Visitors...and SURPRISE visitors!

We have had it planned for a while that

Becky and Brad would come and visit

us for Memorial Day Weekend. What wasn't

planned was a last minute call from my other

sister asking if they could fly in for the

weekend as well. WE WERE THRILLED!

Getting to see this little guy is one of the

many advantages of having a brother-in-

law who is obsessed with flying his plane.

Max also brought his 4 siblings along,

which made for one crowded Stewart house!

None of Amy's kids have experienced

Slide Rock before, so off we went. It was

a beautiful day...but the water was FREEZING!

It comes straight off the Flagstaff Mountains

and you have to be brave to get in!

Uncle Brad is such a good sport with Ty.

Ty considers Brad his best bud and they

played for 3 days straight! Brad's tired!!!

Amy and I loved seeing our baby sister

and her pregnancy belly. We cannot wait

for the Macbeths sweet baby girl to

join this crazy family! Love you guys!!!

Big man!

This pre-school graduate has taken

his next step towards manhood....

Shaving! :0)

Yesterday was the last day of school!

Ty is officially in Kindergarten now,

Sydney is in 5th grade,

& Summer is in 8th! Let the summer fun begin!!!

Blue Eyed Beauty!

Last night the Jr. High had their 8th grade promotion

dance. 7th graders were also invited and it was held

at the Sedona Hilton. The theme was Masquerade.

I told Summer I would paint a mask on her and

she thought that was the 'cheap mom' she loves

so dearly. :0) Needless to say, her

'mask' was the best one there!

While the other girls ditched their masks

right away, Summer was hands free and

able to dance the night away. She actually

said I was a cool mom after all the kids raved

about it at the dance. 1 point for me! :0)

Sing it, Sydney!

My short-haired Diva performed again last

night. Sydney had another voice recital

and she was amazing...as always!

Her cute skirt had a drawstring which calmed

Syd's nervous heart. I'm glad Ms. Janie didn't

notice or she would be BUSTED!!! :0)

She sang:

Popular from Wicked (again)

Tomorrow from Annie

Georgie Girl from the movie Georgie Girl

& a Welsh Lullaby.

Who knows of a recording studio Syd

could use? She needs to record her lullaby

so I can fall asleep to it every night~ amazing!!!

We had an intimate little group.

Ms. Janie, Sam, Sheil, & Sydney.

Sheil had family visiting from India and

they really enjoyed their personal concert.

We were all very entertained!

Way to go, Syd!!!

My pirate!

Yesterday was Summer's big day! She had auditioned

(singing a solo----& she considers herself a

NON-singer) and scored one of the leads in her

Jr. High play. They performed Pirates of

Penzance and she was Samuel, the 'nerdy' pirate

(thus the glasses). She was amazing!!!

Most of her scenes were with one of her

best friends Ataiyo. Those two could pass

for twins and he is the sweetest kid!

He was Jr. High President this year and

Summer was his secretary. They were

on the same soccer team, too.

All in all, I now have my proof that both of

my daughters are singers! I am so proud of

my little ham...belting out every song with gusto!

Oh, man...these kids make me happy!!!

4 1/2 hrs away...

We may have a small (almost non-existent) Young

Women's here in Sedona, but that doesn't stop them

from doing awesome stuff!!! A few weekends

ago, Heather and Summer joined their leaders....

..Connie and Mel (twin sisters from New Zealand) and

they drove 4 1/2 hours to Gila Valley to the open

house of the temple there. They had a ton of fun

on their way (a rodeo, ice cream, Indian food...which

non-adventurous Summer hated). I wish I had been

invited! Maybe next time I'll sneak in the trunk!

One of the funnest things that came out of the trip was

setting Heather up on a blind date with my cousin in

Rocklin, California. They ended up going out twice

and a great friendship was formed. Notice how

Summer texts Trevor as though it were her cell

phone! Dream on Baby! We are officially the

meanest parents since we won't allow our

13 yr. old to have a phone. Yep!

We're soooo mean! :0)

Biz Town

On Tuesday, Sydney and I got to head down

the Tempe with the 4th and 5th graders

to attend Biz Town. Biz Town is an awesome

'city' that teaches the kids how to work,

earn a paycheck, pay taxes, and then do a

little shopping! It is a great learning experience!

I was over the Wells Fargo and had 7 employees

(a CEO, CFO, a Savings Officer, and 4 tellers).

I joked with Sydney that since I once (many

moons ago) worked at Wells Fargo, that I

should wear my old name tag and hand out

my business cards...don't ask me why I kept them.

She said that would be embarrassing, so I didn't.

Sydney was the CEO of the Print Shop in town and

she gave a speech at the town hall meeting

and had a television interview. She was one cute

business owner! After that, we headed to Glendale

for some roller skating & pizza. Fun! Fun! Fun!