Our good friends, the Burrups, from Rexburg are staying just a couple of hours from us, so we took a little trip to see them! We went to Downtown Disney since their hotel is right across the street. We had a blast! We miss you already Aaron and Vivian!!











We were also able to spend time with this cutie!



Jack holding Mark for the first time.



We watched Sarah play volleyball and then celebrated Will's 11th birthday. Happy Bithday Will!!!



Out to dinner with the family



We had such a fun weekend! Can't wait until we visit again!

Mark James

My sister Ann-Marie had her beautiful baby boy last week. I was at the hospital with them and was in charge of taking the pictures. Here are a few.

Introducing Mark James Stewart
Born September 2nd weighing 8 pounds 5 ounces


I love these two!

Proud Auntie!



Congrats Ann-Marie and Jimmy! We are so happy for you guys!

U.S. Open

Yesterday we went to the U.S. Open to watch our Uncle Tyler surf. He surfed in the longboard invitational and we were able to get passes to watch him and go into the athletes tent. Tyler did awesome and made it to the final round, which was today. We had a blast watching him and all the other pro-surfers. Jack and Jimmy were in heaven! They got pictures with their favorite surfers and were so excited the whole day!



Here is Jack and Jimmy with Kelly Slater. This was just after he finished his heat and was back by the showers. They didn't stop smiling the rest of the day!



We were able to see Rob Machado. He was so cool!




Ann-Marie and I with long-boarding legend Joel Tudor.



Here is our uncle, Tyler Hatzikian.




Kelly Slater




Jack got this cool picture of Kelly surfing under the pier. The crowd went crazy when Kelly stayed on the wave and went under the pier.



These next few pictures are of Rob Machado. He was so fun to watch.




Joel Tudor hanging ten.



Mick Fanning



Thanks to Kathy and Tyler for making it such an amazing day!

Happy 4th!

This year we went to the Hollywood Bowl on the 3rd and watched an amazing fireworks show while listening to some great patriotic music by the L.A. Philharmonic and Vince Gill (who was actually really good!). Thanks Mom and Dad for letting us tag along with you!

Goodbye Oregon.. Hello California

So we have been really busy lately! When we were in Washington D.C. we got a call from Jack's boss offering him a position in California. We could not pass on this great opportunity to transfer closer to family so we decided to go with it. We found out on a Friday and he left that Monday. It all happened very fast. I stayed in La Grande for a month finishing up with my job. It was so hard to be away from Jack for so long.

I took this picture when we were in D.C. and he was on the phone with his boss. I thought it might be a moment we would want to remember, and it was!


This was the morning Jack left to California. We wanted to have some pictures to remember La Grande.


Below is a picture of Jack's building in La Grande. Jack was able to come back for a few days to pick up his car. When he came back we went out to lunch with his staff at Vista. It was so fun!


The next day we went out with my boss Jo, her husband Mick, and Sean from the Milton-Freewater building. We were able to get to know them all really well and will miss them a lot!



So my amazing mother called me a few days before I was getting ready to move to let me know she was flying to Oregon to drive back with me! I was so surprised, isn't she great? We had a blast! It was such a fun trip! We made a ton of fun stops and I loved every minute of it. The 20 hour drive flew by so fast! Thanks mom, I love you!!!





Now we are in California and I am looking for a place to live. We are living in a hotel and our stuff is in a storage unit so it will be nice once we find a place. Jack is working hard at his new building and loving it. Last weekend we were able to visit some family and it was so nice to see everyone. Here are some pictures from last weekend's adventures...








This was the first time we have been back to the L.A. temple since we were married. It was neat to walk the grounds at night.

That night we went to Diddy Riese. It is an amazing ice cream sandwich shop. You get to pick the cookies you want and the ice cream flavor. It is right next to UCLA. It was so good! I got a chocolate chip cookie with mint chip ice cream. Yum!

On Father's Day we had a relaxing day at the park with the family then went to visit G&G Webster. It was so fun! I cannot believe we are only a few hours away now.






It is so great to be home in California once again and we are so excited for the upcoming adventures!