My Rising Star!!!

There is a video at the bottom of this page (scroll all the way down to watch it) and here is the explanation of what it's all about:

On Saturday night my ward had a talent show. It was so much fun! We weren't planning on entering but somehow "The Pew's" got entered on the list about 3 different times with talents such as yodeling and tap dancing...............................Come on now!!!! Everyone in the ward just loves to play jokes on the Pews! Anyway, on the way to the talent show that night, Kylee was singing along with her Disney songs and David and I both decided that since we probably will have to fill one of those spaces on the list, we signed Kylee up last minute. I was afraid she wouldn't do it but once I mentioned that she will get to sing into the microphone.....she was excited as can be! She kept asking me, "Mommy, is it my turn to sing yet?" David and I both didn't have our cameras so a friend of mine watching noticed this and taped it for us. Thanks Cody!

I'm still here!

For those of you who keep up with my blog, you know that I usually post at least once a week (sometimes twice) and it's been 8 days since my last post. That's mainly due to the fact that a new season at Higley started and I've been crazy with tryouts and our first week of practices. I haven't really done anything but that so I don't have any fun pictures to post. But since David keeps complaining about my song choices on my blog, I've decided to change them up a bit. I haven't gone country yet and for those of you who know me, I'm not a huge country music fan. But I started listening to country when I was a Freshman in college. My room mate was obsessed with country and all day long she'd have CMT on the tv and I hated it for the longest time. But slowly and surely, I started to like it. It's all I heard for the first 3 months of college so I guess it was bound to grow on me sometime! Anyway, since the year 2000 (my Freshman year at college), these are some of my favorites from good ole country singers! I still have to admit though that I'm not that big of a country music fan! I only listen to it when there is absolutely nothing else on any of the other stations.

Anyway, back to blogging.......I will post something soon! I'm sure something is coming up in my life other than volleyball that you all will be interested in hearing about! But I'm sorry if my next picture and post is about my high school team because I'm proud of them and excited for our new season! Until then..........

Good-bye Elli :(

Kylee is very sad that Elli is moving out of our ward. Kylee has so many "boy" friends and boy cousins her age so she rarely gets to play princess dress-up and do girly things with her girl friends. But Elli and Kylee are the exact same when it comes to playing. It's hilarious to watch them together. It's like one mind!!! Elli got to come over one last time yesterday while David went over to help the Baker's move. Kylee and Elli had a blast!

This is them playing in Kylee's little hutch. They would ask me to shut the doors and then they would spring them open at the same time and shout "surprise"!!! They thought it was hilarious.

And here they are dancing. Elli is twirling Kylee around in this picture. So cute!!!

Stopping to smile for the camera!

We are going to miss you Baker family! We hope you love your new ward and update your blog OFTEN so we can keep up with how you are doing. Kylee needs to see lots of pictures of Elli on your blog so she won't miss her too much!!! Thanks for playing last night Elli!

Kylee's Birthday Party

As you all know (from my previous post), Kylee's birthday was on Saturday and we threw her a "water" party. We rented a huge water slide with a little pool at the bottom, and we set up a sprinkler under the trampoline. So the kids had a ton of water fun outside. While the kids were outside playing, the adults were inside having some fun of our own. I'll start there.....

Here is my brother, Aaron, playing the Wii fit. Bill and Rachele were nice enough to bring it over! I think.......I THINK.....that I have all the high scores on almost every event! Just to throw that out there! Hahaha!

My Dad playing Wii. He crashed everytime on the ski jump. Hilarious!

Madeline making a snow cone. It came as a free rental with the water slide! Awesome and highly recommended!!!

The amazing cook............David! Hotdogs and hamburgers......yum!

And here is the amazing 5 hour fun slide. It kept the kids busy for the entire 5 hours! Non-stop action baby!

Here is Kylee and Sydney going down the slide with Madeline, Page and Abby not far behind. I love Sydney's face in this picture! My sister came and took some pictures with her crazy amazing camera so I'm sure you'll be able to decifer between my cheap camera's shots and hers. Hint hint......(below)

7 of the 18 kids attempting to go down at the same time. Watch out below!!!!!

Sam, Hanna and Page having the time of their lives!

Cute photographer's eye-view! Love these shots!

Page and Abby........best sisters!

Kylee going solo for a change!

Classic Sam face! Nice!

And here is the yummy birthday cake. Kylee wanted a Belle cake but Costco didn't make those so we had to settle for the happy smily face flowers! She loved it regardless!

She is so excited! I love how all her cousin's are even more excited for her. She has the best cousin's EVER!

Here is Kylee the day after her party..........enjoying a make-up kit that she got. What a great present!!!! :)


And last but not least is a video of David playing the Wii Fit. He is doing a hoola-hoop challenge and it was too funny!! I had to catch it on video. He didn't realize I was taping him until the end. It posted sideways though so you'll have to tilt your head to get the full funny effects of the video. Hilarious!!!

And there you have it!!!! I know it was a lot of pictures but we had so much fun and couldn't help but take tons of pics! My baby is officially 3 and is incredibly sassy.......but a sweetheart in every way! I love you Kylee Princess Baby! (just one of her many names I have for her)!!!

