Yes I am having a baby shower when I come home this month. It will be on September 23rd, Saturday, in the morning. Treven's sister is sending out the invitations this weekend.

Kimberly

Hello there familiy! I haven't blogged for who knows how long and I have been very behind on reading blogs as well... oops!
So I echo what Adina said about the concert experience and also had a great time. As crazy as it sounds, it was a great time and I know staying for the weekend would be even more fun next year. Brent and I tagged along for the Monster House movie 3-D and loved it. I of course love Halloween so I think it is a great holiday movie... most are pretty darn cheezy for this particular holiday... but I love them all!
Some know that I accepted a job offer officially with the company I'm interning with. I was pretty stressed out for a couple days when I was agonizing over negotiating my contract since their initial offer was lower than the local market value. But I did my homework and I think I was able to negotiate in a professional and nice way so that they still like me now that they have hired me. I now have to wait for paperwork to be sent from my school so I can officially apply for licensure and to take the national board exam. So I am almost officially a PT but I have to play the waiting game and start studying again for boards.
I am having fun today at home alone refinishing our bed an antique black with a little distressed look. I'm learning as I go and recommend to anyone that does this stuff wear an apron! As I was painting wearing my only good pair of shorts and a favorite t-shirt, a spider decided to land on my shoulder so of course I reflexively brush it off with my paint covered latex gloved hand. Not so sure I have a good pair of shorts anymore.
Well, hope you all are doing well. Happy Labor Day!
Buffy

It's been a while since I have done an actual update for us. We finished up school and having a nice relaxing break from school... kind of.... Treven is trying to find jobs for the fall and BYU-I decided to tell him that he actually can't keep his job at the school for the fall on Thursday and told him that the 5th of September will be his last day. So life is a little stressful right now with trying to find jobs. He applied to Melaleuca and will be going in again on Tuesday to check up on things. Please keep us in your prayers... we definitely need it. He also might get a job at Pepsi, but we will see.

I am here in Boise this weekend for Andrew's blessing. I came in on Friday night and will be leaving tomorrow morning. Treven, unfortunatley, had to stay home because of work with the school before Fall semester starts. We are going to be heading back to Vancouver for a week (from September 17th to the 24th). I am working up to the due date. At least that is when my LOA is prepared for. They are flexible on when I leave though so if I feel like I just can't work anymore they will let me start my LOA earlier. Speaking of work, I just got another 26 cent raise for being a top performer and I get to keep that as well. So I am now getting paid 7.21 an hour which is GREAT for Rexburg. Considering they usually pay minimum wage (5.15 an hour) at jobs around Rexburg.

I am doing good. Exactly 2 months more to go. She is ALOT more active now and my back kills me now... but I can't complain. I have heard of a lot worse. I definitely want my baby though after seeing Andrew. I am really tired lately as well so work is kind of hard at times. I just went to an appointment on September 1st and he measured me at 33 and I am 31 weeks so I don't know. We will see what they say on the 15th about a possibility of being early.

Anyway, that is all that is going on with us. Melia and Andrew have already started fighting. I was holding Andrew and he kicked my stomach so Melia kicked him back. It was kinda funny.
Love you all and hope everybody is doing great. Brooke let me know what would be a good Christmas present for Ellyn.

Kimberly

What a group... 

B-E-A-UTIFUL 

Paige & Brian 

Our choice seats 

Brent & Buffy 

Our own sedate post-concert party 

Brent & Brian 

Yea - it took about five cars going by us with that painted on the back window before we figured out what it meant. "Dave Matthews Band 2006". What a great night - so much fun with Brent & Buffy and Brian & Paige. What an experience...

We picked up B&P in Selah and headed for George, WA - where the amphitheatre is located - right on the Columbia River Gorge. We camped about a mile from the amphitheatre - amid a sea of tents, RVs, cars and Honey Buckets. We realized we were a little out of our element when we got out of the car and our "neighbors" came roaring up in their car - naked limbs hanging out of open windows, shouting "Hey - neighbors! We're from Canada! Do you have any weed? This is your first Dave concert? You're going to pee your pants! Do you have any weed?" No kidding - I think that's an exact quote. Anyway - lots of interesting people, great music, and the best company. We may just do it again next year - and stay the weekend. It is nice to be home, not stumbling over beer cans in the dark trying to find our tent or terrified of having to use a nearly overflowing Honey Bucket that you are sharing with a bunch of wasted strangers.

