STEWCREW

Christmas Day

2010-12-25T17:35:00.000-08:00

Hi, this is Raegan and because my mom isn't doing her blog anymore, I am going to be taking over her blog.

This morning we all woke up at 2 (like always) and didn't go back to sleep until about 4. Well at least I did. We all woke back up at 6 and opened presents. Wow, Can I tell you, we got some pretty sweet stuff. Brandon got an iPod nano and already has like 100 songs on it and a pretty sweet Patrick Cane Hockey stick. He also got a TON of hockey stuff. I got a digital camera and that is the camera I will be using for this blog. Brianne got a dippin' dots maker that we really can't figure out. Adam got a hunting wii game wich also we can't figure out.

It's been forever!

2009-09-10T11:56:00.000-07:00

Hello Blogger friends I just want to let you know that I have a new blog for CAKES! www.krissys-kreations.blogspot.com I am starting a Cake business and am trying to get my name out there! If I could get your help on posting my info on your blogs and Face book that would be SO SO GREAT!!! Thank you so much.

Kristina

The Red Barn a new family traditon

2008-11-05T07:52:00.000-08:00

We are Back:

2008-11-03T11:35:00.001-08:00

The End of our family Media Fast is over. The time flew bye, I miss reading everybody's blogs, I missed a lot. But it is good to see that everyone is doing great!

So I highly recommend that any family should have a month media fast. Some days were harder than others but I think that we learned a lot about our family. We put puzzles together, played games, sat around and talked about our day, had tickle fights, we talked in the car. We had less fighting all the time. When we did listen to music in the car it was only church music, I have never put in Mormon Tabernacle choir in the middle of the week, and I really enjoyed it. I was a more peaceful felling all around.

We all READ!!! That is a miracle in it's self I read 6 books in 5 weeks that is more books than I have read from age 1, and I love it. I actually enjoy reading ( I can't belive it). If you have any book recommendations let me know. Brandon read 2 books on his time off that is also a miracle. Raegan and Brianne also did a lot of reading. When they had nothing to do, they would pick up a book and read. It was wonderful to see.

Adam: I wished everyday that I could turn on the T.V. when Adam was home He did not want to hang out with mom at all. We did play some and I got him to do his chores. We read together a little bit, but it was just not fun at home for him. I never knew were Adam was. He would take off trying to find a friend to play with. ( I did talk to his friends mom's and I'm glad we were all on the same page with no media). So were did not see much of Adam Because t it was more fun to go to his friends homes.

We are back, and I have a few pics to post but it might take awhile. Right now I am just trying to keep up with everyday life and getting caught up on all things media. ( Like the new Twilight trailer I missed)!

good bye for a month.

2008-09-28T16:24:00.000-07:00

So today is a bitter sweet day. In Church this morning our Bishop challenged our ward to stay away and not use any electronic devices for the entire month of October. That means No T.V. No Computer, No Video Games, No Texting, No Radio, No I -Pod, No Blogging, and to try and not use our cell phones. (only on a need to bases).

So Robert and I made the decision at the moment it was asked of us, that our family would participate in the Bishops month long challenge. It is going to be extremely difficult for me because when the kids get a little out of control, I put on a movie, let them play video games, or let them play games on the computer. When I get a little board I watch a movie to search the net.

So now that I have to be a more hands on Mom and can not rely on electronics help me with my children or my self, it seems a bit scary to me. I never realized how much I have depended and used all of the many thing that we have now been asked to take out of our home.

Yet at the same time I am very excited for this opportunity, this will be a wonderful learning experience for myself and my children. I hope that we will become closer as a family, as we now need to keep each other entertained.

So I should be back in November.

P.S. if you are wanting to see a great movie see this one. It is about the Highland Rugby team from SLC. It is a great movie.

