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Hello from Gerry and Kelly
Hello Everyone> I am quite puzzled right now because I just wrote a letter to this web site and it is gone. I don't have time to rewrite it so if this one comes through, I will try again when I have more time. Love Gerry March 11, 1999
- Thursday, March 11, 1999 at 14:05:26 (PST)
Author: gerkel1@aol.com
Hello from Gerry and Kelly
March 11,1999 Hello Everyone!! What news! Congrats to Deb and Mike and Alan and Lisa on our newest member's of the family. As Grandma would say, "Oh the dear little angels!!". It sounds as though our family continues to be blessed with love and many activities. We are gearing up here for Jeff's graduation from Waterford Kettering. He will be going to Oakland Community College in the fall to study Business. We just got him a new pick up truck and he is in 7th heaven. Ben is going to be doing West Side Story at his school. He is going to be Rif which is the same role Gary Hull played at Milford High School. He is currently teaching Drama to elementary kids for the West Bloomfield Schools. They are both working and have girlfriends. We see them once in a while but not too much. I have been very busy at Lear Corp. I have been working many hours and I am the vacation coordinator for about 150 people. It is trying sometimes but I do enjoy getting off the line sometimes to work in the office.
- Thursday, March 11, 1999 at 13:50:46 (PST)
Author: gerkel1@aol.com
A BIG CONGRATULATIONS! (Wow What a flurry! :-)
Dear Family, Congratulations to you Michael and Debbie!!!! And welcome to the world Michael Paul! Wow, how exciting! It's such a pleasure to find out about such news! I'm thankful for this technology and Esther and Tom's orginal idea about the circle letter. This letter has really hit home, it has really brought me so much into the fold of what's going on with the family. I wait with anticipation for news to appear here and it does....it's such a tremendous pleasure. It's funny to see the flurry of activity at the announcement of the Michael Paul. You can tell that everyone is excited. It'll be such a treat to see your new baby at Jenny's wedding Michael and Debbie. What a thoughtful thing out you to do Michael, make a tape for Debbie and give your mom and dad a copy. To Michael Paul, may you live a happy and prosperous life (and that goes for the rest of the family as well)! Ok, much love for you all!!! -Scott
- Wednesday, March 10, 1999 at 13:34:31 (PST)
Author: sstevens@santarosa.edu
Welcome Great Grand # 30!!
Welcome to the family Michael Paul!!! Congrats Mike, Debbie,Julia and Jessie! To answer you question Uncle Dan - Michael Paul is the 30th Great Grand child. Lisa's Baby, born Feb. 23, named Roxanne is # 29. Congrats also to Lisa and Allen and Charlene! As I like keeping track of the numbers here is the lowdown on the family as I see it. (From a geanology perspective) 12 Kids 14 spouses (includes Sandy and Tom of course, that's why it's 14 not 12) 38 Grandkids 14 Grandkid spouses 8 Step Grandkids 2 Step Grandkid spouses 30 Great Grandkids 10 Step Grandkids total Family = 128 And with upcoming weddings this number will be growing as I see it by 3 And we've only just barely scratched the surface of grandkids getting married.
- Wednesday, March 10, 1999 at 10:37:45 (PST)
Author: Tstevens@visteon.con
Welcome Baby Mikey-
We at the Marshall home are very excited about our latest addition!! I spoke to Mike and Debbie this morning around 8:30 am, and as usual I was getting very impatient around 9 :45 so I called again!! The phone rang for a long time and then finally a nurse picked it up, said they were kind of busy and to call back in a 1/2 hour!! I could hear a newborn crying but assumed that it was someone elses!! What a great suprise for me to find out that I had Heard baby Mikey's first cry!! It is really hard living so far away at times like this, but that made it much easier for us!! We are looking forward to everyone come to the east for Jenny's wedding!!
- Wednesday, March 10, 1999 at 09:29:27 (PST)
Author: mandk@shore.intercom.net
Congratz to Mike and Debbie
Congratulations to Debbie (you did all the work) and Mike (well, you know what you did!) Glad to hear that Michael Paul was delivered safe and sound. What does that make now, 20 -30 greatgrandkids? Pretty soon the ggkids will outnumber the grandkids. Make sure you take a picture of that crop of dark hair. If he's anything like the majority of us follicly challenged Stevensons, he won't have it long. : ) Take care of yourselve and your newest angel. Love, Uncle Dan
- Wednesday, March 10, 1999 at 09:13:03 (PST)
Author: gorecop@aol.com
HOORAY BETH HAS JOINED THE CIRCLE LETTER
Hooray, Beth has joined the circle letter! ıııııııııııııııııııııııı Man, this Circle letter has taken off. Scott, the family web miester is doing a fantastic job making the form easer and easer to use. Thank Scott. I can hardly beleive how many letter have accrued on this site since the last time I made a entry. I need to read them before doing any more Writing. love you all James [:-)>
- Wednesday, March 10, 1999 at 08:39:58 (PST)
Author: suunshine@ sonic.net
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHAEL PAUL ! !
Happy Birthday to You Happy Birthday to You Happy Birthday Dear MICHAEL PAUL HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ! ! Well Michael your a little young to read this letter but in your life you will probally recieve many birthday greetings, my hope is that this is one of the first of many that you will recieve. All my love Your Great Uncle James I. Stevenson [:-)>
- Wednesday, March 10, 1999 at 08:22:40 (PST)
Author: sunshine@sonic.net
The Circle Of Life Continues...
March 10, 1999 10:15 a.m. God's in His Heaven; all's right with the world ! Michael Paul Stevenson was born today at 9:42 a.m. I just talked with Michael and Debbie, and baby Michael is safely in their arms. He weighed in at 8 lbs, 14 oz. and is 22 inches long. They said that he has dark hair and at this point seems to look like Julia. Our thoughts and prayers are and have been with them ! LIFE IS GOOD ! Thank you, Jesus, for another miracle. My love to all, let's spend the day counting our blessings ! Esther
- Wednesday, March 10, 1999 at 07:28:08 (PST)
Author: tomnesther@aol.com
A New Baby Very Soon !
March 10, 1999.....9:00 a.m. Hello Family! What a cool tool this circle letter is to share good news of new life! As I am writing this, I am waiting for a phone call from Michael telling me that his and Debbie's baby has been born. While I am waiting, I am listening to a tape that Michael put together as a surprise for Debbie. It consists of many of their special songs; he will play if for her while she is in labor. It is so sweet and meaningful, that I am here, alone, crying happy tears. Some of the songs are "Breath of Heaven" by Amy Grant; "The Greatest Discovery" by Elton John; "The Day" by Baby Face; "Circle of Life"; "In This Life" by Terry Stevenson!; "Coming Out of the Dark"; "Your Smiling Face"; "A Whole New World: by Nancy and Mary; "Consider Yourself At Home" which was playing on the radio when Tom and I brought Michael home from the hospital when he was born ! ; "A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes"; "Surely The Presence of the Lord Is In This Place: by Nancy; and the last song is "Signed, Sealed and Delivered, I'm Yours. This is the first time that Tom and I haven't been right at the hospital when one of our grandbabies was born. Hearing all of this wonderful, meaningful music as Michael and Debbie are, is really a big help to me. I feel that we are "kind of" with them. I will get back to you as soon as I get "the call". Everyone please say a little prayer while we are waiting. Thanks ! Love, Esther
- Wednesday, March 10, 1999 at 06:18:20 (PST)
Author: tomnesther@aol.com
Maryland Hotel Information
Hello Family: Greetings from Maryland! Here is the phone number for the hotel. 1-800-627-5337 Sleep Inn Route 50 Salisbury Maryland The rooms are booked under Stevenson/Palmer. I am so excited the response I have received from so many of you already, (and I haven't even mailed the invitations yet.) How fun! Please, please pass the word to anyone who isn't connected online. This is an event where all Cousins, Aunts, Uncles, etc... are invited, so I am trying not to miss letting anyone know. We can't wait to see you all! For those of you interested in golfing the weekend of the wedding, please email Chris. his internet address is palmer623@aol.com or call him at work - 410-546-0846. he is planning golf outings for Friday and Saturday morning. Love to everyone, Jenny
- Tuesday, March 09, 1999 at 18:49:59 (PST)
Author: jesnbarley@aol.com
Update on Jeanne's Dad :)
Sorry I forgot to answer Scott's question about Jeanne's Dad. He had a sextuple heart by-pass this summer. It went extremely well. Went back to work this fall and I am happy to report that he is doing FANTASTIC!!!!!!! It is so incredible to see the difference in him. We are going to get to keep him for a long, long time. And that is a great thing. His 5 grandkids are excited about that too... They are crazy about their "papa". Thanks for asking Scott,and MANY MANY Thank You's to all those who have kept in in your prayers. They have been ANSWERED ten fold. Love, Tommy
- Monday, March 08, 1999 at 06:14:36 (PST)
Author: tstevens@visteon.com
Notes from Nancy & the Lyons Bunch!!
