Hola Amigos!

Hey! It has been quite a while since I have posted anything. Life with the Smiths is going good! Everyone (except me) drove to Denver. Dad had a Dental Clinic, and so the rest of the family went there, also. They all hung out at the Aquarium for dinner, went and toured the Natural Museum of Science and History, swam at the hotel, and since Jay keeps reminding me, he "worked out" at the gym at the hotel. While they were having fun at Denver, I was at a friend's house having a Girls Movie Night. It was a lot of fun as well. Tomorrow is no school, so we were all planning to go do stuff with friends and family. But, this afternoon ended it all. Kyle decided to throw-up at church, and Cedric as well when Dad drove them back home. (Cedric hasn't been feeling very happy since he has been cutting in new teeth.) Other than that, all is well.

Time to go make some Giant Snickerdoodles!

Hannah

Busy Baby

Cedric, at a mere 14 months, has already graduated to one of my typically busy and mischievous toddlers. Beyond the expected climbing on the table, and out of his high chair, dumping out the pantry items and digging for snacks in the garbage at a constant rate, he has gone to whole new level. Cedric just LOVES, to methodically put all of my dirty laundry, from the hamper, into the bathtub and then turn the water on all over them! How such a little guy can think up such stuff is beyond me. He also turns on the space heater by himself and weighs himself on the scale every morning before we get into the shower together (now that, he learned from me)! Busy, busy, baby!

Christmas in Canon City

A Letter to Cedric -retyped exactly as written

Dear Cedric,
You are so cut. I Love you Cedric. You can laugh playing with us. the game is ticlke tiger. you can play with your toys and I can play with you. You and I have fun together. You and I are Best Buddies. You and I are happy together. You are the Best Brother in the world. You and I are very happy. You and I play together becuse I Like you. I Love you Becuse you are my Baby brother.
Love Spencer

(I thought this was the cutest brother letter. Spencer really does adore his baby brother, and the entire Lincoln Elementary School knows it)

Halloween 2008

The Pontious cousins.



Cedric totally pigging out, and Hyrum using his manners.



Fooz ball is always a conpetitive game. (The gir ls had more supporters when playing.)
Me (pink shirt) & Alihah (dress) against Johnathen (murderer) & Noah (who didn't dress up)



The faries and doll.



All of us kids!



Since it was Cedric's b-day, he was a cup cake!











The Two-sum @ their party.



On the Monday before Halloween, we celebrated the birthdays of Cedric, and Hyrum! (They are only 2 weeks apart.) We decorated oranges to look like jack-o-lanterns, ate cake, hung out, and played games. It was a lot of fun! We also had the Youth over for a Halloween party. It was a blast! When looking at the pictures, I'm sure you will notice a lot of wings going around! There were at least 5 faeries. It was fun to hang out with everyone though!

Another Race!

This weekend was an awesome family race. I entered the 10K, Hannah and Jay did the 5K. We all placed and won medals! I couldn't believe Jamison ran the 5K in 26 minutes, and placed first for his age division. Hannah got 3rd for her age division. I had a great race and placed 2nd for my age division. The woman in first place was the high school cross-country coach and she was fast, really fast. I wanted to have a good race to make up for the tough time I had running with an injury for the half-marathon. I wanted to do 8:30 minute miles, but I averaged 8:06 minute miles for 5 miles. To some it may be slow, but I was really happy. My running buddies all did well too. What I won't tell you is that I got the 2nd place ribbon because there were probably less than ten ladies in my age division. You've gotta love small towns sometimes. You've got a chance to feel like a winner once in a while!

Little Pumpkin

I think I'm going to have fun having a baby born on Halloween! We made these tie-dye shirts for FHE last week and everyone wore them to school the next day.