Give Away!

This is my SIL's blog, Nap time journal. She is really talented, and crafty. Check out her blog, and sign up for the free give away.

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Steph

Tomorrow is ONE MONTH until Valentine's Day and the best way to celebrate is to share the love by a giveaway! Below is a Little Whoo Owl that I sell in my etsy shop and I want to give you one for FREE!

What Love!

How to enter:

1 entry : leave me some love by leaving a comment

2 enteries : Become a follower or remind me that you are one :)

3 entries : post about this giveaway on your blog or on facebook and leave me the link

*owl can be framed or added to a scrapbook. Measures 6x6" Made from acid free paper.

Frame and other props not included in giveaway.

Giveaway will end this Sunday January 17th at midnight so make sure to enter!

I'll announce the winner on Monday!

(Make sure to leave me a way to get a hold of you)

GOOD LUCK!

The 6th Annual Anticipation of Thanksgiving Feast -- 2009

Steph and Kenna Downey at the church
Some of the food, but not all of it. I didn't take a picture of the whole table, because I was READY to eat!!
Steph, Jody, Suzie, and Sherma... We had a good time!!
Emma Downey sneakily eating pie on the kitchen floor. (don't worry, she had permission)
This year, we had 2 turkeys and deep fried them. They were so yummy!! I really enjoyed them. Each year our feast gets bigger and bigger. We had so many people that Nate and Emily reserved their church building. I can't remember the exact number of people, but there were a lot. I love this tradition, and it will continue on next year, because Nate got another free turkey from East Idaho Credit Union this year even though he doesn't work there. Lucky guy!! I can't wait.... I hope we continue this tradition until we are all old and gray!! :)

Family Halloween Party -- 2009

Here are some tombstones Brittney made for the party. She made one for every person who came, and was really creative with the reasons for their deaths. I picked out some of my favorites... In case you can't read this one... it says, "Here lies Michael W. Rowberry, Died from being chased by a snake"
This one is HILARIOUS!! It says, "Here lies Nancy L. Pearce Rowberry, died from being hit by a flying squirrel."
Mine says, "Here lies Stephanie J. Rowberry, Died from hiding under a table from Birds." How does she know me so well... we've never had a bird close to my head in her presence have we??
Brittney, Iris Miller, Jarrett, and Dell eating donuts. They loved it and wanted to keep playing this game... however they all asked me if I'd blow the donut out my nose... why do they keep asking that question?? for the answer you'll have to ask Chris...

Uncle Kent a.k.a. Darrell and Darrell
Grandma Ball
Mom and Dad
Mom in her P.J's
Steph.. the witchiest witch!
Michelle and Jared, A.K.A. Peppermint Patty and Charlie Brown
Dad... The mighty golfer!!
Jarret, the blue power ranger...
Brittney, a vampire...
And Dell, a Zombie...

Witches weekend ~ 2009

Here we are in our glory!!! Wow... these pictures are way out of order, but I don't care!!! I don't have time to put them in order... at least they are all from the same weekend. :)
The mother witches... Mom, Grandma Ball, and Aunt Pam... Hubba hubba!!
Val, Kristy, Michelle, Steph, & Brenda... Posing for one of our many pictures of the night!
Val, Ari, Michelle, Steph, Brenda, Kristy, Pam, Mom and Grandma! Dang Baby!!!
Here we are again without our capes... showing off our leggings, and shoes... Luckily you can't see mine that well. :)
The night we arrived at Pam's house. Ari, Brenda, Michelle, Steph, Mom and Grandma!
Steph, Mom and Michelle -- We look great!! I think this is a great picture of the three of us... :)
Mom, Grandma and Aunt Pam...
Grandma, Kristy, Ari, Brenda, Mom, Val, Pam and Michelle....
I love this picture!!! See all of the dust flying around?? It gives the picture sort of a cool vibe!!

Rise and Shout... The Cougars are out!!!!

This is where most of my Saturdays activities have been planned around. I know most people would roll their eyes and mock me for my devotion, but they just don't understand!!

Okay, so this isn't exactly what I was looking for, but this is all I could upload to this post. This was taken a few years ago, but suffice it to say that I was watching or listening to football every Saturday this fall...

