Happy 21 years old Lauren!!

Today daughter number 4, Lauren, turned 21!! It is normally a very big day in an average girl of the world to go through. Mainly, so that this girl could legally go through the right of passage on becoming a future drinker, lush, etc. But since we are not of that sort, I guess the only other thing that comes to mind, is the fact that if we were to go to Vegas together, she can now put her own quarter in the slot machine!! Yea....actually she is really a great kid and she likes to do goofy things especially with a camera in her hands. I think all her sisters like to do a certain pose everytime they get a camera in their hands. She is married to a great guy who doesn't mind this at all! :) Here we go Lauren, dad and I love you lots!

I went to the KEITH URBAN CONCERT!

First, so that nobody's panties get in a twist, this event occurred LAST NIGHT!! I thought it was a great concert as it started to move along. He is such a talented person. It was for Dana's birthday and we had Marshall, Phil and Lauren, Taylor and Jessie, and me and Dad. Our seats were in an upper section but still do-able. Check out Dana's blog for pictures because my camera was dead.(it would!) Anyways, what a fun evening!!

Yesterday was Dana's BIRTHDAY!

I know Dana..sorry..I gotta update my pictures of your family!!

Yes, it was Dana's Birthday yesterday and I really wanted this to post with the correct date! Sorry Dana :( Anyways, she is my numero dos baby (thats 2 for anyone who doesn't understand 'dos') Shes the one I remember the most when I delivered her because I kept on saying "get the toes out". It felt like her feet were dragging through my belly as she was coming out. Its hard to explain. She was my longest at 21 and 3/4 in length. It was like they were unrolling her as she came out. And then we would take pictures of her and she always gave us a scrowl, no smile! Thankfully that changed. Now she this grown up woman, all married with 2 cute daughters and twins on the way. She likes to surprise us! Dana, I love you, your sisters love you and all the rest of the relatives! What a great blessing you have been to dad and me! love ya, tu mom and dad

Back from the LA Market!

Just wanted to post a note about the LA Market! What a fun trip! I went with Kathy King, Kerree Cannon and Sandra Biehl and it was fun. What a great bunch of women to know and work with. We did it for Desert Club and these ladies are on the Gala Committee this year. I am on the Tickets Committee so I didn't have to look for anything inparticular. What a relief, so I went to enjoy the company and see what was new and offer my 2 cents worth if they wanted it. I bought a few things and hopefully didn't go overboard on my own spending. I will know though when things start coming in. :) Now its time for laundry and getting into my routine here at home!

Shawneen's baby blanket!

Just had to add that I finished binding this blanket while we were waiting for Shawneen to deliver her baby! Normally I would have been to my quilt group but this was a little more important! :) So this is for the ladies to say its done!!

Shawneens new BABY BOY!!

Yea, we have us a boy! We are so proud of Shawneen, she was a real trooper and got the job done! He was born around 2:45 and weighed 7 lb 8 oz. Here's some pictures from my camera and I am sure you'll see some from her camera when she gets home! We love our new baby James!

4th of JULY!!

Well, the 4th of July was very low key at our house. Oh, by the way, the Box Canyon trip was done the day before, Friday. And on Saturday, for the 4th, we did hamburgers with all the trimmings that go with the holiday! One of the high lights for us Smiths, is that Grampi Lloyd got in the pool too! Turns out he's been swimming with a neighbor and so it was all right to swim at our house too. Then later on Jim, Tate, Jessie and I went to see Transformers (which was way better the second time for me so I could understand the words better) Then when we got out the fireworks had started. And they had them at this church nearby and we watched them from our backyard. They weren't has great has Idaho Falls but they were okay for us. So heres a couple of pictures of the kids swimming and Lauren and Phill from the Box canyon trip that I couldn't figure out how to get on the other post. Enjoy!!