Pinewood Derby Race

This year the Gulf Coast Scout Council really went all out. They connected with the T.T. Wentworth Museum and each pack could have their race there on the "official track". This was great because it wasn't wood and so the lanes were more equal as far as straightness, and curve and all that. They had a fancy pants computer program as well! :) Jeffy's car did very well. He came in 3rd when we raced with 4 packs on our Raceday. (He would have gone to the district race anyhow since there are only 3 Bears in his pack.... But still!)

After the District Race in two weeks, The T.T. Wentworth Museum is going to have an entire display about pinewood derby cars. It will be neat to see. Jeffy is going to display his cars from this year and last year.

Dad is digging out some of the boys old cars so they can be placed on display as well.

Back to School

It is that time again... Back to school for all the Stewart's. The kids were not QUITE ready to return. Jessalyn was more excited to return than Jeffrey. I am excited to be at the beginning of the end... At least this part of it!

Just this one more semester.... Yeeeehaaa!

Silly Hat Party

For New Years Eve we had a Silly hat party, So here are a few of the highlights. I am happy to report that this year it was better than last as everyone made it to ring in the new year! We made Homemade Pizza's! Yummy!




And we had 2 craft Projects... One was to make "Lightning Bugs" using glow-in-the-dark paint and soda bottles and then to design/ decorate the craziest hats!




We also played some Wii while we waited for the magical first moments of the new year. And we had alot of fun with Sparklers!!!!

Merry Christmas!

This is our Christmas card for this year. Don't be worried if you haven't got them yet. Chuckles... I uh.... have not exactly been on top of the mailing aspect. hehehe.

Merry Christmas to all!

Nativity Exhibit

Today at the church the Stake Center in Pensacola there was a Nativity Exhibit and the Primary Choir sang. For some reason, I didn't take any pictures of the nativities this year. There were probably 50-75 there. Hopefully next year there will be more. This was the first year they have had one here.
Most of my videos of the choir did not turn out because of the lighting. This is the best one. Jessa is on the front second from the left Jeffrey is on the top row about 3 over from Jessalyn. Brandon is on the other side of the group in Green and Kate is conducting on the other side.

Jeffrey's School Christmas Program

Just so You can find Jeffy in the video I am adding a pic.

A Visit with Santa

Jeffrey Totally didn't want to sit on Santa's Lap so I promised him it was the last year. Jack was sooo Cute. Jessalyn got up there and couldn't think of a single thing she wanted. Chuckle... This is the girl with list 5 miles long

Ward Christmas Party

This same day... I took Jack to get his hair cut. The woman went to use the clippers and a comb to get it a Little shorter. Right about this time, Jack (who had been good as gold and sitting still) Screamed NO! and threw his head down and forward causing the clippers to gouge a HUge chunk out of the top of his head Right is front too! The only option was to trim the rest of it up. It was too big of a swath to hide. So I have a bald baby again. snifff.. Reminds me of when he was 6 months old... What do you think? He may have had more hair THEN!
















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Jessalyn enjoyed the Milk and Cookies we had at the party for Santa. Check out the Milk Mustache.






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Jack Loved the Gingerbread men. They were just his size. He was a real ham this night and really played it up for the camera. He is not usually quite so ready to pose for a decent photo. Jeffrey is conspicuously absent from these photos because he was way too busy playing with his friend Brandon.

So much to do... So lil time....

So now everything is super Hectic. Lots of papers and projects due. And thanks to all my super teachers that decided to move ALL but 1 of my finals to dead week to make finals easier.
Uh.... Folks... It doesn't exactly work very well if ALL of you move your finals to the week before!

Christmas W/ Jon's Family

Since Jon is headed off to Afghanistan and Jenny and Destiny are going to Germany for the time that he is gone, we celebrated Christmas with them while we were there for Thanksgiving. Destiny's favorite present was the paper. She loved it. hehehe and since it was her first Christmas, you know Grandma Nori spoiled her rotten with lots of presents.




I am including a little video of the organized Chaos for your enjoyment. Yep that is about how it goes when we are all together.

I am Thankful!

I am Thankful for having such a full life and having fabulous people in it! just some pics from Hanging out at Jon's for Thanksgiving weekend.


Cousins Playing together! Jeffrey, Jessa, Destiny, and Jack-Jack





Jonny Chillin' playing cards.






Sam- Caught in the act of raiding the leftovers from that yummy Turkey Dinner!











Mom holding an excited lil Destiny.












Jeffy was VERY interested in Joey's IPOD and it's many tricks. Ut-oh! I am not ready for that yet!

