FRED & SHEILA STEWART FAMILY NEWSLETTER for 2010 & 2011

              HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!
   We appreciate your letters, e-mails, phone calls and visits. We now have
texting (928-243-1175 &  928-243-1330)—it would also be fun to
get a text from you!   I like to tell all of the good things in our lives,
so it was fun writing this family letter.

We had 2 new grandchildren (Spencer Louis Stewart Feb 28, 2010—
Melvin’s 1^st son and Luke Joseph Murdock April 9, 2010—Jen’s 9^th
child), our 4^th great grandchild (Anders Kyle Folkman)
on July 2, 2011,& Kristen’s husband, Jaron James 
Meyer Dec 17, 2010, so we have 70 in our family including 43 grandchildren
and 4 great grandchildren.  We have good health and happiness.  Even though
our family live out of state, we have been able to see nearly all of them each
year at least once, for which we are most grateful. In August we will have our
50^th wedding anniversary, we look forward to celebrating with our family in July.

We are happy we have 2 missionaries: Mason, Jerry & Bea’s son, in the
WA Spokane Mission (Spanish-speaking) & Baxter, Keith & Lisa’s
son, in Ohio Columbus Mission. 

Sierra's Baptism in Arkansas

In 2010 we attended the 2 baptisms:Michael Murdock &  
Tyler Dalton in Utah,and in 2011 we attended three baptisms: 
Gideon Stewart’s in Seattle, Kara Robertson’s in Brigham City,
and Sierra  Stewart’s in Arkansas.  In 2012 we hope to be able
to attend 4 baptisms. We attended Grayson’s deacon
ordination, Mason’s endowment session in the Mount
Timpanogos Temple, Kristen’s endowment session  Dec 11 2010
in the Ogden Temple,  Jaron & her wedding Dec 17 in the
Salt Lake Temple & her reception in Brigham City,
our Stewart family Christmas Eve program, and Christmas day with
Jerry & Bea’s family.  We were gone from home from
Dec 9 – 27,& we enjoyed spending 3 nights with each of our UT families.

   Fred is enjoying being the Ward Financial Clerk and doing 
Indexing in some of his spare time.He has read a few books too;
he is a fast reader.  He keeps our home fires burning and he helps
me around the house. He goes to work at 5:30 a.m.or before to clean
the post office every week day. On holidays he mops and waxes
the post office floors.

Fred Shoveling After a Big Snow Storm

Since Jerry was coming to AZ, we asked him to buy a new laptop for us.
He set up a new Toshiba laptop.  Fred is the Brother’s Temple
Coordinator on Saturday afternoons so he is able to do the schedule in
Excel on it. He does his weather reports on it, reads our e-mails
and the Church News.

    
Sheila: I walk with 6 good friends who like to walk daily. I call us the
‘walk and talk ladies’.

Walk and Talk Ladies

I like to cut hair and to keep the William Henry & Nancy Whipple
Lewis’s posterity up-to-date. With help, I completed a list of Lester
& Ella grandchildren in Excel. I was just released as Asst Sister’s 
Coordinator on the Sat. p.m. shift. In April 2010 Linda Langston
and I taught the CTR6 yr olds and then for a year or so we taught the
3 year olds.  We were just released and then we were called to be the  
RS Sisters’ Birthday Ladies-- we get to take a gift to each
Sister on her birthday.  What a fun calling!                                

Oct 22, 2011 I taught a RS Super Saturday class on how to make temple 
pictures with date & names.  

I have been making a duct tape wallet for each of our family members for
their birthdays. In it is a missionary card w/the name of the grandson,
a Cub Scout emblem, Eagle Scout emblem (YW Recognition for the granddaughters.),
“Pay an honest tithing”, a temple“Have a Celestial Marriage”, “Get an Education”, etc.

June 2011 We enjoyed seeing Danielle, Tyler, &  Cassidy in a performance of  
Sound of Music. They did Great!

Jennifer & Mark’s family came to see us and for her 20^thHigh School
class reunion in 2010. 

April 1 2010  We enjoyed being with Valerie, Grant & Kara in Mesa where
we met to attend the Easter Pageant, and then they spent a few days in
Snowflake with us.  Grant, Valerie, Kara & Abbie (our great 
granddaughters) came a few days after Christmas this year to visit
and to help us celebrate New Year’s Eve.
  April 2010 Fred & I went to the Gila Valley Temple Open House with
Jim & Kathie.  It was fun to  see what it looked like. Kathie & Jim
showed us a good time and then they took us to see their land in Pima.

April 30 – May 10 2010  Fred drove us to Arkansas for Spencer’s 
blessing and we were there for Mother’s Day, so that was special.
  Sharon & John,Marilyn & Lenard were in Missouri on a trip and
it was nice that they came to the blessing.  Fred &
I attended Luke’s blessing in Utah too.

