So much to talk about

I haven't updated anything in 3 months and there is so much to talk about. First we went to Idaho for Thanksgiving (I think i blogged about that). Two weeks later we went to LA for one of my really good friends weddings. It was beautiful. Fortunately we able to see Jason and Elsie while we were down there They where kind enough to watch the girls outside of the temple during the wedding.


On the way home we saw a few beautiful rainbows

When we got back from the wedding, Blake and I got to move into our brand new house. It is so nice owing your first home. You get to do what you want with the colors and you get to make it any way you want. Plus it is nice when your mortgage is cheaper then what you are paying for rent.
Next comes Christmas. We were in our new home and all of my side of the family got together. That is a total of 31 immediate family members. That is a lot. Don't worry we got pictures. Those will come later, they are still on my mom's computer. Christmas morning was a blast though. I got surprised by Blake, he got me Dyson Animal Ball Vacuum cleaner. You know that you are truly a stay at home mom when you get excited about appliances.

Our good friend Karen came and stayed with us for Christmas. We had a lot of fun.

Kennidi totally scored Christmas morning. She got a lot of stuff. Thanks Santa


McKinlee had a lot of fun on her first Christmas. She loved her presents



Family picture Christmas morning. No McKinlee, she was sleeping still.

Kennidi and Santa

For the ward Christmas party we had Santa come, and the only was we could get Kennidi to sit on his lap was to tell her that it was Grandpa, but she did it. The primary also put on The Nativity and the nursery kids were the animals. They were so cute. Kaydn and Kennidi were are wondering animals. Not surprised that they couldn't sit there the whole time.

Fun with cousins

We love seeing our cousins in Idaho. For Thanksgiving we went to Idaho and were able to stay with Jeremy for a few nights and with Lacey and Randy for the rest of the time. While we were at Jeremy's it snowed so all the kids and Blake went outside to play in the snow and hold Blake shovel the drive way. Kennidi had a lot of fun with Conrad and Tyler. Then we went to Lacey's house and she had so much fun playing with all those boys too. Kennidi was surrounded by all boy cousins this year, that's ok though she is used to it. Thank you so much to both families for letting us come and visit.






Karlyn loved having someone to play with but McKinlee wasn't a big fan of Karlyn trying to roll on her and grab her ear.

Halloween

So for Halloween we were a 50's family. I was able to make Kennidi, McKinlee and me, matching poodle skirts and made Blake a lettermen Sweater. We looked so cute. First, Friday morning we went downtown Grass Valley and we got to see Grandpa and Blake at the office. Blake was dressed up as a Gorilla and Kennidi wanted nothing to do with him. She really doesn't like masks, she kept hiding her face in our shoulders whenever somebody wearing a mask walked by. While we were there we ran into Coen, Becket and Summit. It was so cute to see all the little kids dressed up. Latter that night we went to the church for trunk or treat. We got lots of candy there and some delicious homemade rootbeer. Halloween was fun this year.

McKinlee's Blessing and Kennidi's Birthday party

On September 27th, 2009 we blessed McKinlee Mae Smith. It was a beautiful day and a beautiful blessing. First off I want to say Thank You to everybody that came and supported my little family. We are so lucky to have so many family and friends around us.
So the first group of pictures are family pictures. I have to say that Blake and I have some beautiful girls. See for yourself.




Kennidi our little model


She loves her sister.

We are so happy that Grandma Jo was able to come down and stay with us for the blessing.




We are so luck to have so many pictures with four generations.


Grandma's love babies.
Grandma Naydean with McKinlee

Grandma Dixie with Karlyn

Since everybody was already there to celebrate McKinlee's blessing, we decided to take the opportunity to throw Kennidi a birthday party. We know that it was a week early but everybody was already there. Thank you so much to Aunt Kristi for making our beautiful and delicious Cupcake cake. We loved all the cupcakes . . . and so did everybody else.





Kennidi got some great presents. Thank you everybody she loves everything.
Grandma Jo made her a beautiful blanket.

Grandma and Grandpa got her a beautiful coat and this fun music princess book.

Mommy and Daddy sure did spoil her this year.





Kennidi in Aunt Julie's shoes.

Grandma love her kisses.

Kennidi had to hide with aunt Kristi. Silly girls.

Everybody had a lot of fun that day. Thank you all again for coming.

Who's Who

I am going to copy Becca's blog and also do a who's who. Do you know which picture is Kennidi and which picture is McKinlee?

