The Stimsons

Macy Lou's first steps!!!!

2009-11-30T19:39:00.001-08:00

Celebrate with us....Macy took her first steps. You can witness it as we did with these photos. She started with taking a little step. Then she fell. She stood up and took a couple more. Then fell again. Then she stood up and proceded to take about 8 steps in a row! It was really fantastic. Way to go Lou!!!!

Macy's first birthday

2009-11-16T19:38:00.001-08:00

Grandmother and Papa .......

Gran and Macy

Mommy and James hanging out at Macy's party

Stephen and brother Nate and Marla and James....

Hiking at the gardens

2009-11-05T19:37:00.001-08:00

Macy in front of our house...

I have been looking for a place where I could turn the boys loose to hike and yet still feel comfortable taking Macy. Well, I found the perfect spot....and it is about 1 minute from our home. Thank you Lord! Enjoy the pictures of our new little hiking spot...

clapping, standing and superhero's

2009-10-17T06:46:00.000-07:00

Macy is not too content crawling anymore....its all about standing and pulling up. She loves to pull up on toys, furniture, and the boys. ha.

Boys playing superhero's! Thanks mom for the superhero book....they love the dress up clothes.

Macy learned to clap. She is so proud of herself!

Whooooooohooooooo! daddy's new truck!!!

2009-10-16T19:34:00.000-07:00

The boys LOVE it!!! I think we have started a new tradition. They like to eat dinner in the bed of daddy's truck. What a sweet, fun time....

Spaghetti dinner. first united methodist church.

2009-10-16T19:22:00.000-07:00

Will and James had a spaghetti dinner, open house, silent auction at their school. It was fun. Will ate spaghetti for the first time....who would have thought. Macy ate spaghetti for the first time. James ate a cookie! They had a performance....sang several songs. I was so proud of Will and James. They did a great job and had a fun time.

more photos

2009-10-12T20:52:00.000-07:00

macy 10 months. laughing at sally

daddy and macy....funny face.

Will. 5 yrs. pumpkin patch in Dallas

Macy and mommy. 10 months.

James, Kaylee, Will and Naomi. Our trip to Albuquerque, NM. Will and James seeing their best friends...Kaylee and Naomi!

Some "firsts" .....waco, texas

2009-09-08T18:50:00.000-07:00

Will's first day of pre-k

Daddy's first day of work

Macy's first day of crawling

The boys first trip to the science museum

Macy's first ride in a car at the children's museum

The boys first trip to the zoo

The boys first play date....with neighbors from down the street.

Macy - 9 months

2009-08-28T22:11:00.001-07:00

I walked around the corner to check on Macy only to find her with this sweet headband on her head...thanks to the cousins!

The movers came

2009-08-26T22:53:00.000-07:00

Will and james were very excited about the movers coming. They had been without their toys for several months and they were READY to have them back. They sat on a towel outside of our new home, pointing and smiling and dancing when they saw a special toy come out of the truck.

praise and worship

2009-08-26T22:50:00.000-07:00

As soon as we got the keys to our home, we went as a family to pray and thank the Lord for our new home.....

first day in Waco

2009-08-26T22:41:00.001-07:00

We drove to Waco from Dallas to close on our home. We stopped off at Poage park (just a couple of minutes from our home)to let the boys burn off some steam before going to close on our home.....

Will - 5 yrs. James 3 and 1/2 yrs, Macy 8 months old.

Will turns 5

2009-08-26T21:59:00.001-07:00

happy 5th birthday. will chose to have a transformer birthday party! The day started with donuts

Will and James and Daddy with remote control Wall -e

The cousins playing "cowboy" dress up.

Will had a swim party at Grandmother and Papa's. They also did sidewalk chalk, a yummy cupcake, bowling, and transformer pinata.

Wow, Will's cupcake was HUGE!

Transformer pinata

daddy, will and james with Will's "trophey" centerpiece.

Will Swimming.....