My Refrigerator 

July 2010 Mark & Jennifer Murdock’s family were in charge of our
Stewart reunion in Delta, UT. July 2011 Natalie & 
Justin Tingey’s family were in charge of our Stewart reunion
in Mantua, Utah.  –  both families did a really good job.
We learned and had lots of  fun!

August 25-Sept 7 2010  Fred & I drove to Seattle for Keith’s HP
ordination& his 2^nd Counselor in  the Bishopric calling.  Now he is the
1^st counselor. We also went to Seattle for Collins HP ordination and his calling
to be 2^nd Counselor in the Bishopric in his ward in Feb 2011.
Their Dad ordained them both.

July 2010 Fred and I were in charge of the McCleve reunion in Show Low.
 Jerry & Bea’s & Josh  & Amy’s families were able
to come help us. The family bought a speaking system, so that will help us.

            2012:  John McCleve, my brother,  taught us how to copy family video tapes
  onto DVDs and then     the DVDs onto an external hard drive. It will be so
valuable!  March 9 – 30, 2011 Collins & Cameron paid for my flight to Seattle
to help, since Cameron donated one of her kidneys to a friend.  Cameron &
her friend are both doing well. 

May 14 – 21 2011 Fred and I did something we have never done.
We went on a cruise.

It was to Alaska on Norwegian Cruise Line with 5 of my bro & sisters &
their spouses!  John & Sharon made the arrangements for all 6 of us sibling
couples.  We embarked in Vancouver British Columbia.

All 12 of us attended the Vancouver Temple before the cruise. We needed
a passport to do so. It is nice to have a passport And I had my name
changed on my birth certificate so it is spelled correctly.  We disembarked in
Seattle where Collins & Keith gave our luggage and us a ride to
the airport. The cruise included stops at Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway,
Prince Rupurt.We were able to have a church meeting Sunday in a reserved
room on board.

We were able to eat together every night, since a table for12
was reserved for us every night.

In Oct 2011 Fred and I took the old fence down between Dody &
Clark Jones and our yard and we built and painted a new wood fence.
It was a fun project to do together, hence it turned out good!We also had
a large cottonwood tree cut down on our lot, before ruined the sidewalk
and curbs and so the roots can no longer get into the sewer lines.I also
painted the frames for our wedding photos around ‘Families are Forever’,
so they would all be the same color.

 

Fred and I usually go to a session on Wed mornings with my cousins,sisters &
Aunt Vi & Ron and then we  go eat and visit together.  Fred and I  
work at the temple on Thursday and Saturday afternoons (5 years).
  On Monday nights we have family home evening, & on Friday
nights we have a date. We have a great life.

We know from whom our blessings come and we appreciate Him so much!
We are thankful to live in the United States and to know truths and to have
the scriptures and a prophet and family and friends and  freedom and the

 strength to serve others.  May we all have a wonderful year 2012!
Come see or phone or e-mail us!   

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             Fred and Sheila

Happy St. Patrick's Day 2010

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Fred & Sheila Stewart Family Newsletter
2008

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We appreciate you and your cards, letters, e-mails, photos, and/or phone calls. Thanks!

We have had many blessings this year! We have 3 new grandbabies (see sidebar) : Matthew Mark Murdock Feb 27, Tysen Nicole Talley April 23, and Samuel Lewis Dalton Oct 22. It was fun to go help while our daughters recuperated. We were able to attend all of the baby blessings. We had 2 baptisms, Danielle Dalton in Utah and Kaelyn Stewart in Arkansas . Fred was not able to get off work, so I flew to Arkansas to attend Kaelyn’s baptism. It was fun to be with them for a week. We were able to attend Danielle’s baptism too. So, we’ve had lots of trips :).

In June it was fun to watch our headstone being installed at the cemetery, so we are ½ set :)

Keith & Lisa were in charge of our Stewart reunion in July in Show Low, AZ, and they did well–it was a big job! Most of our families were able to attend. It was the same week & the
same place as the McCleve reunion so we were able to be with them on Thur, Friday & Sat.

Fred is busy with his church callings (Finance Clerk, Indexing, and Home Teaching) and driving school bus.

I, Sheila, like to read e-mails and to be at home. I am thankful for my dear husband and family! I am thankful for the plan of happiness, so we can feel comfort and peace in these troubled times. I am thankful for our phones so we can keep in touch with our children, friends and relatives. It was lots of fun helping to plan my 50th high school class reunion which was in September. We had a good attendance and it was fun to see and be with classmates again. It is fun being the Webelos leader to 5 boys. I like to cut hair, make bread, paper airplanes & snowflakes.

