The Newton family

It's a miracle!

2010-04-12T07:26:00.000-07:00

I could name a million excuses for not posting, and who knows when I'll post again, but here is a little update of our family. Right now I'm 32 weeks pregnant with a girl. We're really excited, especially Marlee, who can't wait to have a sister. Cory is really busy with work and coaching the Upper Valley Vikings, a semi-pro football team in this area. He's also working on getting his teaching certification and finishing his MBA. Marlee is four, and is still one of a kind. She loves to sing and wants to go to Hollywood like the people on American Idol. She told me the other day that the reason I'm going to have a baby is because I eat too much food, which is true. We love that girl so much. Brody is starting to get a little attitude now that he can talk, and yell. All of a sudden he can talk in sentences. We're always amazed at what he says. I swear he was just a little baby yesterday. He really loves Lightning McQueen, or Chow in his words. Actually he is obsessed. If I let him he would watch the movie Cars non-stop all day.

We couldn't pass up this photo opportunity.

Cory and Brody with the Easter Bunny. They both look really excited to be there.

My sister and her family came to visit over Easter. Too bad it snowed the entire time they were here. Luckily the Rex had an indoor egg hunt, so the kids could have some fun. Here's Brody and Teegan.

This is totally out of order, so you may want to start at the bottom and work your way up. This is Marlee and Paycen after we went to Disney on Ice. They were so exhausted from a fun night.

Brody was in heaven with the cars. Too bad they weren't on for very long, and he had to sit through all the princess stuff. He kept telling me he wanted to go home.

Kydan, Paycen, and Marlee.

Cheezer Brody checking out the princesses before the show.

Marlee and Ceanna

The cousins all ready to go to the show. They had a blast.

Our cute little princesses.

Sorry I've kind of put two random pictures at the beginning and end of this post. Marlee loves to make forts, and this one she made under the rug and fell asleep. She was all the way under, but we pulled her out to take a picture.

Family Trip to Yellowstone

2009-06-08T12:18:00.000-07:00

We had such a blast having Cory's whole family come down and stay with us. We went to Yellowstone, had a campfire at the sand dunes, and went to the zoo. It was one of the funnest trips ever. I haven't been to Yellowstone since I was a little girl, and it was so awesome. We saw a bunch of animals, and the kids were in heaven. Marlee still bugs me about going back, and she missses all her family in Utah. Thanks everyone for coming. We need to do it again soon.

This is Brody and my sweet niece Zowie. She has Rhett Syndrom, so she can't walk or talk, but she is the sweetest, cutest little girl ever. We love her so much. Brody was putting the moves on her.

Marlee and me at the zoo with the flamingos.

Liam, Zowie, Rylee, and Max in Yellowstone. The kids made it so much fun.

Simon, Morgan, and Brody. They are all about 4 months apart.

The grand canyon of Yellowstone.

Simon, Katelynn, and Rylee watching Old Faithful. I must say the geyser seemed a lot bigger when I was little. I guess when your a kid everything is more exciting.

Marlee and Brody loved the Buffalo. We also saw a coyote, elk, a black bear, and two grizzley bears. The bears were too far to get a good picture, but it was awesome to see them in the wild. Our brother-in-law, Lance, thought he saw some bears on the mountain and started yelling and telling us to follow him in the car. We were pretty excited until we looked on the hill and saw a couple buffalos. We laughed so hard. We'll never forget it Lance.

Michelle, Simon, and Natalie. Sorry about the candid shots. We never took a group photo.

Brittney playing with Zowie, Simon, and Morgan. Britt is Zowie's mom, and she is amazing. She is one of the finalists for Utah best blogs, so everyone please go to her blog and vote. She is under my friends and families list under Britt and Rob.

Our new basement

2009-05-11T17:06:00.000-07:00

We finally finished our basement! Cory did an awesome job with everything. I feel bad because I really pushed him to get it done. It's so nice to have all the space. I have a ton of pictures I'm working on posting, but our computer is really slow, and I don't have a lot of time and patience.
Cory added on this kids nook. It's so great for the kids, and we can keep all their toys in it.

Marlee and Brody hanging out the window of the nook.

I got our couch from the D.I. and ended up spending more to buy a slipcover and pillow covers, but it turned out cute. It's even cuter with my two models.

