Genesis 15:5-6
"Look toward heaven, and number the stars . . so shall your offspring be." And he believed the LORD, and he counted it to him as righteousness.
Hi again! Since the last post a lot has happened which I would have normally loved to blog about, but crazy thing...Life got in the way! Now that we're settling down a little (maybe I shouldn't jinx it by saying that), there should be a few more updates.
Coming soon...Halloween, I mean, er, Reformation Day pictures!
Trevis explaining the rules.
Abby's best event was the aim the water in the bucket game.
The most hilarious event was the baby relay. We all got a bunch of laughs at Geneva's and Abby's expense. They were good sports, though.
6 events. 2 teams. Only one winner. Smith Family Olympics.
I absolutely adore my nieces and nephews. There is nothing more fun than to watch my kids and their cousins play together. We missed Xander, Caden, and Hailey this year, but here are a few pictures of fun times with Claire, Jorden, and Ava.
Coming home from my fabulous breakfast date with my niece Claire. Love you, Claire!
We've finally reached the years in our family that we've all been waiting for--those years we can send them out back on their own and tell them to just stay on the property! I'm still watching after my sweet Abby, but the rest of them had a ball creating their own fun. This year we let them sleep in the tent out back all by themselves! Of course, Uncle Trevis sweetened the deal by offering a dollar to any child who could make it out there until morning.
Ava, our fearless one, holding a mouse caught by Pop-Pop's mousetrap.
The boys playing "Mountain Trolls"
It was so fun watching Geneva and Ava hit it off this year. They are really two of a kind: spunky, fun-loving girly girls!
Ahhh...the moment the kids have been waiting for all year!
Note to the daddies: your years of drenching domination are numbered.
I have to get this story out before I forget it.
Yesterday I cleaned out the boys room and so the boys spent hours playing together in the living room. They were great for the first two hours or so. Then Aiden comes in and says, "Mom, Jonathan keeps destroying my Lego creation. I keep telling him to stop but he won't." So I said, "Ok, send Jonathan in." Jonathan comes in and tries to explain why he did it: "Aiden keeps taking all the Lego weapons and hides them from me and I don't have any." I say, "So that made you angry and you destroyed Aiden's creation." Jonathan says, "Yea, everything in me wanted to hurt his Lego, Mom. My brain wanted to, my hands wanted to, my eyes wanted to, everything except my skin wanted to Mom. My toenails?...(thinking)...oh yeah, my toenails didn't want to . Everything except my skin and my toenails wanted to Mom." I was already trying to hold in a giggle from the skin comment. The minute he said TOENAILS I couldn't hold it in anymore. He says, "What's so funny, Mom?" And of course I had to say that I was thinking of this thing that happened some other time...nothing to do with toenails, nope, nothing.
Jan is always cooking up something delicious for her family. Her specialty is pies, crumbles, and cobblers--using berries fresh from the Northwest--mmmmm.
Jan took us all out to a lovely dinner and play. We are very pampered by Jan--she is always treating us to pedicures, massages, and girls nights out. Thanks, Jan! The young lady between Jan and I is Ania, Rebecca and Trevis' friend from Spain.
Don didn't need to go to the gym this week with all the pushing he did this week!
Enjoying Don's special homemade creme de mint ice cream!
Don's beautiful garden
Don and Jan are the reason we love to come here. They are absolutely the best in-laws a wife could have. I thank God that I not only married an amazing man but married into an amazing family.
Trevis explaining the rules.
Abby's best event was the aim the water in the bucket game.
6 events. 2 teams. Only one winner. Smith Family Olympics.
It was so fun watching Geneva and Ava hit it off this year. They are really two of a kind: spunky, fun-loving girly girls!
Ahhh...the moment the kids have been waiting for all year! 
Jan is always cooking up something delicious for her family. Her specialty is pies, crumbles, and cobblers--using berries fresh from the Northwest--mmmmm.
Jan took us all out to a lovely dinner and play. We are very pampered by Jan--she is always treating us to pedicures, massages, and girls nights out. Thanks, Jan! The young lady between Jan and I is Ania, Rebecca and Trevis' friend from Spain.
Don didn't need to go to the gym this week with all the pushing he did this week!
Enjoying Don's special homemade creme de mint ice cream!
Nothing is more fun than riding Pop-Pop's lawn mower.
