The Steed's

Random Moments 2009

2009-12-08T12:12:00.001-08:00

Thanksgiving.

My bro out at SLMX!

Jeremey & Lindsey

Raging Waters!

My boss Barbi, Brandt & Mikey on the 4th of July.

Park City, UT

Thought this picture was cute. April took the boys swimming and caught this action shot!

Brandt and his cousin Eastin. They call eachother "brothers" =)

R.I.P Steve

2009-09-24T12:02:00.000-07:00

My sweet uncle Steve passed away last week. He lost his battle to Colon Cancer. Was in Indiana for the funeral, what a beutiful tribute to his life...

Steve and Wendy. Before the cancer.

Me and my aunt Wendy...that's a 1940's Martin guitar

My cuz Hillary...Steve was her dad.

No Training Wheels at 3yrs?!!

2009-09-17T23:00:00.000-07:00

This kid is too smart.

Watch this video....

Old Memories

2009-09-07T16:43:00.000-07:00

I have been helping my parents move into a new home, and its funny how emotional moving can be. Especailly if you have lived in the same house (like them) for 25 years. We keep finding old "treasures"! I found this CD with old pictures from back when Brandt was 1 years old. I got so emotional...

These are pics from Brandt's first trips to Indiana before my grandpa passed away.

Brandt thought it was bath time in the water as we were getting pedicures!
It was so cute!

One of my new favorite songs - "Address in the stars" by Caitlin & Will. I think these two sound amazing together and she shows so much emotion in her music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I35_B_5htnI

Bachelorette Party

2009-08-31T06:30:00.000-07:00

My cousin Katie is getting married, so we had her Bachelorette party up in Park City at Harrio's. Fun night with the ladies!

My BFF (Nuria)

Me and the Bride to be!

I spent a good part of the weekend up at Powder Mountain for a MotoX race. I sang the national anthem, and my bro was up there coaching a kid he trains with. Couldn't have been a more beautiful spot to spend the weekend. Check out this view!!!

Little Moments in Life

2009-08-17T06:55:00.001-07:00

Little moments are the things that make up who you are, and come to mean the most in life.

Feeding the Duckies

My little cousin Charity
Boom Boom Riding

25th Birthday

2009-08-03T12:24:00.000-07:00

My little "blue eyes" My Brothers...

and their twin girlfriends...

I LOVE golf!

2009-07-30T08:55:00.001-07:00

I think golf is the best sport ever. Think about it....its the only sport that you can play all the way through retirement! My boss and I have been taking golf lessons for about a month. We have a little "Bad Ass" for a teacher (Mitch Stone) . He's so cool. He video taped our golf swing at the last lesson we had.

So I have been hitting balls at least three time a week to get some good practice in cuz I gotta make my teacher proud! I went went with my good friend Heather last night, and we thought we'd take a few pics since I found my camera in my golf bag as I was reaching for tees!

Heather & I

Our golf instructor video'd my golf swing so I can see what I'm doing wrong/right.

Bear Lake Retreat

2009-07-16T07:55:00.000-07:00

I love my work! We have an annual "off-site meeting" every year and this year we went to Bear Lake. It was so much fun...we have the coolest team!

Seattle

2009-06-29T10:03:00.000-07:00

My bro had a supercross race at the Qwest Field in Seattle back in March. What an amazing city! I think I could live there someday!

Brandt's Photo Shoot

2009-06-19T07:09:00.001-07:00

What a fun photo shoot with my handsome man! I have to thank Andee for doing such a good job. If any of you want to check out her blog, she does amazing pictures and she posts them after the session. http://www.andeesphotos.blogspot.com/

Easter Weekend

2009-04-11T15:50:00.000-07:00

We celebrated this Easter weekend up at the Zermatt resort in Midway, UT. We had a blast! Brandt now says "Mom the Easter Bunny is my favorite friend". My life would be so dull without my studly son. Love you babes!

Brandt defiantely learned this move from his dad!

"Winter & Taxes"

2009-02-19T07:52:00.000-08:00

Interesting time of year isn't it.....winter and taxes...hmmmm. Good thing I have alreay done our taxes! However, Brandt seems to be bummed out -watch this clip - we were laughing our heads off!

It seems to be a typical pattern where I wake up in a "Snow Globe" - that's what I call our neighborhood. We live right by Weber Canyon and I swear we get more snow there than anywhere in Utah! This is what our house looks like right now...

Annual Tradition

2009-01-01T21:38:00.001-08:00

Every year we go snowmobiling the day after Christmas, it is the highlight of the year for me since its usually the first time of the season!!! Our family loves extreme sports and snowmobiling is one of my FAVORITES. In fact I was watching this silly Lifetime show the other day about snowmobilers that got trapped in the mountains and end up being rescued days later on their death bed. The reason they got stuck was due to their inability to make it up a hill (and a rather small one might I add). Anyway, just the sound of the snowmobiles on the show made me so hungry for it.

Carver usually goes with us, but this time he had a cool opportunity to go pheasant hunting with our dog "Luke" and some of his friends. I only wish I had pictures to post of the 4 pheasants he & Luke got =).