2009-08-05T20:28:00.000-07:00

Wow, we moved from Albuquerque, New Mexico back home to Texas at the end of June. We have spent a couple of weeks in Plano with the Snyder's and a couple of weeks in Tyler with Stephen's mom. We will be closing on our home in Waco, Texas on Monday, August 10th. We are very excited. The best news of all is that Will has learned to swim. He is a FISH!!! He loves to swim and swim and swim. He jumps from the diving board and is even learning to dive. Wow, it is so much fun. Will turns 5 tomorrow so we will update the blog with some fun birthday pictures....love to all. jamie

Mothers Day 2009

2009-05-10T20:14:00.000-07:00

What a great day! We went to church this morning as a family. Then later that afternoon Stephen surprised me by sending me and my friend Melissa shopping for the afternoon. Stephen and Mike (melissa's husband) took care of the kids while Melissa and I went and shopped. Macy had her first "all girls shopping afternoon". It was GREAT!

Macy (4 months), Will (4), James (2) photos

2009-03-22T08:59:00.000-07:00

Macy in her swing with her bunny
Mommy and Macy

Will and James making funny faces in the mirror....

Macy enjoying her time outside with the boys.

"Rocket man" riding his bike.

James went over to our next door neighbors house to play. Apparently Kaitlin was trying to finish her homework before coming out to play. James came back home with paper and pencil to show me his homework. pretty cute.

Macy loves her exersaucer!

One of Will's favorite things is to take apart things that are broken to see what it looks like inside. After determining that we could not salvage his favorite "christmas train" we decided to let him take it apart. He still carries all the pieces that he took apart in a ziploc baggie. Often times he will dump out the pieces and look at them.

Daddy's birthday

2009-03-07T20:17:00.000-08:00

We went to the aquarium as a family. We spent most of our time at heritage farm - barn and animals, windmill, wagon rides, vineyard, etc. We had fun hiking and hangin out.

We had a little party for daddy. The boys love celebrating birthdays. They blew up balloons, made cards and blew out daddy's candles!

Macy and James

2009-03-07T19:05:00.000-08:00

Macy sitting up...

Macy sleeping in her "give me all your money" pose. We stole that saying from Uncle Todd.

James loves holding his little sister. His eyes light up and you can tell he is so proud of himself. He says, "Mommy you can go clean the kitchen. I'm taking care of Macy." It is so sweet.

Macy

2009-02-10T19:46:00.000-08:00

Precious angel!

Will, James and Macy at the Aquarium

2009-02-08T09:08:00.000-08:00

We had such a nice time at the Aquarium. The weather was perfect. The boys climbed, hiked, and explored for a couple of hours. We have been couped up for several weeks becasue the weather has been pretty cold and windy. It was pretty apparent that we needed to get out when I saw the boys running and running and running at the aquarium. Macy slept the whole time. It was a perfect day to enjoy the perfect weather.

James sliding down the slide

Will climbing on the giant ant

James 2 yrs.

Will 4 yrs.

the boys

Macy Lou

2009-02-08T09:05:00.000-08:00

Macy Lou...love, peace, happiness

Daddy's girl

grandmother and macy

Will and James' 2nd Annual Camping Trip (in our back yard!)

2009-02-08T08:45:00.001-08:00

Gathering sticks for the fire

Will and daddy lighting the fire

will, daddy and james in the tent

macy hanging out inside with mommy

Good night, boys!!!

Happy Birthday, Macy! 2 months old...

2009-01-17T09:30:00.000-08:00

Macy Lou being a cutie as usual.

Mommy and Macy!
James swinging and laughing (2 and 1/2yrs.)

Will pushing his dump truck. wow, he is getting so big! (4 and 1/2yrs.)

macy's sweet smile

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Gran and James laughing

Stephen, Gran and Uncle Nate

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Christmas 2008

2009-01-02T17:00:00.000-08:00

Stephen and Nate skiing in Santa Fe, New Mexico

Mommy and Macy snuggling!

Macy looking at her silver monogrammed heart rattle from Aunt Tish and Uncle Joe

Macy smiling....as always!

Macy's idea of celebrating the New Year!

Lots of fun time with family

2008-12-23T21:12:00.001-08:00

Macy and Aunt Jill. Macy doing gymnastics

Aunt Jill and James

Aunt Jill and Macy bonding

The boys in the Sandia Mountains hiking with Daddy

James and Daddy in our front yard

Will and our neighbors having a snow ball fight.