ADVENTURES WITH ADAM

2008-09-15T08:51:00.001-07:00

Another Adam adventure! For a few weeks I have been a little worried about Adam climbing out of his window, because he has been opening it a lot and talking to his friends. So I mentioned it to my neighbor Annalisa, and we talked about it for a bit and laughed...ha ha ha. Well HE DID IT!!! Adam Broke out his screen, and was throwing toy's out the window to Collin (Annalisa's son) . Well one of the toys got stuck, Adam came to let me know and I told him that dad would get it down with the ladder, when he got home from work. Adam said ok and went on. Well about 10 min. later Adam and Collin came running to me so so excited...
Adam said, "Mom I got my TOY!"
"Adam how did you get your toy back?" I replied
"I don't know mom i just got it" He lied.
So I asked Collin, " Collin did Adam got on the roof to get is toy?"
"um um Adam what should I say?" Collin asked Adam.
Again I asked, "Adam did you go on the roof to get your toy??"
"I just got it some how mom..."
So I asked Collin again, "Collin did Adam go on the roof?"
"um um yes" he replied.
well now Adam is busted! All I could do was walk away. I did not know what to do. I was so mad I had to leave. Then Adam and Collin went to school shortly after this happened. I went to Home Depot and invested in a window Lock!!!I put it on Adams window and when he got home from school I asked him to try and get out of his window. (I wanted to make sure he could not get out).
HE was able to open it, but only about 4 inches. Adam turned to me and said, "mom get this thing off!! Who put it on? Get it off!!" (the lock) " Mom, help me get this off!"
I said, "No Adam. I put that there so that you can't get onto the roof. You could fall and get hurt. It is very dangerous!"
"No it's not mom. I can do it. I went last time and I was fine" He said confidently.
"Sorry Adam, it's not coming off!"
And then he freaked! "MOM TAKE IT OFF!!!!!! I cant even put my head through the window mom!!!!!! MOM YOU SAID I CAN PLAY ON THE ROOF, TAKE IT OFF!!!' ( now he thinks I said go play on the roof because i asked him to try and open his window). And then he just started CRYING because he can no longer go play on the roof... I just had to walk away again....

2008-09-15T08:35:00.000-07:00

So Adam was in the bathroom for awhile with the door shut doing his thing.... So I thought.... I should have known better! After all the DOOR WAS SHUT! When does Adam ever shut the door to go the bathroom. Well he comes out all is well and I think nothing of it, he got some water on the floor big deal, ( good he is washing his hands). BIG MISTAKE, at least when Adam is involved. A few days later when I am washing my hands and am looking around, I look up high in the mirror and what do i see.......... TOILET PAPER ON THE CEILING!! this picture does not do it justice! ( we had some fall) . This is LIFE WITH ADAM! we never know what we are going to get!

wants to be like BRANDON

2008-09-10T16:22:00.000-07:00

Adam fell asleep in Brandon's Practice uniform after 3 hours of running around in it! ( it is not light) he wants so badly to play football like Brandon. he will take whatever he can get... Next year ADAM

The last one!!!

2008-09-10T16:12:00.000-07:00

WOW ! The time has come. Adam is in kindergarten! what am i going to do with my time. (party)!!! Adam was so so excited to start kindergarten , he go to ride his bike to school and come home with his brother and sisters. The first thing he said when He got home was "that was so cool mom".

First Day of School

2008-09-10T16:07:00.000-07:00

School started over a month ago and I am just now getting around to post the pics (oops). Brandon 4th grade, Rae 3rd grade, and Breezy 1st grade on the first day of school. And of course Adam who started a week later in Kindergarten.

Where have I been

2008-09-04T19:05:00.000-07:00

So my nose has been stuck in a book! I hate to read and I never, never, do it. But.... I love these BOOKS!!!! I know that these books are a love or hate relationship. And I am one of the many who love them. Of course I do it took me only a week and a haft to read all four. I love it! (I can't wait of the movie).

2008-09-02T08:51:00.000-07:00

the ones that got left out!

2008-08-13T17:32:00.001-07:00

2008-08-13T17:14:00.000-07:00

So here are just a few pic's that i should have posted. Most of them are from our summer activity's but some are just cute ones from this past winter.

LAKE POWELL

2008-08-04T14:05:00.001-07:00

I love my KIDS

2008-08-04T12:49:00.000-07:00

when we got home form Vegas this was what we came home too.....