Thanks Scott - you've made this an awsome tool for family communication and I feel I can speak for all of us WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT!!!! THANKS XO Well as you can imagine things are really hopping around this household - never a dull moment here. I LOVE IT! So happy to have you back in Michigan Sal! We've had so much fun while you visiting - let's keep doing that! How Awsome is that Teeg! Can't wait to hear it! I want 2 CD's I just have to get my butt in gear and mail it out! Hey... so does Felicity sleep with the CUTE art guy??? loving the show - all of us. Well I just got back from a christmas present vacation, all by myself - I just feel bad that I didn't get a chance to see uncle Dan & aunt Nancy. Matt gave me a trip to Tucson, Arizona to see my sister, Angel Boudreau, she had a little baby last May and I haven't seen him yet. We had a blast. The first day, I was able to spend the day with my Cousin Kelly Boudreau - she asked about you Terry (if you ever read these??) that was nice. The next day I went to Tucson, only to catch a plane out to LAS VEGAS!! I've never been there - wow it's like make believe for adults. The hotels were so cool! Angel has an aunt there, Kelly Belknap, we were best friends in Junion High - so it was nice visiting here, but not for long, we were only there for 2 nights one day - so I didn't get a chance to see Uncle Bill either :o< I played a lot of Roulette (sp?) for hours and I left with $2.00 - That's the only game I enjoy playing, I started to learn Craps, maybe next time... Then back to Tucson and visit. We went to Nogalas, Mexico to do some shopping - You can get the coolest stuff there for so cheap! It was a little hard to haul everything home, but I managed. I bought a lot of suveniours, well I have a lot of people to buy suveniours for! Hey Scott, sounds pretty incredible, the stuff your wanting to work on and with - I love high tech things - suppose that's why I worked with computers at Chrysler. Intregues me, being new stuff - bet it's the same way for you. Keep us updated! Matt & I and most likely Luke, will be going to the wedding, well we want to any way. My mom & brian will probably be going to and well, she's my Luke watcher. So if we do go, I'll be needing one of those sitters, jenny, thanks for thinking of them for us parents. Looking forward to seeing everyone again - I love these out of town party/weddings. I think it would be way cool if we all took a cruise to someplace together. They have family reunions on the ships all the time, I guess. Well something to think about anyway... The kids are busy busy people! but we still manage to have a sit down family dinner every night - that's real important and gives a chance to all catch up with each other. Natalie is practically living at her dance studio - she is an assistant dance teacher on top of her billion classes, well she's in 8 classes, 5 of them she will be doing competitions on. her first BIG competition is this sunday, she'll be dancing all 5 of the dance lines, I love it! She's been dancing since she was 3 years old, and she's now 14 years old - she's incredible to watch!! I must say :o> She has big plans for her future - she wants to go to Merimont College for the performing arts in Manhatten, NY - i'm sure she'll change her mind, but for now... she likes the thought of shopping in Manhatten - she's a typical girl. She does have back up plans for when she too old to dance (that's what she said) she wants to be a school teacher - that has been in her since first grade - so I'm not so sure she'll change her mind. My little Bobby will be going to England, Copenhagen, Denmark, Norway & Sweden for 3 weeks this summer. He was chosen to be a People to People Ambassador - he's really excited. 35 kids were picked from this delegation to go, he will also be earning a high school credit for it, so it's really educational as well! Eric & Bobby are both in Wresteling - Jake's doing Track and still doing honor roll stuff at Catholic Central in his Junior Year. Courtney is going to take up Tennis, Natalie & Jenni want to too. Jenni is taking a dance class and loving it. That leaves the babe! He is a blast! Personality Plus - He's a bit spoiled, I'm constantly having to remind Matt that he's ours not our grandchild, we have to keep him!! to be honest I'm just as bad - it's so hard not too! He's loved by all - soooo much. He says the funniest things, as all 2 year olds do! Sounds like Dillon is catching up to my brute - @ 24 months, he weighed in at 35 lbs and was 37.5 inches. They say to double the height and 2 and that's the adult height, which would make Luke 6'3'' - big kid - That's what Jake is 6'3'' Glad to know we have new family joining the internet world. It's a blast, welcome BETH! I love to hear what is going on in everyone's lives - i think that's so cool, and without this vehicle it wouldn't really happen! Well till next time - sorry this was so long, but when you have so many people to talk about that's what you get LOVE YOU ALL!!! lil Nancy
- Thursday, March 04, 1999 at 10:36:28 (PST)
Author: lyonsbunch@aol.com
A Great New System For Letters!
Hello Folks, Scott here, I've completely reworked the circle letter submission program. It is now possible to have a preview of your page which allows you to confirm that you didn't make any errors in the letter. If you see an error it will be very simple to correct it. (Just goto the add a letter section and try it out!) This is partially in response to a letter that got posted numberous times....(that's why you folks got all of those notices)....this should correct that. Another thing...I changed the program around so that now what ever you type in should appear exactly as you typed it in. Let me demonstrate. <O> <O> V \_____/ It really wasn't possible to do that before! So now you can make up math equations like: 12345 +34567 ----- 46912 You get the idea. Also our postings will be more uniform. So that we don't tend to get text all over the place...hate that. Ok, I've got to go.....It's great to hear from people. Also, Tommy.....how's Jeanne's father? I guess you missed that question from before. Much love to everyone, -Scott
- Thursday, March 04, 1999 at 08:15:07 (PST)
Author: sstevens@santarosa.edu
Notes from Tommy/Jeanne
Hi everyone.
Wow lots of new activity. Welcome to the club Beth, I'll look forward
to hear how things are going for you with the music activities.
Things for us are going well. We are looking forward to our family get
together for the weekend in Frankenmuth over Easter weekend. Everyone ios
planning on coming to town. (My parents and my brothers/sisters and their
kids). We have been going to Frankenmuth every Easter weekend for the
past 25 years. We get a bank of adjoining hotel rooms and just play all
weekend long.
Jeanne and the kids are doing fine. Very busy with activities.
Sophie is in a group called "oddessy of the mind" at school (Jeanne is a
coach) where they use problem solving skills to act our a problem in a skit.
She is the main character and wrote most of the story/play. They have eight
minutes to perform and are judged against many other schools. She has her
competition this weekend in Grosse Point. The dress rehersal went very wel.
They have to do EVERYTHING themselves - no adults can help or suggest only
"guide".
Jeanne and Sophie also have their second piano recital the 21st of this
month. They each have two songs to perform and the best part is that
this year they are going to do a mother/daughter duet - to "Rock around
the clock". I'm really excited to hear that. They have both made so
much progress in the past year - it just amazes me. I'm even beginning
to play again.
Carly is busy with pre-school and ballet and Dillon is just plain fun, big
(about 32 pounds and 34 inches tall at 20 months old) and cute! He is talking
all the time - it's so fun. He recently got his first big boy haircut.
Well I better get back to work. Hope to read more letters soon.
- Thursday, March 04, 1999 at 05:57:55 (PST)
Author: tstevens@ford.com
Hi Everyone
Hi there everyone. I can't believe I actually found you. It took me long enough. Well, It's late on a Wednesday. I'm tired, so I'm going to bed. Now all I have to do is find the letters to read. Wish me luck. I'm new to this internet stuff. I love you all. Beth Stevenson
- Wednesday, March 03, 1999 at 19:28:13 (PST)
Author: bs63sings@aol.com
HAPPY ST. DAVID'S DAY
Hi Eveybody,
Here is a card for today March lst. Go to this site to check it out.
http://www.bluemountain.com/cards/box6253z/nzz5icw
Love to you all!
Suzanne
- Monday, March 01, 1999 at 13:08:06 (PST)
Author: sunshine@sonic.net
It's great to see all the Activity!
It's seems clear that having and announcement device for the web-circle
letter has made a lot of difference!!
It's such a great pleasure to read about everyone....especially with such
significant events going on in our lives.
Happy birtday to Debbie and Esther! (and to anyone else having a birthday this month.)
A BIG CONGRATULATIONS to Anthony James (T.J.) and Coal on the release of the second album....
I can't wait to get a copy. It was very cool to read the announcement of it's release here
on the circle letter. So I bet things have been hectic from you and Keri eh?
To Sally and Tony I hope your transition back to the U.S. goes smooth.
Tommy Stevenson (or Jeanne) how's Jeanne's father doing since the operation? Has he made
a complete recovery?
Nancy (lil Nan) How's the Lyons bunch doing?
Uncle Dan.....still waiting to get that update from you and Nancy (the Arizona branch)
on the letter here! (So Far we've heard from Matt...still waiting to hear from Andy as well)
Gerry, Kelly, Ben and Jeff how's your family doing?
Gregg and Laura, I bet Madison is having fun getting to know her cousins. ;-)
Mike (of Mike and Debbie) When calculating your mom's age...were you using the NEW MATH?
To Esther...so are you completely transistioned (unpacked and all) into Salisbury now?
Erin, if you're out there and reading these letters....add one (and hopefully we can hear from
your dad...Uncle Bill...as well.)
So who's all going to Jenny's wedding here in May....You'll be seeing me there.
Can't wait to see everyone (again ;-).