Macy enjoying some "play" time

Macy smiling

CUTIE!!!

Will giving Macy some toys to "play" with. Do you think she has enough to look at???

Uncle Nate and Gran

Aunt Steph and Uncle Nate meeting Macy for the first time

Gran and Macy hanging out!

Macy 4 weeks old...

2008-12-09T20:10:00.000-08:00

The boys trying on more of Macy's things!

Macy and her new gown from Aunt Jill

I love to look at my toys.

My brothers are SO cute!

more Macy Lou updates

2008-11-28T11:48:00.000-08:00

Macy at 2 weeks old

Grandmother holding Macy....and Will joining in too.

Macy in her swing

The boys having fun getting to know Macy (and trying to make her laugh)

"Macy Lou" and the boys...

2008-11-28T04:07:00.000-08:00

the boys trying on Macy's new headbands!

IT'S A GIRL!

2008-11-19T12:55:00.000-08:00

Welcome baby Macy! The dudes love their new baby sister. We had a birthday party for her the day she came home (with a pink cake of course). We're all transitioning fairly well, by God's wonderful grace. We are so thankful for His incredible blessings.

12 days and counting...

2008-11-01T13:05:00.000-07:00

Only 12 days left until baby Stimson #3 arrives (Thursday, Nov. 13). This is definately the last profile shot you will see of me until this baby comes out!!!!! We had an ultrasound at 34 weeks and the baby was measuring about 38 weeks. Who knows but it looks like this baby could be a big one????? I say by the size of my basketball, I wouldn't be surprised. Love ya, jamie

Heritage Farm Fall Festival

2008-10-22T05:11:00.000-07:00

This fall festival is at our Aquarium and Boutanical Gardens. The fall festival actually takes place at Heritage Farms which is located in the back of the Boutanical Gardens...they have animals, make applie cider and do other neat things for the kids. This is by far our favorite fall festival.

Coralles Fall Festival

2008-10-22T05:01:00.000-07:00

Our favorite time of year has hit here in Albuquerque. It's one fall festival after another then followed by balloon fiesta! We have had a wonderful fall so far. It is a fun time to teach the boys about God's creations - watching the leaves change, the weather switch, and mommy's belly growing to the size of a watermelon :)

Football Game - Aggies for a day!

2008-09-06T20:09:00.001-07:00

We had a great time at the UNM/Texas A&M football game. We were given the tickets (nice box seats) by one of the urology attendings here. As you can see, the dudes are all duded up in Aggie gear (thanks to the Carters, new friends who just moved to town from Houston). I gotta admit, they don't look too bad in maroon, but this is probably the last time you'll see 'em in aggie gear... unless they decide to attend A&M, Lord help me. just kidding, jill and todd (and all our other great aggie friends).

Naomi's Birthday Party

2008-09-06T19:59:00.000-07:00

Will and James had a blast at Naomi's 2nd birthday party. The park where we were is actually right beside Uncle Nathan and Aunt Steph's old apartments, when they used to live here.

Will's 4th Birthday Party

2008-08-20T19:54:00.000-07:00

Will had his 4th Birthday party the following Saturday of his actual birthday. He had a swim/cookout party. The kids had a lot of fun! I think the adults had fun too - take a look at Stephen and Mike playing baseball with the pinata.

Will's birthday cont...

2008-08-20T19:46:00.000-07:00

After dinner we celebrated his birthday by letting he and James frost cupcakes and of course, eat them. Then he opened up a couple of gifts....

Wednesday, August 6th. Will Turns 4.

2008-08-20T19:35:00.000-07:00

Will started out the day early by waking up at 5:15am on his birthday. We did not need to be at the airport until 8:30am to pick up Grandmother so we decided to start the day at Dunkin Donuts. Then we headed to the airport to pick up Grandmother. Will wanted to head down town at this point to see the "rail runner" train - he loves looking at the steamies. And then we met our friends, Melissa, Kaylee (3 and 1/2), and Naomi (1 and 1/2) for a fun morning at the Aquarium. Will had a really nice day!