Vegas Baby yeah

2008-08-04T12:37:00.000-07:00

Rob and I spent a week in Las Vegas for are anniversary (July 3rd)

NEW HAIR CUTS

2008-08-04T11:41:00.000-07:00

It was July 7th when the girls got their new hair cuts but I am just posting now.( life has been a little crazy) They wanted their hair like their aunt Cari.

A Special Day

2008-07-29T11:39:00.000-07:00

What a wonderful day this was!!! Raegan we are so proud of you and the choice you made to be baptized ... 7/5/08

2008-07-29T11:38:00.001-07:00

the 4th

2008-07-29T10:44:00.000-07:00

So I feel awful. we only took 5 pictures of activity's we did on the 4th. We went to the parade had a BBQ watched fireworks and had a wonderful time. But we have no pictures to show how much fun we had. . here are 2 of the 5 pic's we have of Brandon playing football. Dad Stewart took some great pictures and sent us a few that i need to scan them in but I need Rob for that... (Still don't know how to scan)

Adam

2008-07-29T10:41:00.001-07:00

Just a cute picture of Adam. He fell asleep watching Star Wars on the i-pod, his new favorite thing.

Sunday afternoon with the Fam

2008-06-25T16:15:00.000-07:00

Brandons SUMMER HAIR CUT

2008-06-25T14:48:00.000-07:00

Brandon was the second to get his hair cut. It was a Saturday night and he thought that Adam"s hair was pretty cool. well dad buzzed his hair too. The next day Sunday, Brandon did not want to go to church because he thought that his hair looked funny. He liked it at first, but of course anything to try and get out of church. so in primary we sing the Hello song to visitors in our ward, we did not have any visitors that Sunday. (after the hair cuts) and most of the kids wanted to sing the hello song to Brandon because he looked so different and his hair was new! we all just laughed. The next Sunday at church we saw that Brandon's best friend Calvin shaved his head too.

Adam's SUMMER HAIR CUT

2008-06-25T14:31:00.000-07:00

So Rob went the cut the boys hair because it was getting too long. As Rob was cutting Adams hair Adam said to dad " i want all my hair off daddy". So dad made Adam go and get mom's permission to cut off all of his hair, "well not all of it", i said "you can cut most of it". So we did the buzz cut. But if Adam had his way it would be all gone.

PRIMARY TALENT SHOW

2008-06-24T17:56:00.000-07:00

RAEGAN SHOWED US ALL HOW TO MAKE A GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH. HER GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICHES ARE VERY GOOD!

ADAM DOES A VERY GOOD JOB ON BLOWING BUBBLES WITH HIS HANDS IT IS A FUN TALENT TO HAVE, MOST OF THE TIME IT IS THE ONLY WAY I CAN GET HIM INTO THE SHOWER " Adam you can use mommy's soap and blow bubbles"

BRANDON'S WAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH SPORTS OF COURSE! HE CHOOSE HOCKEY THIS TIME. HE TOOK THE PUCK OFF THE GROUND AND THROUGH IT IN THE AIR AND CAUGHT IT WITH HIS STICK VERY COOL!

(I FEEL VERY BAD) BECAUSE BREEZY'S TALENT WAS DRAWING A PICTURE OF A RAINBOW AND WE DID NOT GET A PICTURE OF IT, BUT IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL RAINBOW ALL THE COLORS WERE IN THE RIGHT ORDER, AND SHE WORKED SO HARD ON IT. (SORRY BREEZY)

2008-06-16T10:32:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! it has been awhile since i posted on our blog. So I am the kind of blogger that likes to post pictures and then I have something to say, well the other day Rob came home and was going to put all of our pictures and home movies on to a back up (external hard drive) . We had all of our pictures and movies on another external hard drive, and we were told by Rob's dad that he had the same one we did and that his had crashed and he lost everything. so we thought we should be safe and make sure we had are pictures and home movies in two places. Well Rob went to start duplicating all of our stuff and it happened. Our first external hard drive that had everything on it had crashed!!! we can not get anything off of it. I am so so sad. A professional might be able to help but we are not sure yet. So i have been very sad, and that is part of the reason i have not posted lately. :(

Check out my Slide Show!

