Stooksbury Family

New Beginnings - La Habra Ward

2009-03-28T15:23:00.000-07:00

As of February I am now the Beehive Advisor. We had about 3 weeks to put together NB's and it ended up being a great night. Our theme was "Be Thou An Example" from 1 Timothy 4:12 which also happens to be the youth theme for the year. We had the girls pick a women in their life that has been an example to them and then make a paper doll that would represent them. Then at NB's they would hold their paper dolls and tell us about that person etc. The girls did a great job. We had a talk from our new YW's President Sister Manderino who spoke on the theme as well as personal progress. Then the girls did their paper doll presentation as well as a musical number. Our last speaker was my sister in law Ursula who did a great job talking on the new value virtue then of course our bishop did the closing remarks. For refreshments we did choc. covered strawberries and the girls decorated sugar cookies. My friend Jennifer had a very cute cookie cutter that looked like a girl with the hair flipped out. So cute!! Again the girls did a great job decorating the cookies. Below are some pictures of that night. I wish I had taken pictures of everything before the program started because by the time I tried taking pictures the board was destroyed and the cookies and strawberries were already gone. Live and learn.

This was one of our handouts that we gave to each of the girls. With the help of my sister Melinda we came up with this design and made about 24 of them. It looks simple to make but it took a lot of time. Once I figured everything out and got the supplies needed my mom and sister Melinda help me put them together. It took about 2 hours.

These are sisters who picked each other as their example....cute!

These girls picked their moms as their example. We have such cute girls in our ward and they are so good! You can see the board in the back but of course it was destroyed before I could get a good pic. The board had the paper dolls on it with the values surrounding them. Karen Chitwood who is the Laurel Advisor was smart and brought magnets to attach to the back of the paper dolls and we also used the magnets to attach the the lettering. So smart! It worked out great. The girls would come up one by one and take off their paper doll from the board talk about it and then put it back on the board.

Enjoying the Weather

2009-03-28T14:39:00.000-07:00

I love this picture. Brian started freaking out because he couldn't pick up the umbrella. Of course all he had to do was move his right foot!

MLK Weekend: Snow Day

2009-03-28T14:07:00.000-07:00

Phil's friend Tyler was kind enough to let us stay in one of his cabins in Wrightwood. Here are some pictures of us enjoying the snow with some of Jack and Brian's cousins. Cousin Jace and Brian

Phil and Jack

The cousins

Next Venture

2009-01-08T19:21:00.001-08:00

If you ever find your kids jumping off beds or roof tops. I would recommend that you get these cool suits for them.

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1778399&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1

My Little Man

2008-12-30T23:07:00.000-08:00

Phil's dad bought the boys church outfits for Christmas and the other night I was trying Brian's outfit on to make sure it would fit him. I was looking at him with his grown up clothes on and his new haircut and I couldn't believe how big he is already! My baby is growing up!

The Christmas Lingerie

2008-12-30T21:51:00.000-08:00

So on Christmas Day, Jeanette got a nice surprise from her sister. The pictures below explain it all.

In addition to the surprise, Jeanette's Dad shared a comment to me saying "Looks like it's going to be Christmas everyday for you Phil" as he nugded me in the arm and winked. I just thought that was just so wrong in every way. Jeanette was horrified that her Dad would say such a thing and I just stood there without saying a word... Talk about uncomfortable!

Of course Jack had to liven things up and put on the Santa Lingerie and go around the house saying "Ho, Ho, Ho!". I think he is confused as to what Santa wears.

Here is another Clip that explains everything.

Christmas Pictures

2008-12-30T21:24:00.000-08:00

The White Elephant Conspiracy i.e. Christmas Eve by Phil Stooksbury

2008-12-29T23:08:00.000-08:00

So it's Christmas Eve and all of the cousins gathered at Grandma and Grandpa Little's house. We have a little tradition that we have been doing on Christmas Eve which is to do a White Elephant exchange. Each person had a couple of dollars to spend on the cheapest gag gift that they can find. Below are the pictures of happy children ready to participate in the festivities.

Little did we know that the aftermath would bring a horrific result. As Jack opened his present, he got what he wanted. A plastic toy gun and police set. As you know with White Elephant gifts, the next person can take it from you. So picture a two year old excited about his new gift then getting it torn out of his hands by someone else. Some traditions shouldn't be traditions at all, we may have to think of a new one. Poor Jack, better luck next year. A word of advice for my son "Go for the Jugular!"

Disneyland

2008-12-29T21:47:00.000-08:00

I've been taking trips to Disneyland with my friend Sara and her cute little girls for awhile and had mentioned to Sara at one point that I really wanted to see the snow come down Main Street (who knew it was just bubbles). So Sara being the wonderful friend she is said lets do it and we set the date. We usually go in the morning for just a couple of hours so going at night and staying late with just the 2 of us and our 4 kids ( 2 girls and 2 boys) all under the age of 2 scared me. But we did it and the kids were great! At one point we had to pat ourselves on the back for not only surviving our little adventure but doing it with such ease.

Here's a picture of Brian and Jack sitting on the carousel bench. Apparently the fake horses are too scary to sit on.

And here is Abby having no issues with the fake horses!

Jack and Abby waiting for the train to arrive. Who would have guess that soon after this picture was taken Jack would throw up. By the way....Jack is in love with Abby. I'm not sure if Abby feels the same way but Jack just can't get enough of her. He loves hanging out with her. So cute for now! And that would be the last of my pictures. My battery on my camera went dead. So sad, no pictures of the snow coming down on Main Street!

Turkey Day

2008-11-27T23:43:00.000-08:00

Hope everyone enjoyed Turkey Day. We headed out to Apple Valley to meet up with Phil's side of the family. Phil's Uncle Ron and Aunt Janet always put on a nice spread every year and the boys had a great time playing in their backyard.

The ugly traffic on the 15 as we slowly made our way to Apple Valley

Thank goodness we have a DVD player! Jack was all smiles watching his movies

Brian enjoying the ride as well

It was chilly out in Apple Valley but it turned out to be a beautiful day.

Brian playing with Aunt Janet and Uncle Ron's horse shoe game.

Jack having fun with Uncle Jesse and Aunt Lori (Phil's sister)

Brian's First Birthday

2008-11-27T22:39:00.001-08:00

Brian and Papa Joe

Brian enjoying his birthday cake

October

2008-11-27T20:45:00.000-08:00

The Halloween pumpkin carving extravaganza. This year's winner was Danny and Shanny's pumpkin which is not here because they are in Idaho.

Here's Randy pretending that he is Princess Leia. I think Princess Leia needs to shave.

Brian having fun with Papa.

Cowboy Jack. We decided to dress Jack up as cowboy due to his obsession with guns. Here's hoping that he doesn't need therapy.

Here is a picture of Brian sporting his spider costume

Why we started a blog

2008-10-28T22:47:00.000-07:00

It could be that the purpose of our life is to serve as a warning to others
http://despair.com/mis24x30prin.html

Stay tuned for more warnings!