Christmas

Stewart and I had a great Christmas. We went home to stay with family for almost a week. It was a nice break from a long semester of school. Stewart and I were able to go snowboarding with my dad and brother. This was Stewart's first time and I hadn't been in almost three years. We had a great time. Stewart fell a lot, but if you ask him he will tell you that he got really good at getting up off the ground. I thought he did a great job and really got the hang of it. We are hoping to go again. One funny thing that happened to us was mom's Christmas trick. She kept telling everyone that she could only afford to get us toilet paper for our Christmas present. Well the smart women that she is, she did get us toilet paper, but she put money inside of it! It was great!!!




Stewart and I also went to Fast Lane with his family. We had a great time racing against Parker, Justin, and Lanae. Parker won, and I came in dead last!

Here we are after our race was over.

Stewart and Justin in their racing suits in case they crashed.

It was a great time being with family.

More than just a hole in the ground

The contractors told me and Stewart that they are trying to get the whole house closed in as fast as they can, so they can work inside while it is cold out. So, I will probably be posting lots of pictures in the next couple of weeks.

This is the front of the house

Here I am standing in the door that goes into the laundry room. Our bedroom is next to the laundry room.

Stewart is standing where the front door will be

This is were our dinning table will be. These cutt outs are for the windows, and next to the windows is the door leading to the backyard.

The basement

Yea! You can kinda get a good look at what the basement looks like. This is a view from the living room. You can see down the hall and the rooms on the right are the bedrooms. The rooms on the left are the utility room and the bathroom. The room in the back is another bedroom.

This is Stewart standing on our front porch. The cut out is for the stairs going to the basement.

Starting to look like a house!!!!!!

Here you can see Stewart in the basement. He is actually in one of the bedrooms!

This is a view from the backyard

This is the view from the living room

This is the same view, but before they poured the cement

There's A Hole!

The builders started digging this past week.
















I know these pictures are a little hard to see, but there is the hole for the house and the garage.

We Are Building A House!!!!!!!

It's official!! We signed the loan papers and we start digging tomorrow. We should be moving in by May 1st.

This is the lot. This is a view from the road. The park is behind our house. Stewart got to stake it.

This is the view from the back of the lot. Pretty cool!

Stewart is 26!!

Here they come!!

Here we are at the game. Stewart looks so handsome:)

Boise State won!!!

For Stewart's birthday we went to the Boise State vs. Hawii game. We had a great time and enjoyed being back in Boise and seeing our family. Also, to make the day even more exciting Boise won, 27 to 7.

To My Favorite Pumpkins

Being a good person is like being a pumpkin. God lifts you up, takes you in, and washes all the dirt off of you. He opens you up, touches you deep inside and scoops out all of the yucky stuff -- including the seeds of doubt, hate, greed, etc. Then He carves you a bright new smiling face and puts His light inside of you to shine for all the world to see. This was passed on to me from another pumpkin. Now, it is your turn to pass it on to a pumpkin of your choice. I liked this enough to send it to all the pumpkins in my patch.

Have A Happy Fall!

Pickles

Here is another funny thing I found this week on the Internet!! Stewart and I love the Pickles Comics, and this one reminds me of him.
Click on the link

Pickles

THIS IS WHY I LOVE WORKING WITH CHILDREN!!!

I got this e-mail from my grandma. Enjoy!!!!

ALL MEN / ALL GIRLS
When my daughter, Kelli, said her bedtime prayers, she would bless every family member, every friend, and every animal (current and past).
For several weeks, after we had finished the nightly prayer, Kelli would say, 'And all girls.'This soon became part of her nightly routine, to include this closing. My curiosity got the best of me and I asked her, 'Kelli, why do you always add the part about all girls?'Her response, 'Because everybody always finish their prayers by saying 'All Men'!'

MOSES AND THE RED SEA
Nine-year-old Joey was asked by his mother what he had learned in Sunday School.'Well, Mom, our teacher told us how God sent Moses on a mission to lead the Israelites out of Egypt . When he got to the Red Sea , he had his army build a pontoon bridge and all the people walked across safely. Then he radioed headquarters for reinforcements. They sent bombers to blow up the bridge and all the Israelites were saved.''Now, Joey, is that really what your teacher taught you?' his mother asked.'Well, no, Mom. But, if I told it the way the teacher did, you'd never believe it!'

LOT'S WIFE
The Sunday School teacher was describing how Lot 's wife looked back and turned into a pillar of salt, when little Jason interrupted, 'My Mommy looked back once while she was driving,' he announced triumphantly, 'and she turned into a telephone pole!'

BEING THANKFUL
A Rabbi said to a precocious six-year-old boy, 'So your mother says your prayers for you each night? That's very commendable. What does she say?'
The little boy replied, 'Thank God he's in bed!'

UNTIMELY ANSWERED PRAYER
During the minister's prayer one Sunday, there was a loud whistle from one of the back pews. Tommy's mother was horrified. She pinched him into silence and, after church, asked, 'Tommy, whatever made you do such a thing?'Tommy answered, soberly, 'I asked God to teach me to whistle, and He did!'

FUNNY VIDEO

You have to check out this video. it's of a kitten playing with an electric toothbrush. it's four minutes long but worth the whole time!!!!
there are some other funny videos of cats and dogs, i highly recommend them!!!
ENJOY
Click on the link below
MSN Video

1st Day of School!!

Stewart and I started school this week:( It felt weird to know that this is our last semester of classes!!! I still can't get over that. Stewart is done in December and I will be doing my student teaching in the spring. We can't wait to be done, but it is scary to think that we have to actually get a job and work full time all year long. No more working full time in the summer and part-time during the school year. It is going to be a long year with us both taking 18 credits and working. Stewart also has to finish his physics independent study class and do his senior project. I am still waiting to hear from my test scores for the praxis 2 and get ready to student teach. It is going to be a long semester but also a good one to know that after this we are done!!

Reunion 2008

Stewart practicing his shooting skills!!

Cute Girls!!

What a good looking hula dancer

Braving the Payett River

Here We Come!

Stewart and I went to our family Reuion this past week. We had a great time rafting the Payett River. We had both done this before and had fun doing it with our family. We also got to go shooting and had a laua dinner.

Disney World

Josh and Stewart at Epcot

The whole gang in Hollywood Studios

Stewart helping out with the filming of a new movie as the Engineer of the ship

We got to go to Disney world this summer with my family. We had a great time visiting all of the parks and going to Universal Studios and going shopping!!!

Camping!!!

Danyiel by the river

Stewart by the river

Stewart and I went camping last weekend in Hiese. We had a great time and enjoyed getting away for the weekend. We went swimming in the hot springs and walked around the camp ground.
We also had fun cooking. We haven't done that a whole lot. We borrowed my dad's camp chef and cooked breakfast on it. We roasted hot dogs on the open camp fire and had smores!!!!
We finally got to use Stewart's new tent and I even helped put it up!

hello

Hi stewart.
I know you think this is chessy but i am very bored at work!! What do you think!! I think we will have fun!!
See you at home!!
love you tons
danyiel