the smith page

A New Beginning

2011-10-03T15:16:00.000-07:00

Ryan and I are officially divorced now, for all of you who didn't know. We are all handling things in our own way, but everything seems to be getting better. It was a rough for the girls, but they are doing awesome! I just remind them that I love them and thier dad loves them, give them lots of cuddles and kisses and lots of love!

wow I post on facebook...guess I better do my blog

2010-12-15T14:45:00.000-08:00

We recently went to Mexico for our 10 year anniversary... the last 10 years have just flown by...I love my family and this is by far the greatest life imaginable. I love you RY! We did all sorts of fun stuff in Mexico...I didn't post all the pictures... too many.
We shopped one night and got our picture taken with some Mayan dude...he got a little feely with me... We zip lined across the jungle, swam in an under ground cave, repelled of a structure, visited Tulum, which was so interesting and neat! We also went to the beach...AWWW the beach.
Iguana's everywhere! The resort had soo many good restaurants! It was soo amazing...

summertime

2010-07-12T13:37:00.000-07:00

The kids have been basically swimming 24/7. They are learning how to hold their breath and getting a little daring at times.. I love summer. Soon Gracie will be in kindergarten...it's killing me how big the get so fast.

fish farm

2010-05-20T19:51:00.000-07:00

We took the girls fishing and they caught some of the biggest ones! 13" and 15".

we had so much fun! my sister was done with both of her girls after 5 minutes, but we went to a pool with the biggest fish , and they were hard to catch.

The girls love going to the fish farm!

Catching up

2010-01-18T14:09:00.000-08:00

OK blogger is being re-donkulous! I cannot post any pictures or the Christmas video I wanted on there. Our Christmas was so great. The girls got some fun stuff, especially the barbie house my dad made! He did a wonderful job and it is SO cute! Ryan got a wii game, and I got a DSI. I had a great birthday as well, we celebrated it on the fifth, but did have some family over Christmas night for cake and ice cream.

New years, we had my sister and brother in law over, we played games and had some snacks and actually stayed up till 12:30! ( we usually don't stay up).

Sayler is about to loose her 2 front teeth on top, she already lost the bottom 2 at the same time and now both top ones are so wiggly and anytime she bumps them they bleed. soo gross!

Gracie and Sayler Love their best friend Kennley. She lives in our cul-de-sac and she is sooo cute. I love it when they play, especially at kennley's house. the house is so quiet and both Ryan and I get bored, because we are used to them being here all the time.

So as soon as blogger gets with the program, I will post some pictures. :)

Gracie's first day of pre-school (- 2nd year)

2009-09-30T17:22:00.000-07:00

Gracie loves coming to pre school. It is a little different this year, with the new teacher when Lori is gone (Mrs. Natalie). With Sayler in kindergarten, it has lifted a ton of stress, while I am working at the pre school. It also seems like Gracie is focusing a little more too. So far now that we have been in school for 2 weeks, it has gone really well. I hope it just gets better.

Sacrament Meeting

2009-09-27T17:47:00.000-07:00

Today was a very special sacrament meeting. Bishop Gentry forgot to call the people to talk, so he got up and talked about his favorite hymn. We sang the first verse, and then he got up and said we will have testimonies until 5 after, but just share your favorite hymn, and we will sing what ever verse you want. It was really cool and I was glad that we did it. we sang so many hymns, one guy got up and he wanted us to sing "called to serve", but we all had to stand up. Some songs reminded me about my grandparents, like "The spirit of god", and "How great thou art". It brought a tear to my eyes, as they are no longer with us. My favorite one right now is "How firm a foundation". I love it. We will have the regular testimony meeting in 2 weeks, but this was different than any other and I want to remember it. :)

Sayler LOVES puzzles!

2009-09-25T09:43:00.001-07:00

Seriously this child does puzzles like crazy! She loves them. I have a hard time keeping puzzles around because she gets bored with them and does them in like 2 seconds! What a smarty pants I have!