Fun pics of our family

2009-03-17T10:07:00.000-07:00

Newton News

2009-03-12T08:08:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone! So much has happened in such a small amount of time. We have been so busy. Cory and Troy started football with the Eastern Idaho Lionz. Troy also just started school at Madison High School. His first day he ate lunch with 18 girls. Let's just say he's pretty happy. The boys have also been working on the basement. Hopefully we'll get it done soon, but right now it's a great place for the kids to ride their bikes.

I can't believe it, but Brody just started nursery! It's so crazy how fast he's grown up. He still doesn't like to say a lot, he just mumbles most of the time, or rolls his eyes. His new favorite fetish is shoes. He cries when he wakes up until I get his shoes on. I just got him 2 new pair, and he is in heaven. Marlee is still her fun and crazy self. She's made the unfinished kids nook in our basement her room. We put a mattress down there and she sleeps there every night. It's so crazy that she's not afraid. I guess that's just Marlee. Fearless.

I went to Moab two weeks ago with my old Utah rec team. It was so much fun. We stayed in a sweet condo, with amazing views of the red rocks. There were 42 teams at the tourney, and we made the top 14, which is pretty good for us. I've also been busy lately being called into the Young Women Presidency as the secretary. It's been so fun spending time with the youth in our ward. I love it.

Cute Cousins

2009-02-12T18:08:00.000-08:00

Hurray! I just got these super cute pictures of my kids and their cousins from Cory's side. Actually I stole them from Britt's blog. I couldn't resist, because they are so adorable. I love the candid shots. Marlee and Brody love it when we get to go to Utah and see all their cousins. Hopefully we'll make it back there again soon.

What's New with the Newts

2009-02-09T12:32:00.000-08:00

Our little Marlee is growing up. She's been taking gymnastics, which is so awesome for her. They have a huge complex that she can play in, and she's actually doing really well. It's been good for her to follow directions and be with other kids. She also started preschool today at the high school. It's so nice that she has some things to keep her busy during the freakin cold winter. We went down to Utah this weekend and there was no snow and it was 50 degrees! It makes me wonder why are we living in Idaho. Seriously.

We also have a new addition to our family. Cory's brother, Troy, moved down here two weeks ago. He's had a rough time back home and we wanted to give him a fresh start and get him graduated. Plus Cory is so excited to get him into football. That's all they talk about. So far it's been good. Troy's such a good kid, and he's been fun to have around.

Marlee and Me

2009-01-17T10:13:00.000-08:00

Okay, so we went to the movie Marlee and Me over Christmas, and it inspired me to tell our crazy stories of Marlee Newton. If you haven't seen the movie, it's about a columnist who writes stories about his dog that gets into all kinds of trouble. I started to write some examples of what Marlee is capable in the last post, but there's more. Lots more. Friday nights we usually rent movies. One for us and one for Marlee. Usually Marlee stays in here room and is glued to the show. Well, after our movie we went to go check on her, and I joked about her getting into some kind of trouble. We opened Marlee's door and found all my make-up in a huge mess with mascara on the walls and her face, blush and powder rubbed into the carpet, and all my eyeshadow picked out and rubbed on her pajamas. I was ready to kill her. Thanks goodness for Cory, because I just might have. I don't know how many times we have told her not to play with my stuff. About this time last year I had just bought brand new mineral make-up, and Marlee decided to dump it all out in the bathtub. After we tried to clean everything up, I went to Walgreen's to get some more make-up, even though it was already really late, I didn't care because I was still mad at the little stinker. Of course on my way I get pulled over by a cop for the 2nd time in two weeks because we can't get our old license plate off to put the new one on, so our plates say they are expired by a year. I just started laughing out loud, and the cop probably thought I was drunk or something. Luckily he let me go, because he felt sorry for me. So now you can see how much fun we have at our house with Marlee. I can't wait to see what other things she's going to do next. Somebody save me.

Don't let the cute thing fool you

2009-01-16T10:35:00.000-08:00

So everyone always tells me my kids are cute, so I thought I'd show a little bit of their true colors. We're in the stage right now where we can't turn our back on either one of them or they'll get into some kind of trouble. Some examples are marker written all over the walls, toys, and even Brody. Marlee taking out all of her clothes in her closet, putting them down the heat vent, and then peeing on them. Brody climbing on everything and taking out all my bowl, dishes, and anything else in his reach and Marlee taking every wipe in the house and putting it in the bathtub with water in it. Those are just some examples of what goes on in our happy house. Love you Marlee and Brody. Life would be dull without you.

Happy Holidays

2009-01-09T10:21:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! I hope you all had a Merry Christmas! So, Santa did bring me a camera, but it took me about two years to upload a few pictures on blogger.

Jilene came up from Arizona for the holidays, so a few of us got together and wore the ugliest sweaters we could find. Carp won the contest hands down. Hers is the one with the little sailor girl. It was hilarious.

We have started a tradition cutting down our own Christmas tree up in Island Park. This year we got a huge one. Sometimes I wonder why we go to all the work to set up the tree and take it down. I guess it's the memories.

Here's my little angel, Brody. He's such a tender hearted guy. He was nice enough at Christmas to let Marlee take over and open everybody's presents.

Marlee was definetly spoiled this Christmas. She loves animals so much. Everytime we went to see Santa she asked for a rooster and a goat. It was so random. I don't know where she got that from, and it was kind of embarrassing. Santa brought her a little people farm with all those animals, and my mom found her a stuffed rooster. This is her baby panda that she loves so much.

We went to Utah this Christmas to be with all of Cory's family. Grandma Debbie loves family parties and goes way out. She bought all the grandkids matching pajamas, and the boys got Wii's and the girls got nintendo ds's. Here's all of the girl cousins: Zowie, Harlie, Marlee, Katelynn, and Morgan. We just found out Kasey is preggo again, hurray. They have three girls, so we're routing for a boy.

Slacker Steph

2008-12-03T09:06:00.000-08:00

So I'm so sorry that my blog is boring and I'm really bad at updating. One of the reasons is that my camera is broken, and I really like to put pictures with a post so it's not so dull. The word on the street is I'm getting a camera for Christmas from Santa, so that will be awesome. Anyway, If you want to know some of the stuff that's going on in my life you can go to my sister's blog. It's Jon and Corny on my friend's list. She's been really good at posting stuff we do, like the Twilight Premier, which was freakin fun. I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. We were able to go see my brother Matt and his wife Nikki and her family in California. It was a lot of fun, and I wish I had pictures. Anyway, please forgive me, and I hope to talk to you all soon.

Stinky Fish

2008-11-03T12:58:00.001-08:00

So this is how bad of a mom I am. We recorded the kids on Halloween, but I didn't take any pictures, so today I made them put their costumes on so I could get some shots of them. I'm sure the neighbors driving by thought I was nuts. Marlee even had her trick or treat bag.

This is my little stinker, Brody.

Marlee was a Mermaid, or in her words, I'm and Ermaid mom, an Ermaid. Whatever she is, she is so cute. She really loves her candy if you can't tell. I swear we never got this much candy when we were little. I remember going all over the neighborhood and coming home with half a sack. Now a days, you just have to go down a couple streets and they're loaded.

Oh, and her Halloween song she sang to everyone was, "Trick or Treat, smell my bum, give me something good to eat." I don't know where she got that, but it was hilarious.

Halloween Party

2008-11-03T12:49:00.000-08:00

We had our annual adult Halloween party on Wednesday, and it was so much fun. We went to the straw maze, and I was pretty impressed. Corny, Jon, and Teegan were vampires. I took the pictures off Corianne's page, so sorry if you have already seen them.

My super sexy husband, Cory, was an extention of his model picture I took a few blogs ago. Let's just say he took his role seriously.

Check out those tight buns.

Fashion Show

2008-10-20T20:04:00.001-07:00

So my awesome little brother, K.C. is a teacher at the Paul Mitchell school here in Rexburg. He got my mom, sister, and me to be his models for a fashion show they had. It was so much fun. we got to wear some crazy dresses, and our hair was awesome. My mom kills me in this picture by the way.

We got our dresses from D.I., and made some changes. We're going to use them for Halloween.

It's crazy that my little bro can do hair so well. It's the best because he can come over to my house and dye my hair or cut the kids hair. I don't know what we would do without Kace.

Happy Birthday Corybear!!!

2008-10-06T20:35:00.000-07:00

So, I just posted that deer picture of Cory, and I forgot to mention today is his birthday, so Happy Birthday Cory. Yeah, I didn't take off and go shopping for 3 days on this special day, I made sure I stayed home and did nice things for you and said Happy Birthday. Anyway, I'm not mad anymore. I really do love you Cory. I can't believe your 30 years old now!

