Friends and Family!

The reason we went to Utah was for Jared's brother, Cameron's, wedding!  Congrats Cam and Charee!  If only I had snapped a pic. of them :(  It was so fun to hang with all of Jared's fam.  He has such a fun set of siblings!  We were able to celebrate his Mom's birthday and go to Bear lake for a couple of days as well.  It was fun getting to know Jared's cousins and cousins-in-law and visiting with Grammy... and riding the jet skis!  I love family get togethers!!  They are so fun for all the kids!

Grandpa reading to Kailee!

Kailee and her cousins swimming in Granny's awesome pool!

 I used to always take Kailee on walks around the Provo temple because we lived so close while living in Wymount.  It brought back good memories to go back!  The landscape there is always so gorgeous in the summer!

I was sooooooo excited to get to see a couple of my BEST friends while in Utah!!  Julie and Lindsey are so great and it was so fun to see them and their cute kiddos.  It's crazy how we're all growin up and havin kids!  Thanks Julie for the pancakes and for the fun Barbeque at your house!!  If only we could've gone rollerblading like old times!

I planned to visit a couple other friends before we left, but we seriously were so busy with family, so I apologize to Jenn P. and Sara S.  I REALLY wanted to see you and your kids.  I guess for now, blogs will have to keep us in touch!! :)

Smith Party in Utah!

 While in Utah, we got to see my wonderful brothers, Casey & Jacob, my Uncle Kelly and his kids, Alex & Sebastianna, who are so fun and so grown up.   We also were able to see my other cousin, Kinsey, my grandma, Mama Bert, my Dad, and my step-mom Joy!!  It was a wonderful family reunion!

 Uncle Jacob!

 Casey, Mama Bert, & Kinsey with us!

Pretty good lookin bro, huh?!!  I got to play basketball at a park with Casey and Jacob and some others and it was SOOOOO FUN!!  Totally worth the sweating in the 90 degree weather in my street clothes and flip flops!  I hadn't seen Casey in 1.5 years so it was so GREAT to see my bro. again!

 I love these pics. with Grandaddy and Grandma!!  Kailee & Allie really adore them.

 Allie mooching off of Grandaddy!

 Pudding time!!

 DGF!!!! (Daddy's Girl Forever)

 Mama Bert's Baby... yep, that's me!!

We miss you already Grandaddy and Grandma!  Come visit us soon!

Our 5th Anniversary!

Five years ago I became the happiest woman alive!  Thanks to Jared's choir students, we had an awesome anniversary getaway at the Gaylord Resort!  Day 1: Lunch, pedicures, worked out at their fitness center, went swimming, ate at the Cheesecake factory, and saw the movie Eclipse together!  Thanks Jare-Bear.  He actually enjoyed the movie!  Day 2: I woke up to roses and we ate Jared's favorite "cinnamon toast crunch." We sported our bride and groom shirts that my Mom bought us for our honeymoon.  We got a lot of looks and smiles!  I'm pretty sure everyone thought we were honeymooners!  5 years and still feels like it!!  I have quite the sweetie pie, sugar plum, honey bum, snuggle-bunny!!

We got 1 1/2 hour massages and LOVED it!  This was Jared's first massage!

Then we went jogging together outside b/c it was pretty cool and windy, which is rare in Texas during the middle of the day in the summer.  Then we hit up the pool, got some pina coladas (soooo yummy), and didn't stay long b/c it was a gloomy day and not very sunny. :(

For dinner on our anniversary, we ate at the Texas Station at the Gaylord.  We split an awesome steak dinner!  Because it was our anniversary, they gave us free tickets to their Glass Cactus night club, so we went... yes, it was our first "clubbin" experience.  Don't get me wrong, we have danced the night away one too many times in college, but have never been to a real "club" where they serve alcohol.  It was country night, so we listened to the band and threw back a few cold ones!!  No pina coladas, so we ordered strawberry Daquiri's without the Daquiri... it was like a strawberry smoothie.  I was a little disappointed that there was a dance floor, but nobody was dancing... everyone just stood there watching the band like it was a concert.  That was the main reason we went... b/c we wanted to dance.  We weren't brave enough to get the party started.  We still had fun though!

Here are a few scenic pictures...

The balcony to our room!  Beautiful view.

The gorgeous Gaylord Resort!

Us "clubbin!"

Day 3:  The gloomy and rainy weather continued, so we ditched the Hurricane Harbor idea and went to brunch, went to a mall, went to Kohl's and got Jared a sweet shirt and pair of shorts, went to get the van out of the shop, and finally to pick up the girls whom we missed so much!!!  Thanks to the Fish family for watching them for us!  You guys rock!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY BABES!

The Big 25 and Father's Day!!

The day started with my favorite breakfast (in bed!)... sausage/egg/cheese biscuit w/ o.j.!!  It's a tradition.  Jared did the dishes all day long too!  He took me to Olive Garden for dinner (one of my favorite places to eat)... also a tradition!

Kailee helped Daddy make a homemade carrot cake (my favorite)!!  It was delicious; I was very impressed!

I asked for a lettuce/cabbage/potato/zucchini, etc. slicer and a cast iron skillet.  I love kitchen gadgets and love cooking so this was perfect!

My friend, Marquee, and I (front and center, bottom row) both turned 25 the same week, so we threw ourselves a joint party!!  We went laser tagging and to Ben & Jerry's for ice cream!  So fun!  Girls nights rock!  The theme was 80's... can you tell? :)

2 days later was the date of the Daddy/daughter Father's Day race...5K (so I thought) where Daddy can push the stroller... followed by a Daddy/daughter look a like contest in which I was going to enter him and Allie!  I've been so excited for it and thought it'd be a great tradition to start.  We got there and no one was there.  Turns out it was the Saturday before and we missed it.  Whoops. $25 down the drain. :(  It makes sense to do a Father's day race the day before, right??  Guess not. Oh well.  So, it was 7:30 in the morning and we weren't going to make our getting up early be in vain... so we went to the big and famous "Celebration Park!"  The girls had a blast!

For Father's Day, Jared got the same breakfast I did!!  Conveniently in the freezer!  After church I let him take a long nap and for dinner I made Cafe Rio Chicken Salads!! Yum.  We had leftover Carrot Cake for dessert!  Love ya babes!  As Kailee often says "You're the best Daddy in the whole world!"

Sunbeam Party

I'm the Sunbeam teacher at church (3 turning 4 class), so we had a pizza/pool party!  As you can see, there are not many guys in my life. lol  These girls are so fun and cute!  I hope I can keep in touch with them all as they grow up!