Monday, October 20, 2014

Stoker Family Photos 2014

My super talented sister-in-law took our family pictures last week and they turned out amazing!
Here are some of our favorites

Mommy Needs A Time Out

For Mothers Day my Mother-in-Law took the Daughters-in-Law to Time Out for Women. Jolynne unfortunately couldn't make it, but on Friday night a girl sitting in front of us reminded us of her so it was almost like she was there. Almost.
We had a great time relaxing and listening to motivational speakers and musical numbers and Jeff did a great job holding things down at home all weekend. 
Thanks Becky!

Olivia Leu is 8 Months




On Friday, October 17, Miss Olivia Leu was 8 months old.
The boys all had Dr appointments scheduled for the morning so we made a day of it and Jeff met us at a park for a picnic. 
The boys ran around the playground for awhile...until they came and told Jeff & I that they found a piece of poop over by one of the slides that was covered in flies.
So then they wanted to go run around in a field where they discovered some football equipment. I'm thinking we need one of these for the backyard to keep them busy.
As we left the park they just had to climb some rocks before getting in the car.
Then we went to the Library to pick out "just a few books" and came home with all of this:

Calm, Quiet Moments

             Life doesn't seem to slow down and I am so grateful for calm, quiet moments on crazy hectic days.

Kamden's Wig

While decorating Grandma's house for Halloween, Kamden pulled out an old wig from one of the boxes.
"Look! I'm Braxton!"
His cousin has been growing out his hair for awhile and, while Braxton's hair isn't shaggy or ratty, there is some resemblance there between the two!

Mountain Home Air Show 2014

Several weekends ago we went to the Air Show in Mountain Home.
I had high expectations for the day and let's just say the day fell short.
But we did get to see some interesting things and I even talked my sister into going...thanks Kristen!
Oh, and we also got to stare at these cheeks all day:
Then we went to the sand dunes, but the sand was really hot and we didn't last long before we were ready to make the drive back home.

Rub-A-Dub-Dub Livy's in the Tub!

Garden Bounty

A few weeks ago we went out to my parents' garden and harvested the potatoes. Jeff dug them up while the boys helped rake up dead plants and hunt for the taters in the dirt.
Olivia and I worked hard also...mostly at supervising.


The boys were really excited about the monster zucchini they discovered in the garden, also: