2012; Its a wrap!

Happy new years!

We've had so many experiences this year, good and bay, challenging and easy! So lets go month by month for the pit and peaks for the Stephens family!

January 2012:

Peak: Fox went to the zoo for the first time, and loved it!
Pit: Mommy started back to school, which meant leaving Fox a lot during the week.

February 2012:

Peak: Our first trip to the temple as a family, and of course Valentine's day <3
Pit: I was taking ASL and really having to devote a lot of time away from Fox and Kyle in order to get all my lab hours in.





March 2012:

Peak: Kyle and I went to the San Antonio Rodeo, and got to see Jake Owens live! My sister got to come for a visit!!
Pit: Kyle couldn't take anytime off for spring break, so we ended up staying in San Marcos!

April 2012

 

Peak: Fox's first Easter, and really awesome BBQ with the family. Also we found out that I was pregnant with our second child, Ryker Jude!
Pit: MIDTERMS... and a lot of morning sickness.

May 2012

Peak: End of the semester, and Fox and I got to go to NC to see my family!
Pit: We missed Kyle while we were on our trip.

June 2012
Peak: Move to Wimberley, TX, got to go to Shlitterbahn, and spent a lot of time hanging out with my brother.
Pit: It was beyond hot outside, I got bucked off my horse, and Gas prices were too high!

July 2012

Peak: July 4th was fun! FOX TURNS ONE, and got his first hair cut! We also found out that Ryker was a little boy!
Pit: Having to wear maternity clothing, unnecessary drama surrounding Fox's party, and having to trade in my big gas guzzler for a more gas conservative car.

August 2012

Peak: Kyle's birthday, and Sophie's birthday
Pit: It was sooo hot! I also dyed my hair blond- bad idea.

September 2012

Peak: My birthday, we got some rain, and we went to the pumpkin patch!
Pit: started another school semester, so back to being away from Fox! Got into a car accident.

October 2012

Peak: HALLOWEEN! My brother went through the temple for the first time, he reported to his mission, I got to go to NC to see my family, got to spend a lot of time with my adorable husband.
Pit: Had to deal with more car issues due to the accident, started gaining weight and getting very pregnant.

November 2012

peak: Thanksgiving, Went to Dallas to see good friends, and we went to Fredricksburg with great friends!
Pit: Finals and a lot of school work.

December 2012

 




Peak: Christmas festivities, My grandmother's engagement, and I got accepted to the BYU-I online program.  Mine and Kyle's 3 year wedding anniversary!
Pit: Being very very pregnant, and crazy weather (one day its super cold, the next its hottt)

Over all we had such a wonderful year. I look forward to the upcoming year and the new experience we'll have. Starting with the addition of our little boy Ryker, my mom and dad coming to visit, and my Grandmother's wedding. I have a feeling 2013 is going to be a wonderful year! I am so grateful to my Father in Heaven for the all blessings in my life. Everyday I wake up healthy, happy, and loved by my family and amazing friends. Life is so good.

Happy 2013 everyone!!!

I am a slacker.

Ah I totally let my blog slack off while I was preoccupied with school! Now that school is winding down (only one more final and we're finished) our family is so busy getting ready for Christmas, New Years, and then Ryker's birthday! So the time is FLYING! This weekend is going to be awesome, a very good friend from high school is going to come to the house for the weekend and bring her husband, adorable baby girl, and their puppy dog! So everyone will get a friend for the weekend! We're going to show them a good ol' Texas Hill Country time! We're going to go to Burnet, TX to Main Street Bethlehem and celebrate Christ's birth in a very realistic setting (hopefully I'll post pictures haha). The weekend after that is the weekend before Christmas, so I am sure we'll find something fun to do as a family! Then we have Christmas! Then we have New Years the next weekend. We're going to do some camping out at the Ranch with good friends of ours! Then we have two weekends before Ryker Jude comes (that is if he waits that long)!

Needless to say (even though I am going to say it) we're insanely busy! Hopefully my mommy and daddy will be here for the birth, and to spend time with Foxy man!

Speaking of which, Fox is a living replica of myself. He is not only disarmingly handsome and quite an adorable child, but he is SOOO STUBBORN! I tell him 'no' and he decides to do 'it' anyway. And today I told him no that he couldn't play in the dishwasher, and he actually bit me in the butt. Like a dog. He got spanked and then put in time out. Even after he got into trouble he wouldn't stop trying to climb in the dishwasher. Crazy kid. But then he has these moments where he just is so sweet! He will come over and kiss me for no reason, he loves on his "pup pup" (henry) and is just so soft and sweet. The rest of the time he is a typical 18month old. I do love him though.... Crazy baby.

Anyways, hopefully I'll be more dedicated to updating my blogg!

Camping!

So much fun this weekend! Here are some pics stolen from the Wilde's!!!

After a shower with Fox... He screamed during the whole shower.... someone probably thought I was  killing him. Here you see him happier to be putting on clothing!

