The 5tewart Family: My Pink Panthers

Thursday, July 31, 2008

My Pink Panthers

My friend Beth (from Converse) is getting ready to have her first baby in 4 weeks so our friends decided to get together this past weekend to celebrate her and her impending arrival. In the past, when someone has had a baby, we've had showers for each other but this time we decided to do something a little different and it was much fun. We made appointments at a spa downtown and met there Saturday morning - had our "treatments", talked, laughed, talked some more and then around 2pm, changed clothes and went to the Lazy Goat for lunch - where we stayed until the wait staff started to discuss the dinner menu (about 4:30). It's been so long since we've been able to spend that much uninterrupted time together. We usually have either children or husbands with us when we're together (which is also great, just different) and we never get to really talk to each other.

Beth and I were never roommates in college (however, we were always "suite mates") but we did live together for 3 years after college. I can't wait to watch her and Andy embark upon the beautiful, eventful, confusing, and always entertaining journey of parenthood. She will make a very loving and patient mother. She and Andy have decided to not find out what their having but my prediction is a BOY. We'll all find out for sure in about 3.5 weeks!!

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Stewart Family Mission Statement

Back in April, our family (Darrell's Mom's brother and sister) got together in Lenior, NC to celebrate several April birthdays and attend Goudapalooza '08. As part of the celebration each family was asked to bring their Mission Statement. As you can see, I miss using the marketing/advertising part of my brain. We collected famous "tag lines" to create our mission statement.

The Stewart Family Mission Statement:
As a growing family we believe “We get it”. There has been “One love since 1994”. We “Believe in the best” and believe “This is the place to be”. We love our family and it is “Grown for pleasure”.
Every morning we “Wake up with the King “ and always “Answer to a higher authority”.
Mommy believes “The best part of waking up is Folgers in your cup” and we frequently find ourselves wondering “Got milk?”
Each day we promise to “Grab life by the horns”, even when “It takes a licking and keeps on ticking” because we believe “We bring good things to life” and “Quality is job one”. Often times “The only easy day was yesterday” and yet we are still grateful. We strive for “Getting things done” with our “Heart to God, hand to man”.
At the end of the day we still shout “Just do it”, “Do unto others as you would have done unto you”, and “Be all you can be”. But on the occasional “You deserve a break today”, “For all you do, this Bud's for you”. Because there are days where “Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't”.
So, “Life's good” and “There's no life like it”. “Feel the force”. “It's everywhere you want to be”.
Because at the end of the day “You can't top the copper top”. “He keeps going and going and going”.