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On the 12th day of Christmas our daddy gave to us-- a trip to the Dr. for our shots!

Today Mike took the entire family into the Dr. to get our China immunizations. NOT FUN!! Mike and the boys only had to get one however, I needed 7. Luckily they only gave me 4 today. This is NOT what the boys and I had asked Santa for. Thanks a bunch Dad.

Grandma's Stockings

My Mom has cross stitched a beautiful stocking for every member of our entire family and with each new addition (in-law or grandchild) comes a new stocking on the fireplace. Most of these stockings take her an entire year to complete because they are very detailed and stitched perfectly.My kids love to see their stocking hanging over grandma's fire place. This is such a fun tradition. You are amazing Mom, love you.

Random pictures from the past month.

The Ladies and I getting pedicures over our Thanksgiving vacation in NC

The kiddies
Zachy all snuggled up warm
Brotherly love, Trent taking care of Garret when he was sad. What's funny is, Trent is probably the one that made Garret cry.
My little preschool kids. We built a castle for fairy tale week and they loved it.
The boys sliding down the huge sand dunes in NC

The Wright Brothers vs. The Smith Brothers

While in Outer Banks for Thanksgiving we visited the Wright Brothers Monument. It was great! This is the place that the Wright Bros practiced their flying and tried out their gliders. This is where the very first man flew. It was really very cool to see this place and we were reminded how amazing it is that we can now fly around in huge airplanes. AMAZING!! It also got us thinking that maybe someday the amazing SMITH BROS and their curiosity will come up with something that will change the world forever.

Thanksgiving in Outer Banks, NC

Our family spent Thanksgiving in Outer Banks, NC with 5 other families from our ward. WE HAD A BLAST!!!! The beach house was huge, the food was great and the company was even better. We spent our time collecting sea shells and horse shoe crab shells down on the beach, sitting in the hot tub and playing games. Thanksgiving dinner was very yummy, our family (AKA me) cooked the turkey. We are so glad that we went and we will not forget our wonderful trip with our wonderful friends.

"Parting is such sweet sorrow"

There is nothing like having your spouse leave for a while to make you realize how much you need them. Mike and I are terrible at being a part because we like each other so much. I just wanted to tell my honey that I love him and that I am SOOO grateful to be married to such an amazing man.

Trent is 7

Our T.T. is 7 years old. Ok, he hasn't gone by the nick name T.T. for about 4 years, he is Trent or even Trenton now, but he is still our baby. I can't believe how fast those 7 years have gone by. Trent has grown into an amazing kid who is curious about everything. He loves to collect anything and everything especialy things related to nature. The kid loves to fish more than any other activities and says that he wants to be a fisherman when he grows up. He is truely amazing and we had a great party with 15 kids to celebrate him. He asked for a blue, hairy monster cake with lots of eyeballs so I tried my best to give him that. We love you so much Bud and we are so proud of everything you do.

Everyday life...

What's Happen'n.....
We have been busy enjoying what is left of the nice weather here in Virginia so we have been up to North Beach (Chesapeake Bay) a few times. We love getting back to the beach and the kids love catching jelly fish and horseshoe crabs (deads ones). This is a picture of Garret playing on the playground there at the beach.

Zach is now 3 months old. WOW! He is so smiley and so sweet. The other day he got his hands on a fruit snack wrapper and he was so fasinated with it because it was shiney and made a crinkly sound. He is such a good baby and rarely cries. Heaven knew that I needed a mellow child and blessed me with one. I can't wait to take him to Utah this week and introduce him to everyone.

I am still teaching preschool and I am really enjoying it (most days). I have a great group of kids and we have a lot of fun.

I haven't taken many more pictures this month due to lack of time but the Smith family is still here and truck'n along with daily life.

Trent lost his first tooth!

Trent's tooth wiggled and wiggled forever in his mouth and finally that darn thing came out. Mike was here vistiting for the weekend and Trent let him pull it out. Of course the tooth fairy found her way to our home and left him a dollar. You are getting so big Trent and we can't wait to get pictures of you with big gaps and holes in your smile.

