Saturday, June 30, 2012

Abby Weekend

Abby's Adventures
 
 Last weekend was Abby Weekend.
Kate had a sleep over with Amy & Will.
Ella slept at Grandma & Grandpa Smedley's.
So....what were we to do....spoil Abby!
 We went to Rocket Park and played tennis.
We went running.
We went to breakfast at Kneaders
for stuffed french toast (while James helped with Youth Conference).  
We stayed up watching
movies.  It was fun to spend time with you Abby!
We love you and are so glad you are apart of our family!!!

John's Baptism

 Bishop Evershed and John at
John's Baptism
 Smedley Family
 Evershed Family
Nathan, was called to be the Bishop a couple of months ago.  
He is our favorite Bishop!!!!
The River Heights ward is a lucky ward.
 Smedley Cousins
John (8), Abby (9), Kate (6), Ella (4),
Spencer (11 mos), Lucy (16 mos), Will (5).

Friday, June 29, 2012

Scera Pool

 
 Chillin' at the pool with Aunt Amy & The Evershed's

  
 Lucy loved the sprinklers and being able to 
walk all by herself in the pool!
John and Abby loved the water slides.
Fun Day!

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Seven Peaks Waterpark

 The girls each did their solos and
danced with their teams at Seven Peaks.
 Abby (9), Kate (6), Ella (4)


 
It was a really windy day!
They each did great!
Afterwards we had a lot of fun swimming!
Way to go girls!

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Yellowstone

 Yellowstone 2012
We drove through Yellowstone over 2 days.
We stayed the first night in Billings and entered Yellowstone
through Garden City, Montana.
They have this beautiful arch as you enter
the park at the North entrance.
Day 1
Mammoth Hot Springs was our first stop.
It was even more beautiful than I remembered it as a kid.


Lots of huge Bison near the road.

 We were lucky enough to see 2 brown bears,
a mother and a cub.

 Tower Fall
Cascade Spring
 Lower & Upper Falls
We hiked down to the top of the lower fall.
It is a 300 ft drop off and we were at the top.
It made us think of a Scooby Doo where they try to back paddle.
Kind of eerie, but very breathtaking!
James carried Lucy and alternated carrying an additional
princess back up the hill from the lower waterfall.
AMAZING!!! 
I love having a very strong husband!
 Lucky girls!

I love my girls!!!
 The best 4 little hikers we could ask for!

We drove to another spot and walked so we could 
see the lower fall from a distance.

Lower Waterfall

 Lucy LOVED all of the animals!
She would scream and point at each one.
We were lucky to see so many animals up close.
Gibbon Falls 
(water so wide and beautiful)
Day 2
We stayed in West Yellowstone and
spent the next day at Old Faithful and seeing various geysers.
Love that unforgettable geyser smell....
 O L D  F A I T H F U L
Throughout our Yellowstone adventure we
offered prizes to the kids for animals they spotted.
Bucks for bears
Milkshake for a moose
Slurpees for sheep
Dimes for Bison
It was fun spotting all sorts of animals.
We had a wonderful visit to Yellowstone.

Happy Father's Day



 Happy Father's Day
to our favorite Dad!!!
 Abby likes his german pancakes & playing basketball with him.
Kate likes that he is nice and that he likes to play games.
Ella loves his hair.
Lucy LOVES Dada.
So lucky!!!

We drove home from Yellowstone on Father's Day.
We saw Old Faithful and got home around 7:00 pm.
We gave Dad a Thule to put his bike on his car, a new game,
cards and some biking accesoories!
WE LOVE YOU!!!