the smith's

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

So Christmas in Utah turned out to be pretty fabulous...... even though it was Utah. {hehe} Actually we all LOVED it!! And I realized it really doesn't matter so much the location as long as the fam is all together. We had a really great time with everyone and as you will see, did a lot of fun snowy stuff!! Adam missed out on some of the events because he was busy being a Saint!! He and his brothers surprised their mom {Grandma Sue} by demoing/remodeling her kitchen & bathrooms. It was a TON of work, but SOO worth it in the end. Grandma Sue was really surprised and sooo thankful! The kids were loving her big hugs & chocolate candies too!

If you know my dad, you'll appreciate the fact that the reason all of these fun snowy things happened was because of his mad skillz in the scheduling department! Our days were jam packed full of things to do, down to the minute. And conveniently, there was a binder that kept the schedule and any other information needed for us to browse through.... what a stud muffin!! Thanks dad!! We probably wouldn't have done anything if it weren't for you!!

Before I forget. 95% of these pictures were taken by my sissy Jess Bones. Who also has some mad skillz- except behind the lens. She did such a great job at capturing the memories- the only bad thing is that she isn't in many of them. So thanks Bones!!!

My mom is the bomb. She's got such great style and taste.... the minute I walked in the door and saw all of this, I felt at home. The house was soo festive and beautiful with all of her pretty x-mas decor- I loved all of it!!!

We ended up driving all day on x-mas because of sick kids, so when we got there, we had x-mas morning round 2, my b-day dinner/party, and PaPa read the kiddies an x-mas story...... good times!

The Lange Louge. Do I need to say more?? My dad and the girls built this in the backyard. By the time we got there, the Louge was there-barely- and everything else had melted. It was perfect for the kids though- they loved it {except for Olivia.... she cried just looking at it =)} Luckily, it snowed mid week and we got some more snow to replenish it. It was really fun!!

We went up to Salt Lake to see the Temple Lights with Grandpa Marvin!!! It was FREEZING- hence my borrowed football jacket!!! But soo pretty..

I don't have many shots of Olive. So I thought I'd give a shout out to my girl! She is just younger than Chuckie and a little Angel!!! She is sooo cute- look at her. She's a mini E!

We got to go snowboarding!!! This was one of the funnest days for me. Its been at least 5 years since Adam & I lasted shredded, so it was soo fun to go together and remember the good ol days... before the children! Thanks mom and B & A for watching the kids!!!

Pretty much every morning there was a group that went shooting.... since when did we become so hill billy ish??? We also had a fab New Years Eve fireworks presentation to get the night started.

Lets see. All I can say is there was a lot of LyCRa this year..... tight LYCRA.

Sam came with us this year. He loved the snow but he also LOVED to be inside. Here's what he looked like a lot of the time- at the back door trying to lure himself in with those puppy dog eyes.