Jeff and Sheryl Family

Wicked Girls Weekend!

In mid-September Sheryl got the trip of a lifetime! Time away from the kids to spend with her mom and sisters up in WA! I flew to Seattle with my Mom and met up with my sisters and their families. It was wonderful to be back "HOME" where I was raised and visit my old stomping ground! While there we all went to see the Broadway play WICKED! It was my first broadway play and I loved it! I got some fabulous bonding time while shopping and eating out with my sisters! Jeff stayed home with the kids all weekend for some Daddy bonding time while I enjoyed my weekend get-away! I hope we can do this every year!

Also while in Washington I got to go see some of my old schools! We visited my Elementary school, my middle school and my High School! All in Everett, WA! I hadn't been there in years so there had been a lot of changes! But is was good to be back to my childhood home! I also got to see my dearest friend Kristin! I loved spending a day with her in Edmunds! We went on a fairy ride and did some fun shopping! (Utahns don't get to go on Fairy rides so I was really excited to do this!) We also found a yummy crepe cafe and enjoyed lunch there! Thank you Kristin for a really fun day together! I can't wait until we can do it again!

Kara's First Day of Dance class!

Kara's first day of Preschool was also her first day of dance class! (We had a lot of firsts in one day!) She is going to a studio called "Central Utah Stars" and is learning ballet and jazz. She is in the class with another little girl that she is close friends with and she loves it! She makes her mommy so proud!

Kara's First Day of Preschool!

Here is Kara on her first day of preschool! Our next door neighbor is her preschool teacher and she has a whole classroom set up in her house! So Kara can easily walk to school! She loves it and is doing GREAT! One of the goals of the preschool was to have all the kids be able to write their name by the end of the year. Kara could write her name long before her first day of school! We are so proud of her! (already an academic nerd like her parents...ahhh)

Our Trip to Idaho!

At the end of August we took another trip back to Idaho! (Can you believe it, twice in one month!) This was so much fun for the kids! They got to spend some time with their cousin's on Jeff's side which they love! Constant play time from Sun-up to Sun-down! We got some good family and cousin pictures while we were there too!

Kara with Cousin Dani hangin' in a tree!

Kara and Trevor on a kid sized porch swing at Grandma and Granpa's house in Idaho.

The cousins! They love being together...but getting them all to look in the same direction at the same time AND SMILE is quite a chore!

Happy 7yrs to US!

Jeff and I celebrated our 7 year wedding anniversary on August 10th! With two kids out of diapers we figured this was our year to celebrate with a night at Anniversary Inn! This was the first time since Kara was born that we every spent the night away from the kids! We had such a great time! We went out to an elegant dinner and then to our room which came with a jetted tub and chocolate covered strawberries! It was so relaxing! A big Thank you to our good friends Kisha and Warren for keeping the kids overnight so we could celebrate!

August Family Reunion Fun

Sheryl O., Ashlee, Sheryl, Colleen, Julie and Patti doing a "girls" dance to the song "Any Man of Mine" on the last day of the Stout Family Reunion! We we awesome ladies!

Kara with cousin Sheryl O. on a Ski-doo! Kara was laughing all the way saying "Go Faster!"

Jeff, Chris, Randy and our Trevor having fun at the beach! Payette Lake, Idaho.

August Family Reunion

In August we had our 2nd Stout Family Reunion in McCall, ID! Despite the rain we had a lot of fun! We even got out on the boat and ski-doos when the rain slowed! On the last day we had a Family Variety Show and Kara and Trevor rocked the house! We are so proud of them!

Pioneer Day Parade!

We celebrated the 24th of July (Pioneer Day in Utah) a little early with a neighborhood Pioneer Day parade! With help from our kind neighbor, we made our kids' wagon look like a covered wagon and attached it to the back of Kara's bike. She pedaled along actually pulling Trevor who was riding in the covered wagon waving his Flag! We just went a few blocks around the neighborhoood but it was hot, and by the end we realized none of us would have made good pioneers! We couldn't even make it a few blocks without begging for A/C and popsicles! We are so weak!

Vote for Sheryl!

In the Month of July the Mayor of Spanish Fork called me and encouraged me to run for City Council. He said that our city needed a woman's voice at the coucil table and thought I was the woman for the job. I was shocked to say the least. I seriously considered this option...and thought of all the ways I could help improve the city. While I deliberated on the matter some of my dearest chums decided it would be funny to jump the gun and put up signs around the neighborhood saying "VOTE FOR SHERYL!" or "SHERYL FOR CITY COUNCIL!". I about got in a car accident when I drove past one. I slammed on my breaks, and quickly took the sign down! I was very grateful and flattered for the many votes of confidence from my friends in the neighborhood and on facebook. It was the response from friends that made me actually consider doing it! But after researching the time constraints placed on a council member, I realized that this was not the time in my life to do the best at this job. But, it has now opened the window of the possiblity in the future which thing I never had supposed! Hee!

Many people wanted to know how I got to know the Mayor. Well, I met him at Jeff's Utah Genius Award Banquet back in May, and we talked for about 40minutes about the issues inside Spanish Fork Government. I casually gave him my opinions and ideas and he asked for my phone number and said he was going to call me when it was time to put my name on the ballet for city council. I didn't take that seriously at all...until he called.

4th of July Fun!

We went to Idaho for the weekend to spend the 4th of July with Jeff's side of the family! We had lots of fun taking the kids to the waterpark, parade, carnival and cherry picking! We even had a camp out with the cousins in Grandma and Grandpa's backyard! Thanks to all of you for a fun weekend!!

After the morning parade on July 4th we had fun with the cousins at their town's 4th of July Carnival. It was so nice to spend this Holiday with them!