Stuart Family

~Summer~

2009-07-31T08:39:00.000-07:00

Another summer down and it flew by in a hurry. Cia and the kids came for the last few weeks of summer vacation. The kids had so much fun swimming, camping, making up dances, singing, laughing, and posing for their Aunt Cara. I love these pictures Cara took of the girls. Check out her website!!

~SMITHSON REUNION~

2009-07-25T21:30:00.000-07:00

Getting back from a four wheeler ride! Kenadi loves rides.

BrookeLyn posing for the camera right before she started feeling sick. Poor girl:(

Ryan and Kenadi. They are pretty darn cute!

Ryson acting silly with his cousin Stratton.

Kenadi talking to her Papa on the Walkie Talkie.

Every summer we have a Smithson Reunion and camp for 3 nights. In the past we have slept in a tent which I thoroughly enjoyed, NOT!! Doug Brewer has been kind enough to let us take his camp trailer these past 2 years. It sure does make camping so much more enjoyable. However, this year BrookeLyn and I had to leave two days early. She came down with a bad case of the stomach flu. She had been looking forward to this trip for months and months because her cousins from Oregon were there :( Ryan ended up staying and camping with our other 2 kids. Kenadi had so much fun playing in the dirt. She said "she loves doing damping." I snapped a few pictures the first day.

~UTAH TRIP~

2009-07-13T21:55:00.000-07:00

What great memories we made this past weekend with our Optometry friends. We met in Marysvale Utah and spent the weekend riding ATV's, tubing, fishing, visiting around the campfire and eating smores until we were sick! Thanks you guys for the fun trip. It was worth the 8 hour drive. I'm already looking forward to our next trip! ~VEGAS~ We missed you Olsens!

4TH OF JULY

2009-07-06T09:32:00.000-07:00

Kiara, Jennifer, BrookeLyn, Jodie, and Kenadi

Kenadi

Myself, Les, and Kristy getting ready to eat. What we do BEST!

Leslie posing. Wish so badly she lived closer. :(

Nephew C.J. who I love. He is the sweetest. He's leaving in a month to go play football at Dixie college and then will serve a mission in December!!

Ryson and Ketner. Ryson always lets Ketner know that he's the fastest and the strongest, but Ketner always lets Ryson know that he will always be the tallest.

SWEET Maddie BELLE!!

Baby Kenadi as everyone calls her. She wears the pants in this family!

Dang he's HANDSOME!

What a FUN weekend we had as a family. Lots and lots of cousins running around screaming, laughing, fighting, playing and just loved being together. We enjoyed watching softball games, playing at the park, swimming, parades, fireworks, and our most favorite~~ EATING! We hope you had a wonderful 4th of July!!

Kenadi turns 2!

2009-06-24T15:52:00.000-07:00

Our baby Kenadi turned 2!! She is growing up so fast. We sure do love her sweet and sassy personality. Thanks Aunt Cara for the cute pictures.
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~CALIFORNIA TRIP~

2009-06-14T20:45:00.000-07:00

I finally gathered all of our pictures from our fun girls trip to California. Another trip down and I hope we have a lot more coming. I love you girls and can't wait until next year!!

Posing at California Adventure. People stared at us all day long because we all had on black shirts.

Disneyland with all the sisters and my beautiful mom that I love so much. Jill, Tandy, myself, Leslie, my Mom, Cindy, and Kristy.

Disneyland!! We had so much fun posing for the camera guys.

HILARIOUS! Looking good Cin!!

We went to MAC and had makeovers. Brittney, our makeup artist, spent 2 hours on us!! We loved her and she was so BEAUTIFUL and we ended up spending way to much money on makeup.

Beautiful sisters. Jill, Tandy, and Les.

Eating at Spaghetti Factory. We did alot of eating this trip.

Our last meal we celebrated Leslie's 30th Birthday at the Outback. We ate so much Les was up sick that night. The fun was over and it was time to come home. Until next year girls!!

Happy 30th Les!

2009-06-07T10:15:00.000-07:00

Here is all the sisters and Mom at Disneyland. SOOO much fun. Can't wait for next year!
And, in honor of Les turning 30, here are some old photos she is going to absolutely love!!

Ha Ha! Love you Les. Hope you had a great day!

