~Summer~

Another summer down and it flew by in a hurry. Cia and the kids came for the last few weeks of summer vacation. The kids had so much fun swimming, camping, making up dances, singing, laughing, and posing for their Aunt Cara. I love these pictures Cara took of the girls. Check out her website!!

~SMITHSON REUNION~

Getting back from a four wheeler ride! Kenadi loves rides.

BrookeLyn posing for the camera right before she started feeling sick. Poor girl:(

Ryan and Kenadi. They are pretty darn cute!

Ryson acting silly with his cousin Stratton.

Kenadi talking to her Papa on the Walkie Talkie.






Every summer we have a Smithson Reunion and camp for 3 nights. In the past we have slept in a tent which I thoroughly enjoyed, NOT!! Doug Brewer has been kind enough to let us take his camp trailer these past 2 years. It sure does make camping so much more enjoyable. However, this year BrookeLyn and I had to leave two days early. She came down with a bad case of the stomach flu. She had been looking forward to this trip for months and months because her cousins from Oregon were there :( Ryan ended up staying and camping with our other 2 kids. Kenadi had so much fun playing in the dirt. She said "she loves doing damping." I snapped a few pictures the first day.

~UTAH TRIP~

What great memories we made this past weekend with our Optometry friends. We met in Marysvale Utah and spent the weekend riding ATV's, tubing, fishing, visiting around the campfire and eating smores until we were sick! Thanks you guys for the fun trip. It was worth the 8 hour drive. I'm already looking forward to our next trip! ~VEGAS~ We missed you Olsens!

**4TH OF JULY**

Kiara, Jennifer, BrookeLyn, Jodie, and Kenadi

Kenadi

Myself, Les, and Kristy getting ready to eat. What we do BEST!

Leslie posing. Wish so badly she lived closer. :(

Nephew C.J. who I love. He is the sweetest. He's leaving in a month to go play football at Dixie college and then will serve a mission in December!!

Ryson and Ketner. Ryson always lets Ketner know that he's the fastest and the strongest, but Ketner always lets Ryson know that he will always be the tallest.

SWEET Maddie BELLE!!

Baby Kenadi as everyone calls her. She wears the pants in this family!

Dang he's HANDSOME!

What a FUN weekend we had as a family. Lots and lots of cousins running around screaming, laughing, fighting, playing and just loved being together. We enjoyed watching softball games, playing at the park, swimming, parades, fireworks, and our most favorite~~ EATING! We hope you had a wonderful 4th of July!!

Kenadi turns 2!

Our baby Kenadi turned 2!! She is growing up so fast. We sure do love her sweet and sassy personality. Thanks Aunt Cara for the cute pictures.
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~CALIFORNIA TRIP~

I finally gathered all of our pictures from our fun girls trip to California. Another trip down and I hope we have a lot more coming. I love you girls and can't wait until next year!!






Posing at California Adventure. People stared at us all day long because we all had on black shirts.

Disneyland with all the sisters and my beautiful mom that I love so much. Jill, Tandy, myself, Leslie, my Mom, Cindy, and Kristy.

Disneyland!! We had so much fun posing for the camera guys.

HILARIOUS! Looking good Cin!!

We went to MAC and had makeovers. Brittney, our makeup artist, spent 2 hours on us!! We loved her and she was so BEAUTIFUL and we ended up spending way to much money on makeup.

Beautiful sisters. Jill, Tandy, and Les.

Eating at Spaghetti Factory. We did alot of eating this trip.

Our last meal we celebrated Leslie's 30th Birthday at the Outback. We ate so much Les was up sick that night. The fun was over and it was time to come home. Until next year girls!!

Happy 30th Les!

Here is all the sisters and Mom at Disneyland. SOOO much fun. Can't wait for next year!
And, in honor of Les turning 30, here are some old photos she is going to absolutely love!!

Ha Ha! Love you Les. Hope you had a great day!

~gLaSsEs~

For the past 3 years BrookeLyn has been begging her father to please let her get glasses. Well her wish finally came true. Ryan checked her eyes and sure enough she needed them. We think she looks adorable and she's growing up way to fast. I wonder how long it will be until she asks her dad for contacts. :)

~Potty Training?~

I think it's getting close to potty training this little girl. Today she brought me everything to change her diaper and said "Mommy Stinky." Perfect timing because our other 2 kids were potty trained by their Dad when I leave on my sister trip in the month of May. May is coming up and I'm leaving for 5 days! Just enough time for daddy to potty train #3. I Love you Ryan and I am so lucky to be married to you. Happy 35th Birthday tomorrow!!

