STOKES FAMILY PICTURE

ANDY'S SISTER CAME DOWN FOR CHRISTMAS WITH HER LITTLE BUT BIG FAMILY. HER AND HER HUSBAND WERE BLESSED WITH 4 BABIES, SO WE GIVE THEM LOTS OF THANKS FOR TRAVELING A 5 HOUR DRIVE WHICH TOOK 9 HOURS JUST TO SPEND CHRISTMAS WITH US!!! WE LOVE THEM!!! SO WE DECIDED IT WAS TIME FOR SOME NEW FAMILY PICTURES WITH THE WHOLE CREW!!!

*OUR LITTLE FAMILY

*PICTURE WITH THE 5 NEW ADDITIONS!!!

Christmas Day with the AhQuins...

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE STOKES

BUT OF COURSE ITS US AGAIN!

Christmas Day we spent with my family at my brothers church!!! it was a blast we ate lots played games like big kids and sand christmas songs!!! oh the memories of when we were younger flood back, of the good ol days of christmas with the cusions at the stake center. So glad to be able to share it with our kids now!!! I made all the couples share a Christmas kiss...enjoy! muah!!!!!

andy and tia

my mom and dad

tonya and brian

joe and janette

max and sunny

clay and juilee

my niece sydnee reminds me of me when i was younger...always watching he babies

these are my other posin buddies my nieces

cec and keawve, tia and major, cam and ness

see what i mean here we are again

Christmas Morning!!!

Our First Christmas as a married couple and with our little guy major!!! It was awesome and such a memoriable experience. My wonderful husband surprised me with a "grip" of black frames he made for me with pictures of our little family. and I got him a Wii!!! and Major was spoiled rotten of course. Andy also made two beautiful huge frames for both of our parents, which you can see behind Amber. His parents loved them!!! Such a good morning we did our little thing, then went next door and did christmas with andy's family, then had a fun filled day with mine. Such a good time and a wonderful Christmas Spirit when family is near!
*Amber and one of her many babies on christmas moring( Andy's sister)

*RISE AND SHINE SUNSHINE

* MY BOYS PRATICALLY SLEPT THROUGH CHRISTMAS MORNING!!! SNOOZIN AWAY

MY CUTE BROTHER ADAM GOT MARRIED

SO A COUPLE WEEKS AGO ON THE 19TH OF DECEMBER WE WERE ABLE TO WITNESS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING EVER!!!! MY
DEAR BROTHER ADAM WAS MARRIED IN THE TEMPLE TO BECA!!! WE LOVE THEM BOTH AND SO THRILLED FOR THEIR NEW LIFE TOGETHER!!! CONGRATULATIONS ADAM AND BECA AHQUIN!


*QUICK FAMILY PICTURE, MY SISTER THOUGHT IT WOULD BE CUTE WITH THAT PRESENT I'M HOLDING:)

* ALL OF US MAKING WORK FUN!!!! LIKE USUAL....CAMBRIA, TONYA, TIA, KIANA, AND CEC ....UM CRAZY 3 OF THOSE GIRLS ARE MY NIECES

* HA HA NO MATTER WHAT FAMILY EVENT WE'RE AT US GIRLS ARE ALWAYS POSING!!! WE DON'T LOVE THE CAMERA OR ANYTHING.....

IRENE, TONYA, AND TIA

* ALL OF OUR CUTE SPOUSES

* OUR BEAUTIFUL 7 BROTHERS AND SISTERS- IRENE, TIA, TONYA, ADAM, BECA, SONNYBOY, MAX, AND JOE. WE ARE SO BLESSED TO ALL BE SO CLOSE

*THE WHOLE AHQUIN FAMILY WITH ADAM AND BECA

*IRENE, TONYA , ADAM AND TIA

1st time away...

Well being a new mommy of my little 2 monther, like most ive never been away from Major no longer than a couple of hours. So this past weekend was an quite an experience........

So Ive been with USA for the past 4 yrs. off and on well i had the opportunity to travel to Denver on Fri and put on a dance/cheer clinic all day on sat. and perform at the Nuggets game that night. Well being a new mom Im obviously breast feeding well i couldnt bring my baby and well i forgot my pump!!! Ah....so lets just make a long story short i danced all day with what it felt like a new boob job! They were huge, they were hard as rocks, and hurt like hannah!!!! and not to mention leaking everywhere!!!! It was awesome...NOT!!! So by 5pm our awesome Director Kathy Jo and Medic Vanessa felt my pain Kathy being a mom herself, went and purchased a pump for me!!! I was relieved....literally! So that night i was able to dance and perform feeling normal!!!! It felt great!!! I had a great time with the crew and was stoked to get back to my boys that night!

My flight left that night @ 8:50 and i landed in Las Vegas @ 10:30. Andy surpised me and was there to pick me up! i thought i was gonna have to take the shuttle and not too excited about it, but my cute husband was there @ the baggage claim for me. Oh i love him...