Cory's trophy wife

2008-10-06T20:19:00.000-07:00

So Cory is making me do this post because he is so proud of himself. Personally, I'm a little annoyed by the whole hunting thing. I feel sorry for the poor little guy. Cory's also in the dog house because he went hunting on my birthday of all days. He's still making it up to me.

Volleyball District Champs!!!

2008-09-23T10:41:00.000-07:00

One of the reasons I've been so busy lately is that I've been coaching 8th grade volleyball for South Fremont. I know what some of you are thinking. Why South Fremont? Well they gave me the best offer, and I'm so glad I took it. My girls are awesome!! They played so hard, and I couldn't have asked for a better group of talented players. We went undefeated in the season, and came back from a loss in our first game of districts, to beat Sugar twice in the championship game. It was sweet! Go Cougars!

Shout out to Bubba

2008-09-15T13:09:00.001-07:00

Happy Birthday Brody!!! I can't believe my little bubba is 1 year's old already. He is such a sweet heart. He is really good natured, and actually shy. Sounds weird, since Marlee is extremely opposite. I think we might need to get her checked for ADD or something. :) Anyway, I love you Brody.

My Model Husband

2008-09-01T14:58:00.000-07:00

Yeah, I know what you're all thinking. How did Steph get such a hot husband? I don't know, I guess I'm just lucky. Love you Cory. You can always make me laugh.

Marlee's first run in with the law

2008-07-27T11:25:00.001-07:00

So, I don't have a picture of this, but just imagine Marlee butt naked, and covered head to toe in mud. The neighbors just got grass and have been watering a ton, so there are huge puddles of mud everywhere. Of course, this is Marlee's favorite place to play. We've had to keep all the doors locked so she won't go out all the time and get muddy, but this one particular afternoon Cory came home for lunch and let her go play with her friends. Well, ten minutes later she comes to the door naked and covered in mud, so I hose her off and put her in her bed. Then, about five minutes later a cop shows up at our door asking me if I'd seen a little naked girl running around. I seriously paused for a couple minutes wondering if I should claim her, but I just told him, yeah, I think that's my daughter. Turns out, the construction crew down the road saw her and thought she might get hurt so they called the police. I'm glad they did, but I was so embarrassed. I'm sure this won't be her last incident either. She's been a little problem child lately. She even locked me out of the house the other day. Someone please tell me there's light at the end of the tunnel.

Barbeque at Grandma Debbie's

2008-07-10T13:44:00.000-07:00

Here's Marlee and her cousins, Liam, Rylee, and Max. Notice Marlee's water ballon boobies. She thought they were so cool.
Here's Marlee and her cousins, Katelynn and Harlie. They had so much fun swimming in the pool.
Katelynn was the only one being photogenic. The other two were two busy swimming in the water.
Our friends, Tyler, Erin, and their daughter Peyton came over for a barbeque. Sorry Erin, Cory took this picture and it was the best one I could find.
Here's Harlie trying to kiss Simon. He was playing hard to get. It was so fun being able to spend time with all our family and friends. Whenever we're in Utah, we get together and have a barbeque at Cory's mom's house. Afterwards we lit fireworks and stayed up talking til one in the morning. It was a blast.

4th of July in Utah

2008-07-10T11:32:00.000-07:00

For our 4th of July weekend, we drove down to Utah and met some of Cory's family at a campsite, and had our first campout. The kids did pretty good, but I don't think me and Cory got any sleep.

Here's Marlee and Cory hanging out. Marlee loved being in the outdoors, but she kind of scared us because she would just wander around chasing Brittney's dog. It was pitch dark and she was just walking around. Cory's sister finally put a glow stick around her so we could see where she went. That's my Marlee. She's not afraid of anything.

Here's where me and Brody slept. Marlee and Cory roughed it in a tent.

This is our cute nephew, Simon.

This is Simon's dad, Lance. I thought it was a good picture of what our camping trip was like. Pretty much we just sat around and ate food and talked, while the kids ran around like crazy animals. It was fun seeing everyone and just relaxing.

Good times and Bad

2008-06-16T09:05:00.000-07:00

Brody had a really bad week. When we got back from Holland, he got an ear infection and was given an antibiotic for it. Turns out he's allergic to penicillin and he broke out in hives all over his body. He also split his head open and had to get 5 stitches on his forehead. To top it all off, he had a really bad cough that gave him a lung infection, so he's on breathing treatments too. Lets just say we haven't gotten a lot of sleep for awhile. But I'm happy to say that he is doing a million times better, and the rash is gone. Poor little guy. We love him so much.

