Painting a Nativity

Quinn got to paint a king and he painted it pink and purple (with sparkles) :)
We had a pretty fun time painting a nativity set. The kids just love to paint.

All tuckered out

We came home from somewhere and Quinn stayed asleep like this on the couch for a really long time. He was happy when he woke up...so that's good!

November

Oh this little boy is excited for the snow! He went outside several times today to just run and kick the snow. Collin is helping his model of a cell to dry more quickly. By the way, it is a model of a rabbit cell (thought you'd want to know).

My two little boys playing with Martian Matter.

Costumes

Happy Halloween!

We had such a fun time carving pumpkins!
Quinn put pieces of the teeth on his forehead...it was pretty funny!

10 years

She designed and decorated her own birthday cake. Happy Birthday my one and only daughter! You are the best!

7 years

Happy Birthday Simon! You are the sweetest boy in the world and I'm so happy you are mine!

Corn

After Quinn finished eating dinner, he slid over to the bowl of corn and started scooping big spoonfuls into his mouth. I could either make him stop or laugh and take his picture!

Hogle Zoo

Quinn is a very unwilling participant in picture taking.

Happy 7th birthday!

Dinner date with just mom at Chilis!
We just love legos around here!

A traditional Smith birthday cake.

Getting the Sunday afternoon wiggles out

Racing down the steep hill.
Big crash at the bottom...after the fall/roll.

Grass stain

They are all in the air!

Weekend Homework

Quinn was sad and so he climbed up on Thayne's lap and fell asleep.

A Visit to Temple Square

Quinn was NOT going to sit on my lap. This was the best picture we could get. :)

First Day of School 2010

Some Fun Pictures

School starts on Wednesday! Collin starts Jr. High...what a new adventure for him! Hannah will be in 4th grade and Simon in 1st. I will be tending 4 little children (who are younger than Quinn) almost every day. It should be an interesting change. It has been such a fun summer and I could use a couple more weeks but I think the kids are ready to head back to school.

Our Saturday Adventure

We really went out of our comfort zone today and took the family way way up into the mountains. I wanted to take them to the place we went to Youth Conference last year...just up past Willard Flats. When we got to our destination, we ate lunch and then hiked up to a pond. We decided that was all the hiking we would do this time. It was so beautiful up there; so many wildflowers! We are going to try to go back next year and camp.

Picture Time

Angie helped me take some pictures of the kids. It was pretty fun, except it was a little too hot and Lily cut her finger pretty good and Adria got ants all over her. Fun times! Thanks Angie! I will help you out with pictures sometime.

Happy Birthday to Me!

I love this movie and Thayne suprised me with it.

Happy 12th Birthday!

Collin has wanted to try "I Fly" for a couple of years now so when we got a coupon in the Cherry Days parade, this was the perfect opportunity. He was a little nervous but very brave and excited. We all went to the training with him and then had fun watching him learn. It was harder to learn than I thought. The trainer was really good with him. He had the best time!

Yep...that's him high in the air.

He wanted a hamster last year for his birthday so we gave him a fish to practice taking care of an animal. He did really well, so this year....he got a hamster. He was really surprised!

He made his own two layer chocolate cake. It only got dropped on the floor once during the frosting. Pretty good!

My Sister and I

I love sisters! I am so lucky to have four of them. Time for another sister picture girls! Andrea is almost exactly ten years younger than I am and it's funny how often people comment on how much we look alike...I don't really see it. :)

HIKING

This was taken on one of our hikes this summer. We were suprised at how well Quinn did hiking. He loves it!

Camp out with the Kohls

Collin dug this rock out of the water. The kids had fun digging up rocks and then throwing them back in.

Quinn fell asleep on top of me...he was so tired I guess. I couldn't believe it when I realized he was actually asleep.

This was our group minus Jason who was taking the picture. 4 adults and 8 kids. FUN! We had such a great time, good food and good company!