Fred & I made a world temple map. We put a silver map pin wherever there is a temple. We are thankful that there is a temple in Snowflake, so we are able to serve there 2 afternoons a week. Most Wed. I do a temple session with my aunt, sisters, & cousins, then we to go out to eat and visit.

There are 64 members in our family--9 children, 41 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.

Valerie & Grant, Kyle (22, Jr at USU), Shauna (21, Jr at USU), Kristen (19, Fr at BYU-I), & Kara (5 ½, K) live in Brigham City, UT. Grant works for Autoliv. Since Fred & I were in Utah to be with Jennifer & Mark’s children a few nights, Valerie & Grant hosted our Thanksgiving dinner in Brigham City. In June Valerie & Grant celebrated their 25th wed. anniversary. Grant is the Scoutmaster. In Oct Valerie was called to be R.S. Pres. Kyle is the Elder’s Quorum Pres. Kyle works as a supervisor at ICON. Kyle will go to Asia this year with the Huntsman Scholar program through USU. Shauna is the Gospel Doctrine teacher, & she works helping a paraplegic man. She likes to play the guitar. Valerie attended Kristen’s BYU-Idaho Mother’s Week. Kristen is the R.S. secretary & she works as an usher at special events on campus. Kara got a kitten for Christmas.

Shala & Adam, Abbie (4) & Robert (2 in Mar), our great grandchildren, live in Spanish Fork. Adam is the Scout Chaplain over “Duty to God”, and Shala is the V. T. Supervisor.
Adam is a project manager at Arrowstar Construction. Shala cleans in the temple 16 hours a month. They are finishing their basement. Abbie’s favorite game at her birthday party was playing ‘airplanes’. That makes me feel good :)


Collins & Cameron, Tristan (16 ½ , Jr in H.S.), Jonah (12, 6th gr.), Gideon (6 in Feb, K–home school), Isaac (4, in Feb., preschool ), & Felicity (1 ½) live in Kirkland, WA. Collins works for Nordstrom. He is an early morning Seminary teacher. This year he turned “44". Cameron co-teaches a preschool in their home. Cameron is happy her parents moved from VA to Idaho Falls. Cameron is the Primary Pianist. Tristan likes to read books. Jonah is a deacon & he earned his “Faith in God” award. He plays the trumpet. Gideon loves “pizza”. Isaac is “all-boy.” Felicity is a happy addition to the family!

Keith & Lisa, Baxter (16, Soph in H.S.) Spencer (14, 8th gr.), Maren (12, 6th gr.), Corrinne (7, 1st gr.), & Lauren (5 in Feb) live in Enumclaw, WA. Keith works for Boeing. He is the YM 1st Counselor over the 14 yr old boys. Lisa is the Laurel advisor/teacher. Their family had lots of fun going on the mountain to cut their Christmas tree. Keith likes to work on cars. His sons & he are fixing up their 1963 Jeep CJ5 M38A1. Baxter has his driver’s license. He takes piano lessons, and he earned his Eagle Scout Award. Spencer reads a lot & he is working on his Eagle. They have 3 paper routes once a week. Maren likes being in YW, and she has graduated to a full-size violin. Corrinne & Lauren like to dance and to sing. “Lauren is hilarious to be around”

Jerry & Bea, Mason (18 in May, Sr in H.S.), Victoria (15 in Mar, 9th gr), Bryson (13 , 7th gr), & Grayson (11 in Mar, in 5th gr) live in Lehi, UT. Jerry works for Norton's Symantec. He is a High Councilman in Aug. He rode in the 109 mile bicycle race el tour de Tucson. He flew to Australia & to Florida. Sept 22 Jerry had jaw & knee surgery. Bea is the Ward R.S. Pres. Mason just lacks the paper work for his Eagle. He works for Kohlers, & he plays brass instruments. Vixy plays the piccolo, flute, and piano. Bryson plays the saxophone. Grayson plays the piano.


Natalie & Justin, Maile (15 in Feb., 9th gr.), Kiana (9, 4th gr), & Dylan (4) live in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Justin is a doctor in the Air Force. They will be moving to San Antonio TX in June. Justin and Natalie rode their bikes in the 109 mile el tour de Tucson on her birthday. March 5 Justin flew in from Germany where he was for 6 months. He is happy to be home! Justin & Natalie are Co-Sunbeam teachers. Maile teaches the Media class, enjoys friends & reading. Kiana’s favorite class is “Art”. Justin took Dylan hunting for the first time. Dylan likes transformers, and anything with wheels. He likes to color and to draw.

