New Year Wishes!

Happy New Year!

"2010"

May it be the BEST YEAR Ever!

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THANKSGIVING

Thanksgiving was really good! And here is 3 of the reasons why!

More to come later but I want to express how Thankful I am for the Family Reed and I have been BLESSED with.

Thanks for making Gramma and Grampa Smile!

BORING POST!

Not much new to post about. BORING!!!!!

We've been painting our kitchen. I hate when your house is torn apart! It's been a LONG process because we haven't been able to just devote all of our time on it. We're finally down to putting doors back on and touch ups. The other thing is I'm not Loving it, so it's hard to get excited to work on it.(I picked all the color, so I can't blame anyone but ME) Not going to complain because my sweet husband has been a real trooper. And it's clean. WE'RE GETTING TO OLD TO DO THIS!

Halloween was really fun seeing all the Trick or Treaters! We had quite a few this year. The weather helped that out. Such cute costumes. We always give extra treats to our neighbors and Ward kids. We had a lot more of them this year. It was really fun to see their costumes and hear the things they say. Hope you all had a fun Halloween!

Well, it's on to the next Holiday! We are sooooo excited because Our grandkids and their Mom and Dad are coming. Can't wait, can't wait! Just praying our house gets back together.... SOON!!!

Sorry this is BORING but I needed to journal the happenings! hehehehe! :D

Birthday Wishes for a New TEENAGER!

This week Our oldest Granddaughter becomes a TEENAGER. All though she was 16 when she was 2 years old. LOL!

We will never forget the day she was born. The feelings and emotions were behind AMAZING.

She is an amazing young women, with soooo many talents. We LOVE HER So Much and are so PROUD of Her.

We hope Your New Adventurers as a Teenager will be some of the best you ever have.

HAPPY 13th BIRTHDAY Maddy!

What ever happened to AUGUST????

MORE JULY BIRTHDAY'S

WE SERIOUSLY LOVE THESE PEOPLE!

We have so many JULY BIRTHDAY'S! If I tried to post all of them, we would have one or two each day of this Month!!! So for all of those I don't post about, Hope You ALL Have a Really GREAT BIRTHDAY. We're thinking of all of you.

Now for the ones I will post about.

Craig, our Son-in-laws birthday is the 16th

Jason, our Sons birthday is the 18th

and

Amy, our Daughters birthday is the 27th

We hope you all have a really GREAT one.

Wish we could be there for Cake and Ice Cream!

HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my HONEY!

He's the most important Man in my life and My BEST FRIEND.

I LOVE YOU MORE THEN WORDS CAN SAY!

Thank you for all you do for me.

Some of my Favorite 4th of July's

I have 2 favorite holidays, the 4th of July and Halloween.

The last couple of years our grandkids haven't been able to be here for the 4th. But I wanted to share a few pictures of some of my favorites from the past.

The Fam

These were a couple of cooler weather parades!

Our younger Maddy, Jake and Cookie

Bear World and a few other activities!

And the deep game of scrabble......

It's just not the same holiday without FAMILY :(

We're really going to miss you all.

HAPPY 4TH of JULY!

Have a Safe and Fun One!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY

REED,

OUR kids got the Best DAD in the WORLD!

BUT SO DID MY GRANDKIDS!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAD JASON!

HOPE YOU BOTH KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU AND WHAT A GREAT JOB BOTH OF YOU HAVE DONE AND ARE DOING.

HAVE A GREAT DAY!

Rain, Rain Go Away!

Is Anyone building an ARK?

Cemetery Surprise!

A few years ago, after Reed's Dad passed away. We decided we needed to purchase grave plots for ourselves. Creepy I know! Both of our Father's are buried in this cemetery. It really is a very peaceful, beautiful place and not crowded but getting more popular as the years go on. Plus, we don't want our kids to have to worry about that. The plots we bought are at the head of Reed's Dad's. Wanting to keep the family together, ya no! Matter of fact the whole corner was bought up by family members.

Well, while visiting the cemetery, we found out someone had been buried in our plot. WHAT!!!! And after looking a little closer we also found out that 2 other family plots had been used. YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING!!!!!! NOPE!

