Grandad's Birthday!!

Last night we celebrated Grandad's birthday! We gave him presents and had cake and ice-cream to celebrate his 73 years. Grandad is looking forward to golfing today and every Tuesday during spring, summer, and fall!!

Smith Girls Retreat 2011

Smith Girls Trip 2011

After weeks of planning and waiting for the date to arrive, we all headed off to Neola to have a girls weekend away at Allison's. We had various activities planned, lots of good food to make and eat, and lots of visiting and fun to do!

While the majority of the crowd was over 18, we allowed these little ones since they were dependent on their mommies! Max provided the only male supervision we had!

First up was making our cute washer necklaces. Susan was the pro at teaching us this craft and we enjoyed picking our papers and washers and making beautiful necklaces out of them.

After a delicious breakfast of waffles with strawberry sauce and whipped cream, some of us headed of to Vernal to attend the temple. Others stayed behind with babies and moral support. We all met up in Vernal for lunch at a Mexican place. More food and conversation!

After lunch we headed back to Alli's and continued with crafts. We produced lots of hairbows and headbands. We ate Lisa's yummy chicken ranch and bacon sandwiches for dinner and had the "famous" chocolate torte to top it off. More visiting, some Zumba lessons, a movie, more food and a ton of fun!

The trip ended with all of us attending church with Allison and packing up, cleaning up, and driving home. We all agreed it was a wonderful trip and we're planning on making it an annual event! What a fun family we've got!

Look what I found!

I was going through pictures on the small camera I keep in my purse and I found this:

I don't know if he scared himself or he was trying to scare me! Either way it's funny!

David's birthday

Yesterday was David (and his brother Mark's) birthday and we celebrated with TONS of family. We invited both sides of our family over to have some cake and ice cream. David's choice of cake: carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. Yum!

We had a great time visiting with everyone and the cousins made the biggest fort I have ever seen. The entire basement was covered in blankets and there were "rooms" for everyone. I should have taken a picture of it, but we were busy cleaning it up before bedtime.

It was a perfect family party and we're still so glad we are here around so much family. Happy Birthday David (and Mark too!)

Fencing Match

After 10 weeks of training, Ethan participated in his first fencing match. It was held at the fencing academy and he did very well. This was the first time they wore all the gear and were hooked up to the scoring machines that detect when a person is "hit". Ethan had 5 different matches and he won all five and was only hit twice! Pretty good. He enjoyed the class and trying something new.

On to a new smile!

The day has finally come that Austin got his braces on! He's been waiting for his teeth to come in, but we've determined that they are not coming in and so they are going to go up and pull them down with chains. Doesn't that sound lovely! Poor guy! So on go the braces to make room for the teeth and then 3 chains and two wisdom teeth out at the oral surgeon. Then bottom braces and finally rubber bands to change his jaw alignment. It's going to be a while 'til we see that perfect smile, but we're on our way. Hang in there buddy!

Ellilia Maria Smith

Sunday, March 6th, Ellilia Maria Smith was blessed by her father Mark Smith. It was a beautiful blessing and a great family celebration afterwards. This is my newest niece! Isn't she gorgeous?