Beth speaking here:
My younger sisters are awesome! I have two of them. My two brothers are awesome too, and they do such an awesome job of rough and tumble play with the kids. I just love my family, they are the coolest! My parents are pretty special people too.
And those sisters of mine...
I got to see my youngest sister in Utah during Christmas break. She and her husband are expecting a little boy (hooray for baby boys!) and they just bought a cute house. It was a lot of fun to see them. We had not seen them since their wedding and now the two of them seem so grown up. I was 13 when my sister was born. I remember babysitting her and changing her diaper. Time flies!
My other sister just came to see us over the weekend. She has 3 very cute daughters and we just love seeing their sweet family. Joseph and Esther are very close to the girls and had so much time playing hard and laughing and running together. My youngest niece has grown so much since I have last seen her.
Our weekend started with a fun day at a train park in Scottsdale. We rode the train and the carousel there and then had fun at some of the playgrounds. In the evening, my sister and I went for sushi. Yum! :)
The next day, we found a cool mall that has an indoor playground. (I'll remember where it is for summertime...) Joseph got to go to the Lego store there too! And then...we grabbed some In N Out for dinner. I love their protein-style burgers so much! No buns with my burger? Perfect for me!
We celebrated Esther's birthday in style that night...burgers, cupcakes, milkshakes, mmmmm...
Much to her delight, Esther even got a doll that calls her "Mama." Sweet! Our now 3-year-old with her own baby is more than she could have ever wished for...
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Monday, January 31, 2011
It's Almost February...
Glen, Beth and the kids had such a wonderful time in Utah and Colorado visiting family. We saw so many people and it was such a whirlwind of adventure! Our highlights were:
Glen will work really hard here and finish school. It should take a year and half. If we still need it, he'll start looking for jobs in Colorado in Fall 2011.
We also have a bit of house remodeling to do so we can sell our house. We are blessed that we bought our house for a very low price and should come out a little ahead when it's time to go.
Beth is working on her business. She has come up with some great plans and has hired a nanny to watch Esther part time while she researches, creates and builds in the office. During Christmas break and shortly after, Beth did a lot of research for ad campaigns to start up, found some awesome places to outsource some of her work to, and narrowed down her focus to one niche.
We are both very excited about this and it will help us get out of the "Rat Race" once and for all. Good things are ahead of us. :) We have been prompted to do this for a long time and feel very good about building an Online/Offline business. It's not network marketing or blogging, although one can always use these ways to earn residual income, as well.
Off to work now...be good and do well! :)
- Seeing Beth's sister, who is expecting. We love her cute little baby bump!
- Having a snowball fight at BYU with Glen's brother and sister-in-law. The snow fell fast and was very thick on the ground...
- Visiting Beth's sweet aunt and cousins
- Driving in lots of blizzards...it's a good character-building exercise ;)
- Sledding in Rocky Mountain National Park with Uncle Chris.
- Hanging out with Uncle David and Sheri
- Celebrating Christmas Eve with Grandma Betty
- Seeing our Grammy, who is almost 100 years old!
- Visiting Great Grandma and Grandpa Woods in their cozy house while a storm raged all around us
- Seeing Glen's parents in a beautiful part up of Colorado...almost way up in the clouds
Glen will work really hard here and finish school. It should take a year and half. If we still need it, he'll start looking for jobs in Colorado in Fall 2011.
We also have a bit of house remodeling to do so we can sell our house. We are blessed that we bought our house for a very low price and should come out a little ahead when it's time to go.
Beth is working on her business. She has come up with some great plans and has hired a nanny to watch Esther part time while she researches, creates and builds in the office. During Christmas break and shortly after, Beth did a lot of research for ad campaigns to start up, found some awesome places to outsource some of her work to, and narrowed down her focus to one niche.
We are both very excited about this and it will help us get out of the "Rat Race" once and for all. Good things are ahead of us. :) We have been prompted to do this for a long time and feel very good about building an Online/Offline business. It's not network marketing or blogging, although one can always use these ways to earn residual income, as well.
Off to work now...be good and do well! :)
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
2010 has been exciting for us and full of a lot of changes. We have been blessed immensely.