Things are going pretty good from me these days....I'm beginning to work with a
company that makes equipment for Vitual Realtiy Systems (motion tracking)
If all goes well (and they accept my proposal) I'll be revamping
(read....re-creating) their web-site. Their current site is at:
http://www.motionanalysis.com
I've been busy working on some 3D models that will go on their site.
You can see some of the work I've been doing here.
You'll need to get a plugin for your browser though from www.cosmosoftware.com first.
I'm pretty excited to be getting involved in the virtual reality and 3D graphics area
of the professional computing environment. I'll have more news about this as it develops.
I think I'm going to have to make a second circle letter and put this current letter on
archive (accessible of course from the web)....this letter is getting BIG!
Ok, look forward to hearing from people.
Much Love,
-The Scott Man
- Monday, March 01, 1999 at 00:54:56 (PST)
Author: sstevens@santarosa.edu
Belated Birthday Wishes
Hi everyone, just wanted to wish everyone who had a February birthday a happy belated birthday, Erin B, Kyle, Ester, Debbie , Martha, and Al and everyone or anyone else I forgot. We are winding down here in jolly ol' England with 36 days of company (can anyone say BURNED OUT ?£$^&*!!~@><+_)(^%£$?? ) Can't wait to come home and be bored (yea right ) in good old funkie Michigan. I love ya all Bye for now !! Love Sal xxoo
- Sunday, February 28, 1999 at 13:43:18 (PST)
Author: sallylucca@aol.com
A Birthday Guess
Hmm,
Let me think.
Today is February 27, 1999
Mom was born February 27, 1940
1999
-1940 = 29
Wow Mom (which by the way would read moM of you were standing on your head.)
You are almost 30!
Happy birthday, Mom!
We love you.
Mike and his girl collection.
- Saturday, February 27, 1999 at 17:16:08 (PST)
Author: debbienmike@hotmail.com
A Birthday Guess.
Esther's having a birthday too!!!
Rumor has it my favorite member of the Stevenson family is having a birthday also!!
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday Dear Esther!
Happy Birthday to you!!!!!
Try to guess how old she is . . . she was born on February 27th , 1940.
Good luck!!!
I love you Esther,
Your Sweet Darling Tom!!!
- Saturday, February 27, 1999 at 13:33:17 (PST)
Author: jesnbarley@aol.com
OK, so I'm 30!!!
Thanks to everybody for all of the birthday messages! There are NO secrets in this family, are there? Well, just so you all know, I (we) had a lovely day, and I'm still younger than a lot of you!! Mike can't brag about being married to a young girl in her twenties anymore, though!
It's 11:30 here, and I'm like 9 1/2 months pregnant (and 30), so I'm going to bed!
Thanks everyone!
Love, Debbie
- Thursday, February 25, 1999 at 20:38:16 (PST)
Author: debbienmike@hotmail.com
Debbie is HOW old ????
Happy Birthday Debora,
I don't remember.........exactly how old are you ??????
Hope your day is fun.
Love, the mother-in-law
- Thursday, February 25, 1999 at 08:33:01 (PST)
Author: tomnesther@aol.com
Happy 30th Debbie
Have a great day Debbie!!
Love,
Gregg & Laura
and the boys
- Wednesday, February 24, 1999 at 16:23:40 (PST)
Author: gljmd@pacbell.net
Debbie Stevenson
Happy Birthday to you.
Happy Birthday to you.
Happy Birthday Dear Debbie,
Happy Birthday to you!
XOXOXOXO,
Jenny and Barley
3030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030
- Wednesday, February 24, 1999 at 11:26:24 (PST)
Author: jesnbarley@aol.com
New LUCCAMUSIC
Hey Family Folks,
This is Anthony James (T.J) with a brief update from the proffessional independence frontline. As most of you know, last year I recorded an album entitled, "So Satisfied". Some of you were kind enough to support the cause and purchase a copy or two for yourselves. After performing for a year in promotion of the album I was approached by an independent label that wanted to get back into the studio and co-produce a second Tony Lucca project with me. The album consists of five previously released songs and six entirely new songs. We just tried another approach altogether in the hopes of getting the major labels interested. Long story short, I've got copies for sale. They go for $15.00 and that includes shipping and handeling. You can download order forms from my web site at www.tonylucca.com or just send a check or money order to:
LUCCAMUSIC
15332 Antioch St. #130
Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
Once again Colin Garlak is on the album and I trust you'll all have as much fun listening to this recording as we had making it. Well, almost. Spread the word and the hope that some day soon you'll be able to purchase LUCCAMUSIC at your local record stores. For now...
It was great to see all of you at Ami Jane's wedding. Word has it that they're still happily married. With a wedding like that, it's hard to imagine anything else. It meant so much to my family that everyone was able to make it. So sincerely, thank you. Those of you who couldn't make it, see ya at Jenny's!
All the Love,
Anthony James.
- Sunday, February 21, 1999 at 10:10:45 (PST)
Author: Hijera101@aol.com
No Place Like Home
ET Phone Home !
Sally and I are finally on our way home. March 12th we fly the big British Airways for
the last time to Detroit. Are we ready ? YES Mixed emotions ? YES Well maybe not Sally
she is more than ready but then again someone said she was actually spotted in England
in the last five months ! Just kidding Mike.
We want to thank all of those that came to the wedding and only wish that everyone could
have made it. Now we look forward to Jenny and Chris's wedding and Tom & Esther's
Baltimore pad and Esther's chocolate chip emergency cookies.
Sal and I just hosted Matt and Ami in England for a week. We suprised them by taking them Paris for the weekend and they loved it. Its really like flying from Detroit to Chicago.
The night before they left, Matts parents came to visit us for a week and Sal became the
"tour guide extaordinaire"
Ami returned home only to receive her annual performance review at work and got promoted to assistant manager at Henry Ford Hospital's Optimize branch in Milford, Michigan. We are so proud of our little girl. Her and Matt are doing great.
T.J. and Keri are doing fine. Following the Golden Globe Award, things are settling down a little and TJ just finished his 2nd album that his agent and AFM records are starting to
cirrculate to the larger record labels and publishing houses. Six songs from his first album and seven new songs that I must say are incredable. We are all keeping our fingers crossed. He has been asked to go to Nashville by one of his ex Mousketeer buddies
Matt Morrison son of Gary Morrison fame to do some recording.
Before I turn this over to Sal, I just want to take a second to thank Scott Stevenson for all of this unbelievable website work. Well done...you are an amazing part of the Stevenson
family. Your good looks are only exceeded by your heart and caring nature. Thanks !
Heeeeeeeeere's Sally !
Hi Everyone !!! Tony and I plan to do alot of traveling in the states. Hopefully as soon as we can. Maryland is first on our list and then hopefully we can do an out west road trip. Johnnys house is on our list also. As Tony has said, I am very happy to be coming home.
Even if it is only Waterford (Keri, tee-hee). I love you all and can't wait to see you again.
If anyone has any wedding photos, please send them along. Cheers. love Sal xxoo
- Saturday, February 20, 1999 at 11:17:44 (PST)
Author: sallylucca@aol.com
The Great Stevenson Expansion on the Web-Plains
Greetings Folks!!
Hope this letter finds everyone healthy and prospering!
Welcome to the club to Mike & Debbie Stevenson (and family) and Gregg & Laura Stevenson (and family)!
It great to see more family joining the fray out here on the web.
Here's a brief report on the state of the family web-site.
I've updated the e-mail page on the family web-site.
I believe I have everyone's (that I know about) e-mail address.
I'm always looking for additional Stev enson and related families e-mail addresses.
So, if you don't see yours please drop me a note at sstevens@santarosa.edu .
I've done some behind the scenes work on the site so that now
when a letter is posted to the site everyone on the family mailing list will
be notified. This letter is a bit of a test to be sure that this new system is
working. This is one of the features that I've wanted to have for the family circle web page....but I
haven't had the time to implement.
This new feature will tend to stop the annoyance of having to keep checking back
to see if anyone has added something to the letter (only to find nothing ;-( ).
(Witness Mike & Debbie's second letter)
I've recieved photos from some of t he family via e-mail.
That's great please send more.....it will be a bit before I can post more photos but
I want to have a good collection when I post the next batch of photos.
Congrats to Jenny and her future husband Chris on their pla ns for marriage. I hope that I can make the wedding.
By the sound of your family circle letter post....it should be quite an awesome event.
I can see that you're doing some serious planning Jenny...good thining about the sitters.
I'm not sure who wrote the first part of the last San Diego kids letter (I think it was Kelley).
Hmmm deck around the pool Gregg? That sounds awefully inviting. ;-)
Looking forward to seeing Bob and Diane online.
To Mike and Debbie, I wish y ou all the sucess on this upcoming birth of your third child.
What names are you two kicking around for the boy?
Hey did you guys watch the Golden Globe Awards?
Way to go Keri!! (as in Keri Russell) That was so cool ....."and thanks to Tony Lucca for all the nights helping
me remember my lines."
Ok, OK, enough babbling,
Looking forward to hearing more from you folks.....
