Happy Birthday to me

Happy Birthday to me!
Saturday birthdays are the best!
Saturday morning the girls danced to
"Fire Burnin' On The Dance Floor"
in the Farmington Parade.

Thank's Miss Mo! This is one of our favorite traditions!
The float looked awesome with a Hawaiian theme.
Birthday lunch, only the best....
Chick-fil-A. Even the cow was there to greet us!
We headed to REI for some b-day shopping.
I got a Yakima cargo carrier. Yea!
I took the girls to ride the infamous Mall Train, while
they got the car ready to go!

We also played a while at Dinoland.
So many memories here, from the days when we lived in Draper.
(I have pictures of Abby on this tree when she was only 1 year old).
I love my 4 wonderful girls!
For dinner, James and the girls surprised me
with takeout from Texas Roadhouse...
and a yummy B.R. ice cream cake and more presents!
We put the kids to bed and watched
The Adjustment Bureau on the big screen.
The light rain made for an incredible sunset!
Thank's for a fun day!

Rainbow Garden

Rainbow GardenChoose your butterfly!

Dinosaur Park with The Bakers

Dinosaur Park with The Bakers
(Ella is in a stage where she thinks it is cool to NOT be in pictures.
This is Ella not being in the picture!)

The girls LOVED this pink dino.

Cool crisp weather, with a nice breeze down Ogden Canyon.
Thank's Bakers for a perfect day!

Cabela's

We loved the targets.
So fun shooting guns!

Thanksgiving Point

All 3 girls on their ponies!

Ella and her pony Nutmeg.

Abby and her pony.

Kate and her pony.
Horse ride.

Best part of all... 4 sleeping girls on the car ride home!

Happy 4th of July - Zermatt Midway

Smedley Family Reunion

Zermatt Resort
Midway
July 2011
Happy 4th of July!

We spent 5 fun filed days together!
Uncle J gave the kids their first tennis lesson.
We also found some time to play with just the two of us!

Uncle Nathan played football with the kids everyday!

The girls LOVED it!
The kids loved this little house.
The resort has so many fun things for kids....miniature golf,
a carousel, a giant chess/checkers board, goats.
Cute Cousins

Our Family
Lucy's first time to Midway.
She loved the goats.
Ella LOVED the goats too!
She almost lost her arm and her dress to one of them!
Crazy goats!
We had a baby shower for Aunt
Emily's baby boy #3,
Due: July 21!
We celebrated my Birthday a week early,
with the Smedley family.
Lots of swimming.
We all love the waterfall in the hot tub.

We took lots of walks.
We always enjoy walking to the top of the Crater at The Homestead.
This year we rented a Polaris Razor for the day.
It was a lot of fun. It was fun to explore the mountains.Lucy even came for a short ride.
It was a perfect shady way for her to come along.

Kate screamed and smiled the whole way.
Ella loved it and even fell asleep!

Matching headbands.

My parents hired a massage therapist to come up on the 4th,
and give each of the adults a massage!
It was heavenly!

This was our 5th year at Zermatt on the 4th of July.
Thank's Dad & Mom!
We can't wait until next year!

Tennis, Bikes and the Yard

Abby, Tyler, Riley, Bailey and Cora,

have all been taking a tennis class together!
It has been really fun!
Our tennis players have the best fans!!!
The younger kids have loved watching, riding scooters and bikes,
and even trying to catch lizards and black beetle bugs.
The biggest adventure was the day these fans found
a 3 foot long snake!

We are enjoying our long driveway.
The kids LOVE to ride bikes.
Abby is an awesome biker girl!

Ella is really into making up songs.
She loves to push Lucy in the stroller around the yard, and to
sing to her about flowers, basketball, the temple, or anything else on her mind.
It is the sweetest thing ever.
Lots of yard work!!!
We spent at least 15 hours last week pulling weeds,
laying fabric, cleaning up flower beds and
laying fresh ground up bark.

We are all enjoying our yard and hard work!
More beautiful sunsets!
This is my favorite time of day.
Bedtime....and being outside when the sun sets!