~gLaSsEs~

2009-04-21T15:01:00.000-07:00

For the past 3 years BrookeLyn has been begging her father to please let her get glasses. Well her wish finally came true. Ryan checked her eyes and sure enough she needed them. We think she looks adorable and she's growing up way to fast. I wonder how long it will be until she asks her dad for contacts. :)

~Potty Training?~

2009-04-15T13:35:00.000-07:00

I think it's getting close to potty training this little girl. Today she brought me everything to change her diaper and said "Mommy Stinky." Perfect timing because our other 2 kids were potty trained by their Dad when I leave on my sister trip in the month of May. May is coming up and I'm leaving for 5 days! Just enough time for daddy to potty train #3. I Love you Ryan and I am so lucky to be married to you. Happy 35th Birthday tomorrow!!

Sick~Sick~Sick

2009-03-24T14:52:00.000-07:00

I hate when you have sick kids. My kids have been sick on and off for the past 2 weeks. Kenadi hadn't gotten any of the sickness until just a few days ago she started coughing and feverish. Then yesterday she got the flu. The worst thing a baby can have. It's very difficult cleaning up both ends! She finally let me lay her down on the couch to go make lunch and this is what I found in return. Poor baby. I hope she gets over this fast. We're sick of the sickness.

~Trip to Cancun~

2009-02-18T14:38:00.000-08:00

Me and Ryan at the Japanese Restaurant at our resort.

Waiting for our friends to arrive.

My HOT husband posing for the camera. We kept waiting and waiting for Carlan and Kristen to arrive...Surprise, surprise, always waiting for the Reeses! Love you guys.

Me and Tawnya getting ready to eat. Again.

Margaritas! Sin alcohol! I don't know how many times we said that to the waitors. NO ALCOHOL!!They thought we were crazy all 10 of us ordering drinks with no alcohol. They were pretty yummy.

Ryan and Dave smiling big for the camera with their hats. Who knows how many heads those have been on. SCARY and NASTY!

Kelly, Carlan, Ryan, and Dave. Pretty good looking optometrist. :)

Las Chicas..I love you girls. Wish I lived closer. :(

These guys were everwhere down here.

Ryan, Dave, and Carlan taking in the sites at Tulum.

The Girls at Tulum. These ruins were amazing. If I were Aztec royalty this is where I would have built my palace too.

The Temple at Tulum. Right over that hill where this ruin is there is a huge cliff overlooking the ocean. Beautiful!

The guys on the beach beneath the ruins.

This is probably the clearest water I have ever seen.

More of the Tulum Ruins.

Tawnya and Dave on 5th Avenue in Playa del Carmen.

Eating yet again.

Carlan and Kristen in the Cenote (underground cave where you could snorkel).Amazing!

The fellas coming off the zipline into the underground cenote.

Every night the maids would make some towel sculpture on the bed. This was the one on Valentine's Day.

Swings at a bar on Playa del Carmen. Kristen, Tawnya, me, Valarie, and Allison.

All in all, it was a great time with perfect weather, great friends, and did I mention a lot of food? Time to hit the diet again I guess. Can't wait until we do it again. We missed you Todd and Kristy!!

~CAPTURE PHOTOGRAPHY~

2009-01-14T11:58:00.000-08:00

It's been a while since I've posted. This year is just cruising by. I can't believe it's already February!Aunt Cara sent these cute pictures of the kids, so I had to post them and show off her work. Dang our kids are cute!! Check out her website Capture Photography.

~Rocky Point~

2008-12-23T12:04:00.000-08:00

BrookeLyn and Kenadi walking along the beach.

BrookeLyn getting buried in the sand

Our house that we stayed in with all 18 grand kids minus 2.

Nephews J.R. and J.T. Yes I know they're fine and they know it.

Brother Dustin, Brother in law Brannoon, and nephews.

Sister Cindy and baby Kenadi.

My beautiful mother who I love so dearly.

Kenadi smiling away for the camera.

My sisters and mom minus 2.

My Mom and Leslie posing for the camera. We don't like Les when it comes to pictures because she knows how to pose and we don't.

Ryson and Bryce feeding the birds.

Every year my family will take a trip together right before Christmas. I know it's not like we're already busy enough. This year we went to Rocky Point, Mexico and stayed in a 8 bedroom 7 bath house. It was so much fun. We had 32 family members there. We ate, shopped, went to the beach, laughed, cried, and ate some more. I think we all gained at least 5 pounds. We missed you Jac, Brig and Randy!!

~Busy, Busy Busy~

2008-12-15T10:43:00.000-08:00

We have been going, going, going for the past 2 weeks to Christmas concerts, piano recitals and dance performances. BrookeLyn had her performance for jazz and ballet this past weekend. She's been moved up to a class with girls that are in High School. Her and her friend Macie are the only 2 girls that are in 4th grade. Pretty impressive and they think they are HOT stuff being in the older class. They did such a good job. I am so proud of BrookeLyn and how she's always pushing herself.

