a toll for someone in the car behind you? Doesn’t it make you feel good? Well, yesterday I was reading here and was presented a challenge to look for these little times where we [...]
Posted in Family on Jul 11th, 2007 4 Comments »
[mygal=jed_2006] Today was the day – Chris’s younger brother, Jed, entered the MTC (Mission Training Center) in Provo, UT. He will be serving 2 years in Calgary, Alberta, Canada speaking English. He is very nervous, but what young man (or young woman) isn’t when they give up 2 years (or 18 months) of their lives [...]
Posted in Family on Jul 8th, 2007 4 Comments »
[mygal=corey_60th] We gathered together with my mom’s family in Pennsylvania this weekend to celebrate my grandparent’s 60th wedding anniversary. I cannot remember the last time we were all together – probably at their 40th wedding anniversary party. There were some family members I hadn’t met yet and even more Chris had never met. We were [...]
Posted in Scrapbooking on Jul 6th, 2007 5 Comments »
My grandparents are celebrating 60 years of marriage! They are such an example to me of keeping the romance alive – they are still very much in love after 60 years. My cousin’s wife has been putting together a scrapbook for them and asked every family to make 2 pages to contribute. Ours will probably [...]
Posted in Holiday on Jul 5th, 2007 3 Comments »
As with any holiday in the Stephenson family, the 4th of July was a ‘day for work’. We were able to go through the house and systematically clean things out we don’t need anymore. While we purged, areas got tidied up, and moved to different areas. It’s amazing how rejuvenating that is. We had a [...]