Journal http://www.alotofstevens.com/journal.asp en-us It’s been an annual tradition that every summer we visit our uncle, aunt, and cousins in San Diego. I look forward to each visit very much—it’s one of the highlights of my year. :) In fact, a few of us were counting down the days until we would leave for their house. Philip and Timmy would get in be http://www.alotofstevens.com/journal.asp?EntryID=55 Julianna Faith Johnson was born yesterday, August 4, 2007 at 8:40 am! She weighed 9 lbs. 6 oz and measured 21 1/4 inches long. To view more pictures, visit Tom and Katie's website: http://www.alotofstevens.com/journal.asp?EntryID=54 This morning we got up and did our usual schedule. Then a very exciting thing happened. Daddy came home early from work to take Paul, Philip, and me on a picnic. Rachel, Rebecca, and Mama made a lunch for us of hot dog sandwiches, cookies, and grapes. Daddy put the lunch in his bike basket and http://www.alotofstevens.com/journal.asp?EntryID=53 Yesterday I had the pleasure of taking Cheri, Rachel and Rebecca to Descanso Gardens in La Canada. I never knew this place was here, even though it is at the base of the mountains I hiked all over in my younger years. It was fun to see how much the girls enjoyed the roses, especially Che http://www.alotofstevens.com/journal.asp?EntryID=52 Well! I’d say it’s been a long time since we’ve updated! TOO long! A lot of things have happened since then! Katie, Kyle, Rebecca, Paul, Timmy, Michael, Bethany, and I have all gone up an age, and Andrew and Tom will tomorrow and the day after that. Spring is birthday time for our family. :) http://www.alotofstevens.com/journal.asp?EntryID=51 We've been slacking lately with journal entries so I'm thinking it is about time to write another one. :) A couple of days after Christmas, Kyle and I went camping for a few days with Kevin and Stephen Weston. We had a lot of fun filming, hiking and enjoying the outdoors. On our last day there http://www.alotofstevens.com/journal.asp?EntryID=50 Dear Friends and Family, I hope this New Year finds you all rejoicing in the Lord and doing His will! This is the first year I’ve ever written and sent out a family newsletter. As you may soon be able to tell, this is Rachel, and I’m going to be writing about my family and what th http://www.alotofstevens.com/journal.asp?EntryID=49 When Thanksgiving morning dawned, we were up and about the house, getting ourselves ready for the day. We then went to the Thanksgiving service held at our church each year and enjoyed a very special time with our church family. After it was over and Jonathan and Kyle had finished brass practice we http://www.alotofstevens.com/journal.asp?EntryID=48 We had our church Men’s Retreat the past weekend and we definitely enjoyed it a lot. We turned Saturday into a family conference so even some of the girls in our family and lots of families at church got to enjoy our special speaker Otto Koning. I’ll talk about that a little later. On Fri http://www.alotofstevens.com/journal.asp?EntryID=47 On Saturday we had a lot of fun moving Tom and Katie to their newly rented house. We were all pretty tired out at the end of the day, because when you run up and down the three flights of stairs leading to their apartment, you get lots of exercise. We love their new house, and I think Michael does http://www.alotofstevens.com/journal.asp?EntryID=45