Thanksgiving

I got some cute pictures of the kids and their cousins at my sisters house. We had a great time.

Grandpa and his two newest grandbabies (Jared and Lauren are about 6 months apart)

Helping grandma make some cookies:

Jared and his cousin:

Fun November

Here are some pictures of the last month:

Clark took sarah and ryan up camping one last time in Nov. They went up to keyhole and then to devil's tower. They had a lot of fun, and Jared and I had fun staying home too!









Our Thanksgiving pictures are still to come. We were able to go to denver for thanksgiving. we had a great time with family and got to go to the zoo and the temple. we saw new moon on thanksgiving day and we were the only ones in the theater so that was fun. we came back on sat. because our nephew Eli was blessed on Sunday, and here is the whole family:




Last night grandpa and grandma took Sarah and her cousin to see the nutcracker. They had good time and the girls looked super cute!

Ryan's 3!!!

We had a fun time celebrating ryan's birthday yesterday. it is hard to believe he is already three. the theme for this year's party was, of course, trains.

here is his train cake:

the birthday boy with cousins:

this has nothing to do with his birthday, but last saturday we had a trunk or treat. The weather was yucky so it was inside. anyway, thanks mom for making the frog and snow white costumes, they are a hit!!

1880 train

Since my Ryan loves trains (as i assume most boys do) we decided to head over to the black hills last weekend and take a ride on the train. We wanted to do it for his birthday (which is at the end of the month), but the train stops running this weekend. Clark took Sarah and Ryan, and me and Jared drove around to pick them up. Everyone had a great time, and the weather was beautiful, (this week we have been in the 30s and snowing everyday).

Ryan talking to the train engineer:

Jared enjoying some sun, waiting for the train to arrive!

Fall Fun

Here are a few updated pictures of the kids.

Time is flying. Jared is growing like a little weed.

Ryan has got the potty training down (for the most part :)

Sarah is playing soccer. She mostly just watches the other kids play, and she is so proud if she kicks the ball at least in a game. She is fun to watch, and we couldn't ask for better weather.

Jared's Blessing

Sunday we were able to bless Jared. It went really well. It was a good thing because he was almost grown out of his outfit. He is such a special little boy. For those of you who are interested: we just finished up at Jared's two month check up and he already weighs 13 lbs. 6 oz.

Our family:

Warren Family Reunion

These last two posts are out of order but the first weekend in Aug. we made the trek to star valley (about 1000 miles total) to have a family reunion and celebrate my grandma's 80th birthday. It was a lot of fun, and so fun to see cousins that we haven't seen for such a long time. We didn't get any pictures with our camara (we were too busy trying to keep track of all three kids), but here are a few pictures of the weekend:

Here is the whole big group:

Here is the whole Stewart clan; well we are missing two brothers-in-law, but here we are all in red:

Here is my grandma and mom and all my aunts: they did such a good j0b of planning the reunion. We had a mardi gras parade, and a carnival, and fun activities and good food, so thanks to each of you for all your hard work. I love you all!

Here is a picture of the mardi gras parade:

summer fun

This summer is just flying by. We have been so busy, it is hard to believe it is the middle of July! Here are some of our summer pictures so far:

This is jared's first Sunday home. Thank goodness grandma was here to help. Sunday's are a little different now (they added a new ward in gillette and Clark is in the bishopric now). It is a little tricky sitting with three kids during sacrament meeting, but they are doing really well for the most part.

We went on two different hiking/camping trips so far. Both times we went to Sundance. Last weekend Clark took Sarah and Ryan up Friday evening and camped out and Jared and I drove up Saturday morning to meet them. We had a great time and Clark cooked us and awesome meal.

Sarah LOVES picking flowers. Everywhere she goes she has to get me handfuls of flowers. It was nice to get some wildflowers, since I usually just get dandelions :)

Here is my cutie Ryan:

Clark and our new little man:

Here is a pictures of the kids before church on Sunday:

Sorry for all the pictures, we got Clark a new camara for Fathers Day and we have had fun trying it out!! Hope you are all doing well!!

He's Here!!

Our little boy, Jared Michael, was born on Monday, June 8th at 3:58 p.m. He weighed 7 lbs. 12 oz. and was 20 inches long. Everybody is doing well.

Sarah and Jared at the hospital 6/9/09

Ryan and Jared our first morning home 6/11/09

In Loving Memory

Michael Melinkovich

1951-2009

This is one of my favorite pictures of Clark's dad with his boys. He will be missed. If you would like to read more : http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/adn/obituary.aspx?n=michael-melinkovich&pid=127717562

January or May????

This last Saturday Clark took Sarah up the Big Horn Mountains to go cross-country skiing. The whole way up the mountain there was no snow. But as soon as they got to the parking lot, this is what they saw. . . . .

They had a fun time and got snowed on most of the afternoon.

More Easter

I found some more pictures of Easter (hope you don't mind Jeri). Clayton and Jeri came to Gillette for Easter and the kids just love their little girl Roxanne. So here are some pictures of them. Everytime Ryan goes into grandma's house he asks where Roxanne is. I hope they like their new baby brother as much :)

Easter Pics

Sorry I haven't updated anything for awhile. But here are a few pictures of Easter Sunday. We had a great day. Sarah got a Sleeping Beauty doll and Ryan got an excavator (he calls it an extravator, and sleeps with it every night.) Not much else to report here. We are heading to Laramie tomorrow for one last trip before the baby is born. The kids are excited about the trip.

We are having another.....

We just got done with the ultrasound and it is another boy!! We are really excited, but I am having a hard time believing it because I was sure it was a girl. Anyway, Ryan really wanted a brother, so he will be thrilled. Here is the proof: The arrow is pointing at the goods.

Here is the spine and face:

and here are some hands:

Guess who's 4!!!

Miss Sarah had her fourth birthday and party on Sat. She had a pretty pony party (thanks Aunt Kara for sending all the party decorations) it was a hit. We had 6 little girls over and they had a blast. Here are some pictures of the festivities.

Here is the pony birthday cake:

Enjoying the cake and ice cream:

We got her a new bike for her birthday and on Sunday we went to go learn how to ride it. She threw a fit and said she was never going to ride it. After about five minutes we couldn't get her off of it. Now she LOVES it!

Here are pajams made by grandma Stewart for her and her doll. So cute.

Happy birthday sweeetheart. We love you!!

Sledding fun

Here is a funny picture of me sledding with the kids. Two weeks ago we went up to the mountains and went cross-country skiing and then sledding. We all had a blast. I tried to keep up with Clark (he was pulling both kids in the sled) and I did pretty well considering I was about 19 weeks pregnant. Anyway it was a blast. Beautiful weather, and good fun.

And for those of you who are wondering I will have my ultrasound in about 3 weeks, so I will be sure to post if it is a girl or boy.

As a side note for those of you who have children that ride the bus, please be so so careful getting them on and off. A little 6 year old boy was killed on Tuesday getting on the bus. His funeral was today. He was in the other ward, and it is just so sad. Some of you probably remember the family from Laramie. If any of you are interested in reading this story here is the link: http://www.gillettenewsrecord.com/articles/2009/02/11/news/today/news01.txt

GO COWBOYS!

We had a fun weekend in Laramie. Here is a shot of us all at the Cowboys game. They beat Colorado State, and we had a good time.

Sarah is taking ice skating lessons and is having a lot of fun learning to skate. I am not sure the teachers actually teach them much, mostly just try to keep them from falling down. It is cute to see the 6 or 7 of them skating around with their helmets on.