PARTY ARRR ARRRrrrrr.....

We have had a summer full of Pirate Birthday Parties. Starting off with Aunt Amanda and little cousin Bowen. Lots of yummy chocolate cake.....

Pirate games and presents....Fireworks....

Then on to Easton's in UT. We celebrated at Pirate Island...

With a huge pizza and more games...

Then back in ID we celebrated some more for my little pirate dudes, Porter and Brody... digging up gold and rubies...... Making sand mermaids and the smiling sandman.... Went hunting for the hidden treasure..... Decorated cupcake sea-monsters.... And opened lots more presents...

Then back at Grandma and Grandpa McCombs', more celebration with all the cousins and Aunts and Uncles on Mom's side of the family...... Can you say SPOILED ROTTEN?????

My Cutest Most Favorite "July" Birthday Boys In The Whole WORLD.....LOVE THAT THEY LOOK SO MUCH LIKE THERE CUTE DAD!!!!

We have survived a whole year....

I can not believe we have survived a whole year without my most favorite boy in the whole world. I would have to say what I miss the most is his is smile, laugh and sense of humor that filled our home. I am so blessed to have my other four favorite boys in the world that have a little piece of Trev in each one. I am so scared that these sweet little boys are going to forget what an amazing father, husband and person their sweet Dad is. It just brakes my heart that they have to live through this life without him. Trevor made everything in life better for us no matter how hard the situation. I wish so much I could be more like Trevor, but everyday I fall so short of even coming close to the person that he is. I love him so much and can't wait to be with him again. The boys and I have been thinking of some of our favorite memories with Trevor today. Garrett said his favorite memory was, "Dad coming in really early in the morning and waking him up and having him wear a roof top solution shirt, (like his Dad and probably matching shorts), and taking him to work for the day before anyone else was awake." Porter's favorite memory was, "him at our birthday parties." Trevor was always a big part of putting together the boys birthday party. He helped me make the cakes and everything. The birthday we liked to talk about today was Porter's ninja turtle party where Trev colored the milk in their cereal green so they could have mutant milk and same with the frosting on the cinnamon rolls he made. Brody had something I couldn't quite decipher but he wanted to go on and on about his favorite things about, "MY DADDY". He was very upset when I tried to move on to Mason and he wasn't done yet. Mason said he loved him at the birthday parties too. For Mason's birthday we did a pirate party and Trev put on a fun treasure hunt with the boys and made the coolest map too. He even tore it up and burnt the edges to make it look really old. Trevor was really such a fun Dad and just ate up his little boys. He was always so proud of them and I know he still is today. Trevor is my favorite everything. But the one I have thought about a lot on and off lately is one that I was reminded of at church when a couple that was sitting in front of me nudged each other and then took the kids that were next to them and moved them to their other side so they could sit next to each other. Trevor before we ever had kids told me he never wanted our kids to sit between us. He didn't like the idea of our kids getting in between us and us not staying attached to each other like when you are first married. He many times through out our church going days would do just as the couple in front of me. He'd nudge me and we would move the kids so we could sit next to each other. He all our marriage would say, "I feel like your so far away!" and then he would pull me next to him so we were touching and hold my hand. I am so grateful for his example to me of how to love so perfectly. I know I will always fall short but I will still try to be a little more like Trev each day. I love you BIG love!!

TEAM STEPHENSON...

I wanted to start posting some of the things we have been up to this summer. I feel bad I am so behind. My camera is broken and I need to go and get it fixed so I have been stealing pictures off of other peoples camera. So unfortunately these posts aren't going to be in perfect order but what do you do??? A couple of days after Trev's birthday the boys and I headed to UT for our first family trip without Trevor. It was a wonderful trip but also a very emotional trip for me. The drive there was really hard besides that fact that I am not much of a driver and I get so, So, SO sleepy. As we drove and headed towards UT, a trip Trevor and I have taken many times in our married life, I couldn't help but have such an empty and lonely feeling without my best friend by my side. Those are the times that you think you are doing good and it just comes and slaps you in the face. I thought the trip might be a little difficult but I wasn't thinking it would be the drive that hurt the worst. I do pretty good if I have prepared myself knowing something might be difficult. It is the times that you haven't mentally prepared yourself that feels like it jumps out of nowhere. Trevor and I loved to take trips and the adventure of it all. I have never in my life known a better traveler and driver as Trevor. He was pretty much a super hero when it came to driving long distances and being able to stay awake. We drove to TX from WA and back a couple of times and that is a 30 hr+ drive that he could do on his own. Driving straight there no stopping for a nights sleep and me never touching the steering wheel. Our trips will never be the same without him. The boys were really good while we traveled and I have a wonderful visiting teacher who packed us a very huge, yummy lunch and snacks for our trip. We are so spoiled. We were also lucky enough to get to follow Trev's sister, Amanda, down to UT and have her little man Easton come and entertain my kids for part of the trip, which was really nice since we don't have a DVD player in our van. We were able to go stay and play with my sweet friend Lisa and her cute family while also spending lots of time with Trev's family as Trevor's grandparents were celebrating their 60TH wedding anniversary. One of the big events that was on the list of things to do was race in the Freedom 1/2 Marathon in Salt Lake City on the 4TH of July. It was quite the event with our Team Stephenson shirts in honor and memory of Trevie. It was so fun to have so many people to run with and participate in the race. I am sure Trev was looking down on us laughing and at the same time so happy that we would all run with shirts the say WHEEEEE on the back of them in his memory. Trevor is so loved and missed. I wish so much I could see that great smile of his in person and squeeze him tight. The problem he is going to have when I see him again is that I might never be able to let him go again. I love you Trev.



The picture above is before we ran the big race and below it is all of my sweet sister in-laws. Everyone that participated in the running of the race was Trevor's Dad, Trevor's sister Amanda and her husband Bob, Trevor's sister Emily and her husband Matt and Matt's Dad, Trevor's and my sister in-law Megan and my good friend Lisa and me. It was really a fun experience and one we hope to make a tradition.

We look funny because we are all twirling our finger like Trev would do as we say, "WHEEEEEE!!!"The fronts say TEAM STEPHENSON 2011 and the backs say Wheeeee! In memory of Trevor.