With much Love,
-Scott
- Tuesday, February 16, 1999 at 19:31:26 (PST)
Author: sstevens@santarosa.edu
Wedding Update
Hey there:
Don't you people out there fret - if this party has run out of beer - there will be plenty here in Maryland in May!!! And for you Californian's - we will have a nice supply of gin & tonics too! I don't know who' s planning on coming or not - but I will be finishing a letter to update all of you and sending it out on Tuesday, Feb 16.
We have a block of hotel rooms booked @ $44.00 a night. In our town that weekend is the biggest fe stival of the year, big party weekend in Salisbury! We are having an open house style rehearsal dinner/party Thursday night at Chris's - (soon to be mine too) house. Which is 4 houses away from Tom & Esther's. Then Friday night the festival is in our downtown area - a wild reggea band plays and if all goes well, we are trying to get Uncle Terry out here, and he will play at this cool bar on the water! (That part is not confirmed yet - but if they are coming the job is o pen to him!! :) ) Saturday the wedding will be @ 3:00 in tom & Esther's yard - short ceremony - long party!!!
Sunday we will be having brunch under the same tent as the wedding the night before - so if anyof y ou just feel like sleeping on the grass - well hey - more power to ya - you all know how my mom loves a good family sleep over!! :)
WE can't wait to see any and all of you who can make it - and for those of you with small babies - we have 3 reall y good sitters lined up Thurday - Sunday!! Just let me know if you need the service so I can decide if 3 is enough!!
All my love,
Jenny
- Monday, February 15, 1999 at 10:03:27 (PST)
Author: jesnbarley@aol.com
HEY WE WANT TO COME TO THE PARTY
Hi everyone it's one of the San Diego kids. I just happened to be looking through all the letters and wanted to contribute. This is my first time on any web site and I do not even have a computer to receive any letters back, so I guess I'll ha ve to go out and get one. Does anyone have any suggestion to the kind that might be best/reasonable and simple to learn. Well im out at Gregg and Laura's spending this beautiful sunday afternoon in the hot hot sun. All the kids are here, and Madison is learning to ride her 4wheel drive automatic truck with her cousins. Its kind of scary she does'nt even know how to steer so grandma chases her around turning the wheel for her.
Hi,Its Gregg and the family. Boy this is neat being able to talk to everyone! Dad and I are sitting here drinking Gin and tonics, we are ready for the summer, river trips and hopefully a wedding in Maryland. Jake just had his tonsils adnoids and tubes placed in his ears and is doing well Well were just going to rubb it in a little bit more about how HOT it is, Dad and I just finished building the deck around the pool, and just jumped in to get a refesher.!
Hope everyone is doing great we will type to you all later!!!
P.S. Dad and mom will be getting On Line very soon.
Love
The Southern California Stevenson's
- Sunday, February 14, 1999 at 16:06:57 (PST)
Author: gljmd@pacbell.net
Is this party still happening, or what?
Hello.
Is anybody out there?
We wanted to join the party, but as soon as we got here it seems like everybody hid somewhere.
What happened?
Did all the beer run out?
Dis some joker put in a "Best of Harry Chapin" CD right before Debbie and I got here?
For God sakes, did some sorry party goer accidentally step on a duck and clesr this place out?
We just wish everyone would come back!
If you want, we could make a quick beer run.
We obviously have enough talent in the famil y not to waste our time or money on new music.
And, we even have a spare rearview air freshener to eliminate that four odor from the poor duck.
Please, please come back.
I want to join the party.
Mike
- Saturday, February 13, 1999 at 10:38:44 (PST)
Author: debbienmike@hotmail.com
Mike and Debbie want to join the party!!
It's January 9th, 1999, and we just realized that we're in the 1990's. We finally have a computer! We were blown away when we actually found the Family Web Page, and we even recognized some of the faces and names!
Hey, Mom and Dad... that's wild news about you moving to Maryland. When did you do that? See, when you're not online you miss so much!
Here's what's new with us...Debbie is due to have our third b aby around St. Patrick's Day. We've been told it's a boy, and we have an explicit ultrasound to prove it!
Judging from the picture, we're expecting a MAN!
Our girls are doing great. Julia is three, and loves nursery scho ol, and says "Jessie" is her best friend. We think Jessica agrees that Julia is also hers. Jessie is 21 months old, and starting to talk like crazy. Her favorite words right now are "I need dat." She's quite the dinner table frisbee thrower, b ut we love her to pieces anyway.
Thank God for Dustbusters!
Mike's big plan is a large addition to our house this spring/summer. Between that and the new baby, we'll be quite busy. We love where we're at, but we need more space! (You know- that ever growing Stevenson population!) We're planning on enlarging our kitchen, adding a sunroom, and adding a toyroom/den all to the rear of the house.
Other than th at, we're just getting through another beautiful Michigan winter. As a matter of fact, in the past week alone we've been fortunate enough to get 19 %#&@! feet of snow!
Thank s again to Scott for this wonderful way to communicate. We can't believe how cool this is.
Until we type again,
Mike & Deb & Julia & Jessica
- Friday, January 08, 1999 at 21:31:44 (PST)
Author: debbienmike@hotmail.com
Surprising News from Maryland
Well Hello Family:
Here's some news that may catch most of you off guard. Chris, the guy I have been dating for the past couple of years and I have gotten back together in a big way - We are getting married!
The wedding is go ing to be in Maryland in my parents back yard (which if any of you have seen pictures , is enormous) It also happens to be 4 houses away from where I will be spending the rest of my life. Yes, Chris is Tom & Esther's neighbor! So, soon I will be too! and also, as the huge added bonus, I get to live around the corner from KAthy, Mike and the kids! How fun huh?
The date is May 1, 1999, and any of you who can make the Journey to Maryland are welcome! It's going to be quite a bash as those Stevenson parties go - and the fact that Chris is friends with almost everyone who has ever stepped foot in Maryland will add to it being quite a festive event!
Hope to see you all there! nbsp;COme out for the weekdn ti will be GREAT! As we all saw with AMi JAne' & Matt's wedding, there is nothing like making it an event for a whole weekend!!!
Love you all,
Jenny (& Barley too) :)
- Monday, January 04, 1999 at 06:19:25 (PST)
Author: Jesnbarley@aol.com
Wow What A Thanks Giving And a Wedding!
Dear Family,
I've just begun to recover from this past thanks giving weekend!
That was such a great time.......a very memorable event!
I'm only sorry for those who couldn't make it.
A Big Congratulations to the new married couple Matt & Ami Sakalian! (formerly Ami Lucca)
Also, a big thanks for inviting me to be a part of your wedding ceremony!
Let's see there are some other thanks that I'd like to make:
First a big thanks to Tommy Stevenson for getting me such a great
flight and fare!
Thanks to Terry, Chris, Johnny, Leah, Paul, and Anna Stevenson! (that was so cool of you
Johnny to call me up and invite me to stay with you guys)
Thanks also to Doug, Mary, Melissa , Michael, and Mitch French! (Also Jenny Stevenson & Barley;-)
Thanks as well to Tommy, Jeanne, Sophie, Carly, and Dillon Stevenson!
It was a pleasure staying with you all!
Hmmmm, some more thankses (smirk) ,
To Matt a nd Nancy Lyons, thanks so much for hosting the cousins' party.
You folks have such a beautiful house! It was so much fun to spend time with
all of the cousins who could make it there.
A special thanks to Johnny and Jim Stevenson for picki ng me up at the airport,
and also thanks to Terry and Johnny Stevenson for taking me back to the airport.
To Brian and Nancy Hussey, wow that thanksgiving at Mesquite Creek was AWESOME.
It's amazing to think that all of the 12 kids (of Eu nice and James) PLUS all of the spouses
could be there......not to mention everyone else. I was blown away when I
heard that it had been forty (the big 40) years since all of the children had
sat down to thanksgiving dinner together.
I was talking with Tommy & Jeanne and Tom & Esther on the way home from the
wedding about how I thought that when grandma (Eunice) died that there probably
wouldn't be such mass gatherings of us all like before, but after this past weekend,
I now think differently. One of the things that I think has resulted from the death
of Grandma is a new desire for all of the family (especially the 12 children)
to get together more readily.....it's scary to think that we'll lose somemone
(an yone but especially one of the 12) in the future. Now, more than ever our mortality
is apparent and the need to spend as much time together as possible is clear, before it's too late.
Man, it was soooooo cool to see everyone. That night whe n I just got to Michigan and
walked into Mesquite Creek and was greeted with so much love and big hugs will be something
that I will always cherish.
I should get out to Michigan again and live there for awhile....there's so many
peo ple in our family....and I just want to get to know everyone!
To Mike Stevenson, it was so funny when we stopped by your house (to get my camera)
on the way to the airport and you said "I'm not getting up." And there you were
laying on a pillow on your front porch.....classic!
Ahhhhhhhh!!!! There's so much that I want to write about!
To Gary Hull (and friend...didn't catch his name), the Karaoke was a blast
seeing everyone perform was such a treat.....thanks to both of you for having that.
Ok, enough for this letter for now.
I love you all!
