Planting Flowers on Mother's Day~

We planted flowers on the Saturday before Mother's Day in mom's yard.  Here are the pictures!

Happy Mother's Day!

Smith Family Easter

Here are a few pictures we snapped during the egg hunt on Easter Sunday.  We were wishing the Tufts' were there to join us like 2 years ago.

Abby's Prom Pics

Abby had prom on Saturday and I begged her to let me take her pictures.  I'm still learning my camera so it was fun for me to experiment.  Abby looked beautiful!  Here are a few of my favorites...

What do you think?

General Conference

Mom/Grandma had people over for the Sunday sessions.  She had activities for the kids to enjoy as they watched the sessions.  Afterwards, we celebrated her birthday and ate some yummy food.  

Happy Birthday!!!!

Costa Rica Pictures and Movie

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January Birthdays!

Happy Birthday

Carrie, Carson, Bryanna, and Mason!

Welcome to NY, Grandpa!

Abby stole my camera...

...AND this is what I found.

Smith Family Talent Show

Kailey and Morgan

Britton

SPLITS: Morgan, Carrie, Abby, Natalie and Kailey

HANDSTANDS: Carrie and Mike

Jackson and Samson

Smooth and Creamy: Alex, Carson and Bryanna

Aiden

Bigger and Better Machine: Pierce Family and helpers

G-ma the Dancer

The other day I was helping Abby with a few things for drill team tryouts. Mom/G-ma stepped in to show Abby how it's really done. I was impressed with her grace as she prepped for her turn. Mom won't let me forget that she was a BYU folk dancer...

Enjoy~

Tap your toes!

Morgan is becoming a great dancer, here she is at her last recital.

I love her smile because you can tell that she is having fun and loves dancing.

Can you spot which one she is?

Happy Birthday ~

Can you believe this little cutie is six today?

HAPPY

BIRTHDAY

JADEN!

Dancing @ Halftime!

This was taken a few weeks ago and I must say that Abby is such a cute dancer. She steals the show with her smile and facials!

Can you pick out which one she is?

Part I


Part II

Let's be a Warm Fuzzy Family

During the last General Conference, President Monson told about a jar that was sent to him filled with little fuzzy balls. Each ball represented an act of service or kindness shown to others. This jar is for "Grandma's Warm Fuzzies" and each of you will play an important part in filling it. Next week, in the mail, you will receive instructions.

The many faces of Halloween!

These "Billy Bob" teeth were prizes that some of the kids won during the Bingo game at the family party!

Happy Holloween!

Costume Contest.

What's this you ask?? Well, take a good look.... Last night at the ward party, Dad won an award in the costume contest. The main judge said, "No one knows what you are but you sure are interesting!"

We still don't know if he was a marsh mellow, angel, ghost, Pillsbury dough boy....

Oh well, Happy Halloween!

Blackmail!

This is Alex dancing at the family Halloween party. She was the last person to get out on the cake walk and thought it would be fun to do a solo... I am sure she is regretting it now!

Tufts Family Halloween Chili

We like our chili thick - if you don't like something, just leave it out and it will still be just as delicious! We eat our chili with cheese and a handful of Fritos sprinkled on top. Happy Halloween!

1/2 lb. ground Hamburger, browned
1/2 lb. ground Sausage, browned
1/2 lb. Bacon, cooked and cut into bite size pieces
1 can Black Beans
1 can Pinto Beans
1 can Kidney Beans
1 can Great Northern Beans
1 can Corn
1 8 oz. can Tomato Sauce
1 can diced Tomatoes, petite cut
1/2 Onion, chopped small
1/2 Green Pepper, chopped small
2 cloves Garlic
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 Tbsp Chili Powder
2 tsp Cumin
1/2 tsp Oregano
1/4 tsp Cayenne Pepper
1 cup Water (or more depending on how thick/thin you like it)

Cook meats one at a time in a large skillet and put into a large crock-pot. Saute onion and green pepper in the leftover meat drippings and add to the crockpot. Add water, garlic, tomato sauce and canned tomatoes to the crockpot. Drain and rinse all the beans really well and add to crockpot. Add seasonings to taste - The amounts listed are what we usually do... but depending on how hot you like it you can change it around. Let simmer in the crockpot for a few hours. We usually like the chili better the next day! Enjoy ~

2008 vs. 2009

Apple Picking

October 2008

September 2009

Funny huh?

~

Mom was wearing the same pants and jacket this year when we went apple picking as she did last year when we went apple picking. The only difference is last year her shirt is black and this year it was blue!

Abby's back-to-school assembly~

Here is a clip of Abby at her back-to-school assembly. I wasn't able to make it but mom took my camera and got their dance on tape so we could enjoy it! Abby is wearing blue leggings and a green tutu. She is on the front row on the far right when the dance starts.