Skip to main content

CLT to SLC to SJC

While we were in Charlotte, the kids had a great time with Grandma and Grandpa Stevenson. One evening, they went to the Bountiful Chalk Art Festival and got to do some originals of their own. 

They went shopping at Cabela's for fishing poles. Initially they were just looking for poles for Davin and Rowan but Ellie found a princess fishing pole and insisted that she have a "fishing rod" as well. They went fishing with Uncle Jeremy and Uncle Matt and everyone caught a fish-- even Ellie! 




Ellie was excited to show me her "tiaras" (lovingly pronounce "chihuahuas" by our dear Ellie) that Grandma spoiled her with while I was gone. 



I stayed in SLC with the kids for three more days. We celebrated Davin, Nora, and Cody's birthdays on Sunday afternoon where we feasted on cake and ice cream and had a lovely visit together. 




Davin and Wren opened gifts...



... and we were entertained by what will surely become a Stevenson classic-- Wren, Ellie, and Nora dancing to Grandpa's rendition of Billy Joel's "Mexican Connection." Check out Grandma and Uncle Matt stealing the show! 


No visit to Fruit Heights is complete without a round of mini golf at Cherry Hill. Ellie thought that throwing balls into the princess castles was particularly fun! 



Thanks Mom and Dad for helping us with the kids and hosting us yet again! We are definitely excited about living a little close to family! 




Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Rowan Isaac Rees

The title of this blog also happens to be the name of our new baby. Rowan Isaac. Rowan is a Celtic name that means "little red one", and Isaac is a Hebrew name that means laughter. His initials (RIR) also spell the Portuguese verb "to laugh". So hopefully he will be a fun kid. We think he is already. He arrived today, November 28, 2007 at 2:15 pm (or thereabouts - I'll have to check the exact time). Both he and Katie are doing fine and resting a bit. He weighs 9 lbs, 2 oz., and as you can see from the picture, he has beautiful blond hair. He is a good little boy so far, and we're excited to have him in our family. Davin is with our good friends, the Smiths, this afternoon, but we think he understands a bit and is excited to meet his new little brother later this afternoon. We would like to thank you all for your love and your prayers, and hopefully we'll get a chance to talk to and see many of you soon so you can meet our little guy. If you want to see m...
14 comments
Read more

Labor Day = No Labor

The fun part of moving is that we don't have to go far to find new adventures. For Labor Day we decided to head to the coast to explore. We started our day in Santa Cruz where we stopped for lunch but we didn't stay long. Our next stop was the Swanton Berry Farm where we picked strawberries. In September. In sweatshirts. My southern friends were shocked!  The next stop was Harley Goat Farm in Pescadero. We loved watching the goats and browsing through the goat cheese store. Rowan was brave and even tried a little! After the goat farm, we wandered around the Pescadero village and explored the markets. The boys were excited to find a gumball machine but I was more interested in the dahlia market and the fresh artichoke garlic herb bread in Arcangeli's Market (we got our loaf hot from the oven and oh. my. heavens!).  We ba...
Post a Comment
Read more

Something to say

We were there in the kitchen, Rowan and I, when out of nowhere came this sound: “ma ma ba ma.” I stopped for a moment and repeated the sound to Rowan. He looked back at me and did it again: “ma ma ma ba.” This funny laugh bubbled out of me, the kind of laugh when you witness a miracle, something that someone told you was possible but you weren’t quite sure it was, but there it was in front of you, that perfect little miracle. I made the sound to Rowan again and he repeated it again. Picking him up, I spun him around, kissing him repeatedly. It was like a scene from a movie. I’m sure there were violins crescendo-ing somewhere and the audience was getting teary. “Be patient!” they told me, “it could be six months before he makes any kind of sound.” I was all prepared to be patient and I still am. There is a lot left to do. Even after this afternoon’s happy moment, I told myself that it could have been an accident or coincidence, but when he made the noises for Chris later this evening, I...
14 comments
Read more