Stimson boys at Aquarium

2008-07-29T19:22:00.001-07:00

4th of July

2008-07-19T11:32:00.001-07:00

james with sparkler

Will with sparkler

Grif, Will and James watching fireworks

Gracen watching her sparkler through her 3D glasses

Ryan enjoying the firwork display with 3D glasses

The whole crew enjoying fireworks!

Grandmother famous dirt! All the cousins made it and then ate every bit of it. yummy!

We are expecting!

2008-07-16T14:02:00.001-07:00

When we went on vacation at the beginning of the summer we broke the news to the boys (Will almost 4. James 2.) that they were going to have a baby brother or sister. Then we gave them new baby dolls and showed them how to hold the baby and feed the baby. It was a special time. Will's immediate response was "I want a real baby". That was pretty cool.

We are expecting the arrival of our little one around November 22, 2008.

We had our 20 week detailed ultrasound a couple of weeks ago and everything looked good with the little one. Praise the Lord.

It's been fun. We have been asking Will if he wants a baby brother or sister and his response has always been. "A girl. We already have 2 boys." Pretty cute. We will just have to wait to see! Fun, Fun! At my last appointment my OB allowed Will to hold the doppler to hear the baby's heartbeat. James just sat in the chair, tears running down his face saying "Don't hurt mommy!". I reassured him that I was not getting any shots and then he calmed down.

Please pray for an on-time delivery and a healthy baby!
Love, Stephen, Jamie, Will and James.

Father's Day 2008

2008-06-18T13:15:00.001-07:00

Daddy and Will at the Isotopes baseball game.

Daddy and boys at "Mensfest" (an event at our church)

Happy Father's Day to the best daddy ever!

We love you. mommy, daddy and the boys.

Mom's Surprise 60th Birthday Party. April.

2008-06-14T18:52:00.000-07:00

just some funny pictures...

2008-06-03T19:44:00.000-07:00

Explora! Museum

2008-06-03T19:33:00.000-07:00

After we got home from the musuem, Will and James wanted to create their own marble course. So we cut a pool noodle in half, put it together with toothpicks, glued it to art boards, and let the marbles "race" down the noodle. It was quite fun!

Will creating a track for the marbles to go down (this is a new interest of his). We call it "marble madness" at our home. :)

James getting splashed in the face with water from the spraying water fountain.

Will playing with trains in the train room

James building a tube tower

OK guys, this is the elevator at the museum! Can you believe it? It's bigger than our house (kidding...kind of)

Summer fun...

2008-06-03T13:51:00.000-07:00

The boys cleaning their new jeep (we found this at a garage sale...it was a real steal)!!!

Daddy's best Geo Track yet!!! Will, James and Daddy built this about a week ago. It has become a competition in our home, between Stephen and I, to see who can build the best track. Daddy definately wins with this one!

Will and his new engineer hat

Our New Pool(s)

2008-06-03T13:47:00.001-07:00

Daddy and Will swimming in our new pool

James and Sally's new swimming pool. James doesn't really like the big pool...he would rather enjoy splashing around in shallow water.

Our Family Trip to Durango, Colorado

2008-05-28T12:49:00.001-07:00

Downtown Durango, Colorado.

The Durango, Silverton Steamie! It's a beauty!

One of Will's favorite trains! He even got to sit inside it and pretend to drive.

Will and James watching the Durango Silverton Train leaving the station. We would go grab breakfast and then catch the early train departing the station. It was definately the highlight of our trip!

James and Will picking flowers after a nice swim at the hotel.

Will and James "riding" the horse statue in downtown Durango.

Flying Kites

2008-05-17T21:09:00.001-07:00

The boys flying their new Curious George kite at our park.

Mother's Day

2008-05-17T20:45:00.001-07:00

Riding the train from the Aquarium to the Zoo.

going to church

Easter

2008-05-13T19:49:00.001-07:00

OK. So I have been so bad about keeping the blog updated! Here we go...I will start with Easter and hopefully get us caught up in the next couple of weeks. Enjoy the updates! Keep checking back for more updates.

brother for life...

