Just some random pictures

Cal & Ruth came for Family Home Evening too!

Garth's parents (Bob & Lynne) came for a visit and the kids had a great time playing in the pool with them for Family Home Evening!

Garth and our handsome son Ryden-night swimming, the kids' favorite

1st day of school-Dinner

The kids choose their 1st day of school dinner every year. This year they chose spaghetti (some with and some without sauce), & french bread not to mention homemade chocolate chip and oatmeal raisin cookies for dessert.

Here are pictures of the kids eating their 1st day of school dinner!

1st Day of School-Morning

The kids 1st day of school was Monday the 28th. As you can see they looked absolutely adorable! We aren't necessarily "enjoying" the 25 minute commute until we close escrow, but it hasn't been too bad! We are all looking forward to being a lot closer!

Moving, Moving, Moving-We know, again!! :-)

So, here is the house that we are in escrow in. It has a lot more room then we have now and more land as well-it is even flatter and more trailer-friendly! (good thing since Garth has his share of trailers!) We hope you enjoy the pictures-we will post more after we move in and customize it a bit!

(Of course these are listing pictures-so we have some wallpaper to rip out and some painting to do to customize it!)

PS-Did we mention we have a better set up for guests? :-) Not a guest house, yet, but more rooms, bathrooms, space, and hopefully a walkway from the trailer to the house for those that want to stay out there! :-)

Here is the view off of the master deck.

The family room.

Here is the pool and surrounding area. Not as nice as the other house, but water is water, right?
This is a front view of the house. Garin says to make sure you notice there is a flag pole! :-)

And here is the kitchen and breakfast nook.

Starlee's 3rd Birthday

Starlee grinning like a birthday girl after she got out of the pool!
Starlee opened her present from Mama & Papa, Uncle Jaren & Uncle Jonas-she kept saying "oh wow!"-Starlee LOVES clothes!
Starlee wanted Garth to hold her while we sang Happy Birthday-here she is being shy!
Starlee holding up her card from Mama, Papa, & boys
Starlee wanted some animals from the Littlest Pet Shop, a Dora doll, & a "lellow cake with lellow flowers!"-it wasn't too hard to comply!
Ry snaked one of the Littlest Pest shop packages and was off! He hasn't figured out that everyone else has a birthday too!
Here is her yellow cake (inside) with yellow flowers and star candles!

Happy 3rd Starlee-we love you bunches!

Smith Family Reunion-Saturday

Shelby's butterfly kite high up in the air-there was tons of wind! It was great!

Garin & Shelby went boogieboarding-Shelby decided to watch first to see if it was a good idea!
Uncle Chad helped the kids dig a huge hole!! They had a great time playing with him!
Does Starlee look a little unsure of what Trevon might do with that water? ;-)

Ethan & Garin flying a kite! This one only flew "okay"-but Shelby's butterfly flew beautifully!

Smith Family Reunion-Friday Night

We had a great time for the silent auction-I was excited to get Dad's cutting board and Shelby bid on (& won) Grandma Lynne's beatiful afghan!

Ryden had a terrific time because Dad let him roam around the table. I don't think he was aware that he was being watched-he thought he was free as a bird!

4th of July

Everyone enjoying their pancake breakfast!

Ethan not willing to get dirty with a sucker-but he gives a smile anyway!

Starlee loved the sucker more than words or "blue stuff" could describe!

Trev has a handsome smile and barely made a mess with his prize! The kids did well in the decorating contest!

Ryden wasn't sure what to make of this whole thing, but loved playing with the flag. (he is holding it upside down!)

Our ward does an annual 4th of July breakfast that includes the kids decorating their bikes, scooters, or stroller, and parading around the church building. Here are the kids with their decorated items for this year.

Jenna's Visit

I don't have tons of pictures on the computer yet from Jenna's visit-but A LOT of the time was spent in the pool with the kids so I thought I would include these shots. This was a day that Joanna was able to stop by as well-the kids had a blast!

Father's Day

The kids gave Garth a surfboard for Father's Day. Here he is pretty excited about his new 7'2" Waterhog (for those of you that know your boards). He had wanted this board-so he was pretty surprised and excited!

Starlee helped Garth open his Father's Day cards. We aren't sure if she was just excited about Father's Day or maybe she thought he couldn't handle it! ;-)

The kids made the cutest cards in Primary that were fill in the blank and gave Dad and M&M bowtie too!

Shelby's Father/Daughter Breakfast

Shelby had her Father/Daughter breakfast the Saturday before Father's Day. They had a great French Toast breakfast served by the girls and then played games! Here are the two of them! They had fun! :-)

Ryden's Birthday-2nd Post

Below is Trevor playing with Violet.

Alyssa, Starlee, & Trevon playing on the toys at the park!

All the adults hanging out and discussing all the fun stuff that we never get a chance to discuss when we aren't together!

Violet smiling big-I think she like chocolate frosting!!

Ryan giving a huge smile for the camera- we are so excited for our Ry to have a friend so close in age!! (They are only 1 month apart!)

Ryden's Birthday

Ryden had a terrific 1st birthday. He woke up to toaster waffles (it was a school day)-one of his favorites. Then we went shopping and had lunch with Aunt Jaleen. Later we had pizza at the park with a few family and friends. It was fun to spend time with Ryden's Uncle Trevor, Aunt Jocelyn, cousins Violet & Lucas, Aunt Jaleen, Uncle Jonathan, Uncle Broc, Aunt Joanna, friends Jeff, Amy, Alyssa, & Ryan Young (Ryan is Ryden's age), and of course his parents & siblings! He had two favorite toys of the evening-his fire truck from Dad and his music "thingy" from Mama & Papa. He also received so many cute clothes that we can't begin to explain how cute he has looked this past week in his new gear! :-) So, Happy Birthday Ryden and thank you to all that came to his party, send gifts or cards (any money went to new clothes since he has outgrown all of his old clothes-notice the upcoming pictures-anything he is wearing is new!), or gave him a quick phone call. We appreciate it and love our friends and family dearly! Thanks again! (I will try and post a few more pictures too!)