I hope I thanked everyone but if I left you out....please take this last line as my thanks
to you as well.
With all my love,
Scott St evenson
- Tuesday, December 01, 1998 at 20:23:09 (PST)
Author: sstevens@santarosa.edu
Thanks, Sally!!!
Greetings and Salutations, All!
A brief update from Logan Utah. Yep, that's right, Amy and I are now snugly ensconced in our new digs in the heart of Mormon Country (but more about all of that in a minute). We moved all of our junk he re right before we traveled to London with my brother Andy to visit with Tony and Sally at their pad on the Thames. We had a great time, and we all want to say THANK YOU AUNT SALLY! Your generosity is exceeded only by your hospitality, and we could not ha ve asked for a more accommodating hostess. Thank you, thank you, thank you. (Oh, and pictures are headed your way!) Uncle Tony, sorry we missed you. :( Guess we will have to catch up some time soon.
So what did we see? Lots of stuff! We hung out at Sally's for a couple of days, took in a bit of London, and then promptly left England for the cooler climes of Edinburgh. Scotland is an amazingly beautiful place, and we were fortunate to be able to see a good deal of it. On a genealogical note, on th e way to Inverness we were passed by a large orange semi (they call 'em lorries over there) with the word "STEVENSON" emblazoned on the side in giant black letters. Kind of cool. We checked out Culloden battlefield, Loch Ness, Inverness, Fort William, and climbed around a bit on Ben Nevis, the tallest mountain in Britain. Then we skipped over to Ireland and saw way too much stuff to go into here, but for now just let me say that just about everything you've ever heard about Ireland is true--it's really GR EEN, the people are really FRIENDLY, and they DRINK a lot. But there is far more subtlety to be found if you look for it...beautiful and energetic traditional music, whimsical architecture, and fantastic neolithic artifacts. Anyway, we just got our pictur es back, and I hope to put many of them up on our web page ASAP. By the way, I moved (most of) our page to a new address since UW nuked my old account:
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Geyser/3287/
Please be patient with my admittedly s low rebuilding process. Oh, yes, and my new email address is mrs@nr.usu.edu.
Now, back to Utah...
After finishing up with the Wilderness Society and visiting Aunt Sally, I started a job as a research associate with Utah State University in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife on October 12. My project team is being funded by the EPA for two years to develop Alternative Future scenarios for the Mojave desert. "Alternative Futures" is the EPA's new way of approaching environmental prob lems, and basically seeks to find ways of accommodating biological diversity AND expanding human populations. I could go on and on--please let me know if you want to hear more! Amy is still exploring her employment options at this time, and may be going o ut to the Channel Islands to work on the Loggerhead Shrike, but we'll know more about that in a few weeks.
Andy came back to Logan with us after the UK trip to begin the first of four silvicultural training modules for the Forest Service. (It was a super cool coincidence that the first training session just happened to be in Logan at the exact time my job started!) He was really fun to have around for a couple of weeks.
Okay, to wrap this up: Logan is in the Cache Valley, sur rounded by the Wellsville Mountains to the west and the Wasatch mountains to the east, about 1 1/2 hours north of Salt Lake City, and only 25 miles or so from the Idaho border. Beaver Mountain ski resort is only 27 miles away (killer, killer, snow!!!) and the Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons are only 2 - 2 1/2 hours away. The Grand Tetons and Yellowstone National Park are only 3 - 4 hours away. So here is an open invitation to any and all family members, friends of family, etc.: if you want t o check out Northern Utah, do some skiing, hiking, whatever, come stay with us! We have an extra room and would love the company. Just let us know!
Hope everyone is doing well and getting psyched for the snow!
Love,
Matt and Amy
- Tuesday, November 03, 1998 at 19:24:16 (PST)
Author: mrs@nr.usu.edu
Thank you all so Very Much!!
Lizzy and I want to thank you all for your wonderful thoughts and blessings for our new
baby girl, "Sophie Yurisa." She's a real tiger and is growing by leaps and bounds. We
hope to make it out (to MI) next month to show off our new treasure.
By the way, Scott has been doing some real Neat-O stuff on my web-sight lately. If you
all get a moment you might want to check it out at http://www.denimdoctors.com/
Love,
Zip & Liz and Sophie too!!!
- Sunday, October 18, 1998 at 17:47:07 (PDT)
Author: zip@denimdoctors.com
Santa Rosa News 10/17/98
Aloha All You Good Looking and Wonderful People and You Know Who You Are,
So much good things here at Stevensons in Santa Rosa. Jennifer and Star graduating then getting married in June and having such a great time
getting marri ed in June. Having a great time with all the family that could come only way to
short. Everyone looked so great and we enjoyed being with each other so much.
Of course our new grandaughter is smart and strong and I think she is very strong willed
Liz's mom came all the way from Japan to help Liz for a few weeks and is coming again soon to
to help some more. She fixed us a delicious and fragrant Nepalese meal the night we were
there.
We are looking forward to Amy and Matt's weddi ng and seeing everyone again. Will there
be snow?
We have been enjoying Kerry's fame and I have seen the first three shows and the Jay
Leno appearance. Boy T.J. and Kerry must be very busy.
Been getting some things repaired and restore d on the house this summer which feels
really good.
Bye for now. See the clan at Thanksgiving.
Love, Suzanne
- Saturday, October 17, 1998 at 22:34:24 (PDT)
Author: sunshine@sonic.net
2 Sophie Stevenson's!??
Zip and Liz,
Congrats on the birth of Sophie! Such a great name. Who would have ever thought
that there would be 2 Sophie's in the family let alone 2 Sophie Stevenson's.
That's so cool. My Sophie will love it! Jerry I guess the compliment was really
meant for your nicce, but what the hey both Sophie's are great individuals. Here
is another connection to other cousins. Not only does Sophie share such a cool
na me with a cousin, she also shares a birthday with 2 other cousins. Doug French
(for those who don't know is my sister Mary's husband and Molly Marshall (who is my sister
Kathy's daughter).
Way to stay "connected" with family.
Congrats and welcome to the world Sophie.
Love, Tommy
- Wednesday, October 14, 1998 at 10:01:50 (PDT)
Author: tstevens@ford.com
News from Tommy/Jeanne
Hi Family, long time no write. Things in Plymouth are going well.
Sophie turned 9 on Monday(October 12)it's hard to believe that time is moving
this quickly. This past weekend we had a couple milestones in our family.
D illon started walking (he's now 16 months)he is a BIG kid. He is almost
34 inches tall and about 30 pounds, needless to say he is riding the top of the
growth charts. He is a little toehead blond and is an absolute blast. ;Our other
milestone, if you call it that, is that Carly broke her arm on Sunday. We were
celebrating Sophie's birthday and she was in the yard playing tag and tripped over her
cousin Julia and fell (on the grass) and broke it in two places - go figure. It was
just one of those things. She is doing very well and yesterday had her cast put on.
It is hot pink with a bright green stripe going around. Very Cute! Sh e will
have it for a month. She likes the cast better that the splint. The Dr. said it
will heal very well and in 8 weeks you'll never know it was broken.
We also have a new pet. Jeanne and the kids got me a parrot (Bl ue Crowned
Conure) for my birthday. We named him Picasso, he is green with a blue head, about
15 inches from head to tail and is really fun. He is now 4 months old and is already
talking saying Hello and a few yet to b e determined words. We all love him. He is
very friendly and is easy to hold, pet, cuddle etc. He screeches when ever one of the
kids cry.
Jeanne and I also are now on the net at home. TPSJMS5@aol.com feel free to e-mail.
We ll that's about it, better get back to work.
Love, Tommy
P.S. Jerry, thanks for the nice compliment about Sophie.
- Wednesday, October 14, 1998 at 09:48:40 (PDT)
Author: tstevens@ford.com
What's Her Name?
Zip,
You forgot to mention in your announcement what the baby's name is (or are you not going to tell anybody that either?)
Congratulations again to you and Liz!
Uncle Dan
- Tuesday, September 08, 1998 at 12:30:47 (PDT)
Author: gorecop@aol.com
Congratz, Etc.
Hey!
Congratulations LIz & Zip on the latest addition to the Stevenson family personal population explosion! So why did you keep it secret? (Jenny, don't feel bad I didn't hear about it either and I'm only one state away!)
Pr etty cool Zip-----becoming a father and a TV celebrity all in the same week. Seeing as Zip doesn't tell anybody anything!!!, for those of you who don't know or didn't see it, Zip and his shop were featured on a segment on CNN talki ng about the popularity (and valye) of jeans. Hopefully the Denim Doctor will have to expand and become a nationwide chain.
Too cool!
One of these days I promise to give an update about what the Arizona branch is up to.
Type at you l ater, : )
Dan (as in uncle, brother, cousin, etc.)
- Tuesday, September 08, 1998 at 12:26:39 (PDT)
Author: gorecop@aol.com
Congrats from the East Coast
WOW!!! Congtratulations Zip & Liz!! I am so far out of the loop I didn't even realize you were going to have a baby, and now you have one!!! I am very happy for you both and look forward to meeting the newest addition, as well as m eeting you Liz!! Enjoy every minute of your new little one!!!