2008-05-26T14:43:00.001-07:00

Before & After

2008-05-26T12:51:00.000-07:00

so we have been in our house for 3 years and we have had this bunk bed in are garage for about a year. (it was in the condo with Eddie and two other families) Once we sold the condo and got the bed back i have wanted to paint it and put it in the girls room because there beds were so so bad! well it took a year to sand the bed down and it took two days to paint it, but it is finally done! It also took 3 years to paint the girls bedroom, but that is done!!! hip hip hooray

i do have to give special thanks to Vanessa for inspiring me to finish thanks V

Brandon Looks Great!!!

2008-05-26T12:37:00.000-07:00

it's been two weeks and Brandon looks GREAT!!! I am so surprised how fast and well he healed. Now we only need to keep sunblock on his lip for the next two years (it is going to be a challenge Brandon is always in the sun and has never worn sunblock) the doctor said he should only have a tiny scar.... It's a good war wound.

Brandons latest baseball experience

2008-05-10T19:53:00.000-07:00

Brandon's baseball team, the Mets, played the Reds on Friday. The game started at 4:30 and at 4:35 Brandon got hit in the mouth by a teammates practice swing. The end of the bat cut straight through his lip severing the muscle, chipped 2 teeth, and turned his front tooth sideways. It took 3 layers of stitches and 45 total minutes of surgery in the ER to get him looking this good. He hasn't cried once through the whole ordeal. He is a tough guy! He'll be at practice wearing his hockey helmet for awhile. The good news is that the Mets beat the Reds for their first win of the season!

2008-05-06T08:22:00.000-07:00

Here is my Sleeping Beauty!!! The princess fell asleep in prince charmings arms. (breezy my little diva)

2008-04-30T15:23:00.000-07:00

Here is Brandon's pinewood derby car! Of course it had to be BYU! Brandon also made the stand for his car, I think he did a GREAT JOB it's not very strait but that's what gives it it's own personality.

2008-04-30T15:16:00.000-07:00

We thought Brandon had a good chance to win! until we found out we could not put graphite on the car. Last year we got to put graphite on the car right before the race. This year they would not let us. We had to have it done before we turned in the cars. I wish they would have told us that it had to be done before we turned it in. (but last year I was the cub master so it was a bit different).

2008-04-30T15:13:00.000-07:00

so he lost very bad! He came in 2nd once and lost all the other races. But we all still had a lot of fun.

2008-04-30T15:07:00.000-07:00

Brandon got the GOOD SPORTS AWARD! He was still having fun and cheering for the other cars even when he was loosing. He was a GREAT SPORT!!(some kids were kind of sad)

2008-04-30T14:59:00.000-07:00

Adam had to make a car too. Yes it is also BYU!

2008-04-23T17:47:00.000-07:00

There is nothing better than seeing the Temple during a baseball game

2008-04-23T17:19:00.000-07:00

So Brandon has played Hockey for 6+ years, he has played Football for the past couple of years, but he has never played organized Baseball. This is Brandon's first game ever!! Not as fun for me as hockey and football but he had a great time...

2008-04-23T16:42:00.000-07:00

2008-04-18T10:58:00.001-07:00

here is the quilt i made for eddie and lindsay's baby westin

2008-04-18T10:37:00.000-07:00

The kids rocking out to rock band i love Adams face.

2008-04-10T13:02:00.001-07:00

Brandon and Adam both finished the season with long hair i don't know if they are already trying to start their own Stanley cup tradition, But love the trophy's they got not quite the cup but it will do! Adam was so so excited to get a trophy, Brandon has gotten one every year since he was 3 and Adam has wanted one so bad now you have IT!

2008-04-10T12:39:00.001-07:00

I know Easter has passed but I love this picture. It's after church and and the Easter bunny just brought the kids stuff for their Easter baskets!!

2008-04-10T12:16:00.001-07:00

2008-04-10T12:12:00.001-07:00

Adam's HOCKEY

2008-04-04T08:50:00.001-07:00

Hockey Time

2008-03-31T13:51:00.001-07:00

Adam,playing Hockey and his chin guard fell off dad is putting it back on.