We're back in our element - took the kids to see the 3-D Monster House tonight. They loved it.
Dave has taken the week off running - he may have a little bursitis in his hip and wants to rest it before getting ready for the marathon on the 23rd. The Killers are touring - and are all sold out. Not happy. Said good-bye to Brooke and the girls - not fun. But life goes on...

Love you all - love the updates.
Adina

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Cable is on!

Landlord is having someone come over today to look at the cabinets about completely replacing them!

The car wash place got most everything off of my car...still a couple little scratches :( ...

Things seem to be turning around...knock on wood!


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Marnie

Woe is me! This has been quite the week. I have been all moved in since Monday and have been working on getting everything set up in my apartment in the time that I have had.

The biggest issue has been getting the cable hooked up. Absolutely ridiculous is all I have to say. I have scheduled the cable to be turned on 4 times now and everytime someone comes out and says they can't get to the box. Everytime I had to find out not by getting a phone call, oh no, but by trying to turn on my cable and finding that it doesn't work. On Wednesday I even had my landlord go over to let the guy in and gave Cox his phone number to call him but he was never called and so he couldn't let the guy in and he ended up waiting for like 2 hours before I told him to just go and not worry about it. Yesterday I called them 3 times and gave them my phone number 3 times to call me so I could let them in and yet, no call, no hookup. Needless to say at this point I am about ready for a bloodhunt. I have to call them today when I get off of work and try to get some resolution to this problem. I am so done with this at this point...I think it should be against the law to have to call a cable company more than 10 times in one week...

Next issue, I scraped the side of my car on a stupid pole that is in the parking lot of my apartment. They have scaffolding up everywhere because they are re-painting everything and there is a space about the size of my car to squeeze through to get in the lot...however the angle coming in is rather tricky...and I didn't quite make it last night. I think it is mostly repairable as most of what happened was I just got paint from the dang pole on my car and a couple very minor scratches. Still very maddening.

Otherwise I have just been having issues with stuff in the apartment like the handle to the toilet breaking on Tuesday (which has been fixed) then the slides to the kitchen drawers all breaking yesterday...sigh...I am just tired of it. Wiped. Done.

So today I think I am going to just finish up work, call Cox and yell, then go treat myself to something nice because gosh dang it, I deserve it after all this crap.

I promise I will post pictures when the trauma ends.


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Marnie

So we hit September and the temperature dropped 10 degrees...I can't believe it's almost fall! I had to put blankets on the kids to take them running this morning. Tom and I signed up for a 5K on Labor Day. Some other friends pushing strollers are doing it also, it should be fun. It starts just down the street from us and we run around "historic" Cleveland Heights. I haven't run a race in ages so it should be a lot of fun. Now the big debate is which one of us should push the stoller, or do we run together and take turns? I guess we'll see. My friend and I actually decided it would be fun to train for a half marathon but we can't find one that is not on a Sunday. Oh well, we just enjoy running. Brooke your idea of some sort of motivation system is a good one. Maybe we each commit to a personal goal and then have a chance to report on the goal or something. Or we could do something like "the biggest runner." I'm open to anything, I'll let you know if I have any other idea.

I went to a meeting at Hayden's preschool Wednesday night and got to get to know his teacher better. I really like her philosophy and way of handling the kids, I think he'll do well with her. I still have moments of doubt about letting him go. They talked about a field trip to the apple orchard I have taken him to in past years so I immediately thought "Wait, I can do this myself, I don't need a preschool." Then this morning I took him to the music class we have done in past years and I had so much fun singing with him and felt sad that we can't go to it anymore because he'll be at school. But of course there's so much more to him being a part of a preschool class and he is going to love it. Plus, then I thought about what it might be like to have a few hours to myself during the day. Now that he doesn't nap I never have time alone, but Danica will be napping in the morning while he's at school... The possibilities of what I could do with myself are amazing... :) Anyway, Hayden was in bed when I got home from the meeting and then he woke up really early in morning and came and climbed into bed with me. The first thing he said was "Mom, I really missed you when you were at your meeting!" He sure knows how to make me feel good!

Danica still has no teeth at all. I have friends whose kids didn't get teeth until they were a year old so I won't worry yet. She can go from laying down to sitting up and is trying so hard to pull up on things. We had to lower her mattress in her crib because when I would go to get her in the morning or after a nap she would just be sitting there! It's so cute and I'm sure she'll quickly learn to pull up on the sides of the crib! Today she did a few little "steps" of crawling in order to reach something. Next time I'll have to put something further away and see if she'll come to it! I'm hoping to start doing babysigns with her soon. I especially want to teach her to say "more" because she likes to yell really loud when she wants more!

