Christmas Carols....

Our Ward primary was invited to sing in the Community Christmas Concert. The Kids only practiced thier songs for 2 sunday's and did amazingly well. They sang in front of 800 people in the community. It was an amazing time and the kids were totally pumped with how well they did.
Sorry for the crappy video taping... Its really not my thing... lol



Okay so I hope it works and I hope you enjoy it as much as we did! Also Layton's School Christmas concert in on Wednesday!
Take Care.
Theresa

Halloween!

Well I just realized that I have not posted since the first day of school! lol... Sorry!
I am finally having a bit of breathing room to catch up. We have been going like crazy and I have wanted to post a few things since then like the Reno.... but I 'll leave that for another day.
Here are the kids school pics first! They were so cute. I do apologies for Tanas crazy hair. It was in perfect ringlets when we left the house.... But it didn't stay. I have since learned how to make it stay! She is still cute though and I wouldn't change it for the world!


Tana dress actually lights up. It is a fiber optic one! She was pretty excited! Layton has been watching all the Harry potters lately and is so excited for the new one on the 19th.
Well I have to take Layton to school now so I'm off!
Take Care,
Theresa

First Day of School!

They are soooo excited!

Layton went to meet his teacher and find out all about his cubby and locker and drop off his school supplies! He absolutely loves it, and is so excited to go back tomorrow! I can hardly believe this day has come!
Tana has attended two days now at Suzy Q's pre-school! She loves it and talks about school all the time! I am glad we put her in it! She gets to get out and be a part of somthing!


Well I need to go make use of my time !! Now that no one is around! ha ha! maybe I should just have a nap!
Take Care,
T

Tana's bday...

She is 3 today... wow where did the time go. Seriously. She is so independent and completely with out fault... for anything... She can make you so angry then flick a smile at you and the anger all goes away. She fits all the requirements of a perfect little 3 year old.

Layton Soccer Tourney!

Hey! So Layton had a soccer tournement and they won 2 out of 3 games... Lindsay got to see it all, I on the other hand was shooting a wedding and calling home to find out the details every free moment I got... which wasn't much! Lindsay was the big hero that day. He had both kids back and forth between soccer games and meals he also took them to mackers and then to see a car race that night. It sounds like they had a heck of a day! You can really tell that thier daddy sure loves them.

Laytons medal... Well everyone in his age group gets one!!

This video is kinda long but Layton got a goal.... You wont be able to see it as lindsay is holding Tana and couldn't capture it.

We are getting excited for our holidays. Lindsay and I are going to Calgary to shoot My friends wedding for the week-end. The kids are going to kates. Then we are all going to PA on the next friday night.. Not much time left now and we will be super busy in the mean time! Can't wait though... we need the break!

We'll be seeing you soon!

Picture This....

Dear walls... I know I neglect you.... You have been empty for sometime now and I feel bad for not including you in our little home decorating project we call our house. It took some time but I finally came up with somthing to do with you... There is a long way to go but its a start...

Congratulations and welcome to our family.

Love

The Smiths...

weak stomachs need not look

As promised.

life is CRAZY....

Things I have on the go right now...

Coaching soccer, Vice president of CHIPS, 1st councilor in the Primary presidency, Activity committee member, Photographer=wedding season, MOM.

And some how juggling all this I dropped the Ball.

Tana has 11 stitches on her forehead.

A classic case of head meats corner of wall. Pictures to come.

When I have a min.

I seriously can't wait to go on holidays.....

seriously.

I never would have guessed....

That I would have a five year old son playing soccer and being good at it! lol...

Isn't he adorable... Oh and he scored another goal last night! He was soooo proud!

This Man is another year older too! Happy Birthday uncle Troy!

We are getting excited to go to Prince Albert and Regina this summer.

It should be a lot of fun!

Good Things...

In Primary we learned about testimonies and how we can grow them. We learned that just like sunflowers they start out small and grow to be huge and then when they are all grown up they can share thier little seeds to those around them. It was a great activity and the kids loved it. They took home some sunflower seeds and a pot and they have really grown. These are a week old! They are about 2 1/2 inches now. Soon we can plant them outside!

This is Creamy.... NOT Hidey.... LONG story. But we are happy with her... She seems healthy and happy in her new home She talks alot..... and sometimes she gets up to drink in the night. But we are all adjusting.





Layton LOVES her... He shed a few tears about Hidey... But he seems to be quite happy with her. The funny thing about Layton is he can't have anyone thinking he is a bad kid..... SO the first thing he had to do after Creamy was all set up was to phone Grandma and Pop to make sure to tell them what happend so that when they seen her this weekend they wouldn't think that he lied to them about his guinea pig being a different kind and colour! Man I love this kid.