Labor Day Weekend

For actual Labor Day, we went up to Meadwow Lake with David and Tami's families. They had been there all weekend but McKinlee is so new we didn't want to go. They had a blast that weekend. The day that we went up we hung out at the camp site and then we went swimming in the Lake. And as you can see Thomas and Nait went fishing. Nait is such a cute little fisherman.

Uncle David is tipping Cheyanne over in the boat. As you can see Victoria jumped out just in time.

Kennidi loves playing with Aunt Laura and William

Uncle Thomas and Nait looking out over the Lake

Nait and Kennidi love playing in the water together. Although they didn't like the other one playing with the bucket. We are still learning to share.



We had a lot of fun playing in the water but all three little ones got worn out really fast. They were cold and tired and just need to cuddle.




Daddy skipping rocks.

Haydn loved holding his new cousin. He's a great cousin and nephew.

Oh the aniamls that we found. These are the only ones that we got pictures of. But there were a million tree frogs everywhere. Literally a million. You had to becareful not to step on them as you were walking. the kids found a lot of water and garden snakes. This is the biggest one that they found. And the fish that uncle Blake found was a baby cat fish. Really cool.

More McKinlee

Here are a bunch of pictures with Family















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Baby Update 4

SHE IS HERE!!!! McKinlee Mae Smith arrived at 11:44 p.m. August 12, 2009. She is so so so cute. So here is the story.

SOME PICTURES MAY BE GRAPHIC!!!!!!!!

I was so worried to go back to the hospital when my contractions started coming harder on wednesday. I didn't want to be sent home again. So I waited until almost every contractions brought a few tears to my eyes, and Kristi and Mom said I had to go. So off we go to the hospital. We call Blake and tell hi to stay at work until we absolutely knew what was going on. They end up letting me stay. (Finally the time is here). Contractions are pretty strong but not as bad as what was coming. So I am doing rally good and they decide to let me go and sit in the Jacuzzi, which is fine by me. I love the Jacuzzi, it relaxes me and I feel so much better. 1 hour later I get out and go back to my room. Well contractions are coming harder and harder and more painful. So they give me some pain medication that gives me a little relief, but not a lot. Finally 6:00 p.m. rolls around and Dr. Dahle (who is on call) comes in to check on me and he tells me that I am just a little over 2 cm. AAAAHHHH!!!!!!! so he helps me along to a 4 and then breaks my water. 3.5 hours later I can finally have an intrathecal. YEAH!!!! No more pain. So I finally get some sleep and relax for a while and then 1.5 hours later, it starts wearing off. WHAT!!!! This is supposed to last 2-5 hours. So they come in to check me and I am so scared that this was going to be like Kennidi. But no!!! The nurse tells me I am complete. WHAT!!!! Whoo hoo, I dilated from a 4 to a 10 in an hour and a half and Dr. Goddard is on the way. I get to start pushing. I start pushing at 11:25 and at 11:44 she makes her appearance. It's over. And she is beautiful. Here are the pictures from beginning to end.

Baby Update 3

Well, yesterday afternoon I startedto have contractions aroun 3:30 pm that were 2 1/2 to 3 minutes apart and about 1 minute long. So we let those continue for a while and then at 7:30 pm, when I had a few contractions bring tears to my eyes, we decided to go to the hospital. We get there they hook me up, check me, I am still having strong conractions, and I am still at 2cm. So they decide to wait until 10:00 and check me again for any changes. 10:00 finally rolls around, they check me and nothing. So needless to say I am at home writing this update. This is so frusteration. I just want to have this baby. As of right now I am still have very close contractions, but not "strong" enough for the hospital. I am now on a little bed rest sort of thing, not super heavy, they just said to take it easy and not do to much. So I am headed to my Mom's so that she can take care of Kennidi and I can lay down. See you at the next update. Hopefully there will be a picture of a baby attached to it. But who knows.

Baby Update 2

Well, this morning, Allison and I went walking and about half way through the walk I felt a little "moisture" thinking it was nothing. I get home, and it wasn't nothing. So we called the Dr. and he told us to get to the hospital and get checked out. WEll I was there for about 45 min. and had only one contraction an it wasn't my water breaking. So they sent me home. Now I am having contractions about every 45 min to an hour. So the contractions are not close but they are there. Hopefully it will be soon. We'll keep you updated.