The Cubs 2016

Will had another fun season playing machine pitch baseball.  He was on the Cubs and played 1st and 3rd base.  He's never struck out and he scored several times during the season.

Paw Paw came to some games, as well as Gus, Fritz and the rest of their family.  

Grandmother and Granddaddy also came to watch Will play.

Our friends Mike, Lindsay and Lucy came, too.  However, Lucy was much more interested in playing on the playground with Thomas than watching the baseball games! 

Father's Day 2016

Happy Father's Day 

Mom was able to get all 5 of the boys to take a picture together ~ no easy feat!

Will and Thomas sure do love their Granddaddy

It's such a blessing to have such a special daddy ~ love him lots!  

Meet Chester

We have a new family member ~ meet Chester!  On our next to the last day of vacation in Ruidoso Sam was looking at Facebook and saw an 11 week old Goldendoodle for sale in Abilene.  While Sam contacted the breeder I talked to my friend Kendra to see if she would go see the puppy and make sure he was healthy, etc.  Well, before we knew it the breeder said Kendra had put down a deposit for the dog because if we decided we didn't want him, she did!  

We didn't tell the boys what we were doing when we stopped at a stranger's house in Abilene on the way home the next day.  It took them a few minutes to realize we were there to get the puppy! I have a feeling Chester is going to fit right in with the Stewardson family!

These two were worn out on the drive home!

We bought Chester a HUGE kennel.  I have a feeling it would be too long before Will won't be able to fit in there with Chester!

Stewardsons + Summer = LAKE BROWNWOOD

Hopefully Chester will like the water ~

The answer is YES, Chester actually loves the water, and the boat, too!

Tired but happy boys and dog!

Ruidoso 2016 ~ Horse Race

We spent the afternoon at the horse races.  We won a few and lost a few, but overall had a fun time!  

Our favorite horse was named Kingsbury, after Texas Tech's head football coach.  He won his race!

Ruidoso 2016 ~ Nature

Dad, Mom and Will drove up to Las Vegas, NM to pick Thomas up from Camp Blue Haven.  We took our time coming home and spent a few days in Ruidoso.  The weather was perfect ~ not too hot and not too cold.  We enjoyed staying in a cabin with a stream running right in front of it.

We bought the boys a "Lifestraw".  It is supposed to filter out any debris or bacteria found in natural sources of water.  Will tried it out in the stream and said it worked great.  I'll take his word for it!

Look closely and you'll see that we are both barefoot in the creek.  It was FREEZING!

The boys loved relaxing in their hammocks.  They looked like little orange burritos!

Thomas and Dad 

Ready for Camp Blue Haven

Thomas is finally old enough to go to Camp Blue Haven!  The first year kids are eligible to go is the summer between 4th and 5th grade.  I went to Blue Haven for 8 years when I was grown up and loved every minute of it.  I think I was more excited about him getting to go than he was! 

Clothes packed in giant zip lock baggies labeled for each day he would be gone.  It's doubtful he will wear everything, but at least he'll be prepared!

 Yes, I forced them to take a bother picture before Thomas left!

Brenden, Hudson, and Thomas ~ packed in the church van and ready to go!