Sick~Sick~Sick

I hate when you have sick kids. My kids have been sick on and off for the past 2 weeks. Kenadi hadn't gotten any of the sickness until just a few days ago she started coughing and feverish. Then yesterday she got the flu. The worst thing a baby can have. It's very difficult cleaning up both ends! She finally let me lay her down on the couch to go make lunch and this is what I found in return. Poor baby. I hope she gets over this fast. We're sick of the sickness.

~Trip to Cancun~

Me and Ryan at the Japanese Restaurant at our resort.

Waiting for our friends to arrive.

My HOT husband posing for the camera. We kept waiting and waiting for Carlan and Kristen to arrive...Surprise, surprise, always waiting for the Reeses! Love you guys.

Me and Tawnya getting ready to eat. Again.

Margaritas! Sin alcohol! I don't know how many times we said that to the waitors. NO ALCOHOL!!They thought we were crazy all 10 of us ordering drinks with no alcohol. They were pretty yummy.

Ryan and Dave smiling big for the camera with their hats. Who knows how many heads those have been on. SCARY and NASTY!

Kelly, Carlan, Ryan, and Dave. Pretty good looking optometrist. :)

Las Chicas..I love you girls. Wish I lived closer. :(

These guys were everwhere down here.

Ryan, Dave, and Carlan taking in the sites at Tulum.

The Girls at Tulum. These ruins were amazing. If I were Aztec royalty this is where I would have built my palace too.

The Temple at Tulum. Right over that hill where this ruin is there is a huge cliff overlooking the ocean. Beautiful!

The guys on the beach beneath the ruins.

This is probably the clearest water I have ever seen.

More of the Tulum Ruins.

Tawnya and Dave on 5th Avenue in Playa del Carmen.

Eating yet again.

Carlan and Kristen in the Cenote (underground cave where you could snorkel).Amazing!

The fellas coming off the zipline into the underground cenote.

Every night the maids would make some towel sculpture on the bed. This was the one on Valentine's Day.

Swings at a bar on Playa del Carmen. Kristen, Tawnya, me, Valarie, and Allison.

All in all, it was a great time with perfect weather, great friends, and did I mention a lot of food? Time to hit the diet again I guess. Can't wait until we do it again. We missed you Todd and Kristy!!

~CAPTURE PHOTOGRAPHY~

It's been a while since I've posted. This year is just cruising by. I can't believe it's already February!Aunt Cara sent these cute pictures of the kids, so I had to post them and show off her work. Dang our kids are cute!! Check out her website Capture Photography.

~Rocky Point~

BrookeLyn and Kenadi walking along the beach.

BrookeLyn getting buried in the sand

Our house that we stayed in with all 18 grand kids minus 2.

Nephews J.R. and J.T. Yes I know they're fine and they know it.

Brother Dustin, Brother in law Brannoon, and nephews.

Sister Cindy and baby Kenadi.

My beautiful mother who I love so dearly.

Kenadi smiling away for the camera.

My sisters and mom minus 2.

My Mom and Leslie posing for the camera. We don't like Les when it comes to pictures because she knows how to pose and we don't.

Ryson and Bryce feeding the birds.

Every year my family will take a trip together right before Christmas. I know it's not like we're already busy enough. This year we went to Rocky Point, Mexico and stayed in a 8 bedroom 7 bath house. It was so much fun. We had 32 family members there. We ate, shopped, went to the beach, laughed, cried, and ate some more. I think we all gained at least 5 pounds. We missed you Jac, Brig and Randy!!

~Busy, Busy Busy~

We have been going, going, going for the past 2 weeks to Christmas concerts, piano recitals and dance performances. BrookeLyn had her performance for jazz and ballet this past weekend. She's been moved up to a class with girls that are in High School. Her and her friend Macie are the only 2 girls that are in 4th grade. Pretty impressive and they think they are HOT stuff being in the older class. They did such a good job. I am so proud of BrookeLyn and how she's always pushing herself.

~Hot Chocolate~

I think one of the best parts of Winter is having Hot Chocolate and toast. My kids love it and I think Kenadi likes it too! What do you think??