Lots of love to you!!!,
Cousin Jenny
- Tuesday, September 08, 1998 at 06:33:03 (PDT)
Author: Jesnbarley@aol.com
Congratulations
Congratulations Zip & Liz, I have been waiting for one of my brothers to
experience the most wonderful feeling of being a parent!
I believe there is a babby born every 3 seconds on this planet, and two out
of three are Steve nsons.
Okay Zip,Liz thats one down and 11 to go. I cant even begin to imagine how Grandpa/ma
did it. My hands are so full with just two.
Anyone out there have a currant count? Woops better add a few more, by the time
I'm done with email it wont be accurate anymore, oh whats the difference its a lot,
a bunch. And all such individuals especially little Sophie Stevenson!
see ya Jerry, Cindy, Nick and Lindsay and Lucy too(ruff ruff)
- Sunday, September 06, 1998 at 10:14:00 (PDT)
Author: roachotl@pacbell.net
IT'S A GIRL !!!
Today at 01:52am, Lizzy and I had our first child. A beautiful baby girl.
She weighs 5 lbs 7oz. She is 18!! long. She will make a wonderful addition to our family,
(We already have three dogs and tw o cats!).
Bye for Now (the nurse just came in).
Love, Zip
- Friday, September 04, 1998 at 20:19:07 (PDT)
Author: zip@denimdoctors.com
Quarterly Update from the Lyons Den!
Well Hello Family!
It's been a busy summer (especially for you love birds!)
Welcome Amy (Matt's fiance) to the family (I'm a member of
the "marry a Matt or Amy club" :o)
Wow Matt S. I'm so impressed with what you and Amy are doing
it sounds so cool! What an Adventure! still would love to
hear more! I remember babysitting you and Andy when you were
babies and now your getting married - I'ld say you've changed!
It's been a 'crazy-go-nuts' summer for ALL the people in this
house! We had family in from Indiana for a week the same week
our Pool was finished - then after the Dance recitals we went
up to Caseville for our annual 4th of july va cation - ton of
fun, We went to Indiana for a couple of days, then a mini golf
vacation in Mt.Pleasant, michigan (a Boudreau vacation),
then we went to Mackinac Island we had a wedding to go to
- neat place to have a wedding! ;Then
Natalie, my mom and I went on a 7 day cruise to Bermuda. That
was a blast! Natalie danced on the ship and in the
Island - she did awsome!!! We even squeezed 2 days in Boston
(that is were the ship sailed from) with There se Hussey and family
- so cool! (I condensed our summer into 1 paragraph to spare you
from bordem - hope i accomplished that!)
I have to say a Cruise is the perfect family vacation, there is
so much to do for everyone! and Bermuda only the most gorgeous
place! Did you know that Bermuda shorts are really worn in Bermuda -
not only that you are not allowed to wear shorts shorter than
Bermuda length. The people of Bermuda are very conservative and
proper. It was so cool - the island is only 22 square miles and
EVERYONE knows everyone. There is no crime, no homisides, no guns
no gangs and no drugs! They have very strict laws for any of those
offen ses. The people were all so nice. Very different from
the Bahamas, where there is a slum area and weirdos, and druggy's.
Bermuda has the most beautiful beaches in the World. So it is
said Horshoe Bay is THE most beautiful beach and we spent a day
there, and I would have to agree. The sand is PINK!!!! the water
is so clear, and turquoise and shades of blue i've never seen before!
The waves were such a blast!!! we rented int er-tubes and would ride
the waves in about 75 feet, i laughed so much (i was the only adult
doing this among natalie and her 5 other friends - I pretended I was
old looking for my age :o)
We went snorkeling - oh my gosh - the fish! & nbsp;God did such an awsome
work of art with all the colors. I took an underwater camera,
hopefully I was able to capture it. You know how the colors never
come out as it was in real life... one more thing it was awsome
spending such quality time with my mom and also with Natalie - WOW!
Oh listen to me go on & on & on well sorry if i took up so much
of your time...
Jake started school today (a junior at Catholic Central!!) and the
Natalie starts HIGH SCHOOL!!! next week (yikes... i'm old I have
a high school child) I cried at registration when the sang
the fight song - I'm old and Sentimental - what's happening to me!!!
Bobby and Eric are in football, Natal ie's still in dance, she'll
be preforming at the Michigan State Fair next week. Jenni's in
Cheerleading and will start her 3rd year of Dance, plus Karate.
the 3 boys also do Karate! Courtney is still finding her own th ing
we've joined a tennis club - I'm going to put her in a tennis
clinic this fall (If I get her these K-Swiss tennis shoes...)
what ever works! I believe it's important to get kids involved -
even if it means my own death, tr ying to get everyone to everyplace!
LUKE - now I could just go on about LUKE - he's the cutest,
quickest learning, personality plus kid!! Needless to say - WE ARE
ALL enjoying the, excuse me for saying, crap out of him.
Congrats to U ncle James & family - heard everything was Fabulous!!!
Everyone that attended the wedding had wonderful things to say
wish I could have fitted it in! You've raised such nice kids- it
would have been nice to visit!
Uncle T om (& Family) - we miss you :-( can't wait for your upcoming
fall visits! How's your new traveling job doing?
Well I'm going to sign off for now - hey you people sit down & compose
a little letter for this won derful vehilce of family communication
it only takes about 30 minutes!!! I feel like I've hogged this
whole thing. I have so much to say and so many people to say things
about - so don't make me feel bad and talk about yourselves as I have
about me!
'till the next time
XO XO
Nancy (& gang)
- Wednesday, August 19, 1998 at 10:26:42 (PDT)
Author: lyonsbunch@aol.com
HEY ALL OUR VACATION WAS THE BEST
Hey Family
Just thought I would tell everone that our vacation was the best. It was very long (18days) but, it was great. The best part was seeing all my family out West. I miss all of you already. I als o want to thank EVERYONE out west for making our vacation the very best. For those of you that do not know where we went here you go. We went to San Diago, Las vagas, San francisco, San Josa, San Arosa, Las Angelas Cali fornia and Phenix Arizona We did go to more cities but I think everone gets the point. I just thought I would write and tell everone that we love you and thank you again. You know have my E-mail adress so please write me and tell m e what is going on. Well thanks again we love you
Adios
Jeff Stevenson
- Saturday, July 18, 1998 at 10:36:39 (PDT)
Author: JSwrest99@aol.com
Hello?
Hello Family,
Is anyone still out there? No action on the circle letter for quite sometime!!!
Congrats to Matt & Amy! How wonderful!!
Ami Jane - how was your shower? Hope it was wonderful!
Well, that's it for now, nothing new here in Maryland. Miss hearing from everyone . . let's not lose touch of the circle letter.
Love to you all,
Jenny
- Thursday, July 16, 1998 at 07:11:02 (PDT)
Author: Jesnbarley@aol.com
Signals from the Northwest
Hello from Seattle!
Hope everyone is healthy, happy, and enjoying the summer. The circle letter has provided an interesting window into the lives of relatives I rarely see and barely know, and I hope it continues to grow. Now that I have finished school (again!) I will be able to participate in the exchange and contribute to this cyber-circle-letter with some regularity. Onto the news!
In April I proposed to Amy Kaplan, my girlfriend of 4+ years, and lucky for me she said YES! We will ti e the knot in Flagstaff AZ next June. More details to come. Suffice it to say I'm the LUCKIEST GUY IN THE WORLD! However, there are now far too many Amy(i)s and Matts getting married in this family…:)
I finished up my Master of Urban Planning deg ree on June 13, and my folks and my bro came out for the ceremony-and Amy surprised me by making it out of the field in time to attend as well! (more about that in the next news item).
Amy is working on a study of the effects of forest manipulati on on the breeding behavior of neotropical songbirds in northern California. (Amy is a wildlife biologist-last summer she worked in Prince William Sound Alaska on a study documenting the effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill on a breeding colony of black- legged Kittiwakes). Her study area is northeast of Mt. Shasta, a truly amazing and beautiful place.
My thesis deals with protecting biological diversity through land use planning, and so far I have presented at two conferences in Washington. Late r this summer I will be presenting at a national conference in Santa Barbara, California, and in Wenatchee, Washington. An excerpt from the thesis will be published as a case study in a book about wildlife habitat relationship models in Washington and Ore gon.
I am currently working as a research associate for the Wilderness Society in their Center for Landscape Analysis. The project I was assigned deals with establishing a wilderness campaign in the Appalachian Highlands of the mid-Atlantic, a re gion of the country traditionally ignored by the Wilderness Society and many other conservation organizations. The position is temporary and lasts through the middle of September, after which I will have to find a REAL job.
My website has been COMPLETELY changed and now contains dozens and dozens of family pictures. It is still under major construction, but it should be entertaining for those of you who haven't seen any of the Arizona/Washington Stevensons in awhile. We've changed a little…
My band ARTIFICIAL (I play the bass) just finished recording preliminary tracks for a four song EP. We have a dry digital mix on 16 track ADAT and are looking for a decent (and affordable) post-producer. If I can figure out how to do it, after we've du ped I'll put some excerpts from a couple of songs on my site. Check it out!