Gracie "the do it yourselfer "

2009-09-14T16:12:00.000-07:00

This spring Sayler rode a 2 wheeler after plenty of practice.Well, the other day a neighbor kid knocked on my door and said Gracie is riding a 2 wheeler!What!!!??? I didn't even try to help her. She mostly rode her Big wheel the whole summer, and only rode Saylers old bike since the end of august so only like a week with training wheels. We took them off to let Sayler ride it because hers is still a little too big. Well Gracie was putting up a stink to ride it. I told her just to use your feet and not pedal- this was 2 days ago. With no help Gracie taught herself to ride. I hate to think what lies ahead. :/

So here is the little stink that rode a bike with no help what so ever.

Saylers first day of kindergarten

2009-08-31T10:58:00.000-07:00

My baby is in Kindergarten! How did that happen so fast? Well, Sayler had a great time her first day of school. There is a little stuffed killer whale that goes on the table when someone is in the bathroom ( she really likes it for some reason). She was told 2 stories the night before kindergarten and the kissing hand. she colored a hand and cut out a heart to glue on it. She learned how to say I love you in sign language and she got some playdough. she loves her teahcer Mrs. Diamond.

(I am sure she did more but this is what she told me.

sayler and Mrs. Diamond

lining up outside to get picked up

the first day was a success!

No tears.

Slowly but surely

2009-08-19T08:55:00.000-07:00

The basement has been "under construction for the last 3 months at least- and slowly but surely it is Almost done. now I don't want to put anything back in! It looks too cute!

Our new table

2009-08-19T08:44:00.000-07:00

We got a new dining table! Yay! unfortunately I have to re-decorate because our table is very modern and my kitchen is not! Darn. ;) ( totally sarcastic). We have done a lot of home improvements to our house such as painting and new carpet and living room furnature- but we have a lot more on the way! I am sooo excited! whoot whooot!

Saylers Birthday Party

2009-08-10T09:09:00.000-07:00

Sayler is so big. She will be going to kindergarten this year (Holy cow!). She can read she is always my helper and can do anything . She is so smart. I love this big girl so much! She is such a little sweet heart, the other day she came and brought me all her money in her piggy bank and said here mommy. I said wow you have lots of money. Then I gave it back and she said no, I want you to have it, with tears in her eyes she said "because I know you don't have very much money". ( what a little hear melter.)Then she cried for a minute. she is so thoughtful. she even told gracie she would give her all her money in her piggy bank so she could buy something , ( because Gracie was sad that she got cool stuff from her birthday). So tender hearted. This year she wanted a minnie mouse party, so I made some decorations on the cricut and made her her very own minnie mouse cake and everyone their own minnie mouse cupcake. She was so thrilled. She also rides her new bike sooo good! Here are a few pics from the party. ( sayler likes to come out first thing in the morning to ride her bike so she is in jammies) lol.

"Itold you no running in the house"!

2009-07-29T13:03:00.000-07:00

Gracie whacked her head on the dresser, running in the house.

Sayler comes down and says that Gracie is bleeding. so I go and I pick her up and sit her on the counter, and look at it. I took a big breath in , and said come on girls get in the car we have to go to the Dr. ( in more of a rushed tone though). Luckily they just opened a new wee care pediatrics right by my house. I walked in and no one was there, thank goodness. we went right back, and got her all ready for stitches. she didn't cry or whine or flinch the whole time! She was so brave! She got 4 stitches.

she was so brave the dr. wanted to video tape it and show other kids getting stitches! she got 5 suckers for being so good!

my hair

2009-07-27T12:45:00.000-07:00

recently I decided to color my own hair since I had no money for my stylist to do it. I had some color in my bathroom for quite a while, but was too scared to try it myself. My roots were so bad that I just decided to do it. Needless to say I had a black hand and arm. I guess mom was right, I am part black! (only for a day or two) here is the finished product. I don't know if I like it. what do you think?

The smith family reunion

2009-07-07T08:49:00.000-07:00

This year we went to Heise Hot Springs. We had a lot of fun during the day, as you can see. We had fun activities, games, and lots of visiting with family. Ryans dad brought a cool water slide for the kids and they were entertained for hours and hours on that thing. We also got to see a darling baby. Ryans cousin Vanessa just had a baby girl named Sylvie and she was so cute.

