It's Party Time

Allison and Adam


Rob and Michelle

The whole gang

Ok, since we don't have a huge house its always a little stressful having a lot of people over, so we kept it simple this year and had so much fun on New Years Eve. We played the Wii most of the time and pretty much the rest of the time we ate, and then ate some more. I really should have taken a picture of the ridiculous amount of food that we had. The friends we had over were so much fun. The kids played so well and eventually all of them (minus all 4 of my kids) crashed before midnight. This was the perfect way to bring in the new year, family, friends and yummy food!

My kids waited up to pop some "crackers" as Bradley called them. I think they were pretty bummed there were no fireworks that came out. I love that Bradley was so excited to go pop them he put on Maycie's rain boots.

Merry Christmas 2010!

The kids in their Christmas PJ's.

Smith Kid Cousins

We had so much fun this year on Christmas. Every year we go to Adams parents on Christmas eve and have a great dinner, open presents and my favorite part is the christmas program the kids put on. I love that the kids get to remember the true meaning of christmas.

Maycie got a uDraw for the Wii

Grayson get a Wii fit (which gets played all day everyday and has been a life saver this cold winter)

Bradley got Criss Cross Crash!

The next morning we woke up and had an awesome christmas morning at our house with the kids. They are all at such a fun age and were so excited to see what Santa had brought them. Santa brought me a Flip Video camera and that is why we have 1 picture of Maycie from our family christmas, most are short video clips and I haven't been able to figure out how to load videos onto blogger yet. On christmas afternoon we headed to my parents for round 3 of Christmas and had a great time. My parents, brother and sister were all there and we had a great time!

Dad Relaxing on Christmas

One of two pictures I took at my parents christmas

Maycie in her Christmas outfit

I got spoiled with a new serger, flip video camera and new pots and pans, it was a great christmas!

Winter Dance Recital

Maycie really did a great job, we are so proud of her hard work!

Thanksgiving 2010

Adam and Dad preparing the yummiest turkey! I love the intense look of concentration on their faces. That turkey was seriously delish!

We had a great Thanksgiving this year, It involved eating at both families houses on the same day which totally ended up leaving us stuffed! The food was awesome, this was the first time I can ever remember really enjoying the turkey. We ate first at Adams parents and then went to my parents for dinner. Of course the batteries in my camera ran out after these pictures which left me with no other pictures for the day :(

My favorite part of the day was these shirts I whipped up the night before for the kids to wear. These ideas always seem like they wont take long but the original thought was to have them done in an hour, 3 hours later, 2 matching hair bows and one tired mama they were finished and I think my little gobblers looked adorable in their matching shirts!

I love this picture, it shows all of their personalities perfectly!
Grandpa always has a yummy treat for the grandkids, this day it was dots ice cream.
Bradley did not want to take a picture...he is so naughty!

Its been too long!

It has been way to long since I last posted or blog hopped! I am making myself a promise to not get behind anymore. Sorry for the overwhelming amount of posts that will take place in the next couple days!

For the love of Orange

Dearest Grayson,

I am soooo sorry,

that I let you pick out a bright orange safety coned colored costume.

Orange isn't my color nor is it yours.

Love, Mom

Grayson might have been a little excited to see us when he rounded the corner, it was so funny.
Uh Oh Maycie forgot her wings and was a little bummed. So do you see the half of a mermaid in front of Maycie???? A couple days ago the kids came home from school and said that this girl Lexi slammed grayson against a brick wall and chocked him with her backpack.....I know its sad to laugh at that but I find it a little funny. I told Grayson the next time a kindergartner beats him up he has permission to tell the teacher..........

Look at how miserable Adam is....lol, he really was excited to be there and had a lot of fun.

Madi Girl

Madi and Lincoln, she is a month older and just about the same size as him, except for those hands. That little boy has got some big paws!!!!

This is Madis little buddy Max they love eachother, he cracks me up, whenever he see's her he says, "ohhhh, Madi"

Just needed to post a little Madi update, I can't get enough of this little munchkin!!!!

Cabin Fun

We started our weekend of fun at a little mexican restaurant called Tarahumara. It was yummy!

Aunt Manon helping Grayson build a fort out of sticks. (Adam with his Angry birds game, I think he wasted like 5 hours one day playing that), Papa Smith and Celest

Man this lady can cook up one yummy meal!!!!!

The boys swinging on the tire horses.

Its become a tradition to spend Conference weekend at the cabin. The number one reason I love the cabin is for the FOOD. Let me tell you, it is always yummy, its like a marathon of food the whole weekend and I love every minute of it. I also love that this kids get to play with their cousins, they have so much fun together.

Bradleys Birthday

Bradley had a weekend long celebration this year. We had a fun family party one night, a party for him the nex day at Grandma and Grandpa Rice's and then we went to the cabin for the rest of conference and had a little celebration there. It was a weekend full of hot wheels, spiderman and cake....lots of cake! He loved every minute of the attention. I can't believe that it has been 4 years since this little guy came in my life. Fun facts about Bradley are, he loves to make people laugh, he thinks he can speak spanish, he loves music and singing, give this kid a microphone and he will entertain you for hours. I love my buddah baker!

Conference

I heart conference!!!!

Your house is filled with a special spirit all weekend,

The TVs all turned to the same channel blaring familiar voices and,

THE FOOD is always amazing, nothing like ham, funeral potatoes, corn, rolls and cookie salad!

The memories that are made with family are priceless!