more Spring-time Stewart Stuff

For those fans of ours out there who 'demand' new posts, your calls have not gone unheeded, however delayed the answer may be. Well, here’s a little of what we’ve been up to during March and April, since they have both come and gone now. We had a great Tempe Stake Conference in March where we heard from Elder Packer, Allen Packer that is. He is Boyd K. Packer’s son. He's a great speaker. Our niece and nephew, Kimble and Karter, had birthdays. We had fun visiting at their party out in Q.C. Ryan’s sister, Heather, also had a birthday and another sister, Stephanie and Aaron Pratt, welcomed a brand new little girl into their family, which I believe I all ready posted. Sophie is adorable! I was able to help Heather a little with painting her new work facility while Ryan built a few things for her. He made a platform in the library, a mail box post and a few other things. If you want to see some of the pictures please visit her blog: http://hjcustomdesign.blogspot.com. Guthrie is a really great place!


I’m having fun as the ward young women camp specialist again this year. I love it! I passed off the girls cooking certification in March. Campfire pizza is pretty darn tasty, when it's not burned that is. Ryan had Scout leader training that Saturday and another weekend in April as well. He’s still doing great with the troop. We also helped my sister's family, Elizabeth and Jeremy Poll, move an Ash tree from my parent’s back yard to theirs. Actually, they and my dad did all the digging, Ryan provided the tree transportation. It will make a great shade tree for them when it grows. My mom had fun visiting with her big brother, my Uncle Danny and Aunt Gretchen O'Barr from Wasilla, AK. They were here for a week or so. We always love to see them, and to see the pictures they take when they are here, like these ones. I love visiting with relatives! Especially when we go out for food. Mmmm...tasty!


We enjoyed part of General Conference from Ryan’s parent’s house. He has been helping his dad with re-roofing, so before and between Saturday’s sessions they were up and working. I wish I had thought to bring my camera! It’s still a work in progress, so I may get a picture of that yet. Ryan has made a few visits to a doctor about his hands. He slightly injured his left one at work a few weeks ago, which seems to be healing just fine. He injured his right wrist, however, several years ago and it’s still giving him grief every now and then. The specialist had him get an MRI. We should hopefully know what the problem is soon.

We were able to go the Easter Pageant with the youth in our ward. The Poll’s and my brother Jason were there the same night in their own groups. Despite the louder and lewder than usual protesters, we were able to enjoy the sweet Spirit of it and point out our brother-in-law Aaron Pratt as Christ on the cross. We also enjoyed Easter dinner’s with both of our families on different nights. Having two delicious meals near holidays is one of the many great things about living near our parents. My garden is looking good. I don’t expect to get too many vegetables out of it, but I do enjoy watching the plants grow. I also got a beautiful bedspread from JCPenney that I've been eyeing for a while. I love it!

A big thank you to my cousin Wylene Wilson for teaching the young women, and me, about horses and letting us ride on April 18th! It was a lot of fun to watch her crack that bull-whip. I sure learned a lot. Did you know you can tell a horse's age by looking at it's teeth? It's true. You can check out all the awesome things she does at www.wylenewilson.com. On that same evening Ryan helped out at the annual scout chili cook-off fundraiser. He brought his BBQ and was grilling hot dogs the whole time. The two crock pots of chili that he made disappeared pretty fast too. Well, I think that covers us for now. Oh, and the most exciting thing, we just got pre-approved to buy a home! We’ve been looking on-line for months and are now moving to phase two, actually going inside of houses. Hopefully we will settle somewhere in Mesa by fall.