There were also cute little poodle puppies. During the night was a different story to all the fun- We froze our butts off in the tent, we were right by the road and the cars were going way to fast. There was also the snoring of "Mikki the bear" I say that because I couldn't believe that she could snore like that! wowie! The next night I go to get in the tent for bed and Gracie started whining, and then all of a sudden threw up! So I get her cleaned up and drag everything out and rinsed off, And she did it again, but this time just on some towels and pajamas. Get it cleaned up and lay down and in the middle of the night she threw up again 2 times. I just chucked everything out of the tent washed her face and layed her down. Then I start smelling poop. I checked her and she woke up and said she needed to go potty- so I truck her down and notice she did go in her pants. UGH! so I threw out a total of 3 undies because she kept sharting her pants. Good thing I brought extra! The fire works were great though. The kids slept the whole 3 hours home, which they never sleep in the car!

Will I have a basement again?

2009-06-23T12:08:00.001-07:00

We recently decided to finish the basement. With help mostly from Ryans friend matt, and some family, we might get it finished by......chistmas?! Just kidding, it has already been a month so I hope before summer is over. Saturdays are pretty much the only day that they can work on it. the girls love "helping" but they really just like drawing on the walls. Good thing we will paint. They colored on the studs under the sheetrock too. Sayler is quite the little artist. I really don't enjoy having all the stuff that was in there stuffed in the bathroom downstairs, in the laundry room, and the garage, so if I need any of my stuff, I have to go digging for it. It has been super hard to get to the washer and dryer so we are wearing all that we can until our undies run out!

Our Fathers Day

2009-06-22T09:10:00.000-07:00

Sayler and Gracie had the funnest time doing theese shirts!

I had a big mess in the bathroom, but they turned out really cute!

Ryan and the grandpa's loved them.

We had a great day. The kids loved playing at both grandparents house, We had a BBQ at my mom's house, it was really fun. Ryan is the best dad to my girls, he works really hard to give us what we need, thank you babe! I love you.

Another Milestone for Sayler

2009-06-20T12:49:00.000-07:00

Its saturday morning and she is in her pajamas and her hair is a mess, but insisted that today was the day she would take off her other training wheel! We took one off in the spring so she could start balancing. I am so proud of her- she didn't even crash. We have had a few attempts to try with the one training wheel off but she was scared. So we just said we would keep trying. And look at her now!

Visited the doctor....

2009-06-10T11:48:00.000-07:00

We went for Gracie's 2 week check from her coughing. The first night I started the nebulizer and singulair, she didn't cough all night. The previous night she hacked all night long and nothing helped. So the doc. says she has very mild asthma, and to do the nebulizer and inhaler only when she is coughing. I am so relived we found out what was going on with her. We went to a diffrent doctor 3 times before and he said it would go away in 2 weeks. Same answer every time. So when I got in my accident and had to take the girls to the doctor, we saw a differnt one and he has totally made me so happy, to finally end the coughing. :)

Does Gracie have asthma??

2009-05-29T09:27:00.000-07:00

Poor Gracie has had a bad cough that won't go away. I took her to the Dr. and he said lets try singulair and a nebulizer. That night she didn't cough all night! and rarely in the day. So we will see if it is indeed asthma.

pre-school Graduation

2009-05-24T16:30:00.000-07:00

This time is for real. Sayler is going to kindergarten in the fall. This was her 3rd pre-shool graduation. I was up helping, so Ryan took the pictures. He didn't get any of Lori playing the blow up keyboard or me rockin the guitar. But at least we got some.

It was Lori's 20th year so we did rock and roll and all the kids got little blow up guitars. It was so cute.

our masterpiece

2009-05-06T14:30:00.000-07:00

We worked our butts off, and finally got it done!

now I want to do it to the rest of the yard!

First lost....teeth?!

2009-05-01T11:31:00.000-07:00

I wen't scrapbooking one night, 2 weeks ago, and Ryan called me and said that they were playing Disney Bingo. All of a sudden, Sayler said, " I think I hurt my tooth" ! She ran upstairs and came back down and said, " I have a wobbly tooth"! Well two days later the one right next to it was loose too. Here are a few pics of us pulling them out. She didn't even cry until we pulled the second one- it bled alot more than the first one- the first was barely a drop.

More creativity...sigh....

2009-04-15T12:43:00.000-07:00

Sayler: mom you better go see what gracie did.

Mom: what did she do?

Sayler: you just have to come see.

Mom: ugh.

so I walk in and start laughing and taking

pictures, while scolding.

it was a spider web, don't ask me how,

I couldn't even find the beginning or end.