2008-03-18T21:12:00.000-07:00

james....ready, set, go.

2008-03-18T21:10:00.001-07:00

Will was at school and I was hanging out with James before going to pick up brother. James LOVES to pose for pictures. When I said "jamsey, smile for the camera" this is what he did. So funny!

Family train ride from Aquarium to Zoo

2008-03-18T21:07:00.001-07:00

James and mommy

Do they look alike or what?

Daddy and his boys

Daddy and Will

2008-03-18T21:05:00.000-07:00

Uncle Nate and Will

2008-03-08T21:52:00.000-08:00

Looking back a year....

2 cool dudes!

...Jamez hike cont.

2008-03-04T06:47:00.000-08:00

Jamez Hike - Daddy's birthday

2008-03-02T16:05:00.000-08:00

Daddy walking with his boys

Will and James throwing rocks in the river

Since Daddy will be on call next weekend (his birthday weekend), we decided to celebrate his birthday early. We took off Saturday morning for a full day hike in the Jamez Mountains. The weather was perfect! All of us had a really nice time hiking and hanging out. Happy Birthday Daddy! We love you.

Will's first camping trip

2008-03-02T15:58:00.000-08:00

Will telling daddy "thank you" for taking him "camping"

Will and James helping daddy put wood in the firepit.

Will and James praying before eating hot dogs

Roasting hot dogs followed by yummy smores

Daddy and Will getting ready to "camp out"

The boys.

2008-02-20T19:44:00.000-08:00

Valentine's Day

2008-02-14T13:39:00.001-08:00

When I asked Will "What do you love about daddy" he said:

I love that he loves trains

he loves to drink coffee

I love playing boom with him

I love playing "bones with Sally"

I love playing chase with Daddy

Then I asked, "Where do you like to go with daddy?" he said:

Aquarium

Zoo

Doughnut shop to get doughnuts

Park

I love hiking with Daddy

DADDY, WE LOVE YOU!

Will and James watching Shrek.

2008-02-08T19:31:00.001-08:00

Best of buds.

Will climbing his first tree (all by himself)!!!

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James watching brother.

Snow at last!

2008-02-06T18:17:00.000-08:00

Will asked if we could go out in the snow and build a "snow train". So of course I said yes. After building the train, I looked up and saw this expression on Will's face so I grabbed the camera and snapped a picture only to find out that this smile was because he had plans to jump on top of the snow train and crush it. Needless to say, the next time I build a snow train, I won't work so long and hard on the details. Boys!!!

James getting used to the feel of snow on his shoes!

I accidentally threw Sally's "elmo" ball over the wall in our back yard. So, as you see, she has her pathetic eyes on.

Casa Rodena Winery

2008-02-03T21:08:00.001-08:00

Stephen watched the boys while I got away for a couple of hours. I went to Casa Rondena Winery (about 10 min. from house). The weather was beautiful! I was able to catch up on some journaling.

The boys and their piano

2008-02-01T19:26:00.001-08:00

O.K. you may be asking, why the pink piano? Goodwill ("oldwill") for $2.99 says it all!

Kaylee's Birthday Party at Hoots (jump town)

2008-01-27T19:34:00.001-08:00

January 24, 2008

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Let's get creative cuz it's COLD outside.....

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the boys castle

eating fondu

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the boys painting

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Will's first invention

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Our first fire in the fire pit

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wearing daddy's undershirt

2008-01-21T06:07:00.001-08:00

Will's idea of "hugging" brother

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more of boys

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oops. photos taken by steph stimson (sorry!!!!!)

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photos taken by steph shelton

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monkey babies :)

2008-01-08T07:56:00.001-08:00

Beautiful Winter Day!

2008-01-03T20:10:00.000-08:00

Stimson Christmas

2008-01-02T08:05:00.001-08:00

Stroller parade

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Christmas 2007

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Holiday Stroll in Old Town. Abluquerque, NM.

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Thanksgiving. Albuquerque, NM

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Fall Festival

2007-11-26T12:42:00.000-08:00

Fall Festival. Albuquerque, NM.

The Stimson Family

2007-11-21T20:50:00.001-08:00