Charlie's lemon

An amazing lemon, grown in Salt Lake City, Utah!

Happy New Year!

Christmas Day 2009

Memories of a really fun day together:

Alice's Visit!

-decorating the christmas tree! and alice by the fire-

Happy Birthday Scott.

Sunday Thanksgiving

Thanks for the fun evening, everyone--Happy Thanksgiving! (And Happy Birthday to Michael.)

more birthdays

We had fun at the fall birthday celebration last week. Happy birthday to all of you fall birthday guys!

And special good wishes this week to Ashley (Nov 1) and Nick (Nov 3).

Happy Birthday!!

Happy Birthday to Carly and Tallia! We had a fun night going out to dinner with some of Carly's friends from work. We went to our favorite Spanish restaurant in Georgetown and had lots of good tapas (and we got to sit at the table right by the front window) and then frozen yogurt w/ fruit toppings (I had Ben & Jerry's sorbet instead).

Hope you guys are all doing well!

This is long over due...

happy birthday jon

We love you!

baby shower

We had fun at the baby shower for Jon and Tallia on Saturday. Thanks everyone!

BEAR LAKE WAS SO MUCH FUN. THIS IS ME GETTING BURRIED IN THE SAND AND OUR PICNIC ON THE BEACH. THE BEST CAKE WAS GRANDPA'S UPSIDE DOWN DUTCH OVEN CAKE -

tallia's graduation day

Congratulations Tallia!

patio ping pong

We had fun when Charlie, Calvin and Nancy visited us in Provo yesterday. Thanks!

lemon tree

this is my lemon tree and the biggest lemon i have grown so far. i hope it doesnt die.

Knoxville Stevens hit the beach!

Michael, Craig, Mary, Brooke and Sarah enjoying lotto tickets dad bought..needless to say none of us got a winning ticket.Mary, Dad and Brooke loved working on puzzles. They did 3 all week- the final one being a 2,000 piece puzzle of times square!
Cutting Mary's hair the last night on the porch.

Bike Tribute

You may not know that Nick and my bikes were stolen after being at our new apartment for only 3 days. So for now we are bike-less.

Charlie and I caught frogs. This is the biggest one. This one we caught at hole 1 and the other one we caught at hole 8 in Fillmore. We kept the frogs for 2 days and then put them back in their pond.

happy pie-oneer day

This morning Gary had the great idea to make some pies to take to some of our neighbors, so we had a fun morning making these--Marie Callendars frozen pie crust, homemade vanilla custard pudding, fruit, and glaze. Hope everyone has a happy pioneer day, holiday or not (depending of where you live!) We love you--Jane & Gary

cecret lake

WE WENT HIKING TODAY - WE ALL MADE IT EASILY TO CECRET LAKE! CHARLIE AND CALVIN TOUCHED A SALAMANDER - it was my first time ever seeing one and I've done that hike about 20 times. MOM and DAD FED A POTGUT! It was a really beautiful morning.

Knoxville Stevens visit for the 4th

Mike, Mary and Sarah came out to visit last week. Mary went to orientation and spent the night at her dorm at the U. We went down to St. George for the 4th and had a blast! We spent lots of time relaxing at the St. George pool and slept on the roof of the Ely's house. It was great to have them out here--can't wait until Mary and Sarah are out here for good!

In Park City

Waiting for milkshakes

Watching fireworks downtown for the 4th

4th of July on Block Island

Hey everyone,

Here are a few pictures from our trip to Block Island with Carly's family. We stayed at a really fun bed & breakfast about a mile and a half away from the little town area and the beach. We rented bikes and had a fun time riding around the island, watching the fireworks & the parade, and eating lots of good seafood. Hope you guys all had a fun holiday weekend too. Nick

happy birthday dad and emily

We love you guys and wish you a happy hear ahead. Good luck in your volleyball tournament, Emily!

we went to the zoo with pace! It was really fun.

happy anniversary, mom and dad!

57 years! We all love you.

and happy fathers' day

We had such a great time seeing lots of you on Sunday! Thanks to everyone for the delicious food and the good visits. I especially appreciate all the great dads in our family--thanks to you for all you do for us. (I forgot to get my camera out until after many of you had left; but here are a few shots to remember the day.)

HAPPY FATHERS DAY - SO GREAT TO SEE EVERYONE TODAY...... We love our family- we love to be with you and love to be with each other! xoxoxoxoxox

check out calvin and my bike gang. we all ride our bikes to school in a line, it is awsome exept when you are behind someone slow.

this is my dog jack

go Utes!

happy birthday brooke

We all hope that Brooke had a great birthday yesterday.
Are you really 21?

LET'S PLAY SARDINES!

What a great sign-in name for the Stevens Family Blog! Anyone remember diving and quickly lying down in the back of the old blue truck parked on the drive-way? Such fond memories!
Thanks, Jane, for setting up the Stevens Family Blog--and for teaching me how to use it. I so enjoy reading the fun, interesting and informative postings and look forward to more.
Much love to all of you on this absolutely gorgeous, sunny, clear day in Salt Lake City.

Brooke Michael Mary and Sarah go to bonnaroo music fest!

Stevens kids at Bonnaroo in Manchester, TN! 3 days of no showers and music all day.

Civil War Bike Tour: The Navy was very important.

Nick and I went on an interesting bike tour with a park ranger in DC. The focus was on the maritime battles. We went to several monuments around DC and learned about John Ericsson (Inventor of the screw propellor and the iron-clad Monitor), Admiral Farragut (Led Union forces in New Orleans and Mobile Alabama), Raphael Semmes (Commander of the Confederate ship Alabama), and Captain John Winslow ( Captain of the Kearsarge, who defeated Semmes off the coast of France).

The take away message was that the Navy was very important in the Civil War and is under appreciated today for what they did.