Introducing... Jessalyn's Directorial Debut

Jessalyn decided she wanted to make a Video introducing some of her horses. So Please enjoy her video. The stage was set by our beautiful, aspiring director. That video will be an extra feature on the DVD edition. hehehe

It's Finally Over....

Barack Hussein Obama

Obama is now OUR President, the man that will lead OUR country. And regardless of your views, or what side you stand on, AMERICA, as a whole, MUST come together as ONE.

He may not be the one that I voted for and I may not agree with ALL (let's face it, many) of his views, but as an American I congratulate him on the election and hope and pray that he will stand by his word to OUR America.

And May God Continue to Bless and watch over our country. Good luck Mr. Obama!

Picture stolen from Britannica.com

Spooktacular Hair

In the spirit of Halloween, today we dressed up Jessalyn's hair as a spiderweb complete with 3 spiders. She was soo excited. She loved it. Happy Halloween! :)

Trunk or Treat!

Tonight we had the trunk or treat for the church. Jeffrey wanted to be from StarWars and we finally settled on the young Obe Wan Kanobi- Jessalyn found her Halloween costume on a website we were searching on for ideas for how to make Jeffrey's. She is "raining Cats and Dogs" She loved it. But the Umbrella was lookin' kinda rough by the end of the night. But what do you want from the dollar store? Jack Jack was an adorable Puppy as the Pick of the Litter. However, he wouldn't leave his cute lil ears on. Although he did well wearing the box while he needed to.

The kids had a great time. We went on a hayride, enjoyed a bonfire, and of course, Trunk of Treating!

Oh and here is our Trunk!

Fun at the Beach!

Allison invited Jeffy and the rest of us (well, not exactly but we sometimes come as a package!) to hang at the beach with them while the kids were out of school for a fw days. So while we were there I made several clips of Jack Jack. He made me laugh so much! And I didn't even start to get the ones of him in the sand. hehehe... we'll save that for another day.



While there, the boys had the chance to play around with a 2 person Kayak. It was a real hoot.

2008 Christmas Exchange! :)

Person------Buys For---->
Josh------------------->Jacob
Deborah--------------->Sam
Jenna------------------>Deborah
Jonny------------------>Joey
Jenny------------------>Zack
Joey------------------->Josh
Jacob------------------>Jenny
Sam------------------->Jenna
Zack------------------->Jonny

New Glasses For the Family!

We found out not too long ago, that Jeffrey and Jessalyn both needed glasses. Jeffrey wears his all the time. Jessalyn has bi-focals, but she only HAS to wear them while working up close, like school work or coloring. The Dr. Said that if she will wear them then her eyes will likely correct themselves in a year or two. She forgets alot, but she does try.
They both look so sweet and grown up, don't they!
Jeffrey really looks so smart and comfortable in his glasses. And he loves being able to read the board in school and all the street signs!

Just a Memo I thought was funny.

Why I am voting for John McCain

by Dr. M. Sidney Wallace

In the first presidential debate on Friday evening, I was totally unimpressed with each of the two presidential candidates. On one side of the screen there was a tall dark babbling idiot that looked and spoke more like Alfred E. Newman than a leading candidate. What was even worse was the number of times that he kept saying, I agree with John on this issue. He had absolutely no original ideas on anything happening on the face of planet Earth.

On the other side of the stage was an experienced senior individual who wanted to reach out to the other side to form a consensus and move the nation forward. In my younger days I studied a lot of natural sciences, especially physics. One of the first rules of motion is that a body will go in the direction determined by the force being applied to it. If you kick a ball to the left it will move to the left. If you kick a ball to the right, it will move to the right. However, when you kick a ball equally from the left and right at the same time, the ball will not move and you will fall on your ass.

So now, we as a nation are left trying to determine who will lead the United States for the next four years and beyond. Do we vote for a blithering idiot that wants to turn America into a socialist state where everything belongs to the government and not the individual? Or do we vote for an honorable old man that wants to make everyone happy by letting the socialist make the laws of the land.

Well here is the way I have made up my mind. I cannot vote for Obama because he goes against everything I have been taught from birth. He wants to totally destroy the United States from within. He wants a United States like his father’s homeland of Kenya. He wants every individual to have his own thatched roof hut to sleep in. He wants every village to have a whole gaggle of witch doctors to dance around camp fires to ward off evil spirits. He believes that his government bureaucrats can best determine what each individual needs.

I will vote for John McCain for one single reason. That reason is his age. Now on the surface your might assume that I am impressed with his over seventy years in age with a store house of knowledge and experiences stored away. He has been all around the world and knows almost every world leader on a first name basis. But that is not why I am voting for McCain. I can tell you why I am voting for McCain because of his age in two words. Sarah Palin.

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