~Hot Chocolate~

2008-12-06T14:27:00.000-08:00

I think one of the best parts of Winter is having Hot Chocolate and toast. My kids love it and I think Kenadi likes it too! What do you think??

~My Sweeties~

2008-11-25T09:51:00.000-08:00

Aunt Cara took the kids pictures last week for our Christmas Cards. She only sent me a few so far. I think they're pretty ADORABLE! Their is still time left if you want to schedule a shoot with her for your Christmas Cards!!

~100% CUTE~

2008-11-17T12:05:00.000-08:00

I hate Mondays!!! The reason I hate Mondays is that it's my cleaning and laundry day and it's very hard to get things done when you have a little miss priss following you wherever you go and emptying out everything you just cleaned up. But who can get mad at this sweet adorable 100% cutie. She is ADORABLE I think!!

~MY GRILL IS COMING OFF ~

2008-11-08T18:45:00.000-08:00

I know it's kind of ridiculous taking and posting pictures of yourself, however I just had to let you all know about my good news. YES my braces are coming off in 1 month!! I can not wait to bite into a big red juicy apple again!! It's been a long 8 months with this grill on and I've had a lot of family members make fun of me, but you can all kiss my ____!! My teeth are straighter and whiter then all of yours, Dustin!:)

Sweet Grandma Nana

2008-10-31T13:27:00.000-07:00

This is my Grandma Nana who is 93 years old!! Even though she has zero eyesight she still wanted to dress up for Halloween. She sure does love all 70 grandkids especially mine j/k. We hope she lives for many many many more years. We love you Grandma. Thanks for the goodies.

TRUNK OR TREAT

2008-10-30T20:07:00.000-07:00

Isn't Trunk or Treat the best! You get to dress up for the night and get tons of candy in one stop. I love it!! My sister Jill and her kids came over and went with us. They all looked adorable especially our little Lady Bug. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

LOVE FOR NIE

2008-10-28T13:40:00.000-07:00

Cute Stamps they had that said Nie. There were a 1,000 people at the concert!

Leslie and I looking FANCY before the concert.

My Mom, Jill, Leslie , Myself, Courtney along with her baby "The Chief", and the cute little Nielson girls Jane and Claire.

We had such a fun time this weekend with my mom and sisters. The concert was something I will never forget. I don't think that their was a dry eye in the auditorium. Mindy Gledhill is incredible! She sang a lullaby song with Stephanie's girls, that Stephanie would sing to her kids. The girls did such a good job and made everyone cry. We also got a picture with CJane (Courtney) who is Stephanie's older sister who's watching the kids until their parents recover from the accident.

2008-10-18T21:40:00.000-07:00

My Sisters and I are faithful readers of NieNie Dialogues. She is an amazing woman who was in a plane crash with her husband Mr. Nielson a few months ago. Her friend from High School, who happens to be Mindy Gledhill is coming to Mesa for a benefit concert this coming Saturday!! Myself, along with my mother and sisters, are leaving the husbands and kids for a day and having a girls night out and will be attending the concert! If you're in the Mesa area think about joining us. It's supposed to be awesome and tickets are only $15.

Saturday, Oct. 25th, 7:00 pm
Mountain View High School Auditorium
$15 tickets available now at http://www.mindygledhill.com/events.htm
and at Pioneer Book in Mesa
2820 E University Dr # 102
Mesa, AZ 85213(480) 832-8433

-OUR 1 YEAR OLD PRINCESS-

2008-09-26T12:51:00.000-07:00

Kenadi is finally walking at 15 months!! We finally got around to taking her 1 year old pictures. Thanks to Aunt Cara for these cute pictures she took of our little princess. Check out her website CAPTURE Photography.

-Funny Girl-

2008-09-24T20:33:00.000-07:00

My sweet Mother(Grandma Honey) loves Diet Coke and everytime she has a soda she slips Kenadi a drink. Now Kenadi thinks anytime we have a soda, she has to hold it by herself and drink it. She thinks she's pretty funny. Thanks mom!!

-Stuart Reunion-

2008-09-18T12:51:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago we went to our last family reunion for the year. The kids had a blast fishing and playing with their cousins. Thanks to Aunta Cara for these cute pictures.

-FAMILY-

2008-09-08T13:38:00.000-07:00

I love when we all get together as a family. We met at my sister Tandy's house this past weekend and had so much fun swimming, playing games, laughing, talking and just hanging out. I can't wait until the next family get together.

