CTR Man To The Rescue

I made a CTR cape for the kids in my primary class for the lesson tomorrow. I think they turned out pretty sweet! ... just wanted to share:)

Day At The Zoo

We went to Hogle Zoo today. Olivia was so cute to watch her looking at all the animals. She loved them! The wild turkeys scared her a little though. We went when they first opened so the weather was actually pretty cool. We took pictures at pretty much all the animal statues and we took pictures of every animal there. Olivia loved riding the carousel! It was a really fun day spending time just the three of us.

Don't Blink

So as I was looking over this months visiting teaching message and how its on strengthening families, and I found this quote I had:

"In a world of turmoil and uncertainty, it is more important than ever to make our families the center of our lives and the top of our priorities. Families lie at the center of our Heavenly Father's plan."- L. Tom Perry

I guess it just got me thinking with how fast Olivia is growing up and it's so important to be that good example and person for her to look up to.I was watching her entertaining herself and just could not believe she is 1! Seriously! Where has the time gone? She is growing up and no matter what I do she is going to keep growing up!(which of course is a good thing- just a little sad) I'm so thankful that I am able to stay at home with her. I have the best husband in the world for letting me:)

Don't blink

Just like that you're six years old and you take a nap and you

Wake up and you're twenty-five and your high school sweetheart becomes your wife
Don't blink
You just might miss your babies growing like mine did
Turning into moms and dads next thing you know your "better half"
Of fifty years is there in bed And you're praying God takes you instead Trust me friend a hundred years goes faster than you think
So don't blink

Another July Birthday

Happy Happy Birthday!

Mike's birthday is today:) He is turning... well, you will just have to guess:) For his birthday we are going out to dinner at Pizza Factory, and then probably watching a movie after. Nothing too big planned- Mike doesn't like to make a big deal with his birthday- I'm opposite:) We aren't doing anything really big though but I did get him presents- even though he makes such a big deal about not getting any:)

So Mike is so bummed with the Utah Jazz lately since Korver isn't on the team anymore- his favorite player- So I made him a birthday Utah Jazz Jersey cake- No, 33 is not how old he is turning, it's just his playing number, and since he doesn't know who will be his favorite now I put it on the cake.

One of the presents my parents got him a Utah Jazz hat:


Happy Birthday ( babe:) ) Love ya!

2010 Smith Family Pictures

I have been wanting to get family pictures done for a while now so on Sunday my sister, Stephanie, took our family pictures. I think she is amazing at them. These are only some of them but I loved all the ones she took.

Olivia Is 1

Happy Birthday to you

Happy Birthday to you

Happy Birthday dear Olivia

Happy Birthday to You!

Today is Olivia's first birthday! Yup, a year has gone by... and way too fast! This past year has been so much fun! It's been awesome watching Olivia grow up and watching her learn so many things. She has four teeth now: two front top and two front bottom. She is seriously such a happy baby. She is so lady like too always crossing her feet. She is starting to run and it's amazing she has kept her balance so well. On Saturday we threw her a birthday party. We had friends and family come. It turned out really nice and the weather was beautiful, and really hot... all the black balloons I had popped because of the heat. We had it in my parents backyard. I just can't believe how fast a year goes by especially when you have a kid. Every second does count. I made her a fondant birthday cake - a three layer one- it was like the size of a wedding cake:) I had fun making it though:

Olivia got quite a few presents for being one. We never get pictures of Mike's dad, but we got a pretty good one.


I put together a video of Olivia's party:

Here are some of my favorite pics of Olivia throughout the year- ( believe me, I could have posted all of them cause she is the prettiest baby:))

4th of July Weekend

It was a great 4th of July weekend, but it went by way too fast. We mostly just rested and relaxed which was really nice. We didn't do the whole fireworks thing this year since Olivia gets really tired pretty early so we just played outside until her bedtime and then watched movies.