Me and My Dad
My Dad - don't mind the bright pink gloves, he gave his gloves to my mom and had to use some old ones he found!

Me, Dad and Brandtly

The Reaction

2008-12-23T08:22:00.001-08:00

Well, Barbi (my boss) returned to her gift wrapped office and loved it!!! It's a good thing we all have a boss that is cool!

Holiday Moments

2008-12-22T07:02:00.001-08:00

So last week one of the guys from work was watching an episode of "The Office" and had this great idea to "Wrap" our bosses desk while she's out of the country. We all had so much fun watching this thing come together.....She returns on Tuesday the 23rd....Stay tuned for the reaction!

Dinner with our friends Jordan & Randi - Ruth's Kris

Paradise in December

2008-12-09T11:14:00.000-08:00

Carver and I just got back from Cancun, Mexico and I can't stop saying "Gracias" instead of thank you, and I'm still trying to call people their name instead of "Senor"!!!

It was gorgeous, the only thing missing was our sweet Brandtly....

Isla Mujeres (Island of Women, Garrafon)

Brandt's B-day party!!

2008-11-17T06:47:00.000-08:00

Our sweet little guy turned 3 on November 11th, 2008. He always says - Happy Birthday Cake!

MotoX

2008-11-12T07:21:00.001-08:00

Another day at the track....

Brandt is OBSESSED with Motorcross. It doesn't help that my dad used to race pro and that my brother races in the Pro Supercross series. Here's some pictures and videos of Brandt & my bro out at the SLMX track this weekend.

Here's my brother with an awesome tail whip.....

2008-11-05T19:13:00.000-08:00

Oh my gosh, this is so hilarious. I was seriously laughing to myself here at work with no one around!!!! I stole this idea from Heidi.

So this is our supposed to be Carver and I's baby.....I don't know about the hair, but it kind of looks like Brandt.....

This is Brandt and his little cousin Charity, all the fam thinks they look like they could be brother and sister. This is my cousin Jamie's baby!

Trick or' Treat

2008-11-03T06:34:00.000-08:00

Brandt was so funny last night. We were at grandma O'Driscoll's house and he found her glasses, he thought he was quite the character posing so serious with her glasses!

Happy Halloween!!!

This is Brandt's little cousin Court...
Carver's cousin Apsen and her new baby girl Sienna...

Pumpkins & Angels

2008-10-29T07:23:00.000-07:00

So, on Monday Brandt got to make Halloween Ginger Bread Houses with one of his favorite cousins (3rd cousin actually) and we went to Aunt Nana's house to carve pumpkins. I have to say he's got his grumpy face on like his dad....kiddin' babe =)

I have to share another thought that someone gave me this morning, my cousin crystal sent me a text with some scripture references and I thought they were amazing. I don't know about everyone else out there, but I believe we have angels and that they are the ones guiding us and constantly with us. I think we can ask our angels for things and talk to them, just like we do our heavenly father. These are references from "The Book of Mormon":

2 Nephi 32:2": 2 Do ye not remember that I said unto you that after ye had received the Holy Ghost ye could speak with the tongue of angels? And now, how could ye speak with the tongue of angels save it were by the Holy Ghost?

2 Nephi 32:3": 3 Angels speak by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore, they speak the words of Christ. Wherefore, I said unto you, feast upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do.

"2 Nephi 32:4": 4 Wherefore, now after I have spoken these words, if ye cannot understand them it will be because ye ask not, neither do ye knock; wherefore, ye are not brought into the light, but must perish in the dark.

Carver & Christy

2008-10-27T06:29:00.000-07:00

Wow, I have finally set up this silly blog - even after I talked some of my other friends into getting one, I still procrastinated. I work at an accounting firm "Deloitte" and stay pretty busy on a daily basis as their Tax Paraprofessional. I'm forewarning that I am not the best at staying on top of these things with work n'all, but I love the idea of blogging and keeping in touch with friends, family, and having something that you can go back on and read. It's kind of like a journal/scrapbook!!

So this weekend, a few of my friends and our spouses went to this Halloween Party in Traverse Mountain. It was so fun! I laughed the whole night.....here's some pics:

Can you guess what these three burly men are?

Our son Brandt is turning 3 years old next month - Holy Crap that is so weird!

So last week I was quizzing him about his age and what he thinks about it. Check out this little video:

So as I'm filling in my blog here this morning, I am also sipping my hot cup of tea. Wow, can I just say that it is quite the "Pick Me Upper" I have been drinking this tea now for 5 years almost every morning. Remember Char Char?? Back when I had a roommate (Charlee) we started the tradition then, and it's still going strong. Cheers!

Lastly, my Grandpa passed away last month (Grandpola) - he was the only grandpa I really had and I miss him very much. He was the one that supported me the most in my singing career (next to parents) and pushed me constantly to do more. He always said:

"You never know...you could run into Frank Sinatra today!"

Grandpa, just want you to know that I'm always thinking of you.