I don't know how they hooked it to the dresser

either, it was just loops everywhere!

Easter

2009-04-15T08:03:00.001-07:00

Easter was so fun. The girls

got some cute things this year

and they looked so cute in their

dresses. we went to my moms for

dinner and the whole family was

there and we had a great dinner.

I love spring time and Easter, it

makes me feel so good inside that

our savior lives.

Gracie's party

2009-04-12T18:50:00.001-07:00

Gracie had such a good Birthday, she

got lots of cute barbies, shoes and lots

of cute other things, she mostly loves

the barbies and carries a little horse in

her picnic basket she got. Thank you to

everyone, she loves all her gifts. And as

usual Sayler loves them all too, but Gracie

has been sharing very well... for now.

Happy Birthday Gracie!!!

2009-04-07T16:28:00.000-07:00

It is so sad to think my little feisty baby

is 4! she is so smart. She loves to sing and

play in the tub with her mermaids. (she loves

to make them talk and she has a cute play voice

she uses for that) She is still feisty as ever, but

she is such a snuggler, and loves to play

in my high heels. She is a pest to her sister, and

tests Ryan and I to the limit! (or more, resulting

in punishment!) We love her so much, and are

so glad heavenly father sent her to us!

Happy Birthday sweetie pie!

5 minutes old

4 days old

4 days old one year old

4 years old

Gracies Cupcakes

2009-04-06T10:38:00.000-07:00

this is Gracies treat for school for her birhday

didn't turn out exactly as I hoped but still good!

I love creative kids

2009-03-18T11:58:00.001-07:00

Does this happen at your house?

it seems like they are always making something

and it always gets bigger and higher ever time.

gotta love it.

oh yeah, and Sweetie was in heat, so I found a tiny

diaper and put it on her. It was so funny she kept

going in circles trying to see what was on her butt!

It was a little big on her to say the least.

The Dentist

2009-02-27T08:22:00.000-08:00

Sayler and Gracie went to the dentist on Tuesday. I was thinking it was going to be like last time screaming and not being able to clean their teeth... blah, blah , blah. Well not this time, they had a TV for them mounted on the ceiling, already on the cartoon network , tom and Jerry- one of sayler and Gracie's favorites! sayler was up first, the did the x-rays, and it was so funny because she kept pushing it out with her tongue. We finally got them , and they were so cute and tiny on the film! she chose cherry toothpaste and laughed and giggled while they cleaned her teeth. Then it was Gracie's turn- and I was a little nervous, but she was so good! she chose bubble gum toothpaste and giggled her Gracie giggle the whole time. Then the dentist came in and I was crossing my fingers. He was so good. he asked if he could count their teeth, and they said yes. so when he got to 20- he said NO CAVITIES-YAY! Then Sayler got her teeth "counted" and he got to 20 and said---- NO CAVITIES--YAY! I was so happy! They chose of course, Dora and Diego toothbrushes.

Happy Valentines Day!!

2009-02-17T15:04:00.000-08:00

This valentines day was so fun. We started off by giving the girls their treats. Then we had heart shaped french toast. Then just relaxed for a while, and for dinner,

Ryan had a great Idea- Fondue!! So we had cheese and chocolate fondue.

I liked the cinnamon bears with the chocolate the best!

as you can see, we all loved it.

Then came the greatest of all, Ryans mom offered to take the girls over

night, because she didn't have to work for presidents day.

And she had a little valentines party monday anyway.

So Ryan and I went to The Grand America Hotel!! It was so fancy.

There was a phone in the bathroom- very convienient.
It had lots of marble. Ryan loved the tub.

Ryan checking out our view from the 19th floor.
the bed.

we went to go eat and left the room how it was,

and when we came back, the maid had taken off all the blue

bedding and had lain our fancy robes on our bed and tucked

in the sheets so tight I could barely undo it. Our tv was on ,

with nature sounds and scenic views to match the sounds-

Ryan almost didn't notice that our room was different-

I noticed as soon as I walked in.
Ryan got hungry about 10:00 and we had already eaten,

so he wen't over to the bar and opened a can of cashews- $6.00!
Hope everyone had a great valentines Day!

the living room-?

Our room was the same sq. footage as

the house he grewup in until he was 10!!

