A sneak peak:)

edit: just an edit to the post below. I accidently uploaded the same photo twice, and missed one I had planned to include with Mom in it. I deleted the duplicate but don't have time to upload the missing one. I'll be back later.

Just a sneak peak of what you'll be receiving shortly. Hope you all had as much fun as we Petersens had. Toni and Amber, you did an amazing job planning and executing this huge undertaking. Thanks for everything. We miss everyone already.

Family Reunion

Well, I thought the family reunion was a success. I'm glad you could all come. :) We missed Denise, but maybe next time she can come too. :)

Hip Hip Hurray!

The 2009 Stevens Family Reunion is in less than a week! Get excited!!!!!!

May Flowers and Weeds:)

Hi, all, I thought I better do a May recap to preserve the family legacy although I'm hoping to see you all in person very shortly. May flew by in a whirlwind. We celebrated the boys' birthdays this month, with Joshua turning a year and Caleb nine. My school honeys are unofficially done, but will party this week until the end on Friday. Maryn, Joshua, and I couldn't help but keep strolling past the school on our walk this morning to spy on Elise as she ran through the school sprinklers in the field on "Water Day." I tried to drag the walk out so I could spy on the third graders (ie, Caleb and his best friend Dylan) who were coming next, but after 75 minutes in the stroller and Maryn was ready to get out, hop the fence and join the fun. We also unofficially acquired a "pet" a week or so ago. We have a mole or gopher digging up our front lawn, after our neighbor, whose backyard borders our side yard, landscaped said backyard. Well, anyway, happy June until we meet!
The photo is one of all the honeys after a full day of Memorial Day commemoration activities. Yes, I bribed them to sit still for half a second--they're not impressed with all my preserving the family legacy.

Amber in the Month of May

iiiiiiiiHola Chicas!!!!!!!!!
Hello. I'm kinda hyper, so pardon me if I'm a little bit loony. Anyway, only about a week and a half of school for Amber. :D Hip hip Hooray! So, I went to youth leg which was kinda fun (no, I will not explain what it is) and yeah. So, I'm carrying out an "open long distance relationship" with a boy from Great Falls named Sam Martin. He's crazy, but in a good way. lol Mom is going nutso cuz I'm failing my journalism class. Don't worry, it's all because of my own stupid laziness. :) It doesn't bother me. I don't need the credit anyway. :) I'm excited for the family reunion. :) It makes me happy.

Catch Up!

Since it has been quite a while since I last blogged - here goes!
Alexus is getting ready to end her first year of formal education. I can't believe it has flown by so quickly. She has her Kindergarten graduation on June 3rd and is very excited. She almost talks about nothing else. Alexus also recently started our garden-in the house and in starter pellets. We still have snow up here so its hard to say when our peas, watermelons, and carrots will end up in the ground. She hasn't been feeling well so she wasn't too keen on a picture.
Tyse is nearing his third birthday very quickly! He has decided on a cowboy cake with a rope on it. He has become obsessed with roping and guns and horses and cowboys - at least for today. He definately is all boy and is testing his limits as much as he can. He also has acquired glasses which look absolutely adorable on him!
As for me, its pretty much the same old thing - working and chasing kiddos and taking care of sick kids for about the last two to three weeks. I recently broke down and read the Twilight Saga after Harry Potter was bumped because of the Twilight movie release. I actually really enjoyed them and read them all in less than a week, unfortunately my poor house suffered, so I am playing catch-up on that. The joys of house cleaning - lol.

Congratulations!

Congratulations Mary, Don and family!
We are so happy for you and glad to hear that everything is going well! We are so excited to see everyone. Alexus and Tyse are really excited to see Emma and Ethan and Ainsley and the new baby, Lenay (sorry, I think I spelled it wrong). She has been talking about seeing her cousins with the really blonde hair that plays with her all the time. I hope everything is going well for you guys!