Tommy's Baptism

Saturday Oct. 31st was a very special day for Tommy. Tommy was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Tommy has been so excited for this day for quite some time now. He has a testimony of our Savior Jesus Christ. He wants to share his beliefs with everyone because they make him so happy. He is such a good example to me.

Tommy is soooo loved! He had 62 people at his baptism who came to share his special day with him. Thanks to all that came and made him feel so loved and special.

What a handsome Kid!!




Dressed in white with his dad.




Proud mom and Dad.



Posing with the whole family. (One good looking family if I do say so myself)



Taking a picture with his grandparents that mean the world to Tommy!!



His best Cousins Ethan and Audrey ( If only Jackson and Audrey Walter could have been there)



Tommy's good friend DJ. (Tommy was so surprised and excited to see DJ, a friend he hasn't seen in almost a year)



Camelot Pals ( Dade and Jared)

Dolloff Lake Ward Pals - Brant and Logan Perkins



Than that night, when he went out to go trick or treating, he started feeling sick and got a temprature (we even thought it might be swine flu, but it only lasted one day) What a sad way to end such a special day :(

I love you Tommy and am so proud of you!!

I LOVE FALL!!

I love Fall Time. It is soooo much fun. I love watching the leaves change colors and fall of the trees. I love the cold crisp air (as long as it is sunny). I love Halloween, Thanksgiving and then preparing for Winter and Christmas. It is such a fun time of year.

Here are some pics of our trip to the Pumpkin patch with friends Shawna and Amy.













What it is time to go home (says Blake) We had such a good time, I am sure we will go again when Tommy can come.

Celebrating 10 Years...

September 4th 1999- 10 years ago, I married my best friend in the whole wide world.

We celebrated our 10 year by going down to Seaside Oregon. It was an amazing trip. Erics mom came down to stay with our kiddo's while Eric and I escaped. We had so much fun running on the beach, walking around the town, going to a restaraunt other than McDonalds... it was Heavenly.

Here are some pictures of our trip.

Blakes First Day of Preschool

Last week Blake started his first day of preschool. Me and my friends decided to do a Joy School, which is a co-op preschool where we each take a turn teaching these cute kiddo's every 6 weeks. I am really excited to get to see a part of him learning and growing up. Here are some cute pictures of his exciting day.

The only funny thing,is because we are taking turns teaching the preschool .. he didn't believe that he was really at school. when I picked him, up he said he had a lot of fun but he wanted to go to preschool now. Made me smile. He thought he would be going to a school like Tommy.





Doesn't he look so cute all dressed up with his back pack.





Kids in his class: Shayla (on mom's lap.) Moirah, Ryland, Blake, Aidan and Issac.


Blake and his good buddy Ryland.



Another cute one of my handsome Blakey!!! A lot like the first, but I think he is just so dang cute.

Our First "Annual Stringham Family Reunion" at Seaside

*** For those of you who are family,I appologize, I know you have seen a lot of these pictures on my other siblings blog already... but since I keep this as a family journal, I am putting these pictures on again!!! So have fun reliving our reunion again***

This summer we had the oppurtunity to have our First annual Stringham Family Reunion at my Uncles beachouse at Seaside OR. My brother Jason and his family flew up from Pennsylvania and we were all together. The kids (and the adults) had such a great time. We roasted marshmallows, boogie boarded, played in the ocean, played in the sand, flew kites, played games, ate yummy food, and much more. It was so much fun!!!! Here are some of my favorite pictures.

(I have even more pictures but my hardrive is full and I have no more room to download all my pictures so I guess I will be buying an external hardrive for all my photos.)








Eric and Brody chasing the birds... Brody took this very seriously!!



WE had soooo much fun all day long, sometimes we had to lay down right there on the beach and take a snooze!


Brody and Blake enjoying a wagon ride on the beach. Have you ever pulled a wagon in the sand. What a joke. We only did that once. Best workout of my life.



Rebecca- our family photographer!



Jen and My mom by the camfire.



Uncle Jason, Blake and Jennible- wetsuits on.. quick pose for the camera, that off to the beach!



Jenn and Jennible posing for the camera.



Tommy and Ethan brought there laser tag guns to the beach. This was a hit, even for adults. Or kids at heart!!



And he is dead!!



This is serious business!!



Brody enjoying the beach. The hardest part was keeping sand out of his mouth!! He also learned to crawl on this trip.



Working together to build a sandcastle.


Blake and Davie's sand tunnel hideout!!



Maria Loves Eric!!



Blake Burried in the sand.




Tommy flying his star wars kite at Cannon Beach.



Booggie boarding is fun stuff.



Except when you do it on the sand. You don't go very far... or fast.



riding some serious waves.


Having a blast. This is before the coast guards called everyone in because of a Gray White Shark.



Blake and Davie taking turns with the boogie board.



Jason Stringham , Eric and Jason Kidd... What studs!!




Playing in the sand with Grandma.



The campfire.





The 3 Stringham Brothers.

We had a great time. I can't wait until we have another Stringham Family Reuion!!!

Thanks for the memories.