Happy Birthday Ryan

2009-02-13T07:57:00.000-08:00

Since Ryan hates cards and birthday parties... I decided to decorate our blog!

Happy 31st Birthday Babe!

He doesn't ever like my presants , so the girls are going to do something for him.

I surprised him last year and invited all his friends and our family, I got black

balloons, napkins, cutlary, and an over the hill cake.

This year he is being a brat and doesn't want anything. Except to go to

game night , ( or as I refer to it- Gay night).

So here are some pictures of the old man! just kidding babe!

Love you.
Here are some pictures of Ryan, the birthday grump.

expressing his hatred of birthday parties- this is last year

Jeremy and Kathleen

Matt and Owen came too!

look at all that fire!

ahh poor ryan after his sinus sergury!

sayler took this picture and I love it!

The Circus!

2009-02-01T09:27:00.000-08:00

We had so much fun at the circus!!

first everyone was late and I had to save like 16 seats with mostly my scarff!

Then, everyone got there ,except my sister Heidi and her hubby Casey. She finally called and I asked my sister Heather where her ticket was - we got buy one get one free- and she said she thought she had enough- so she sat them down. so I went outside to look and they were gone! So I was trying to explain to my sister what happened when a lady in front of her said I have up to 3 adults free and it was just her and a little boy. So they got in free! Before it started they were giving elephant rides, pony rides and had face painting. Last year I did all of it with both girls for like 20 dollars for all of it. This year it was 6 dollars for the pony, 6 dollars for face painting and 12 dollars for the elephant! so we didn't get to do anything. My sister went down and took her oldest to get her face painted, and Gracie was orney because she fell asleep in the car. My favorite uncle Mike is in town visiting for a funeral, and he took her down to ride the ponies! He is so sweet! Thanks uncle Mike! Sayler woke up with a fever so she didn't get to go. There were the cutest animals, terrific stunt people and a funny fake magician.

Gracie riding the pony- she named it heartie -that is what she names everything!

My mom and Makayla

Jon and Bailee

My sister Heidi and Gracie

Gracie and Uncle Mike

Mommy and Gracie - Sorry for my ugliness!

Here are some clips of the show- sorry for jumbling around I had kids on me.

Being creative with food

2009-01-30T12:49:00.000-08:00

this is the girls' lunch today--yep, it's in the garbage!

I asked the girls what they wanted for lunch-

sayler said " a peanut butter and hotdog sandwich."

I said " that probably will not taste good."

sayler- "yes it will."

mom- " okay"

I have a sadwich cutter that makes the sandwich

into 2 dinosaurs that they like for every sandwich they have.

well pretty soon, both girls say " I'm done."

now we have 2 pretty much whole dinosaur peanut butter and hotdog

sandwiches in the garbage! I know - yummy, huh?- gag me!!

This is last January but too cute!!

2009-01-08T20:27:00.000-08:00

poor Gracies lobster hands couldn't open the door...

meanwhile I am making her stand there so I can

take this picture... and laughing...he he...

yay it snowed...again. Sayler says that every time

and every time I think yay (sarcastically and rolling my eyes!)

now I get to shovel and or drive in it! ugh.

they had to stomp on every inch!

gracie couldn't maneuver very well...

I had to teach sayler to move her legs too!

Sayler and Gracie making snow angels

If only the snow wasn't so cold...brrrr...

then mommy would be out there too..

A girly christmas

2009-01-06T19:35:00.000-08:00

barbies, playdough, games, clothes and

lots of fun for christmas.

gracie loves clothes and shoes. (especially the

flip flops from trvis and jean!)

a little more excited

yes- sweetie got a new toy too!

hmm. not quite sure about this... but she loves

it now!

they got nintendo ds' with the littlest pet shop

game and cute styluses to go with it

excited girls on christmas morning!!

sayler and gracie singing at the rest home with

the preschool. ( they are in the back on the right)

sayler on santas lap (...yep it is a teenager)

gracie wouldn't go near him!

Ok I give in I am a blogger!

2009-01-05T14:55:00.000-08:00

so our house is for sale--- no calls or anything. But it is ok we like where we are at.
we are just testing the waters to build.

I recently was released as 2nd councelor in the primary. I am kinda sad. I really enjoyed it.
we are really blessed. I love my family.

...to be continued!