Julie came to visit from Virginia! It was the first time we’ve seen her since she, Brock, and Kota moved last summer. She is about 26 weeks pregnant with a girlie and she looked so cute! It was delightful to chat with Julie. She loves the kiddos. She took Hannah for a dessert run to […]
Jimmy’s mom asked if anyone wanted one of the old trumpet’s lying around the Smith home. We thought the kids would love it. Behold – they really loved it. They were clamoring for a turn. So interesting that the 3 oldest kids played with cheeks full of air. Little Tru had tight lips and cheeks. […]
Tru, Liza, & Lily planted wheat grass for our Gardening Theme at preschool last week. These cheerful cups are in the window sill being something green to our world. Snow… fluffy snow was in the forecast. The kids were delighted to watch it from inside. Welcome to Spring in Utah!
What wonderful news we received in October 2009 – that a temple would be built in Fort Lauderdale. When we lived in Sunrise, FL, Jimmy and I always speculated about lots for a future temple. We weren’t correct on it’s actual location, but look at how close it was to our townhome? 8 minute drive […]
Miss Hannah has a Wax Museum Project coming up. For the past month she has researched and written a paper about the life of Eleanor Roosevelt. Today she presented an oral report. And on Monday they are statues in a wax museum for the students and parents to attend. She put together this classic outfit. […]
Abraham designed his own car. It was black with orange lightning bolts. Dad & neighbor Skyler helped cut the design. Dad was out of town at a conference the night of the actual event so he helped Abe prepare the car, install the wheels & weights beforehand. We weighed the car and it was perfectly […]
We decided that a nice transition from crib to big girl bed would be to take the rail off her crib. Perfect! She loved it and never even fell out. She especially loves having a pillow like the big kids. I was afraid she wouldn’t take naps anymore, but she totally did. She wouldn’t even […]
I’m realizing there are reoccurring themes in parenting. We teach and hope and teach and pray and teach a principle to one child. We see progress … slow sometimes… but progress. Then … BAM! the next child is in that same phase. Teach & hope & Teach & Pray & Teach some more. BAM! … […]
Girls Dancing Boy’s light-sabering such is life around here. if it’s too cold to light-saber on the tramp, they use the living room. Prayers from the tots: Truman: “Please bless mom to smile lots.” Maxwell: “Grateful I can be a ‘choose the right’ kid.” Truman: “Grateful Heavenly Father can make us be good.” Liza – […]
I am 13 1/2 weeks along in this 6th pregnancy. We did a fetal DNA test through the high-risk perinatologist. One of the benefits was finding out a solid XY BOY gender reveal! The other benefits were great peace of mind that despite my ADVANCED MATERNAL AGE (haha!), our baby does not have any chromosome […]