Tana Playing hard to get.... She is a pretty coy little girl... I can hardly wait till she is a teenager.... (did you catch the sarcasm..)
Being away from my kids for a week was a nice treat But I was excited to see them when I got home. They are a true Joy in my life... Oh and if you want to see pics from Linda's wedding go here

Heading out!

So Grandma has kindly taken the kiddies for me, so I can go to utah.
I am super excited. Super nervous.
We have an audio book of pride and prejudice and some 80's music and some snacks!
can't wait to take some pics!
later!!

Lack of motivation.

I have been feeling soooo unmotivated lately. That is until yesturday... I am blaming it on hormones and no I am not prego. Nor do I plan to be! I have been just well for lack of better words... LOST.

So I have decided that in order to not be lost one has to have a direction to go. A destination if you will. I have officiall set some goals.... They may need to be revised some but still I think I am at least headed in the right direction now... At least for now.

Goal one...

Be Happy.

Goal two...

Be Busy.

Goal three.

Get a style with my photography and stick with it.

Goal four....

Be ME.

Thats it for now I am going to blog once a week about somthing I did towards one of the goals. there are 4 weeks in a month so I can work on one goal a week. That is the plan.

Later,

T

Here is layton blowing out his candles..... 5 can you believe...

packing, cleaning, SHOPPING!

Smith Family Picture....2010 with everyone and no one's pregnant..... Well not that I know of! lol

Okay so We have been super busy lately! Well at least I have been! lol. Last week was spent catching up on junk.... like Wills, shopping for bathing suits and luggage and flip flops!

Don't you just love that the inside is purple... I won't lie that is totally what sold me! all 4 pairs of flip flops cost a total of 15 bucks! SAWEET!

This week is being spent on shopping for things we don't have but need for the trip.

Like razors and booster seats. Also finding van rentals and hotel junk and disney tickets.

And next week is....well.... WE LEAVE NEXT WEEK... aaaaaaaah.

I am freaking out here! I have so much left to do! lol... okay well not really but there is a lot I would like to get done this week. Like Clean my house from top to bottom and that includes all my laundry....all 10 loads lol... yah I am a little behind! lol. Where does it all come from. geesh.

I also was busy sewing this week! I made slip covers for the kids inflatable pillows and matching blankets for the trip. Also Lindsay and I have been Playing Laytons Nintendo DS alot trying to win DRY BONES back after I "accidently" erased it. ha ha. I actually erased it all on purpose because santa brought it to layton and we actually bought it from my brother and it had his name all over it and Layton is way to inquisitive to let it go if he finally learned how to read, which by the way is happening too fast! ha ha.

Layton has been going crazy these last few days, I think it is due to the trip coming up and he is getting stressed and excited at the same time, plus he is not sleeping well either. So we aren't telling him when the trip is and hopefully he'll be able to sleep the night before!

Well I better head off to bed I have some big days ahead of me this week! Oh yah that reminds me I have to do sharing time this week....

Hey don't feel bad for me.... I have a massage on monday morning and a pedicure on tuesday morning! ahhhh and both are FREE!

Take Care,

T

So Proud!

Layton, took this picture of me!





Proud is an understatement!

I know... I know!

Okay So I suck at the blogging thing lately... but if it makes you feel any better, My house is clean almost all the time... It is kind of a trade off for me! lol But anywho...

We went to the torch today and let me tell you ... it was WAY bigger than I thought! the flame is like at least 3 ft in the air and the actual stick thingy... is probably 3 ft too... well I guess it kind of has to be now that I think about it cause otherwise we would have a lot of burn victim torch runners! ha ha.

Layton had a break down because we didn't get a flag. But he did get a limited edition coke bottle. With coke in it.... you all know how I feel about Coke... But on this occasion I am going to let him drink the black death, the potty cleaner, the stomach turner... the... well you get the idea. I am really hoping he doesn't like it! lol...

Here is a picture of the torch runner.



I think it was a bank manager. Not sure though, he had a hard time running the 10 or so blocks by the time he got to us (near the end of his little jont) he was walking, which made for good pictures! We got to see the exchange of flames too! that was neat. Although no pics because of the 50 or so people around him and the girl that took over the next part!

Here is Layton with his coke bottle... Maybe he'll be the next torch runner... heave knows he could run the whole thing....lol especially if he had a coke to drink before! lol




well that is all for now! Take care out there and we'll chat soon...
The Smiths...

Oh did you take a good look at the torch and where it ended up being on the van behind....
Pretty awesome huh!