Marlee on the other hand has had a great week because she got a new kitty. She named it Meow, and is so excited. The first couple of nights she couldn't sleep because she was so happy. I finally gave in to having a pet, even though I vowed never to have a cat. It's actually not that bad.

World Travelers

2008-06-05T18:40:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone! Sorry I haven't posted for so long. I just got back from an amazing trip to Holland with Brody, Corianne, and her son Teegan. We met my grandparents there, who are taking their last trip back to Holland. They say their getting too old to go again, so Corianne and I wanted to go back with them and see all the places they've been too, and meet family we haven't seen before. We also got to see where my dad was born. We stayed for two weeks in Den Haag with my Aunt Maud. She was so funny. We were treated like queens by all my relatives, and they were so excited to have the babies around. Traveling to Europe unleashed a travel bug in me, and I can't wait to go back. Next time I'll bring the whole family though, because I was pretty homesick.

My Awesome trip to Holland

2008-06-05T18:33:00.001-07:00

Utah volleyball team

2008-05-01T14:46:00.000-07:00

Taking a break in between games for some really healthy food.
Diane, Tara, and Loreene, hanging out in the back seat.
I was so excited to be able to play with my old volleyball rec team. I've missed them so much since we've moved. I got to play with them for their first day of tournament, and we won both games. It was so fun. It felt just like old times. Oh, and I'm feeling nice, so I'm not going to post some of the pictures I got of Brenda and Loreene. They were pretty hot though.
Taya, Loreene, Brenda, Bubba, me, Tara, Di, and Kim. Love you girls, and good luck next week!

We'll Miss You Opa

2008-05-01T13:20:00.000-07:00

Brandon, K.C., Corianne, Jon, Ceanna, me, Cory, Matt, and Nikki
The Boys

After 15 years of being bedridden, my Grandpa passed away peacefully Saturday, April 26th, 2008. Now he can finally be at rest. My grandma has been by his side and taken care of him for so long. I'm so grateful to be a part of their lives and so proud to be their granddaughter. It was nice to go to the funeral and hear stories about my grandpa that I haven't heard before. It was also good to be with my family. My brother, Brandon, flew in from Memphis to be with us. I love having all my brothers and sister together.

Marlee's first bike

2008-04-08T10:31:00.001-07:00

Marlee just got her first bike. She's actually pretty good already. Now all we need is some warm weather so she can ride it more. It's so funny being back in Idaho and seeing people wearing shorts and t-shirts as soon as it hits forty degrees. You gotta love it.

New pictures of our house

2008-04-04T14:30:00.000-07:00

So here's some pics of the inside of our new house. I painted the kithchen and dining room and then decided to go on strike from paint. You'll notice there's no pictures of upstairs, because we haven't done anything with our rooms. Hopefully sometime soon I'll get around to it. Oh, and just ignore the fact that my sign on the wall is slanted, and Holls, I'm not as crafty as you. I bought my calendar

2008-04-04T14:18:00.000-07:00

Double Trouble

2008-03-31T11:25:00.000-07:00

Here's another picture of Marlee and Brody. It's the only one I can find where they're both smiling. Just ignore me in the picture.

Our first house

2008-03-31T11:14:00.001-07:00

Here's our new house! We moved in the first of March. It's been so fun decorating and making it our own.

Big Buddah

2008-03-27T13:10:00.000-07:00

Here's our big boy, Brody. He is so fun. I think his head is bigger than mine. He is almost 7 months now!

2008-03-27T12:42:00.000-07:00

Marlee didn't want to get her pictures taken, so she really can smile. She is very independent, and is talking so much. My new favorite is "Oh my goodness."

New to the blog

2008-03-27T11:22:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone, we are really new to all this, but I've been wanting to set up a blog forever. We just moved to a new house in the Hendersen subdivision in Rexburg. Cory is working for the city, coaching baseball and playing football for the Lionz. So he's keeping himself pretty busy. I have my hands full trying to raise our two kids, Marlee 2 1/2, and Brody 7 months. Life is really good and we're having a lot of fun being back in Rexburg. Although, I really don't remember it being so dang cold here. I'm ready for summer. Here's some pictures we just got taken of the kids. They're getting so big.