Bath Time

Being new to blogging, I'm not quite sure if this is an appropriate picture but I decided to post it anyways.

April 29, 2009

Jacey has decided that her climbing adventures will now include bath time. She thinks it is hilarious to climb upon the little soap shelf. I'm am so afraid she will slip and fall and crack her head open. But there is no fear in that little girl. Just curiosity. She thinks she is so clever.

I just have to laugh sometimes at the new things she will try.

Never a dull moment with our little Jacey.

Grandpa Howard's 80th

April 25, 2009

Happy Birthday Grandpa Howard!

This weekend was very special. I was able to head up to Utah with my dad and sister Meagan (the kids and husbands stayed home) to celebrate my grandpa's birthday. It was a special time. We all shared our many happy and spiritual and uplifting memories of our grandpa. I shed a few tears of joy for the love that my grandpa has for his kids and grandkids. I was so excited to see all our family that we so rarely get the chance to visit. Most everybody was able to make the event.

Thanks to all who put so much time and effort into getting us all together, so we could share such a wonderful time.

Just Me and the Dogs

April 18, 2009

Once again, we have a picture of Jacey just hanging out with Bailey.

Like I said before, her favorite thing is to be outside and she could care less about the weather or dirt or anything.

She just loves her puppies and the sun.

Jacey Lynn

April 17, 2009

Just a super cute pic of my baby girl,

We love you, Jacey!

Easter Sunday

April 12, 2009

Easter Sunday

Kylie and Jacey with their Easter baskets.

Jacey is always so happy when she can get the same thing as her big sis.

The Easter Bunny spoiled the girls.

The Easter Bunny also hid a few eggs around the house for Kylie and Jacey to find.

Below is pictures of them looking for their eggs then finding the money inside.

Woohoo, what a treat!

In our Easter Dresses.
Kylie - 4 years

Jacey - 14 months

I can never get them together anymore.

Thanks for trying, Kylie.

Mom and the Girls

Daddy and the Girls

After church, we had our annual Easter celebration in our backyard.

A little food and a big Easter Egg Hunt.

Thanks to Scott, our backyard is always perfect for this fun event.

Here the kids are waiting to be released to search for their eggs.

Grandma Suzie had them singing songs to keep them distracted, it worked great.

Then the hunt was on. Each child got to find eggs filled with candy plus a chocolate easter bunny.

Fun stuff.

Grandma Mary and Jacey

Jacey pretty much got the gist of the hunt. She especially loved the candy inside.

Kylie, of course, was running all around finding as many as she could. She is a little competive.

Jacey and her filled basket

Kylie sorting out the goods.

It was a fun memorable Easter, once again!

Easter Celebration in Maricopa

April 10, 2009

Our Easter extravaganza started off with a bang as we traveled down to Grandpa Kurt and Grandma Mary's house for a full day of fun.

The kids start off with a easter basket hunt, that Grandma and Grandpa have made for each of them. Kylie was happy to help Jacey locate hers. Candy and little toys filled each basket. Kylie even got a fun princess puzzle.

Then they got to dye easter eggs.

We have started a new tradition, an annual Easter Egg Race. The kids loved it. There were a few, to say the least, mishaps. Hudson went to chase his and accidentaly stepped on it. Karsten kept throwing instead of rolling his egg. Kylie and Brecken followed all the rules but still ended up with less eggs than they started with.
Lots of Laughs.

Waiting to start the Egg Hunt.

On your mark, Get Set, ........

GO!!!!!

Kylie found tons of eggs. We lost track of how many, but she came home with a load of candy.

Baseball Game!

Uncle Tom and Grandpa Kurt helped the kids take turns batting.

Kylie surprised me at how well she could hit the ball. Yeah!

Just Relaxing.

Playing in Grandpa and Grandma's unfinished pool.

We can't wait for it to be done. We just wished we lived a little closer.

All in all, it was a successful day of fun!

Dyeing Easter Eggs

April 9, 2009

Kylie and Shane were able to dye easter eggs with Grandma Suzie.

Of course, there didn't seem to be enough eggs to dye.

They had a good time.

(Jacey was sleeping, thank goodness)

Thanks Grandma.

It's My Party!

April 4, 2009

Today we celebrated Kylie and Becca's 4th Birthday.

We decided this year to do the girls party at the Scottsdale Train Park. Lots of family and friends were able to come out and make their day special. The weather was nice except for the tremendous amount of wind. We could hardly keep anything on the tables. Oh well, at least it wasn't hot. I took about a million pics, so I tried to just pick a few to summarize the party. (It is still a lot).

Here are just some fun pictures of some of the people who came.

Becca, Madison, Kylie, Brynlee, Isaac, & Emma

I love this picture.

We tried to get all the kids to take a picture together and it is just hilarious.

At the train park we were able to ride the train and the carousel. The kids also had fun just playing in the grass and flying a kite.

Waiting for the train!

(From Top Left to Bottom Right)

Shane, Kelsi, Luke, Kylie, Madison, Brecken & Kylie, Brynlee, Kyle, Emma & Valerie, Uncle Stevo and Jacey.


On The Train.

Emma, Brynlee, Kylie, & Madison

This is in the tunnel.

We told them to scream since it was all dark.

Waiting to ride the carousel.

Jacey waiting to ride too.

This is Jacey doing her quirky dance moves. So silly!

Sportin' the Cards gear. Thanks Grandpa.

Grandma Mary and Kylie

Uncle Steve with Kylie and Luke

CAKE TIME

Kylie and Becca wanted a Princess party so I did my best to make a cake that matched. Not too pretty but really yummy.

Trying to light the candles was a feat but she finally got them blown out herself and dug in. She ate her share then Brecken gladly took over.

Presents!!!!!

Kylie was spoiled once again. To name a few, she got a princess tutu, money, bracelets, coloring stuff, play-doh, and much more.

What a lucky girl to have such wonderful family and friends.

Happy Birthday Kylie!!!

We love you tons.

Kylie's B*Day!

March 30, 2009

Happy Birthday Kylie!!!

Even though we are going to have a party for Kylie in a week, I still wanted to let her have her very own special day. She got to eat one of her favorite breakfast foods on her new birthday plate, then for morning dessert she had a homemade sugar cookie, also her favorite. Especially pink. (don't ya love the morning bed head)

Scott and I wanted to give Kylie her present today. So, to make it more exciting we made her wait inside, then close her eyes as she walked outside to find her ............

New Bicycle!!!!!

(I'm not sure if she was more excited about the bike or the balloon)

Have Fun, Kylie.

Later that night we took Kylie to Peter Piper Pizza with the rest of the Smith gang. All in all, I would say she had a great birthday.

Bouncy House!

March 21, 2009

At cousin Hailey's birthday party, Jacey got to go in the big bouncy house. And she LOVED it. As you can see from the pics, she laughed the whole time and really enjoyed being able to be with her cousins. We had to drag her out.

Kelsi and Jacey

YEAH!!!!!!!

Look at me, I'm so big.