Happy Birthday Princess!!!

My baby is 3 today......I can't believe it! Even though my heart yearns to have another baby, I'm so glad and thankful for the time I've had alone with my precious Kylee. She is such an amazing blessing in my life and I don't know what I'd do without her. Here's a look back at some of my most favorite pictures of her over the years:

2 WEEKS OLD

1 YEAR OLD

2 YEARS OLD

3 YEARS OLD - (almost!)

I love you sweetheart! I hope you have a fun birthday party today! (pictures of that to come)

Conversation with Daddy and the hidden cricket...

So I'm on the computer, which is in the room right next to Kylee's, and I hear this loud cricket coming from the back wall of Kylee's room. I go in there, move around all the furniture along that wall and the dang thing is still chirping as loud as can be. I pounded on the walls and all over the carpet but the dang thing kept on going. It was making me so mad!!! Kylee was watching me the entire time and knew that I was trying to kill this cricket. So in the mean time, David calls and I'm telling him about my frustrations with this cricket. Kylee then asks me to talk to Daddy. This was how their conversation went:

Kylee - "Daddy....there's a cricket in my room. It's loud and Mommy can't find it."

Daddy - "Oh really.....did you get it?"

Kylee - "No Daddy.....it's hiding."

Daddy - "Well go tell it to be quiet."

Kylee - (she walks into her room and says this) - "Cricket be quiet.......stay right there because we are going to kill you!"

It was hilarious! But to be perfectly honest.....I haven't heard the cricket chirp since and it's been well over 15 minutes. HAHA! That cricket must have been scared out of it's mind! Ha! Who needs a pest control man when you've got Kylee! Nice!

Couple's Date Night!

So I can't remember the last time I had been bowling..........that's why we planned a fun bowling night with a couple "couples" in our ward. It was so much fun! There is the funnest bowling alley in Gilbert that I never knew about. It was cosmic bowling for the first hour we were there. I probably gutter-balled my first 3 attempts but I must say that on my very last bowl of our last game, I finally got a strike! I foot-faulted just a little so it didn't count on the actual screen, but all the pins knocked down in one attempt and I'm calling it a strike baby!

Here's David showing off his sexy bowling pose! He had some other "nice" poses that were too......um........cute to post on here - - - - those of you that were there know what I'm talking about!

Below here is Nick and Tanya. Nick was getting "lucky".......woo hoo!

I only had my camera phone with me so some of the pictures came out blurry. Sorry Travis and Jamie! For some reason, your picture is one of them!!! Still a cute couple through the blurry-ness!

And last but not least......David and his beautiful, lovely, talented, non-competitive wife! Haha! Almost all true words!

Birthday party ideas...

Kylee is turning 3 in a couple weeks and I'm at a dead end of what to do for her birthday party. I know a lot of you have little girls/kids so please help me with some fun creative ideas that were a success for your birthday parties. Any ideas would be great! Now that Kylee is old enough to understand that it is her birthday and that we are celebrating for her, I want her to remember it and have tons of fun! Send your ideas my way!!! Thanks!

Ella Grace Montez - Newborn pic

Natalie took Ella's pictures the other day and this one turned out so dang cute! For those of you who didn't read up on my past posts, this is the newest member of the Montez family. Ella Grace Montez was born on July 5th. She's such a blessing to our family! Such a sweetheart!

Fun Tag...

I always do the tags that are different. This one was fun. Thanks Cara!

i am: Stefany Ann Pew (formerly Montez)
i know: How to make really good grilled cheeses
i want: To be pregnant
i have: The best mother-in-law ever
i wish: I could stick to a diet and work out plan
i hate: Cooking last minute meals
i miss: As weird as it may sound......I miss nursing! (my baby)
i fear: Something bad happening to Kylee or David
i feel: Gross and need to take a shower after a humid open gym session at the school
i hear: Nothing but the air conditioning (it never stops)
i smell: Nothing again because I haven't cooked anything all day
i crave: Cravings! Ironic as it sounds - - it's the best Mexican food ever!
i search: For good black church shoes and can never find them anywhere
i wonder: If our economy will ever get better
i regret: Not picking out better colors for my wedding
i love: The gospel
i care: For my Young Women's choices in life
i always: Am in search of good coaches (for club and high school) - it's draining!
i am not: A blonde
i believe: In faith
i dance: When I'm happy
i sing: Disney songs all day long! They won't get out of my head!
i don’t always: Shave my legs
i fight: Over stupid little insignificant things
i write: Emails everyday
i lose: My bobby-pins all the time
i win: When I play any game against David - - Ha ha! :)
i never: Sleep without my body pillow
i listen: To Kylee sing in the car
i am scared: Of David's work going under
i need: To stop this blog and start cooking dinner
i am happy about: The future
i tag: Everyone who has a blog! :)

Come on now....!!!