Ryson looking handsome as always in his swimming trunks.

Leslie's little angel Bryce in his pink floaties giving us all a big smile.

My mom with baby Kenadi. She loves her Grandma Honey.

My brother Dustin looking mighty fine in his trunks. He's training for a marathon, so he says. We'll all believe it when we see it. Love ya Dust.

First Day of School!!

2008-08-13T09:16:00.000-07:00

It's finally here!!The kids were so excited to go back to school and they looked adorable.It's always fun to go school shopping.BrookeLyn had her outfits lined up and ready for the first week of school.Ryson started Kindergarten and loves every minute of it.He told me though that it's just not long enough.I took him to his classroom and watched him play for a minute on the playground. Then it was time to say goodbye.He wrapped his hands, that already smelt like monkey bars, around me and kissed my cheek and sad, "Mom I love You, you can go now", and of course I lost it.The tears started. They grow up to fast. I wish we could keep them small forever.

-Silly Girls-

2008-07-30T21:47:00.000-07:00

We were down at the office messing around and decided to try some glasses on the baby.She looked so cute with these pink glasses on her.She cried and cried when we took them off.BrookeLyn can hardly wait to get glasses. She makes her dad check her eyes everytime we're in the office.Dr. Stuart said her wish just might come true. She might get her glasses before she starts school.She is so excited!!We told her she should wear these the first day of school.(I can't believe I have a 4th grader.CRAZY!)

-Silly Girl-

2008-07-14T10:48:00.000-07:00

Every since this little girl of ours turned 1, she thinks she can put anything and everything in her mouth and will not let go of it. Ryson was playing with his bow and arrows the other day and Kenadi got a hold of one and would not let go.We all thought it was funny, but Ryson didn't.

-Happy Birthday to my Baby-

2008-06-24T10:22:00.000-07:00

Wow!!This year flew by.I can't believe my baby is a year old.They grow up tooo fast.I wish they stayed small and sweet forever.Here is a few pictures of Kenadi on her first Birthday.I thought for sure we would have a picture of her walking at a year, but no she's a little lazy and spoiled.

Living His Dream!!!

2008-06-18T08:55:00.000-07:00

Well Ryan finally is going to live his dream and start flying. He's been wanting to do this for quite sometime.He bought his plane a few weeks ago and had his first lesson this morning. I stayed and watched him take off and was very impressed. He did so good and looked dang HOT!! I can't wait until he's finished with his lessons so he can fly me to the valley in 40 minutes!!

HoBo Party!!

2008-06-11T08:04:00.000-07:00

Ryan and BrookeLyn had a daddy daughter Hobo Party last night. They had so much fun. We even got Ryan to dress up for the occasion!!

My New Smile

2008-06-05T15:16:00.001-07:00

My sisters have all been waiting for me to post a picture of my new grill on my teeth, so here you go ladies. You might all laugh now and call me Ugly Betty, but once they're off, my teeth will be prettier then all of yours.Love you girls.

Tucson Trip!!

2008-06-01T18:01:00.000-07:00

Ryan had meetings this past weekend down in Tucson. We had so much fun hanging out at the pool, ordering poolside service,shopping, eating lots of good food and hanging out with Aunt Cara and Bannon. Here is just a few pictures of the trip.

Dance!!

2008-05-05T20:17:00.000-07:00

BrookeLyn had a dance performance this past weekend and did such a good job. She looked so very cute like always.I only got one picture of her because my camera ran out of battery!!

2008 PROM

2008-04-29T13:23:00.000-07:00

My niece Jacquelyn, who pretty much lives over at our house, just had her first prom this past weekend. She had her date pick her up over here so she could walk down our stairs just like Cinderalla. She looked beautiful that night. (She better for as much money as her mom spent).Love ya Jac.

COUSINS!!

2008-04-14T08:58:00.000-07:00

My sister Leslie and her daughter Maddie came for the weekend.The kids had so much fun playing, eating,crying,dancing, and fighting with each other. BrookeLyn had her first experiance babysittting them all for 3 hours!She did a great job and even got paid. Come back and see us soon Maddie Belle!!

T-Ball

2008-04-08T13:34:00.000-07:00

Ryson has been waiting for years to start T-ball and it's fianlly here. He has his first practice today, so last night he had to take a few poses looking so cute with his helmet on.

So Sweet!!

2008-04-02T08:49:00.000-07:00

The other night I was working on my sisters blog and found this little one sound asleep on the floor. She's so sweet and growing up to fast.

EASTER!!

