We were so excited to attend Ella's dance recital in December of the "Nutcracker". She loves going to dance each week and seeing her friends and Ms. Muffie. As a Mom I am so grateful for the sweet teachers we have been fortunate to find for our little ones that love what they do and truly bless our lives. Ella was beaming, she was so excited to have all of us there. DeAnne came in a little late and right in the middle of the performance she ran over to hug her! After the show, Ms. Muffie lets the girls go up stairs and feed her wooden nutcrackers..crackers! Great job Ella!

Ella turns 6

Life has been crazy in the Smith house and by crazy I mean super fun! We had a wonderful Christmas with most of my family here including my 6 month old nephew, Jaxson. After everyone left it was time to celebrate our Phoebe Eleanor's 6th birthday! We had dinner at Outback with the family and then took a few of her friends to Chuck e Cheese. Ella is the sweetest spirit. She brings balance to our family. She is always kind and quick to share anything. She truly has blessed our home in so many ways. Happy Birthday Ella Bella!!!

Elise's Choir Performance

We were so excited that Elise decided she wanted to join choir this year. She did great and learned some great songs. Her choir performed in front of the entire school, at Starbucks, and at an assisted living home. Although they were few in number, they sounded great and had a great time together.

Ella's Pre-School Graduation

It was such a joy to watch Ella learn so much this year at pre-school. We have been so fortunate to find such amazing, loving teachers for our little ones. Ella loved going to Ms. Karin's and Ms. Stephanie's on Tuesdays and Thursdays. And now I can't believe that she will be starting Kindergarten in the fall. Great job Ella!

Mother's Day

I'm a little behind on blogging, but I did have a wonderful Mother's day! We were on our way home from UT and had the chance to stop and have dinner with my Mom. So grateful to spend the day with my little ones and my Mom, who truly is my best friend. I love being a Mom and I love having a Mom I talk to everyday!

Friends

Whenever we are in Utah we try to hook up with Trista & Brynlee so that Elise and I can get our friend fix for awhile. This time we got to steal Brynlee for the day. Needless to say Elise was in heaven. Oh how we miss our friends!

Party in Utah

We had such a great time in Utah a couple of weeks ago. We drove up to celebrate Grandma Wonderful's 81st Birthday and to hang out with all of Corbin's cousins. We ate yummy food, held new babies, got beat playing Rook by Grandma and Suka, and watched the little ones run around the church like crazy people. It was so great to get the updates from everyone and just be together. Love this family!!!

Spring Break 2010: Day 5

We were so excited to be able to meet up with our friends from Castle Rock, the Crawfords. We took the kids to the Wildlife Experience and they loved it! Ella & Grace picked up right where they left off and they were so cute holding hands. Then we hopped on over to McDonalds for lunch. We are getting a little sad that our fun week is coming to an end. Luckily we have an Easter Egg Hunt in our future!

Spring Break 2010: Day 4

The kids love making a decorating sugar cookies for Easter. Again they are getting more and more creative! Later in the day we went to Chuck E Cheese to reward the kids for filling up their "Teamwork" jar with marbles. It was so fun and they begged and begged for more tokens, but luckily we had a basketball game to go to! We love being able to support Corbin play church ball. It's so fun!

Spring Break 2010: Day 3

The kids woke up ready to color some eggs, so that's exactly what we did! I love how the older they get the more creative they get. We now have 3 dozen gorgeous colored eggs in our fridge and they keep asking me if they can do it again. Later in the day it was time to finally tell my girls the secret I had been keeping from them...tickets to "Mary Poppins"! So off to Red Robin we went for dinner, their choice, and then we headed downtown. It was so good and the girls absolutely loved it! Day 3=Lucky!