Other than that, I'm just hiking a lot with the Mountaineers, reading up a storm, sketchin' now and then, and playing music with my band…more news in the making!!!
Take care,
Matt
- Wednesday, July 01, 1998 at 22:58:52 (PDT)
Author: mattyst@u.washington.edu
prayer power - the success
Thank you all for your prayers and thoughts as Jeanne's Dad underwent
his by-pass operation. It was a great success. He ended up having 6
by-passes completed. He is recovering nicely and has moved from ICU to
a private room where he will recover for the next 5 days and then go home
and return to work in 7 weeks. He's feeling much better - pain medication
is a wonderful thing. Thanks for you support and notes and prayers I shared
these with Jeanne's Dad - he was very appreciative.
I'm so glad I have such a wonderful family. Love to all, Tommy
- Monday, June 15, 1998 at 05:56:35 (PDT)
Author: tstevens@ford.com
Prayer Power
Thanks Jenny for asking about the prayers for Jeanne's Dad.
At 12:15 today (Friday June 12) Jeanne's Dad is going to have quintipule
by-pass done. He's had heart problems in the past so we are looking for
a good result. &nb sp;Everything looks very positive and he has a great doctor.
Thank you to everyone for your heartfelt concern and prayers.
Jeane and I really appreciate it. For those who sent me notes I printed them
gave them to Jeanne's Dad his morning. He was very touched as was his wife
and daughters. You are all wonderful. I'll write Monday (I only have e-mail
at work) to let everyone know just how successful it went! Positive thinking
in actio n.
- Friday, June 12, 1998 at 07:02:44 (PDT)
Author: tstevens@ford.com
Red Wings Manie!!
Hey everybody,
Just thought I'd write to see if anyone else out there is as happy as us Marylanders that the Detriot Red Wings are on there way to Stanley Cup 1998!!
The games are a pretty big deal here because it's the Wings versus the Washington Capitals. For those of you not paying attention the score is Wings 2 Caps 0. only 2 more wins for us necessary to be the champs!!!
On another note, please say a prayer for Tommy's father in law, he i s having some pretty serious surgery today, and with the power of prayer in this family we should be able to get quite a message "upstairs"! thanks!
Love you all,
Jenny
- Friday, June 12, 1998 at 04:40:54 (PDT)
Author: Jesnbarley@aol.com
letters from london
Hello everyone,
This is now my 4th time writing a letter. I can't seem to get it together. I hope
everyone is fine and doing well. Tony and I are great. We've had 3 weeks of
company. The in-law s and Dan and Nan. We love having company and are pretty good at
being hosts and tour guides if anyone else would like to come over. We also have the
room.
As most of you know, we are planning a wedding. Ami Jane and Ma tt have set the day for
November 27th. It's the day after Thanksgiving for any of you out of staters (which is
most of you these days) that can make it. It should be a big one. Matt has a big family
too. His dad is the oldest of 10 and Matt is the first grandchild and it's their 1st
wedding. Yea, another get together. If anyone has any helpful hints (other then "take
the money and run") we'd love to hear them.
Tony has been working very hard and still travels alot. Having guests keeps me busy. I
will be home June 8th. Tony comes to Mich for a weeks worth of work, come back here,
and then come back home for 2 weeks. I'm lakeside if anyone wants to come there too.
I'll be home until the 19th of July. LaDuke family reunion day.
T.J. is coming to Ireland to see Keri on Sunday May 31st. Hopefully they can come here
for a visit. Keri is doing a really cute movie and her new series is gettimg gre at
reviews, some of you might have seen that in USA Today. Teege is writing music and
clubing in L.A. We miss them all so much. Makes me wonder how mom and dad let us all go.
Oh well, we sure have been and still are blessed. Our lo ve to you all. Keep this cool
thing going. God Bless you. Sally and Tony xxoo
- Saturday, May 30, 1998 at 00:04:14 (PDT)
Author: sallylucca@aol.com
The Marshall Marylanders
Hello Everyone-
I know this is a bit redundant but what a great way to keep in touch with everyone!! I have really enjoyed hearing about relatives I only see once a year ( Maybe!!)
As for Maryland... the weather has been great, we are finally getting to summer temperatures!! The pools are open, we play outside, and we bar-be-que every night!!
We are really enjoying have my parents close by. We visit daily, Esther & I are working out at the local YMCA 3-4 times a week!! ( for those of you in Big cities this is our major workout facility). We don't see my dad that often as he has become the world traveler. Molly has finished her 2nd year of preschool and Katie will finish Kindergarten on June 10. Graduation ceremony is at 9:00 a t St. Francis church for anyone who would like to come!!!
All 3 kids will be going to "camp" this summer Every wednesday the month of July!! it is very exciting for me because they will all be at the same place together from 9-12. This won 't happen again for me for 3 more years!!
Hey Gerry- what is "Ellies weigh"? Great job on the weight loss!! It is not easy, but keep up the great work!!
Uncle Dan- we sure do miss your face on the shore, when are you comin g to visit?
we are accepting all visitors, the eastern shore is a really great place to vacation!! Kids love it!! we have many places to stay!!!
Keep in touch-
Kathy
- Wednesday, May 27, 1998 at 17:55:46 (PDT)
Author: mandk@shore.intercom.net
Hi from the Gerry & Kelly Krew
May 27, 1998
Hello Wonderful Family, What fun it has been reading all the circle letters. This could eventually take several hours to read! Everything here is going pretty good. Jeff and Ben are wrapping up their school years and next September J eff will be a Senior and Ben will be a Junior at Waterford Kettering High School. Jeff has been named as the Captain of the Wrestling team and will be playing Varsity Football as well. Ben has continued to be quite active in various plays both in school a nd in the local theatre groups. He has met a lovely young actress at one of the plays, her name is Amy. She is Ben's first love and we absolutely love her. Her parents and Kelly & I have already become friends too and have had each other over for dinner. They are so young but they both have their hearts and eyes focused on God's perfect will so if it is meant to be for them to be together it will certainly have our blessing! Kelly has been adjusting to her new leg braces to help her stability but it is ki nd of a slow go. Her left leg has really been dragging but as always she is a fighter and goes to her work out every day! She is so beautiful. Everyone who knows her and her determination to be there for everyone else knows what an angel she is. I know ho w true it is that I got a girl just like the girl that married dear old Dad!! We went to a beautiful Memorial day Mass at All Saints Cemetary. We planted lots of Purple flowers around Mom's grave and Red and White ones near Dads. I had a picture of them b lown up to a 4 x 5 and had it laminated and put into a plastic frame and I placed it in the flowers. It is so wonderful to see that God has once again joined these two lovers. We are really looking forward to going out West to see all the fami ly out there for Star and Jenny's wedding. I have put our boat up for sale as our lifestyles have become so busy on the weekends that I don't feel we are getting that much use out of it anymore. I am hoping to sell my Van too and get a new extended pick-u p truck. I have gone back on "Ellies Weigh" and I hope to be at 170 by the wedding. I started back at just under 200 pounds and I have lost 22 pounds in 8 weeks. I hope this letter finds everyone else fine. I Love you all and pray that God will Bless you all. Have you talked to HIM lately? He's only a prayer away. Love You All!! Gerry
- Wednesday, May 27, 1998 at 16:55:09 (PDT)
Author: gerkel1@aol.com
Happy Birthday Dad!!!
Happy Birthday DAD!! (James Stevenson)
So you're 59 again????
One more year then you're a senior eh?
Life Update:
Man it is sooo cool how people have responded to this family cirlce letter.
It is such a pleasure to read up on what is happening in people's lives.
Esther: Happy to hear that the wheather is changing for you! So are you three
quarters settled now? ;-)
Uncle Dan: Happy be-lated birthday to you too ;-O, Looking forward to hearing from you and
Nan on this letter. (As well as Matt & Andy)
Tj: Your site rocks! It appears as though Melissa has
put a lot of time into refining it. As well it was so cool to show off to my friends and
aquaintances your music!! I'm looking forward to seeing you in the future.
Gerry & Kelly: Looking forward to hearing from you guys as well....I've heard a bit from ya
on e-mail it would be great to hear how things are going for you two and Ben
& Jeff. Rumor has it that Ben is going to be putting a site together....that
would be so cool. If you want to add to the site go here.
The Lyons Bunch: Bobby, Heal up quick!!! Nancy it was so good to hear from you. Congrats
On the dough. Sorry to hear that Bobby had the accident. Be careful who
you tell you're liable to become a bank!!! ;-) Boy that skiing trip sure
sounds fun!!
Tommy & Jeanne: I know what you're going through with Tom & Esther being so far away. It
was the same thing for me when my parents went off to hawaii without me.
But it was the same for us...we were able to keep in contact via e-mail
and it worked good! Thanks for your input and help on the site.
It's great to hear that you're getting them kids involved with music....
creativity is where it at!!!
Jenny Stevenson: You go girl!! I wish you all the success on your pursuit of education.
