Garin's raingutter regatta

Here are a few pictures from Garin's raingutter regatta. Obviously they are not in order and are a little blurry, but here they are! Can you tell that I was holding Ryden and taking pictures? :-)

Starlee & Trevon's Preschool Party

Starlee & Trevon are doing a preschool co-op type thing this year where various Moms in our wards switch turns. The first day was a party at the Rancho Palo Verde Lake. The kids had a blast and the Moms were able to go over a few items of business!

Here is Trevon-he was pushing Ryden around for awhile!
Starlee poses in her new dress (She has her swimsuit underneath!).
The boys found frogs at the lake-Trevon holds his out for show!
And I thought this picture of J-Rod was too cute to not include! He was pretty excited about his frog!

Ethan's Soccer game

Here are a few pictures from Ethan's soccer game! He is absolutely loving soccer and has a great coach, Coach Ewert! Hopefully soon I will post some of Shelby!

A Day at the Park

We spent a day at the park with Grandma Lynne, Grandpa Bob, Violet, & Lucas one afternoon. Garth took off work to hang out with all of us as well! The kids had the greatest time having a picnic lunch and then playing on the toys!!

Shelby missed Garin's smile-but he was a great big brother and played with Ry for awhile!

Watching the kids play!

Garth making a funny face!

Shelby pulling off a funny face too!

Ryden thinks he is skateboarding!

Trevon smiling for the camera!
Ethan taking a ride on the scooter!
Lucas loved the swings!
Here is Ry while he is hanging out with Garin!
Grandpa Bob pushing Starlee!
Violet gives a grin for the camera as well!

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!