The Stevenson Story

My cutie little Avey turned 2 last week! On her birthday we asked her what she wanted to do, and she said she wanted to go to the Apple store with daddy and mommy and Jack. So we went downtown and played with the iPads and computers there, and then went up and down the escalator and watched the fountains with the Carol of the Bells being played. That night we had dinner with our families and Avey's favorite, Peanut Butter Noodles and Chicken, and Salad with avocados. Here's Avey telling Becca all about the yummy dinner and where to get it. :) Kristen and Avey being silly. Kristen made Avey's birthday cake. Avey loves princesses, so she made a crown with all the princesses in it. Kristen rocks. She LOVED it, and kept showing people her cake as they arrived. She even loved eating the cake. Avey was DARLING during the present opening, and loved each and every present she opened and showed and shared each present with everyone in the room. Like these reindeer antlers. Krist...

The Sandy Aquarium had a free entrance day two weeks ago, so we jumped on it! With Eric working mostly evenings at Apple we were happy he had the morning free to accompany us. We were also joined by Mandi, Scott, Caleb and Carol (Eric's mom). In full disclosure it was pretty crazy with tons and tons of people, but was still super fun. The kids LOVED it, and still talk about going to see the "fish zoo". :) The penguin exhibit was the winning favorite though. They were enthralled with the penguins jumping in and out of water in front of their eyes. They were mesmerized. The looks of pure joy. Measuring up to the penguins. Sitting on a boat in the amazon section. Seeing some Amazon fish, aren't they huge?

We had a lovely Thanksgiving this year. We started it with a low key morning. Kristen had the parade on which the kids watched on and off. I ran for 3 miles watching the Biggest Loser- Eric made yummy rolls and I tried to make yams the way normal people like them for Thanksgiving. I just bake them and eat them without butter or anything like a crazy person, so I failed them by peeling them first then cooking them in butter and sugar, but now I know just to bake them with peels on, then peel them and put them in the butter and sugar. I'm sure you all needed to know that and I'm glad my aunt Julie brought good yams that people loved. Then we headed up to my mom's parent's house and had a delicious dinner there. (minus my yams) My cute grandparents and Cindy and Becca. My parents! Our next stop was at my dad's parents house and we had some more pie over there. The cute kiddos all on the couch- and Becca who was pretending to be an Irish pirate. Pretty much my kids a...

Yay for holidays! Here was our Halloween experience this year. We had a family night on "ghosts " per Jack's request. So we went to a cemetary and talked about bodies being separated from spirits at death. And the resurrection. They liked looking at all the decorated graves. They have a huge canon at this cemetary, so naturally Eric had to help Jack climb up it. *No one was harmed in the making of this picture. Carving Pumpkin Cats and Pirates Avey called it her scaredy cat. And Jack's pirate pumpkin complete with eye patch. Halloween Storytime at the library! We love storytime with this awesome teacher, and had a specially fun day trick or treating around the library after this storytime. Halloween Party! Yummy food! Butterbeer, carrot/cucumber/brocolli pumpkin face, orange caramel popcorn, spider web 7 layer bean dip, pumpkin/cool whip/pudding dip with apples and graham crackers. Indiana Jones visited! Avey as Tinkerbell and her cute flower friend. Luigi! Or ...