That weekend was also special for us (12/14) because it was our first date!!! Gosh, im so blessed to have him in my life and i totally believe when the time is right with the right person in the right place....WHY WAIT?! So good to be back

Our Christmas Tradition!!!

Ok .....for everyone that knows me knows that i like to do things a little different. I dont like to follow the trends i like to set my own or just do my own thing. So this year for Christmas we were having a hard time deciding what to do with our christmas tree because i wanted to do something different, but every time we'd go look for ornaments i wouldnt get anything because everything looked like what everyone else does. So we decided to make our tree one of our family traditions. So every Christmas we are just adding one new ornament to our tree as a family that describes us or something we all enjoy. We all have to pick it out and agree on one special ornament to put on the tree! So this yr. we have 2 ornaments the one i bought Andy last yr. when we were dating and our this yrs. ornament that we picked out together. Its Po and Shifu from Kung fu Panda....for all who've seen it and know me and Andy, well im Po and Andy is Shifu.....lol!!! So our tree definitley looks different from the rest pretty bare on the surface but ALWAYS full of memories. Its not just a tree with ornaments , its a Memory
*The First Stokes Family ornament Po and Shifu

* Our first ornament...i got this last yr. for Andy when we were dating. Good ol Dean Martin singing "Everybody loves somebody sometime"

Paranoid Mama.... Thats me!!!

So.............Andy's second job is Titanium inc. which is our little training business and yesterday Andy had a training up at the high school and well Major and i decided we wanted to go with and walk the track. Well it was just a little chilly outside but being the paranoid mom that i am i put my kid in this thick snow suit!!!! All was well he stayed nice and cozy and warm in his stroller along with 3 blankets...haha the joys of being a new mom!!!! But when i put him in his car seat it was too funny i had to take some pics....so eat your heart out ladies....lol


* he loves it.....

* Major in his Marshmallow cover....too cute i couldnt resist

More blessing pictures

Can you tell i just love him , i just wanna post all his pictures...haha!!!

*Major in his blessing suit before the vest...

*Family picture

*Andy taking care of Major

Family filled weekend part2

We had the great experience of blessing Thomas Major this past Sunday the 7th in our ward! He looked so cute Andy picked out his little suit and dressed him. He is such a good dad! All of my family came to support like usual and Andy's family is in our ward, it was nice to have all the family there. Major was blessed by Andy and his grandpa's and ALL his uncles. Andy said Major was just staring at him the whole time. He is such a blessing to our lives.

*Andy and Major!!!!





* Me and Major in his blessing outfit right before church



* Ha!!! this is a typical Andy and Tia!!!!

We were also able to attend Ammon my oldest brother Clays little boys baptism. It was a good time with the family and of course we ate and took lots of pics.!!!! i Just love my family so much and love the closeness we all share. All 7 of us brothers and sisters are all very close, its awesome!

* Couple picture

*All 17 grandkids with grandma and grandpa

* All of our beautiful whities......who said we were racist???lol

Brian, Sunshine, Janette, mom, dad, Julie, Beca, Andy

* Of Course the AhQuin family is always taking family pictures....we love pictures!

After Ammons baptism

Thomas Major's MAJOR growth spurt!!!!

So Our little Major is 2 months and i can not believe how fast he's growing up right before my eyes. Its kind of sad because before i know it he wont wanna just hang out with mom all day. But im excited to watch him become a handsome young man! He just had his 2 month app. and already at 13.5 lbs and 25 in. long!!! Dr. Nygard said he didn't get his size from his maternal uncles thats for sure....lol but we are so glad we get to go through life with this beautiful , healthy, big bundle of joy!!!!

*sleepin little Major , Andy hates this purple blanket because sometimes people ask if he's a boy or girl when we use it!!! haha

*Sleepin with dad, i cant believe how big he's gotten, kinda makes me sad

*Majors model pose...lol

* Major loves pictures like his mom

*Andy and Major on Halloween. Aunty aka Grandma Tonya bought Major his Little Tigger costume. He loved it!

*Sleepin boy....

*Major 2 days old check out his little shoes

Thomas Major Keaunui Stokes

* Little cone head , he's staring @ Andy

* Little Major

* Such an amazing experience...we just love him

*Major and Dad....Andy is very protective

*Our new little family

*sorry i dont know how to rotate....but this is the day before i popped 38wks.

Since ive been super horrible at this blog thing for the past 4 months here's our little pride and joy the past 2 months. Actually its not my fault its the internets fault!!! just to set the record straight our internet has a mind of its own and works when it wants!

Our little Thomas Major Keaunui was born Oct. 6th, 2 weeks early @ 5;39pm weighing in @ 7lbs 6ounces and 21 in. long. Major came out with his hand drapped over his shoulder and Andy said " is that his hand?" because they were huge along with his feet and tons of dark hair. i knew then that was my calling on this earth...was to be a mom and i am so grateful to my father in Heaven for trusting Andy and i with one of his prized possesions.