Happy New Year-2009!

It is just past midnight and I am the only one still awake. Curt and the kids were determined to stay up, they even bought a bag of candy and treats at the store! So much for getting a big kiss on New Years. I was noticing the expiration date on my credit card and it says 11/10. I can't believe we are almost to 2010, it seems like yesterday that we were celebrating the new century. I am so grateful for all I have learned since becoming an adult. I was telling Curtis the other day that my life has not even gone the way I had it planned, but it has been so much better. I have gained wisdom and a better knowledge of who I want to become through our hardships and our joys. This life is truly about just loving the Lord and taking care of our relationships with each other. That is what I have found that gives me true happiness and joy! Happy New Year!

blessing pics- cont'd.

Aunt Lesley (my sis) and my sister-in-law Darci, who is holding Lesley's baby Will- he is 3 weeks older than Christian.

Chelsea Kohli (Smith family), and Cameron Garrett

Some more cousins at the party- these girls are from the Smith family.

Some of the Garrett cousins- the girls came in the house crying that the boys were being mean and hitting them with the hippity-hop, so Curt went out on the tramp and took down the boys. Yea for Daddy!

This is Aunt Gina- Curt's oldest brother's wife

Papa and Grams Smith

Tag team!

I always have pictures taken with him when he is ready to eat and crying-not fair!

Christian's blessing

The Proud Parents
Sleep in heavenly peace

I love when babies really start to smile!

Isn't he yummy!

December 7 was such a beautiful day. Christian was blessed and the weather was warm and sunny. We were so lucky because the next day we got lots of snow and have had it ever since!Curt and I were so impressed at the support of all the family. Our families are getting pretty big, and we were thankful the kids could play outside. We enjoyed the day so much. Christian is such a bundle of joy. He is the easiest baby to read because he cries when he is hungry, poopy, or tired; and if those 3 things are taken care of he is a happy camper! Thanks Uncle Mike for taking most of these pictures!

Happy 10th Birthday Skeetos!

Kemp Curtis Smith-November 28, 1998- I went into labor the night after Thanksgiving- and he was born the following morning at 8:03 a.m. I decided to go natural, and I knew if I didn't go for it with the first baby then I never would. I remember feeling so nervous to bring him home and being in awe of what a miracle life is. Right from the get-go Kemp has made it so easy for us as parents, Thanks buddos-We Love You!

My Mom, Lana and Craig, and the Chaston's (our friends) came for homeade brownies, Kemp's Favorite! Notice Kemp is trying to find his inner panda (you know, Kung-Fu?) Crazy kid!

Tough guy, eh?

A whole decade has gone by since Kemp was born and it really seems like yesterday. He has been the biggest blessing of a child, Heavenly Father knew just what he was doing sending Kemp's spirit to our family! Kemp's birthday always seems to fall right close to Thanksgiving. He was so sick with the flu this year. He loves meat and was incredibly bummed out when we started to eat. On Friday he was starting to feel better so we took the kids with some friends and saw the new Disney movie-Bolt. Kemp has been wanting to take friends from school and go to Classic Fun Center for his birthday. We weren't sure if it was going to happen since he got sick, but I phoned some of his friends and Curtis took them all on Saturday. Sadly there were no pictures (I bet Curtis was too busy playing). We did get some pics of the cake and those silly boys!

Cami the photographer

My girls will sneak my camera and take pictures with it and most of the time I delete them. I could not resist posting this because I heard them in the kitchen taking the picture and Cami was trying to get Kerstyn to do exactly what she wanted, saying things like "O.k., Kerstyn hold the bottle up higher and closer to your face, now kiss the bottle like you love the soda, turn your head more towards the camera, now hold still!" What cuties they are!

Twilight movie

Thank you to my sister-in-law Sara for making the plans and getting the tickets to see Twilight at the theater this morning. I took Christian to the movie with us and I forget how easy newborns are to take to the movies, he just ate and slept! Sara's mom babysat our girls and we had a blast. I am no longer embarassed to say that I am infatuated with this story because I have seen Twilight fans that put me to shame! I can't believe how people get into this. We were cracking up at this girl sitting by us, because she was making comments about Edward the whole time, like when Edward talks about how he could hurt Bella just by touching her, this chic says, "Edward can hurt me any time he wants!" I should have read the book again before I saw it because there was tons of stuff I had forgotten, but I loved it any way! I'm glad about how clean it was since all these young teenagers are obsessed. Well, for a book that I started reading as a skeptic (come on, vampires-yeah right) it has certainly occupied plenty of my reading time and a little bit more!

Kemp's Science Fair Project!

We are so happy that Kemp wanted to do the Science Fair this year. He loves Chemistry and experiments, so we found a project about testing household items with red cabbage juice to see if they would be an acid or a base. He got a participation ribbon and hopes to place next year now that he has some experience and an idea of how to make the project better. Curt and I had a good time helping him. It was something that you definately have to invest the time in. I'm really glad he did it. It was cute to see him preparing the night before for what he would say to the judges. Great job son!