Look at those teeth! My beautiful baby!

Ryker Wanted him off mommies lap. 

He was telling him about his shoes.

No pants? Now worries. 

Fox and Annabell eating some homemade buttermilk biscuits!

Fox loved the Hill's dogs! 

Mommy after shower... Excuse my nastiness... I am channeling a wild woman!

Baby Weston, so adorable! Such a good camper!

Phoenix, she is a Wilde!

making breakfast... Looking a little rough! 

Drinking his juice, looking very adorable!

He is a dog whisper

All of us listening to Conference. 

All of us campers, minus weston

Very nice Chow Chow. 

We might be forcing the whole arranged marriage, its cool. 

Russ and Kyle helping with dinner!

Kyle was burning his eyes out. 

Teaching Fox to smoke dance. 

Cooking dinner

Fox mean muggin' while Phoenix is sleeping. 

so cute. 

Smores. 

Whitney and Annabell!

Warming her hands by the fire... it was COLD

We had such a wonderful time camping. I am so grateful for wonderful friends in the gospel. I am grateful that my children will grow up knowing their kids, because I KNOW these mommies will help me be a better wife and mother in Zion.  Can't wait to do this again!

September wrap up!

So finally Texas decided to 'give it up' and get cooler !! We're still not talking sweat shirts and boots, BUT we is usually like in the low 80's. The last few days its been in the 70's, and at night it is wonderful! So the last week has been good and bad, but mostly it FLEW by!!! It feels like September has been just a bump in time. So here is the Stephens's week wrap up!

Monday: Monday was uneventful. Went to school and took my first history exam. I think I did pretty well, well see tomorrow :/ My grandmother took me to get some shrimp at Red Lobster (It was SOOOO good), after a late lunch with her they (grandmother and Fox) went to watch my little cousin's at their gymnastics practice. After my math class I went home where I caught my husband and GM icing my birthday cookie decorating it with gummie butterflies and M&M's. Fox was 'helping', actually he was just inducing himself into a diabetic comma HAHA! Fast Forward to the late hours of Monday night, I am barfing my guts out... I see Red Lobster come back up. It was awful....

 Tuesday: Was my 22nd Birthday! It started out rocky I had been puking all night, and I had ten thousand pounds of Homework to do before the day was over. But Kyle took the day off to help me, which was awesome, he is the very best! Later that evening we did happy birthday to me, and Kyle took me to Barton Creek Mall. We walked around like teenagers eating pizza and talking about all the overly priced goods we would like to have. Poor Kyle tried so hard to surprise me with my birthday gifts, but none of them had come in, in time. BUT I did score some good birthday lute! One very awesome radio for my New car, thanks mom, dad, father-in-law, and husband. I got a super cute car sticker, its an A for Bama in a cute flower. I also got a Roll Tide license plate cover. My grandmother got me a beautiful shirt/sweater from Capella's, with stretchy black yoga pants! Then two sets of beautiful earrings (does she know me well or what?). All in All it was a good birthday <3 thanks family!

Kyle and GM made me a very yummy birthday cookie!

Wednesday: Boring... until I got HIT! IN MY BRAND NEW 2012 ALTIMA.... This guy totally blew through a stop sign and crushed my passenger side. Lucky for me I 1) did have Fox in the car, 2) the other driver had good insurance! My car is currently getting Fixed and I am in a rental. But before I got rudely hit, my friend Whitney took me to lunch (for my birthday)! Have such awesome friends! Needless to say, I didn't go to my Math class that night.

Thursday: My grandmother and I went to Fredericksburg TX to this adorable quilt shop. We went to find a bedding set for Ryker Jude. We were successful!! We got an awesome deal on a very cute bedding set :). Then we ate lunch at this little restaurant, it was really really good too! After that we went home and got to spend the rest of the day/night hangin' out!

Friday: I had a Dr. appointment (got to see my baby)... I am measuring a week ahead of my due date, so yay one more week killed... I am 25 weeks, and getting very excited. Of course I am nervous, I hear the jump from one to two is a painful journey! But we're doing it, ready or not! Then I took my car into the shop and picked up a rental, then hung out with my Aunt Kerri! Later that night Kyle took me out to dinner at this funky place called "Hills Cafe" in Austin. SO DANG GOOD! It is just a funky place with live music, and really good food! Can't wait to go back. And it helps that my date was really adorable too!

Saturday: It was rainy day but, we went to the pumpkin patch! I got some adorable pics of fox and Kyle... Then we went to lunch with Kyle's dad and stepmom! The rest of the night was dedicated to homework and a paper.

Over all this week was insane. But so very fun! I am ever grateful for the life that my Heavenly Father gives us! I have a beautiful family, that is healthy, and most importantly happy. My husband has a job, and I have a working able mind to go to school! Fox is adorable, so loving, and so happy <3 Very very blessed.