Benjamin Lee Stewart

On Thursday, 2:13pm Benjamin Lee Stewart was born. We are so happy to have him here. And I am happy to be home--hospital beds just aren't that comfortable. Austin and James love him. James doesn't quite understand how little he really is. I kinda have to keep an eye on him. Maybe someday I'll post some more, but for now, I want to catch a little sleep before awakened by a crying baby :)

Ok, so I look a little tired in this one, I am.

Cam and Benjamin.

First meeting of the new brothersJames came running in the house and wanted to know where the new baby was. He was pretty excited.

Just a few pics

Sunday best. Very handsome little devils aren't they!




Funny, I have this same pic from last year. Guess once a good idea, always a good idea!

Edit- Here’s the pic from last year. –Cam

The garden jungle

I like growing a garden. There is something very satisfying about planting a little seed and seeing a great plant with fruit/veggies grow. This spring was weird in ID. Cooler than normal and off and on with rain. So I have lots of big green leaves in the garden. Our pea plants loved that weather.


This is a pic of the boys with our first really harvest (besides peas and strawberries). We got some zucchini and dug our first potatoes. The potatoes were really fun, like digging for treasure. The boys want to dig them up everyday.


Here is part of the jungle. The first year I have planted pole beans. They grow like crazy. I swear, a few inches in height a day. (Pole beans behind the boys, potatoes in front of the boys.)

It's a jungle out there!! Austin is next to the zucchini. It is going crazy. I'm going to try to grow it vertically this year. We'll see how that goes. Off to the left of the pic is tomato plants in 5 ft cages. They are growing like crazy too. There are green tomatoes on the plant but none have ripened yet. The onions are at the bottom of the pic. Maybe I got carried away with those. Oh well. It's just fun to grow stuff.

Big Boys and Bikes

A few weeks ago, Austin said he wanted to try his bike without training wheels. So Cam took him out to the end of our street. Austin wanted to try on the little hill walkway, not the flat street. Then suddenly, it just clicked. Cam only had to help a few times, then with the momentum of the hill, he was able to figure it out. Way to go!!


This is James doing his "hey mom, see how fast I can go if I lift my feet up". He would really cruise along. Then he drags his flip flops to stop. Surprisingly, he hasn't scraped off his toes yet.

Dad giving Austin some advice.




Then off he goes!

He got it figured out for the flat ground too.

Much better bike learning experience than I remember from my own childhood. We had a loose gravel driveway. I remember crashing A LOT and getting gravel in my knees and palms. This day was much easier than that.