Yesterday we had a play date with Sophie (the girl I used to babysit). I dropped Hayden off at their house for the first time and went to the outlet mall to do some back to school shopping. Then this afternoon we drove someone to the airport and she wasn't ready on time and then we couldn't fit all her stuff and the kids in her mini-van so I had to hurry and call a friend and leave Hayden at their house. Needless to say they nearly missed their flight, very stressful! But Hayden loved it because he spent the whole day playing with his friends!

Well we are hoping to have a nice, but rainy weekend. We may go to see Cars at the dollar theater tonight. Then tomorrow we may go to an air show and then a ward BBQ. Monday is the race and then the waterpark, should be fun!

I hope you have a great weekend!

First of all, Brent, thank you so much for the gift cards. Jane picked out several cute shirts and a skirt and two pairs of pants. I let her use the whole thing because last time we were there I really squared myself away and there wasn't too much in her size that worked for her. Plus, Ellynn and Brind were worried about being on time for work and I HAVE to try everything on.
It worked out great and was much appreciated.

Secondly, Adina I was tearing up reading your blog. I am going to miss you very much. We have so many memories over the years and to me they are all good ones. As far as the running, maybe we could post our pathetic miles on the blog each week as a little friendly competition/support/public humiliation. That's once I've run any miles to post. Dave and Mike can laugh silently- to themselves.

Barb and Marnie, thanks for the b-day/anniversary info. I did change the year I was born to 1974, unfortunately.

Tracey, I'm sorry you were having such a hard time. I hope you really do feel better.

Okay, I have to go call our airline and confirm that they have fixed the double booking that was going to cancel out our tickets and confirm Mike's because now he's worried. I can't believe how quickly this week is flying by. I'm not going to lie to you, I'm pretty thrilled about it.

Take care. I love you all. Love, Brooke

Here it is:

Birthdays:

January
January 23, 2000- Parker Boyce Stinchfield

February
February 3, 1948- Kenneth Marne Stinchfield
February 14, 2004- Ellyn Kay Stinchfield
February 16, 1978- Thomas Sterling Stinchfield
February 18, 1986- Kimberly Barbara Stinchfield Perry
February 26, 1977 (?)- Buffy Jo Babb Stinchfield
February 28, 1979- Peter Andrew Olsen

March
March 8, 1976- Brent Matthew Stinchfield
March 9, 1984- Anne Brittany Stinchfield Olsen

April
April 3, 1998- Taylor Jacob Stinchfield
April 23, 1974- David Joseph Stinchfield
April 29, 1979- Tracey Michelle Rowan Stinchfield

May
May 27, 1983- Treven Alan Perry
May 28, 2002- Sadie Jean Stinchfield

July
July 30, 2006- Andrew Peter Olsen

August
August 13, 1974- Brooke Anne Bennett Stinchfield
August 14, 1996- Jane Esther Anne Stinchfield
August 15, 1995- Isaac David Stinchfield

September
September 28, 1973- Adina Marie Archuleta Stinchfield

October
October 4, 1910- Grandma Esther Capito Stinchfield
October 10, 1981- Marnie Kristen Stinchfield

November
November 27, 1948- Barbara Kay Van Heemskerk Duker Stinchfield
November 28, 1970- Michael Kenneth Stinchfield

December
December 12, 2005- Danica Elizabeth Stinchfield
December 23, 2001- Morgan Katherine Stinchfield
December 23, 2002- Hayden Thomas Stinchfield


Anniversaries
January 2, 1999- Brent and Buffy Stinchfield
August 6, 2005- Treven and Kim Perry
August 16, 1969- Kenn and Barbie Stinchfield
August 21, 1993- David and Adina Stinchfield
December 16, 2000- Tom and Tracey Stinchfield
Deember 18, 1993- Mike and Brooke Stinchfield
December 30, 2003- Peter and Anne Olsen

Hopefully, I didn't get any wrong...or miss anyone!!!

Love,

Mom

I noticed that Martha put an anniversary/birthday synopsis for the entire Schickedanz clan. Could someone (mom, since you probably have most of the dates, or anyone else) post our list too. It would be very helpful for remembering, there have become so many.

Dave