Karaoke with John

 
JoLee, Donna, and I visited the Hermes last week. John is quite the musical sensation at Narnia. After he karaoke'd for us, it was JoLee's turn to sing. She chose "When you say nothin' at all" by Alison Kraus, and John sang along.

Christmas Climbing

During our January Christmas, we did some climbing

Becoming one with nature...

Sweet Potato Soup!?

Hey Mom!!
I'm dying to make some of your fabulous Sweet Potato Soup & would love to have a copy of your recipe. Will you post in on the blog so that all the kids can have it!?
IT WAS SO GOOD!

Rod at the Four Seasons Gym

Rod was unable to make it to the Stephens Family Christmas celebration this year, as he was recovering from his intense workout at the Four Seasons gym back in September.
We all hope he can make it next year.

Singin'

Savannah decided to karaoke at the family party on Saturday night. She couldn't put the mike down.

California Sledding

JoLee and I are spending our "Christmas in January" at Mom and Dad's home. I've been boring her to tears with all my old memories: "Here's my old high school", "Here's the old dried up lake", "Here's where I learned to play tennis", and "Here's where I road my bike into the street and got hit by a car". Yeah, she's a good wife. She hasn't even complained, but even I'm choking back the yawns while writing about these memories.

There was one memory, though, that JoLee did remind me of. It was the old slide at the park my family used to visit when I was a kid. So when we were in town, we stopped by to visit, and to my great surprise it was as much fun as I remembered it. The slide is made out of concrete, and it works best if you sit on waxed paper and cardboard. Luckily ,we met another couple that was also reliving their childhood, and they loaned us some of their supplies.


The slide is made out of concrete and has a smooth finish. The wax paper creates an extra slick layer on the slide. The cardboard is for keeping your jeans in one piece


JoLee and I are getting ready for a race.


If she looks a little nervous, it's because this was JoLee's first time down the slide. She wasn't nervous on the second time. We must have had a dozen slides.


The slide is made for little kids, but I have a feeling the builders had a good time with it. JoLee and I had to shrug our shoulders to make sure we didn't touch the edges.


Like I said, this was just as much fun as it was when I was a kid. Next time we'll take Savannah.