Somehow in the last 6 years, someone unmarked them as being sold. Grrrrh!

The sexton asked, what can we do to make this right with you? Move the buried man......! DAAHHH!

No just kidding. We just want some new plots and not to far from our family. Luckily, they had some right across the road, (unless there is a mistake there!) But our names our in the books again (which we watched being put in the books last time). I even asked the person that was in charge of the stuff the first time, how will we know that these won't get sold. She said you're in the books and your names are on the map. OKAYYYYY! Somehow it all was removed. I wouldn't want the job of keeping it straight. The turn over of keepers, changes to often. And not all are good bookkeepers.

We were treated really good and feel like things were made right, but learned that this is something to check on regularly.

The ironic thing is, we know the person that was buried in our plot. A really wonderful person and a very sad loss. We couldn't think of a better person to have laid to rest in our spot. So we're happy about that. We could have easily been to that funeral and can you imagine the surprise it would have been for us at the cemetery.......!

Well, it all turned out alright.

And we hope it can be a Sacred place, one of peace, comfort and love for his family to visit.

Memorial Day a Time to Remember

I just wanted to Salute our Dad's and all those that have gone on before us.

May we never forget!

Carl A. Smith

Norman Belnap

Puppies 5 1/2 months

These pictures are for our Grandkids so they can see how big the boys have gotten.

Winston is ours and Monty is Aunt Amy's

I can't leave out Ziggy and Bogart.

To My Sweet Little MOTHER

MOM,

I want to Wish YOU a very Happy MOTHER'S DAY!

Thank You for all you do for me and my family.

I hope I can be half the Woman you are.

For your example and your strength.

Have A Wonderful Day!

Love You Forever and for Always,

LaRae and Reed

MOTHER'S DAY

Being a Mom has been one of my GREATEST BLESSING!

I'm blessed with the

BEST Son and Daughter ever,

Jason and Amy

Thank You BOTH for all the Happiness and Joy YOU bring ME.

I also have the Best In-law Kids a Mom could ever ask for!

I'm so glad I can be your MOM now and for all the Eternities.

Singing Birds....

But really.....

what's the deal with singing in the morning at 4 A.M.

The sun isn't even up yet.

I LOVE your little songs but to noisy before sunrise.

SOCIAL HOUR Begins at 7 A.m.

I Love you little Birdies :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Our little Maltipoo Ziggy turned "3" years old yesterday!

That time has gone by sooooo fast. He has been a really fun addition to our family.

We love you Mighty Mouse :)

Computer break down!

I've been having problems with my computer for about 2 weeks! It's so annoying. Anyway, We ended up getting a new computer, oh darn, hated to spend the moola but LOVING the speed and new features. I've had to down load all my pictures etc. I forgot I had this picture. Decided to post it because it makes me smile when I see it.

With our weather so far this week I needed something to bring a smile. Hopefully it will bring a smile for you too!! :)

Coming Tuesday the 31st, SOMEONE IS HAVING A BIRTHDAY!

We know Jake is feeling like this about his BIRTHDAY!!

We're so excited for your big day too. :)

This was his 1 year old BIRTHDAY!

These are just some cute pictures I found and wanted to share.

This was Jake's Baptism Day! We're so proud of you and the example that you are. We're very grateful for your sweet tenderness. That's a Great Gift.

Jake is a master of Lego's! It's so fun to sit and watch him put them together. Grampa and I think he could be an excellent engineer someday.

This is at Legoland. This place is a little piece of heaven for him! :)

Jake, we can't believe it's been 10 years ago you came to our family. But it's one of the BEST things that has happened for us. We couldn't ask for a better GRANDSON. You are an amazing boy with lots and lots of talents. We're so Proud of you and all that you do. Always stay close to your Heavenly Father. He Loves you very much. Listen to your parents, they only want the very best for you. We all LOVE You so much JAKE.

We wish you the BEST BIRTHDAY ever. One with lots of FUN. Wish we could be there. Hope you like your present? We'll be thinking about you and singing to you.

HAPPY "10" to YOU!!