Things...

Hunter and Haley both stuffed their shirts with their Jonah's.

Haley took this picture of me and Hunter.

Chenoa and I at our house... Sisters -n- Law

Haley and Shelby... Cousins!!! Haley almost 5 and Shelby age 6. Shelby had a little too much fun in the swimming pool the day before. This Picture and the next is from the rehearsal lunch, Saturday. The wedding was Monday- July 30. Those pictures to come....

Brother's Chris and Jimmy

WWF aka VBS week!

WWF (Wacky Week of Fun) aka VBS started on Monday! The kids are having a blast. It is from 930 - 130 Monday- Friday!

This is Hunter's first year! He has a lot of fun, but he does get worn out and tired. He takes a good nap for me when we get home! His team is the Teal (which looks blue to me) tadpoles. There are 30 kids on average in Hunter's class alone! Jessica... you need a medal for taking on these kids for the whole week!

Haley is on the Purple Lobsters. This is her second year at VBS. She is REALLY having the most fun out of the two of them! She gets home and talks about it constantly!!!


For the water games on Wednesday, Hunter and Haley were complete opposites! When the leaders went to squirt the kids with water (which probably wasn't the greatest of ideas) most of the kids ran away screaming... Haley cried... Hunter got right to the front as if to say, "bring it on"

There are over 200 hundred kids at WWF this year! Last year I was in charge of the food... mostly there was 150 kids... i think our top day last year was 200.. but this year we started the week off with 216!

Today I went to visit Jenn, a friend of mine who just had a baby a week ago. She has a son Hunter's age and so does Jane. The three boys have a lot of fun playing together. I have a cute picture of the three boys, Hunter, Jake and Nate right after Nate was born. (If I knew how to scan I would scan the photo). Jane just had her second son, Zach and Jenn just had Luke... all we are waiting for now is for my second son, Jonah.

Jenn is moving in August and I wanted to get a picture of Zach, Luke and Jonah.. so I took one, Jonah still in belly :)

8 Random Facts about Stef

Apparently there's a new "phenomenom" in the blogging realm. It's called a "MeMe."

The Meme Rules:

1. I have to post these rules before I give you the facts.
2. Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
3. People who are tagged need to write their own blog (about their eight things) and post these rules.
4. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
5. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

Random Fact one: I have problems with blending words together. For example... I once told a friend that I had to use the breastroom (b-bathroom, restroom...) another one... I told a 7th grade student of mine to hand over his playboy (play station/game boy)... the worst one... I was trying to tell my students to quiet down by using fun words like ruckus and fus... I mixed those two words up to get a pretty colorful word... and instead of catching on to my mistake, I said it a total of 14 times before the RSP teacher in the room stopped laughing and decided to help me out with my mistake. (I had a sweet student count how may times I said it). Hey, I got them to quiet down!

Random fact two: I HAVE to read a book before I go to sleep. It could be 2am and I have to get up at 7am I will still read before I turn the light out. Jim loves this fact of mine :)...

Random fact three: I like feet. Yes, some of you who have known me a while know this.

Random fact four: I can memorize phone numbers REALLY EASY (like after dialing once or twice).. I can remember birth dates too.... but remember someones name I have met three or four times... forget it!

Random fact five: In the 7th grade I was VERY CLOSE to being suspended for drug use and drinking on campus. To make this a short fact, there were two girls at the school in my grade, with the same EXACT first and last name... she did these things and I got sent to the principals office. I was told I couldn't talk (apparently I had a habit of talking back to teachers - again, not really me.. the other girl) so I had to sit there and listen to the principal tell me how bad I was and all the things I did and what he planned to do with me. Finally, he asked, "What do you have to say for yourself..." expecting an apology, I simply said, "My middle name is Joy... not Ann." Very shortly after, I got Vineyard student of the month... coincidence???

Random fact six: I had tongue surgery when I was in the 6th grade. My advice... if your child is born tongue tied, get their tongue clipped at birth rather then wait till 6th grade. It is a much bigger surgery the older you are! A swollen tongue is FUN at the age of 11.

Random fact seven: Mindi Gee (now Houghton) taught me how to ride a 2 wheel bike.

Random fact eight: Flying bugs scare the poo out of me!!! I will scream like a little girl if ever taken off guard by a bug. Sadly, it is true... I have tried working on it... but when they surprise me out of the blue I can't help it!

The 8 people I tagged...
1. Erin ... Would the freak at the gas station be on your list???? GO AROUND ME .. HA! I just remembered that, I should have wrote it... dang it :)
2. Jimmy (Which yes would appear on this blog).. tell them how you scratch your ear...
3. Leah... you always are so open with things going on
4. Leah and Dan ... I would love to hear some new dirt on you guys :)
5. Kelly... I would be interested if your first date with Sam would be on your list.
6. Megan ... Just trying to get you bloggin again!
7. Mom... Same as Megan...
8. Anyone else... this was fun so join in!

Hunter's 3 year old photos

Ok, so it took me a month and a half to get my son's three year old photo's done. I decided to take them myself... one, to save money :) and two because Megan (my photo friend) gave me some great tips and even took some! He is so active :) that I really needed to follow him around and get a shot when he was ready and not settle for a fake smile.

Nate and Hunt man. Good buddies!

I love this picture... I know he isn't smiling, but he is a doll! If I knew how to scan a picture out of a scrapbook of me at that age, you would see that I would make the same faces.

Haley's family picture

It has been awhile...

We have had father's day.... A BBQ at our house! How many guys does it take to BBQ?

Helen's 63rd b-day! We went to Steer n Stein.

Hunter art. I went to Georgia for five days (I had a blast!) anyways... before I went Hunter and Haley drew me pictures to remember them by... Hunter is just learning how to draw people... i think it is awesome! The blue above my eyes in the picture - thats my mouth... he told me he wanted my mouth on the top of my head. Haley's turned out precious, just the picture of it didn't turn out.
I have been struggling with heartburn like you wouldn't believe. I wake up in the morning with it... explain that? I have lost weight... 4 lbs in two weeks. My doctor put my on a diet :) pretty much everything they told me not to eat, that's what I live on... so I am learning to eat new things :) Jim took me to dinner after my doctors appointment. We had a blast with the kids... which is actually rare for going out to eat.
My Australian relatives come home for good in little over a week. July 20th! How exciting!! We did really good on our yard sale we had for them! Praise God!