Esther is 2 (almost 3) and in nursery at church. She absolutely loves her nursery teachers! She loves to look at books, sing, dance and she is quite a dare-devil. She climbs on things at the playground that make Elizabeth's knees shake. Esther has a best friend named Lydia that she adores and has become good friends with two girls next door. Esther has mastered animal noises.
Joseph turned 6 this year and started Kindergarten at a Montessori charter school. It has been good for him and he has made lots of friends there. Joseph loves to read, build things out of anything (Legos, blocks, car parts, recycled stuff), draw plans of things to invent and sell to people, and run. He recently got a suit to match Glen's and loves to wear it to church. He wants to grow up to be just like his dad. :)
Athena turned 18 this year and she is engaged at school with choir and other great things. When she is not busy with school performances, she is busy getting good grades and having fun with friends. She also plays the organ at church.
Elizabeth has been busy with the house; especially with painting and organizing things. We recently made our casita available for missionaries in our stake to use and the things from the casita that ended up in the house must go. ;) Elizabeth has fun exercising at the YMCA. She also has very strong entrepreneur-tendencies and is working on projects from home to make extra money for the family. **Here's where Elizabeth's life gets really interesting: Because she has dysphagia (trouble swallowing her food), her doctor tested her for several things and one of the things she tested positive for is a gluten intolerance. Now Elizabeth is learning how to cook gluten-free food. And it's pretty fun, unless she really wants a nice slice of baguette with a bit of Brie. Sometimes, there is just no substitute for the real thing, haha... Another side benefit of dysphagia is getting an endoscopy, which will take place at the beginning of 2011. A specialist will stick a long tube with a camera down her throat and take a peek at her esophagus and stomach. Eek.
Glen, the very smart and hard-working head of our household, went back to school and is earning a Master of Ed degree at Arizona State University. He has completed his first semester and is learning LOTS. He likes to ride his bike to school when he can and is having a bit of extra fun with learning how to teach secondary school kids (middle school and high school). He is a Priesthood teacher at church, as well as a ward missionary.
We send you and your families lots of love and prayers for the best blessings the Lord can give you.
With Love,
The Stowers Family
2010 has been exciting for us and full of a lot of changes. We have been blessed immensely.
Esther is 2 (almost 3) and in nursery at church. She absolutely loves her nursery teachers! She loves to look at books, sing, dance and she is quite a dare-devil. She climbs on things at the playground that make Elizabeth's knees shake. Esther has a best friend named Lydia that she adores and has become good friends with two girls next door. Esther has mastered animal noises.
Joseph turned 6 this year and started Kindergarten at a Montessori charter school. It has been good for him and he has made lots of friends there. Joseph loves to read, build things out of anything (Legos, blocks, car parts, recycled stuff), draw plans of things to invent and sell to people, and run. He recently got a suit to match Glen's and loves to wear it to church. He wants to grow up to be just like his dad. :)
Athena turned 18 this year and she is engaged at school with choir and other great things. When she is not busy with school performances, she is busy getting good grades and having fun with friends. She also plays the organ at church.
Elizabeth has been busy with the house; especially with painting and organizing things. We recently made our casita available for missionaries in our stake to use and the things from the casita that ended up in the house must go. ;) Elizabeth has fun exercising at the YMCA. She also has very strong entrepreneur-tendencies and is working on projects from home to make extra money for the family. **Here's where Elizabeth's life gets really interesting: Because she has dysphagia (trouble swallowing her food), her doctor tested her for several things and one of the things she tested positive for is a gluten intolerance. Now Elizabeth is learning how to cook gluten-free food. And it's pretty fun, unless she really wants a nice slice of baguette with a bit of Brie. Sometimes, there is just no substitute for the real thing, haha... Another side benefit of dysphagia is getting an endoscopy, which will take place at the beginning of 2011. A specialist will stick a long tube with a camera down her throat and take a peek at her esophagus and stomach. Eek.
Glen, the very smart and hard-working head of our household, went back to school and is earning a Master of Ed degree at Arizona State University. He has completed his first semester and is learning LOTS. He likes to ride his bike to school when he can and is having a bit of extra fun with learning how to teach secondary school kids (middle school and high school). He is a Priesthood teacher at church, as well as a ward missionary.
We send you and your families lots of love and prayers for the best blessings the Lord can give you.
With Love,
The Stowers Family
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