Happy New Year

Well, hopefully everyone is enjoying themselves in Utah. Sorry we could not come and add to the party. Friday was our window of opportunity, and we missed that. Saturday the weather was terrible. Clearing up some today, but I have a feeling tonight won't be the same with just Kristen and I. Enjoy the good times, and we'll see you all soon. Except for maybe you Kim and Joe.

Mom's ring...

...for those of you who are interested

Hey everyone. We hope that everyone had a very merrry Christmas. We sure did it is great to have Joe home. I am just letting you know that my number has changed. If you have my old one that one will now be Joe's phone. My new number will be 254-383-8281. So now you will have both of our numbers if you need to get us. Love you all and here is a bonus picture.

Kim

The Results are In!!

Vixen by a landslide! Stay tuned for another poll - let your voice be heard! :)

Merry Christmas to all!

Welcome Home Joe Stoney!

Jeff & Kristen's Christmas Letter

Hey everyone, Since we are too lazy to mail you all Christmas cards, here is the letter that Kristen wrote to the few we did send out. (you can scroll down a bit to see the picture we sent with it). By the way, good to have you home Joe!

Seasons Greetings to our family and friends! It seems that this past year has gone by so quickly, and we can hardly believe it is time to be sending out Christmas cards. We have been in Idaho Falls for almost three years and in our home for one year. We have enjoyed getting to know the people in our neighborhood and are feeling at home here. It has been so nice to be in a home, although we are still living in the basement and renting out the top. We enjoyed “experimenting” with a garden this summer—who knew that squash and zucchini were so productive! We also started landscaping our yard a little and have great plans for it!
Jeff has had a busy year! He completed his appraisal training and will be licensed and certified soon! This year he traveled to Las Vegas, Seattle, and Salt Lake City for classes. He is enjoying his work and stays quite busy with it and his church calling. He is pleased with the way BYU (football) played this year and is already looking forward to next season.
I (Kristen) am staying busy with a busy husband and two active kids! I really enjoyed spending time outside this summer and fall with the family. I also enjoyed reading some great books and trying some new recipes this year. I had my appendix out in October, but thanks to a great ward family and two wonderful moms, it was a smooth recovery. It is amazing how much time and energy a family takes, but I feel so blessed to be at home for Jeff and for the kids.
Emily turned three in September. She has been a great help since Joshua was born, and loves to be at my side all day. She loves to read and often sits down with a book on her own. She knows “Peter Rabbit” by heart; Jeff and I love to hear her recite “the sparrows flew to him [Peter] in great excitement and implored him to exert himself!” Talk about a vocabulary!!
Joshua had his first birthday this October. He is such a busy boy. I feel lucky if I get his diaper changed. Forget about putting the pants back on, he’s too busy!! His favorite things to do are to empty the kitchen drawers, empty the bathroom cupboards, and splash in the bathtub. He also loves to be read to. He is picking up more and more signs and says “cracker”, “daddy”, “clock”, “woof”, and “quack, quack”. He is truly a joy.
We hope this holiday season finds you all healthy and happy. We hope that you feel the love of the Lord in your hearts. We are truly blessed to have such wonderful family and friends.
Lots of love,
Jeff, Kristen, Emily, and Joshua

Hey my husband is about to come home in a few hours. Yeah!!!!

Media

Just my opinion, but after following the news stories for a while, seeing which stories are reported, which are highlighted, which are headlined, and who is left out, I am going to make the following observation on the presidential campaign:
The Media, whether it is a conscious effort or not, wants Hillary to win--Obama is a good story, but not their prize.
They want to use Romney as a storyline, but not as a competitor. No one is interested in him except liberal Republicans--but that is never really talked about.
Ron Paul is another good salt and pepper figure.
McCain is the most interesting republican, who they want to win.

Sorry, Doug--

On my computer at school, your posts came up as empty, so I figured that the links or videos or pictures or whatever never uploaded, so I deleted the posts. I just got home and Kati told me that there were videos, so I am an idiot, and apologize, and will ask if you could put them back on?

Campaign for Blitzen

Why Vixen? Honestly--seduction and intrigue? Blitzen is power, thunderbolts, lightning. Speed. Nice. He will make all of your wildest dreams come true.

katie could you adjust the home page voume down a little so that we can here the blog audio thank you

We're Still Alive

Just letting you know we are still here. Nothing to say except that the board rejected my application, as I am a loser (or they needed to sleep well at night and prove they have power). Anyways, this is a prelim Christmas photo shoot of the fam. Enjoy!

how do I set this as my home page

Just a hello

Hey everyone. Just thought I would write a bit since it has been awhile. Not that there is much to say. It looks like Joe will be home around the 22nd of this month. Yeah!!! We are excited but not really thinking about it because it makes the days draw out too long. As for me and Bryar we are doing great. She is sick right now but still a trooper. Hope that everyone has a good couple of weeks and I want to see christmas pictures of everyone on her after the big day. Until later. And I love the new sight Kati looks great!! Much more fun than what we had. Plus I have our sight as our home page and it is fun to get on the internet and always have music right when I get on. You're the best