2008-03-24T11:42:00.000-07:00

The kids had such a fun Easter weekend. They went to 2 Easter Egg hunts and between the two of them, they ended up with about 100 eggs!!Here's a few pictures before Church in their new Easter outfits.

BROOKELYN

2008-03-16T20:42:00.000-07:00

This past weekend,BrookeLyn was the waitress for a dinner that we had at our house for her cousin Jacquelyn.She had so much fun and the guys that came to eat even left her a tip! She said that she looked soooo cute that night that I thought I'd better post a picture of her and her new haircut.So adorable!!

TRY TO BEAT THAT SCORE!!

2008-03-13T12:46:00.001-07:00

78 words

Speed test

My sister in law Cara had this on her blog and I thought I would take the challenge.First time I did it, I got 83 but didn't save it.The more and more I practice, I get worse! So I'm sticking with the 78. Sorry Cara, I still beat you.Not bad for being out of typing class for 13 years. Take the challenge and see how you do.

Musically Talented!!

2008-03-08T07:22:00.000-08:00

BrookeLyn and Ryson love hanging out with their Papa Stuart singing and playing his guitars.Ryson says he can't play very good unless he uses a pick!BrookeLyn loves to sing in the microphone and she actually sounds very good.She must take after her Dad:)Notice BrookeLyns hair!She got it cut off about a week ago.She absolutely loves it and thinks that it makes her look older.GREAT! I wish I can take credit for taking these cute pictures of the kids, but I can't.Once again my sister in law Cara took them. She's awesome and always makes them look so cute. Check out her blog under my family and friends. CAPTURE Photography.

Arizona Wildcats!!

2008-03-07T08:06:00.000-08:00

So our Arizona Wildcats aren't doing so well this year :(It's been a pretty tough season for Ryan and Ryson to sit and watch them lose so many games.Hopefully they make it into the tournment or I'm going to have 2 sad boys here in the Stuart home during March Madness. Next year we're hoping for a better season although my boys will always be die hard fans win or lose!!(Thanks to Aunt Cara for this cute picture of Ryson)

SNOW DAY!!!

2008-02-04T16:31:00.001-08:00

We woke up this morning to a foot of snow! School was cancelled and the kids played and played until they were frozen solid. They had so much fun.

3rd Grade Poetry Contest

2008-02-04T16:21:00.000-08:00

BrookeLyn was one of the students from her class who got to say her poem to all of the 3rd graders.She did so very good and looked adorable. I had to post this picture to show you how cute she looked.

Cutie Pie's

2008-01-26T14:35:00.000-08:00

BrookeLyn has been waiting patiently for Kenadi to get big enough so she can hold her on her hip.Well the time has come.... she can finally hold her on her hip!!!They're pretty dang cute girls I think!!

Dance Class Begins

2008-01-22T20:41:00.000-08:00

BrookeLyn took a year off of dance to help me with the baby, but she is back at it taking 3 differant dance classes. Ballroom, Jazz, and Ballet. The girls in her class were so excited to see her.They picked her up and gave her a big hug. BrookeLyn thinks she's pretty hot stuff because these girls in her class are 12 and 13 year olds.She is so excited to be dancing again.

Growing Up!!

2008-01-22T20:36:00.000-08:00

Kenadi is growing up toooo fast. She laughs and smiles all the time and is rolling all over the place. Her 2 bottom teeth are already in!!Thanks to her Aunt Cara for these cute pictures.

Ryson turns 5!!

2007-11-29T20:20:00.000-08:00

Ryson turned 5 on November 19. He got alot of presents from everyone, but the one he liked the most was from his Aunt Cara and Aunt Cayla. They gave him his first pair of Air Jordans!! Ryson says he can run faster and jump higher when he has these shoes on. You can thank his Aunt Cara for these cool pictures.

Family Pictures!!

2007-11-13T16:06:00.000-08:00

This past weekend we had family pictures taken down in the valley. I had to have all the kids ready by 8 A.M. STRESSFUL.Thanks to my sister Leslie for helping me with the kids and also making cute hair flowers for the girls hair. Love ya Les. Annie Randall from Queeen Creek took our pictures for us. She did an awesome job. Check out her blog under my family and friends.

Check out my Slide Show!

2007-10-30T13:33:00.001-07:00

Ryson with the new faux-hawk

2007-10-29T23:24:00.000-07:00

Thanks Aunt Kristy!!!

Kenadi's first smile

2007-10-29T22:44:00.000-07:00

Our baby Kenadi had her first big smile the other day. She is four months now and growing like a weed. Isn't she sweet?!?

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2007-10-29T21:13:00.001-07:00