Sorry I have no new posts. Mike has my computer again in Texas. I will update when I can. We will be in Utah from Nov. 4th-13th for any one interested in getting together.

What we've been up to...

Zachy is 2 months and has been busy learning to hold up his head and smile.
It is so hard to get a picture of him smiling but here is one effort. Cute!!! Cute!!!!
Garret started gymnastics and he is loving it. Trent started soccer but I don't have any pictures yet.
Zachy has become my jogging buddy.

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Here's what we've been up to...continued

We have had lots of rain. Our river flooded and it was really something to see. I am sure we will see more of this before winter comes.
Mike has wanted to catch a squirrel forever and finally he did it. This squirrel was so mad and if it wasn't for the net it would have ripped Mike to pieces.
The boys have been helping me take care of Zachy while Mike has been away at training. They are great helpers.
The boys have been playing with Uncle Kenny, Bailey and Corbin down at their new house. They found a couple of turtles. This one was dead but of course they wanted to keep it. It began to swell out of it's shell and stunk stunk, so he had to go to garbage can heaven.

I will post something new soon. Mike has our computer at his training. Sorry for the boring Blog.

I just LOVE this picture

I really love this picture of Trent and Zach laying together. It wasn't very long before Trent had Zach sound asleep. Thanks for the help bud!!!

Two Weeks Old

Zachy is now 2 weeks old. I can't believe how fast that time went. He is an excellent baby. He rarely cries, he sleeps great in the night and overall he is a very mellow baby. I am sure that it is because Heaven knew that we needed a calm little guy to help balance our two wild ones. We love you little Zachy!

Back to the Ocean (Sort of)

Before Mike's parent went home we all went to Baltimore to visit the National Aquarium. It was really fun. We were there for almost 5 hours and Trent and Garret had a great time looking at all the different exhibits. They have caught many of the fish they saw in real life so they thought that was great and reminded us all of Hawaii. Thanks Kirk and Joan for taking us.

Gettysburg

Last week we went with Mike's parents to Gettysburg. It was really amazing to look out over the field and reflect on all those men that fought and died there. It was also very neat to drive around and see how all the different groups of the armies were set up and where all the major action happened. This was a very humbling trip and I am so glad that we braved it with the new baby.

Happy 50th Mom

Happy Happy Birthday Mom! I am blessed to have you in my life and I am grateful everyday that Heavenly Father chose you to be my mother. Thank you so much for coming to help me with the baby and it was comforting to have you here while I was in labor. My boys sure love you and are always excited to see Grandma "Nette". I hope you enjoyed your big birthday weekend. I love tons!!

Not only is Zachy a great little brother but he is also a great Butterfly holder too!!

Meet Zachary Kevin Smith born July 31st @ 12:27am

Can you believe it, he is finally here!!!!! It was a pretty crazy delivery but an excellent finale to a long pregnancy. I went to my Dr.s appointment at 9:30am Wed, morning and they said I was still just barely a three dial. So they sent me home and said come back next week. My labor started about 11:00am and stayed strong all day so at 9:30pm we went to labor and delivery hoping to be admitted. No such luck, as soon as they laid me down the contractions stopped and I was still only between 3-4 dial. They told me that I wasn't ready and that I should just come back in two hours and maybe something would change. WELL, something changed. Just two hours later at 11:30pm my contractions were CRAZY. As Mike was trying to get me in the car to return to the hospital (a 20 min drive) I felt the pressure of the babies head coming and I fell to the road. The baby was coming so Mike called an ambulance as I screamed in pain, on my hands and knees in the road in the middle of the night. The paramedics took me to a closer hospital because I was running out of time and as soon as we were in the delivery room they had me start pushing. I was scared to death of delivering without an epideral but I did it and now we have a beautiful little boy. He was 7.3 oz and 19 inches long. He has been very quiet and of course his two big brothers can't get enough of him. Welcome to our family little Zachy!!!