Stevenson Family Reunion

We had a grand old time this year at the Stevenson/Brunetti reunion. Grandma and Grandpa Stevenson reserved a condo up there as a gift for Christmas. It was so much fun.
It started with of course what every Stevenson trip starts with... a broken car. Yes, grandma and grandpa Stevenson's car broke down in Logan canyon. Luckily about 5 other cars were right behind us and with a little rearranging the rest of us were off and Dad was with the tow truck.
After getting settled, we went and saw "Chuck Wagon" at the Pickleville Playhouse. Eliza still is singing "coyote, wo-o-wo -o- otee, awoo." She loved it and sat through the whole thing completely entertained. Liberty also sat there quietly staring at the stage until she finally drifted off to sleep. Not even a peep from her, which was nice since I was a little worried about taking two kids to a play without Rob. Yes, dear Rob was missing. He was working hard at work since he was supposed to be finding out about his job offer that next day.
The next day we had a little beach time. Eliza loved it there, it was like a big sand box for her. It was also really relaxing for me because she was entertained. Later mom and I took a little stroll down to an antique shop where they sold chocolate covered Rasberries. Yum! That night, Rob called with the exciting news that her received his "dream job"! We were so excited! He finally arrived during the Family Olympics (which we loved and was very funny). I was so glad to have him around. He just makes things great for me and always more fun.
The next day was my favorite! We headed off to the beach pretty early. Rob started building a sand castle with Eliza which turned into a family event with many of the cousins and uncles and aunts. Ted even completed a tunnel underneath one of his towers. Then we went boating with John Diamond who was up there with his family. Rob displayed his skills on the wakeboard as I whooped and hollered from the back of the boat. Eliza even went out on the tube with her daddy. I wasn't quite sure what she was thinking. It wasn't a face of fear, but it also wasn't a face of excitement. Eventually we came in and had some classic La Beau's famous raspberry shakes and hampburgers. It was scrumdiddilyumptious!
That night was probably on of my most favorite parts of the reunion. We had a family talent show. Almost everyone had something special planned. It ranged from Chelsea's gorey fingers to Dave's touching poem about Jenn and her cancer.
The next day was mostly just clean up and finding all the missing items for everyone that had been lost in the crazy Stevenson whirlwind. And of course Grandma and Grandpa's car broke down again.

Davies Family Reunion

The place where Rob gets to feel like a cowboy! It's one of our favorites and we love the people there. Dwayne always makes everyone feel welcome and there is always fun things to do there like the zip line into the pond, canoeing, skeet shooting, the auction, and fireworks. (No rodeo and free pig this year.) Eliza was real excited about the sock hop this year, but we accidentally missed it while we were in Talmage looking at Dad's land. So we had to create our own sock hop around the lantern. I think people thought we were a little crazy. But it was fun!

4th of July

We spent our celebrating for the 4th of July in Idaho with Grama and Papa Coco (as Eliza would say). (The grandparents are currently named according to the animals they have. G & G Stevenson are Grama and Papa Pigeons.)
It was a fun weekend, especially since everyone was all together. It has been a while. We started the 4th off with a parade. Eliza really got into getting all the candy with a little motivation from her dad. We had one moment where she started crying because she didn't get any, but after a little talk, she wasn't so emotional and even remembered to share with the other kids around her. Then we went to the fair and the kids got the chance to catch a fish with their bare hands. It was pretty exciting and with a little help from her daddy, Eliza got one! After a little rest and relaxation at home we debated about the next activity. With Miller's brilliant idea we decided to go ice blocking. It was really funny and fun because everyone tried it. (Some of us were more coordinated than others.)The day finished off with a firework show at the college. It was a great show. Eliza even got a little bored because it was so long. But her and Kennedy had fun running around. The next day we went swimming at Natsupa (probably spelled that wrong). Eliza for some reason was rather frightened of the water. I think she was just used to the small splash ponds where her feet can usually touch. But Liberty thought it was rather delightful as she fell asleep in her little tube. We finished the night off kid free with a delicious buffet dinner at Jack pot. I had desert for the main course and loved it. It was a great weekend!!!

Libby's first roll

No I'm not talking about fat rolls, I'm talking about rolling over. Her first "real" roll was on June 22, 2008 (for the record). She had rolled once before on my bed but it was on a bit of a hill so it didn't really count. Her first "real" roll was motivated by Maya's stuffed lion. Her daddy was playing with her and the lion and put it just out of reach. She wanted it so bad she rolled over. I can't remember if she rolled both ways that night but it wasn't long before she started rolling all over the place. Now I put her in one spot on the living room floor and she'll roll her way over to the kitchen floor. It's become her way of crawling (which unfortunately for me doesn't seem to be too far off.) Congrats little Libby! You are growing up so quick.
Since we're spotlighting Libby, I wanted to add some of my favorite recent photos.