Okay, so I just have to post a quick little blurb in here because too many of you took me seriously on my post about David's birthday present. NOOOOOOOO.......I didn't really get him a new lifted truck. It was totally and 100% sarcastic! Are you kidding me........it would be crazy to buy him a new big truck when for 1, he already has one - 2, the economy sucks and we don't want to make any crazy new purchases right now, and 3, GAS is crazy expensive and if I was going to buy him any type of new vehicle it would be some kind of little gas economy car!

Okay, I feel better now knowing that I've explained myself! Go check out my last two posts if you haven't already! Good night! :)

Play or Clean??? That is the question.....

So Natalie took Kylee to Chick-fil-A the other day while I was at open gym and Kylee was being her usual funny self. Luckily Natalie had her camera to catch her in action. She played on the playground for a little bit but then discovered the wet-wipe packets. This girl LOVES to clean! She helps me clean all the time. Oddly enough, however, she doesn't pick up toys off the ground though. But wiping things down is definitely her thing! But she's not your average "cleaning toddler". As you can see in this video, she's very particular in the way she cleans. (hint - watch how she wipes in perfect circles and even reaches up to get the corners of the mirror)

This one's for you Gramma Montez! I can only imagine how proud you must be of your little clone!!!

Happy Birthday David Kent Pew!!!

Tomorrow (July 17th) is my hubby's 29th birthday. He has been an amazing blessing in my life and I can't believe I'm so lucky to have him as my eternal companion and the father of my children! Through the years, he's accomplished so much and has had many different "looks". I captured some of my most favorite moments and pictures since we've been married and posted them for your viewing pleasure! :)

I have the hottest husband ever!!! I love you so much David and I hope you have a good birthday. P.S. - - your brand new lifted truck is sitting in the drive way! Happy birthday!!!

My future volleyball star

Kylee loves to play with her little pink volleyball. I taught her a couple things so I wanted to catch them on tape for future reference when she is a teenage volleyball star at her high school!!! Ha ha - in my dreams! Anyway, you'll notice a couple funny things in this video. First of all, it's really dark so sorry if you can't see it very clearly. Second, I had to bribe her to "perform" in front of the camera so you'll hear her say "candy" after her first move. And thirdly, David was filming and has this obsession with making a fart noise out of his mouth everytime someone bends over........so when Kylee bends over at the end, you'll here a little treat coming from the camera - NOT my child!!! Although it wouldn't be unnusual if that "noise" really did come from Kylee. Ha ha!!!

(You might need to mute the music first to hear the great sounds of this video!)

And there you have it.....my little tootin', candy-bribed volleyball star!

Flashback Friday

As my summer is coming to an end and another Higley volleyball season is about to begin, I took a look back at all the teams I've coached there so far. I'm going into my 5th year as the head volleyball coach at Higley and I can't believe how fast the years have gone by. I still can't believe that I'm really a High School coach sometimes! It still blows my mind! I never thought I'd be a coach until I was way older! I'm very lucky to have had this opportunity to coach at Higley and I just loved my girls! I don't have a picture from the year 2005 because I actually didn't coach that year due to my recovery after delivering Kylee, but I was still involved and count that as time "served" there! Here are some pictures from all my teams....

This is my first team in 2004. We won the State title this year. It was amazing!

Here is my 3rd team in 2006. This was a crazy bunch of girls and I loved them! We barely missed the State play-offs this year by a half point - based on the Power Points system. Boo!!!

This was my team last year in 2007. This was a very special group of girls. We made it to the semi-finals in the state tournament. I graduated 6 Seniors this past year and it's going to be really hard to recover after that. But I'm really excited to get going with my team this year!

I don't have a current picture for my girls this year but tryouts are on August 11th so I'll take some pictures once my team is complete and update then. I feel very lucky to have had great success so far at Higley. I take this program very seriously and personally. It's my baby and I to think of the day that I won't be coaching there anymore makes me sad! I'm not sure when that will be but for now, I keep taking each year one at a time and putting my all into this program and each team that I coach. Go Knights!!!!

Ella Grace Montez

Up until July 5th, Kylee was the only girl on the Montez side, but now she finally has a girl cousin to play with! My brother and his wife have 4 boys (Zachary 9, Dallin 7, Brigg 5, and Keaton 3) and now they have finally been blessed even more with a beautiful little baby girl! Ella Grace Montez was born on July 5th, which happens to be Dallin and Olivia's birthdays as well. There are now 3 people in that family with the same birthday! Crazy! I love my brother so much and he's such a great example to me. He has such an amazing-beautiful family and I'm so proud of him! Here is a picture of the family, prior to adding a little pink bow to it!!!

And below here is a picture of Kylee holding Ella Grace very proudly! She didn't want to put her down. She saw a video of Ella being born (C-section) and when she saw her umbilical cord, she was facinated by it and told everyone about Ella's cord. She wouldn't stop talking about her "cord". It was funny!

Photo Shop What???

So thanks to Gina, I discovered this wonderful website called www.picnik.com. It's like a photoshop type of program (only a website) that lets you mess around and "dress" up your pictures. Here's an example of what I did:

ORIGINAL

PICNIK

It's so fun! You can do so much with your photos. Check it out! I highly recommend it!