2009 Football Schedule

Date Opponent Place Results
9/5 Okahoma Arlington, TX W - 14-13
9/12 Tulane New Orleans W - 54-3
9/19 Florida State Provo L - 28-54
9/26 Colorado State Provo W - 42-23
10/2 Utah State Provo W- 35-17
10/10 UNLV Las Vegas W- 59-21
10/17 San Diego St. San Diego W - 38-28
10/24 TCU Provo L - 7-38
11/7 Wyoming Laramie W - 52-0
11/14 New Mexico Albuquerque W - 24-19
11/21 Air Force Provo W - 38-21 * I attended this game in Provo!!!
11/28 Utah Provo W - 26-23 OT
12/22 Oregon St. Las Vegas Bowl W - 44-20

Football season has been great!!!

Wayne and Irma Rowberry Family Reunion

Mom, Dad, Janice, Pat, Wayne, and Joyce
The Rowberry family posing for a picture. I think this one turned out really cute.
Mocking Stephanie... Typical!! :)
The cousins being crazy!!!
We decided that it was genetic when we tilted our head in pictures. This picture proves it!!
Jen, Mom and Kelsey
Dad... the pose right before he sticks out his tongue...
Kelsey, Jen, Dad, Jared, Suzie, and Krissy
Randy and Jordan playing with the marbles. We thought the younger kids would be the ones enamored by the marbles... boy were we wrong!!
Joyce, Suzie and Jared
Randy, Glenda, Pat, and Wayne... Yes that is a knife Randy is holding... Bring on the watermelon (to everyone but me... YUCK!)

The Rowberry family reunion was a lot of fun this year. We all had a great time, and as always when parting we always say how we need to do this more... We really need to get on the ball!!

Nemo???

So my friends decided to go white water rafting down the Hoback this summer. I was planning on going, but with my back feeling the way it does, I decided not to. They had an experience where they were going down the river and the boat hit a flat rock. The boat just stopped. Don and Suzie were both thrown from the boat. Don was thrown down the river, but Suzie went under the boat. She tells me that she wasn't panicked because she knew the boat would move off of her. (She was pinned between the boat and the rock) The ones in the boat were holding the boat in place so the didn't run over Suzie when she popped up. When she didn't pop up, they realized she was stuck under the boat. They moved forward and Suzie popped up where they could pull her in. She was so calm when she came up that they asked if she was breathing. Suzie was under water for longer than a normal person could hold their breath. She said she didn't feel panicked, and knew she'd be okay. After they picked up Don and Suzie and continued on their way, they started teasing Suzie that she is Nemo, because she just had to touch the bottom of the butt. While that part is funny, I appreciate the lesson learned. Suzie has said many times that she knows there was someone helping her to hold her breath. She held her breath at home and timed it. She couldn't hold it for even a minute.

While I was back home, I knew my friends were on the river, and was worried all day. Recently a member of my parent's ward drowned in the same river. I was nervous because of that experience. At one point, I decided that I needed to be calm so I said a prayer that they would be safe. I felt peace and immediatly knew things would be alright. I have no idea if my prayer coincided with the experience Suzie had, but I'm grateful for the protection my friends had that day, and the peace I was given. I have learned a lot from this experience, and know how important it is to listen to the Spirit.

Rowberry Family Reunion - 2009

Chris-eee Pooooo and Stephy Poooooo....
Yinse and Steph... Don't ask....
The boys posing in front of the lake...
Dell, Macy and Jarrett -- big smiles!!
Layla bug!! So fun to have a little baby at the reunion...
The panicky Johnsons in front of a terrifying ocean scene at the Living Planet Aquarium...
Posing for a picture before we enter the aquarium... Macy is hiding because she doesn't want to be in the picture... It turned out cute just like that!!
Ellie, Brittney, Macy, Dell, and Jarrett... on day one of the family reunion. So cute and they had so much fun together!!
Michelle and Steph
Grandma, Brittney, Macy, and Ellie laughing it up... So hillarious. Look at Macy's face. She is laughing so hard. I love it!!

This year, Chris and Becca were in charge of the reunion so we headed to Utah for the event. It was great, and we all had so much fun. Thanks to them for planning such a fun time. Here are a few of my favorite times....