Jennifer & Mark, Kaylee (15 in Mar., 9th gr.), Lori (13, 7th gr), David (11, 5th gr) , Rachel (9, 3rd gr), Michael (7 in Feb., 1st gr), John (5 in Mar, preschool), Kristi (3 in Feb.), & Matthew (10 mon) live in South Jordan, UT. He works in the Church Audit Dept. They have nearly finished their basement. In June Mark was called to be the Elder’s Quorum Pres. Jennifer is a VT supervisor & ward Historian. Kaylee enjoys texting, artwork, & baking. Lori plays the flute & piano. She is a good student, good with children, creative. David finished his Arrow of Light & he did all 20 Activity Badges for Webelos. He plays the piano. Rachel likes Activity Days, is good help with children, a good student. She plays piano & on a basketball team. Michael is doing well in school, esp spelling. John & he played on a baseball team. John likes to color & draw. Kristi is a princess. She loves to wear dresses. She likes to play with her cousins. She likes to get into makeup. She calls polly pockets "wolly pockets." Matthew walks aroud with us. He crawls on all 4s--he did a butterfly crawl lfor 3 months. He is a good climber. He is a cutie with lots of hair. He looks like his Dad with his brown eyes. Check out their blog: www.10sidesofasnowflake.blogspot.com


Melvin & Nicole, Kendra (12 in Apr, 6th gr), Kaelyn (8, 3rd gr.), Sierra (5) live in Bentonville, Arkansas. Melvin works for Wal-mart. His title is Sr. Finance Technology Manager. He went to NY in May. Melvin teaches the CTR 5 class. Melvin surprised me and took me to his Wal-mart team kick ball games. This year he turned “33". Nicole is the ward chorister. Kendra is an ‘A’ student. She plays the piano and the viola. She likes going to the gym in the morning with her mom. In Mar they had hail the size of quarters. Sept 13 Kaelyn was baptized & confirmed by her father. I’m glad I was there! Sierra learned to do the hula hoop.

Amy & Josh, Danielle (9 in Apr, 3rd gr.), Tyler (6, K), Cassidy (4), Benjamin (2), & Samuel (2 months old) live in West Jordan. Josh works for Datamark. He participated in a Utah Table Tennis Open. He teaches 10-12 yr old boys in Primary. Amy keeps their family blog up-to-date. Amy is the ward choir leader. Danielle is taking piano lessons. Tyler took karate lessons. Cassidy likes to entertain. Benjamin is sweet, has long eyelashes, and he loves cars. Samuel is a calm baby. See their blog: daltonites6.blogspot.com

Jessica & Sean, Zoe (3) & Tysen (8 mon), are living in SLC, UT. They both live close to family. Jessica is close to 3 sisters and a brother. She loves going to their homes to help, and to visit, and to cut their hair. Sean has been doing concrete all year. Jessica went bowling weekly in NV before they moved to UT. Zoe likes to put puzzles together & play with cousins. Tysen is a happy baby.

We will be glad to hear from you! May we have His Spirit with us throughout this New Year.

Sincerely, Sheila & Fred

Number Fun! :)

Fred and I have been married 46 years and there are a total of 64 in our family.

We were married Aug 23 and we have 23 granddaughters.

Fred’s birthday is 9 - 18 and we have 9 children and 18 grandsons.

More Snowflakes

This is my 'sailor' snowflake.

My snowflakes just happen to turn out the way they do by accident. Most of them are just designs, but it is fun when I see an object in it.
Do you see a word in this snowflake?

This is my "S" snowflake, that turned into a 'heart' snowflake .

Timber!

Tree at the Main Street Church that the wind blew down.

Long, Long, Short, Long...

Frog Snowflake (It is along the edge--can you see it?

A temple worker brought a Morse code contraption, actually two of them that he had made, so that I or Dad & I can put together kits, so that our Webelos boys will be able to assemble them and 2 of them get in different rooms and be able to send a message via this contraption. It is really interesting!
I went visiting teaching today, taught high school friend how to make airplanes and how to cut out stars and snowflakes--she is going to go tend grandchildren in CA.
It was fun to go on errands with Dad. He drove school bus and he kept our home fires burning.

Check out this link: http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-3D-Paper-Snowflake

Notes and Quotes that give me Comfort

The Lord has given us a reassuring message of hope: “Fear not, little flock.” God will wait with “open arms to receive” those who give away their sins and continue in faith, hope, and charity.

And to all who suffer—to all who feel discouraged, worried, or lonely—I say with love and deep concern for you, never give in.

Never surrender.

Never allow despair to overcome your spirit.

Embrace and rely upon the Hope of Israel, for the love of the Son of God pierces all darkness, softens all sorrow, and gladdens every heart. Uchdorf
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The Lord Jesus Christ is our partner, helper, and advocate.
He wants us to be happy. He wants us to be successful.
If we do our part, He will step in.

He who descended below all things will come to our aid.
He will comfort and uphold us.
He will strengthen us in our weakness and fortify us in our distress.
He will make weak things become strong.
~Joseph B. Wirthlin