Breaking and Entering

Saturday morning we (myself,jordan,lora,erin,and mallory) went on a walk. We decided to walk around Ironwoods track. Well it was locked up, so we had the bright idea to just climb over the chain link fence. We did all make it while laughing and I'm sure looking pretty silly. After walking for about an hour it started sprinkling, no big deal it felt good and then it started coming down pretty hard. So we decided to head back to my house. And of course we had to climb back over, so not fun especially with the fence all wet and slippery. We made it over with alot of laughing and a couple of pictures taken. I'll try to get them put on. I love how we have a good time no matter what we are doing. Same time next Saturday. Love you guys

Claire...

I wanted to blog about a new chapter in my life. I was certified by the state to care for special needs individuals. How this all came about. My sisters and I met Karlee (Claire's mom) at a craftshow. Our friend Leann introduced us and we realized we had met her at a craftshow prior to this one. We all really hit it off. As we got to know Karlee we learned about her sweet daughter Claire. Claire has PKS (Pallister- Killian Syndrome) which is a chromosome abnormality, when a tetrasomy of the short arm of chromosome 12 (12p) occurs for no know reason. Clair is 12 years old. She is such a sweet girl to be around. I think we hit it off right away, I've only been around her a few times so far but I'm so loving it. Jordan has gone with me,and she just loves Claire. We play games and watch movies on our next visit we will be doing workbooks together. I'm so blessed to be apart of Claire's life she is a very sweet and special spirit, I know I will learn alot from her and I hope she will learn from me as well. Claire has an 8 year old brother named Jacob he's a real sweet boy. Karlee is an amazing mom she is so patient and loving with her kids, and she runs a business making the cutest bags. I'm looking forward to a great friendship with the whole family. Karlee say's I am a blessing to her and her family what an awsome thing to hear,and I hope she realizes what a blessing this is for me and my family.

My weekend of sewing...

I had a baby shower to go to and decided to make some of the gifts. It was fun I really want to learn more about sewing. Jordan made one of the blankets. Here are some of the pictures.

Hair....

Just wanted to thank Jamie Lynn for being our personal hair dresser. She is so great she came over Sunday and cut Shannon and my hair. She always does a great job. Thank you for always taking out time to make our hair Beautiful. We Love You....

My Sweet Angel

I feel like the luckiest mom. My sweet daughter is so good to me. Today when I got home from work (cleaning),I was prepared to start in on some cleaning of my own. But I walked through the door and the house was spotless Jordan was just finishing up folding some laundry. What an awsome gift she gave to me, time to spend with her instead of cleaning the house. The thing is this is not out of the ordinary, she does this all the time, she is a great cleaner. I love you so much,your always thinking of me (and others) you are such an awsome daughter and I'm so blessed to be your mother. I love you.... Mom

Hey Everyone...

Jordan decided to make a blog of her own :)

jordanstevens.blogspot.com

She like just made it so there is nothing really on it and she still needs to pick out a cute background, it should be fun lol

Jordan's curls'

Jordan was bored tonight and decided to try and curl her hair. . .She thinks it doesnt look good but I think it looks cute, and so does Sonja. She wouldnt really let me finish the left side of her hair but what we both managed to finish looks cute.

The Temple

On Saturday January 3,2009 My sister Shannon went through the Temple. I am so happy for her and proud of her example she is setting for all of us. Our mom and Shannon's good friends Deann and Cody went through with her.Jordan,Lora,Erin,Mallory,Rylee,and myself,were there when she came out. She looked so happy and beautiful as always. We took some pictures and talked for a little and then decided we were all starving and wanted to go eat. We all went and ate at El Charros, Mexican food of course. It was really good and we had a great time visiting. I just love spending time with all us girls. We all love you Shannon.

Thieves Beware. . .Kerry Is Near

Well it all started with me going to the grocery store today. I first went to Safeway for groceries and ran into Dawn and Steve Tiemen they are so great. I get easily distracted from what I should be doing. So after my nice conversation with the Tiemens(sorry if I kept u guys to long, I can be a talker) I then checked out and headed home with all our groceries(or so i thought). Once home I start to take out the food to put away and realize I forgot the red chili pods, which was the main reason for going in the first place. Jason was making red chili chicken burritos at my request (He is an awesome cook,and He's so yummy) So any how I had to run back to the grocery store and decided to go to Fry's. As I was going in I was talking on the phone and I noticed these two guys walking towards the exit not thinking anything at first except one of them looked a little shifty eyed. As they were passing me on their way out I realized none of their items were in bags. I ran over to the first cashier and let them know two guys just left without paying for items (a cart full). Two of the workers followed me to the exit. I was showing them where the two guys had gone.They were loading stuff into the back of their truck. They saw the Frys employee walking towards them and jumped in and took off. They didn't get away with much but they didn't get their plates. It was kind of exciting. Well they were so grateful that they gave me a $10 gift card for the store. I told them that wasn't necessary but she said they knew they didn't have to but wanted to. I thought it was very nice. Well I'm glad I forgot the red chili pods so I could know what it feels like to be a SUPER HERO.. Well anyway it was something to blog about. But know that I AM watching...lol

Ringing in the new year....

December 31,2008...New Years Eve. We all gathered at the Swartouts house for game night. There were about 20 of us,Craig,Erin,Seth(for alittle while he left to go the dance) Mallory,Rylee,Noah,Levi,Jason,Kerry,Josh,Jamie,Jordan,Zack,Sonj,Lora,Mom,Julie,Julie's friend (sorry horrible with names)Leann,and Ron. We played catch phrase,pictionary,
and scattergory,and we had alot of yummy snack foods. Its so fun to get together and laugh and be goofy. This was Leann,Ron, and Sonja's first exposure to this many family members at once hopefully we didn't scare them off, cause I know 2009 will be filled with many more.We all stayed up to see the New Year come in. We didn't bang any pots or pans but we did go out side and saw a few fireworks. Here are a couple of pics from our Game Night. Well I hope and pray we will all a fabulous 2009.