Sounds like you have a very cool dog!! Tell Danny to write a letter!
So I see the tooth fairy has been visiting your house often (smirk).
Bill Stevenson: Happy to see you hooked up on the net!!! You sent my dad a great letter
and I was thinking it would be perfect for the circle letter.
Ok, gotta go and finish up some work,
I Really look forward to hearing from everyone....This letter thing is
so cool!!!
And thanks again to everyone who has made suggestions and supportive comments.
Looking forward to hearing from more family members.
I'm really looking forward to seeing folks coming to Star's wedding....I know that's going
to be and extra special affair.
ah, gotta go....just feel like typing and typing.
Much Love,
-Scott
- Friday, May 22, 1998 at 10:29:26 (PDT)
Author: sstevens@santarosa.edu
The Maryland Kids
Hello Family:
Jenny here. Just thought I'd give you all a brief Maryland update. The weather is gorgeous here and has been for quite a while. We were getting hit with some nasty rain storms for a while there. Here's t he scoop on us Merry-landers:
Jenny: works as the office manager for the local True Value Hardware store, back in college pursuing either a nursing or teaching degree, not quite certain yet. Dating the same guy for about a year and a half - Chris for those of you who met him at Mary's party. Spending as much time as possible with my very cool dog - Barley (Black lab-Great dane mix) Enjoying having the folks near by!!
Danny: working for a landscaping company and loving it. He too is back in college, pursuing something, just not sure what yet. We both did very well our 1st semester. No significant other to speak of currently - but he just got himself a very cool dog - Bailey (yellow lab) He is a gorgeous dog!
Kathy, Mike, Katie, Molly, & Jack: all doing very well! Katie is finishing up kindergarten very soon, and really likes school. She has lost 4 teeth this year! Molly is in preschool and also loves it!&nbs p; Jack is not quite 2 yet, so he hangs with Kathy all day. He loves his sisters and likes to make them crazy!! The weather has been so nice that they have been swimming in their little pool everyday, and that makes them all so very happy!! They also got a new cousin on Mike's side - Andrew Buck Shea - he's very cute! Kathy is playing golf, and hanging out with her kids this summer. She wathces Barley for me during the day! Mike is working all over the states and playing with his kids,, ( and golfing) as much as possible!!
Well, that's the update from us. Hop all is well with everyone else out there. Don't forget to take a minute and update us all on the goings on in your life. - It really doesn't take that long to do!!!
Love you all,
Jenny :)
- Wednesday, May 20, 1998 at 10:22:39 (PDT)
Author: Jesnbarley@aol.com
News from Tommy/Jeanne
This site is GREAT!! Thanks mucho Scott! Well we are adjusting to the big move from my parents to Maryland
It's a bit strange having them so far away, but e-mail makes it not as bad.
This weekend Mike and I are going to get to spend the weeked with my Dad at the Indy 500
We haven't spent a weekend with just the three of us since we were in indian guides (over 20 years ago)
Mike and I are real excited about it.
Carly is now 4 and Dillon is going to be one on June 13th I can't believe how fast teh timne has gone.
Sophie (age 8) is getting ready for her jazz dance recital at the end of the month. She and Jeanne
began taking piano lessons in November are are both doing EXCELLENT! It's so great to hear the piano
in my house. I'm actually re-teaching myself too - it's so much fun.
Looks like Jeanne and I as well as Sophie will be heading to jolly ole England this summer
I have a training seminar there (still needs to be offically approved - but looks good)and after this
Jeanne and Sophie will fly over and we'll spend a week on vacation. I can't wait. Sally and Tony thanks for providing us
with so many great vacation opportunities.
Well lunch is almost over so it's back to work. Take care. Love to all, Tommy
- Tuesday, May 19, 1998 at 09:53:19 (PDT)
Author: tstevens@ford.com
News from the Lyons Bunch...
Hello Family -
First off I have to say Scott This is Wonderful!! I'm sure everyone
agree's and it is only making those without computers want to
get one - It's great to hear about what everyone is doing
soooo "Everybody" get writing!!!
Hey Andy & Matt Stevenson, please write and tell us in detail
what you guys are doing and studing, your mom & dad told me
a little but I would love to hear more, as I'm sure everyone
else would too.
Well as for the Lyons bunch we are doing good. Enjoying this
Michigan weather - 80º's the past 3 days. :-)
WE are all very excited too get our pool installed early, we
are going to do it this year instead of next! YEAH I was
getting a little worried about what I was going to do with 7 kids
this summer. (YIKES!!!!)
My little Bobby broke his wrist yesterday and had to get surgery
on it late last night - apparently he broke it in 2 places and
it was a compound fracture, which means the bone went through
the skin (I never Knew what that meant...) He's bummed starting
off the summer like that, 6 weeks with a cast. My first experience
at dealing with a broken bone, I was bummed as well :o(
But besides that we are all doing very well - OH yeah, we had some
good fortune (again) we one the 50/50 Catholic Central Dad's Club
Raffle... we won $6,500. smack-a-roonies!!!!! it was the first time
we won anything!! WE are going to give Jake $500, because I put his
name on the raffle and the rest is going toward the Lyons Family
Vacation Fund - as you can imagine taking the 9 of us anywhere cost
alot of money!! We are (hopefully) going to Snowmass, Colorodo for
a ski vacation in January or February.
Well that's all for now. It's been nice sharing!
Love to you ALL
xO
Ѫñçÿ
and the rest of the family!
- Sunday, May 17, 1998 at 16:33:01 (PDT)
Author: lyonsbunch@aol.com
TO MY HUGE LOVING FAMILY
5/15/1998
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAN!
How does it feel to be 51? Nice enough to go play golf with Nancy in the 75° Phoenix
Az sun.
Well Esther, bet you never could have imagined that the Circle letter would evolve
into a letter that any one,any where in the world (and in a heartbeat) could read and maby
even add to. On the other hand who could believe you and Tom would be living in Salisbury
Maryland on this date. This is really a brave new and exciting world.
I and a whole lot of people will miss the old blue eyed chairman of the board
Frank Sinatra. What a performer.
Brian, roomer has it that you are now sixty and will live two months a year
(probably January and February) with your lovely wife (my sister) Nancy. I still think
about how good the fish dinner you cooked for Beth and I up at Caseville. Yum!
Young John Stevenson, great web site! I’m sure that you will inspire your cousins that
do not have a web page to get started making one.
Speaking of cousins, TJ, love the music on your web site!
The work that Scott has been doing on this web site inspired one of the most tender
letter I’ve read. It was from Gerry and the sweetest part was when he said that he and
Kelly were going to the Cementary and put flowers around moms grave. Just the way he wrote
the letter melted my heart.
The weather we have been having here in northern California is Yukkie! It seem that it
has been cold and rainy most everyday since last November.
Star and Jennifer are getting married next month and it dosnot seem possible the my
baby is getting maried.
Check out my virtual road side stand just to the side of the Super Highway at:
http://www.sonic.net/sunshine.
Enough for now.
Love you all maddly!!
James [:-)»
- Friday, May 15, 1998 at 09:31:16 (PDT)
Author: sunshine@sonic.net
Tom & Esther's News
Hi family,
This is Esther, of Tom and Esther in Salisbury, Maryland.
I don't know if I am doing this right, so I won't give any vital news yet.
We are about halfway settled here, we arrived on April 18th.
This week Tom is in New Jerse y, and it has rained here for 14 days. Today is the first sunny day.
I am anxious to hear from all of you via the new circle letter.
Scott, please let me know if I did this right !!!!
Love to all, Esther
- Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 13:40:39 (PDT)
Author: tomnesther@aol.com
The Start of Something Grand!
Hello to everyone out there in our great extended family!
This new part of the site is something that I think that we'll be able to use quite extensively!
If all goes well we'll be able to use this part of the site to maintain frequent contact with each other
and know what each of us is doing in our lives.
This part of the web-site is something completely new for me as a web-site developer and as
such I can only hope that this part will be durable and effective for this purpose.
In any case as I develop this site I hope to introduce new aspects to our site.
Now what is happening in my life right now:
I'm about to finish the semester out at Santa Rosa Junior College.
My major is electronic Engineering for which I'm enrolled in this school with the plan to transfer to
a four year college....at this point I'm looking to go Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. I'm very much a hands
on person and from what I understand their curriculum is geared towards the hands on.
This past two semesters I have been the President of the
Santa Rosa Junior College International Club. It has been a
great pleasure and a bit of a learning experience. Currently I'm tutoring Algebra, Trigonometry, and some
Calculus at a tutorial center here (I'm writing from there) on campus, which has helped out in the financial department
(It's my fourth semester doing it.....I love it!). I'm looking to work over the summer and save up for next
semester, also need some money for car work. At this point I have two jobs tutoring lined up but I'm going
to see about getting into an intern position as an engineer.
Well I think that is enough for now...I'll add more later when I've got more time.
Please add to this!! It's going to be something very cool....I can just feel it.
with much love,
-Scott Stevenson
- Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 21:28:35 (PDT)
Author: sstevens@santarosa.edu