The Stewart Family: 2008

Christmas with the Fischlin's 12-25-08

This year Christmas was so nice. The kids played games and oh yeah the adults played games as well. We all visited until late. It was nice to spend time with my family. I just love that we can invite all the families over and we all spend the holiday together. It makes it so nice for us to be able to have everyone here with us. It means the world to us.

Christmas with the Stewart's 12-25-08

Christmas with the Stewart's. Kevin's Mom and Chuck flew in from Texas on the 23rd. So it was absolutely wonderful to get to spend time with them. It was nice this year because my family came a little later than normal, so we had a little more time to visit with each other and open presents.

Christmas Morning 12-25-08

Christmas morning we awoke to Carly telling us that Santa had been to our house and that it was time to get up. I think it might have been way to early but we did it anyway. As usual Santa spoiled all of us.

Christmas Eve 12-24-08

Christmas Eve we spend at Danny and Lucy's house. We always have such a great time there. This year we decided to only exchange gifts for the kids which gave us a ton of time to spend with each other. It was so nice to relax. We actually watched a comedy video and laughed our butts off. I think it very well could become a new family tradition for Christmas Eve.

Stefano and Nikki 12-23-08

Stefano and Nikki exchanged gifts and then Stefano opened his and they started playing it. It was very funny.

San Francisco with the Girls 12-23-08

Nikki, Carly and I needed to pick up Sue and Chuck at the San Francisco Airport, so we decided that we would head down to the bay early and go shopping. So we left very early and got there just as the mall opened. We had so much fun, even if Nikki did try and kill me by taking me into the Chanel boutique to show me the purse that she wanted. It was $2100.00!!!!! Yes, I almost passed out!!!!! So we went to Tiffanys instead!!!!!

Doofus 12-23-08

Here is Doofus, not being very cooperative on getting in her Christmas Stocking.

Elly 12-21-08

We talked Elly into getting into her Christmas stocking so that I could take a cute picture of her. She is such a good little hamster.

More Candy Making at Home 12-18-08

I made so much candy for Christmas gifts. It was totally cool. Since I finished my Christmas shopping before Thanksgiving I had a lot of free time to do what I wanted to do. It was very relaxing.

Elly and Doofus 12-17-08

We think that they really like each other. We didn't give them a whole lot of time together just in case though. They are pretty cute together. Elly is the gray one and Doofus is the brown one.

Nikki and Doofus

Angelica's Quincenera 12-13-08

I took pictures at Angelica's Quincenera (As I did with her older sister Gabriella). We had a lot of fun. These are just some of the many, many pictures that I took that day.

Decorating the Christmas Tree 12-8-08

When we went out to get our Christmas tree this year we headed for a place on Bruceville Rd. When we arrived there the lights weren't on. We thought maybe they were closed, but no there were people shopping around. How???? We went in and looked around but couldnt really see anything with the light of our cell phones so we decided to go and get dinner and come back later. That worked, when we arrived back there, the lights were on. YEAH!!! Unfortunately, Nikki caught wind of the fact that we decorated the tree without her and she was not very happy. OOPS! maybe next year!!!!

The Finished Product

Carly and Kevin intently putting the train on

Yes, the dogs even helped

Candy Making with Friends 12-6-08

So I was invited to make candy with some Scrapbooking Friends. It was so much fun. I have never made candy and it was totally cool to learn. Everyone was shocked that I made it!!! Haha!!!

Jingle Ball 12-3-08

Carly, Kaila and I attended the annual Jingle Ball put on by 107.9 the end radio station. It really wasn't that great this year. Although Carly and Kaila had a blast. Shontelle, Boys Like Girls, David Archuletta, Katy Perry and Jesse McCartney were all there.