A Few More Things We Missed...

Since we haven't posted any updates in so long, here are a few more notable events that we missed.

Cassie's Birthday!

Cassie turned 9 years old in December 2007. She had a pajama party. You probably heard the squealing, shrieking and giggling. Our neighbors certainly did.

Here's Cassie, Jillian and their friends Megan, Monica, Logan, Gabby, Gabriella, Emma and Brittany jammin' in their jammies.

Jillian's Cheerleading!

Last year, Jillian joined a cheerleading camp. The camp ended with a high-energy performance on stage.

New Tooth, New 'Do!

In March of this year, Jillian's front tooth finally came in. You may remember that Jillian accidentally lost her front tooth at age 2 when she fell and hit the bathroom sink.

But you can't keep a tough girl down. In fact, here she is right after losing her tooth with her dukes up, ready to rumble.


After her tooth came in, Jillian decided she wanted new cut hair to go with her new cut tooth. Here's the before and after.

Talent Show!

Near the end of the school year, Cassie and Jillian performed at the school talent show. Jillian played "Heart and Soul" on the piano and Cassie sang "Breakaway." The performances were so good that the audience was in tears. Or at least Jonathan was.

Here's cool Cassie on the way to her gig.

Lordy, Lordy, Dave turns 40!

In April, Jonathan traveled to San Jose for Dave's 40th birthday. They had a lot of fun driving crazy go-carts, playing Rock Band on the PS3 and generally acting like they aren't as old as they really are.

Here, Dave implies that turning 40 really blows.


During the trip, Jonathan also visited his sister Katie and her husband Ranjan to meet Katie's new baby daughter Samantha.

Here's a picture of Jonathan and Samantha. So cute! And the baby is pretty adorable too.

Yay!

That's it for this belated update. We haven't even gotten into the past summer yet. Sheesh. More to follow.

Christmas 2007

'Tis the season for more Time-Travel-Blogging...

Rather than going anywhere for the holidays, the Stephens Family spent Christmas 2007 in Murrieta. It was nice to spend a quiet and subdued holiday together.

Here, Cassie and Jillian show off their loot. As you can see from their gifts, Santa was following a music motif. CD Players, I-Dogs and guitars, oh my.



Uncle Joe, Aunt Jennifer and Cousin Reese also gave Cassie and Jillian their own microphone and amplifier for singing.

It's August 2008 and their singing hasn't even slowed down...

Thanksgiving 2007

On with the Time-Travel-Blogging...

Thanksgiving '07 was quite a shindig. Relatives from Utah and California came to our home for our annual Thanksgiving in Murrieta^tm reunion. This has fast become a family tradition, and we look forward to it every year.

As usual, we kicked off the festivities with a trip to Disneyland on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving.

Here's Maddie, Cassie, Shayne, Dan, Jillian, Josh, Micah and Jonathan looking appropriately Happy in the Happiest Place on Earth. Yes, Uncle Dan wears his sunglasses at night.


Here we are riding Tower of Terror at Disney's California Adventure. We went the cheap route and took a blurry picture of the screen rather than forking over the $35 to actually buy it. If you can make out who is who, you deserve a medal.


Here's Shayne, Josh, Jillian, Cassie and Micah standing on a pile of pirate booty on Tom Sawyer's Island. Shortly after this picture was taken, Micah vanished and it took us about half an hour to find him again.

Fun Fact:
As of the release of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Tom Sawyer's Island is now called "The Pirate's Lair."

The rest of Thanksgiving went off without a hitch. Days were spent lounging, watching movies, playing Guitar Hero III and making skits.

In fact, here is a short film we made. Ben wrote and directed and Micah stars as the young man who has a little too much caffeine in the morning. It's called, appropriately, "The Caffeine Movie."

Thanks to everyone for coming down and making this the Best Thanksgiving Evar^tm. At least until next Thanksgiving ... in three whole months.

Halloween 2007

Okay, so it's August 2008 and this is a post about October 2007. Halloween, to be specific. We're a little behind the times.

Fun Fact:
The remake of the horror classic Halloween was released in August 2007.

The Stephens Family had Halloween 2007 in Murrieta. Cassie was a ballerina and Jillian was a cheerleader.

The sheer amount of cuteness was scary.

Cassie and Jillian went to a Halloween party at the neighbor's house. Afterward, they trick-or-treated with a vengeance. They got loads of candy and loads of cavities. We know because it's now August 2008 and we already got the dental bill. That's one of the advantages of blogging about events long past, or "Time-Travel-Blogging," as we like to call it.

Here's Tiffany, Logan, Jillian, Emma, Gabriella, Elyse, Monica and Cassie in their Halloween costumes.

Catching Up...

So it's been a few months since the Stephens Family Blog has been updated.

Fun Fact:
Yeah, try EIGHT months.

Sorry. We've been busy. I blame global warming.

Anyway, we have a lot of catching up to do. So let's get started...