Ten Years

I look at this picture and feel so blessed to

have the husband and family that the Lord has given me.

I sat straight up in bed at 3:30 this morning, not fully awake, and told

Craig 'I love you, be careful' as he was leaving for Cascade to go load

trucks. This plays out about the same every morning except I usually get up with

him while he gets ready. At 3:30 I was doing well to say 'I love you, be careful'!

I totally forgot at that early hour that it was our anniversary today.

I realized that there is something very romantic about the fact

that even though we both forgot what day it was, this day was

special because it started the way we start every day.

I do love Craig and I do want him to be careful and with every

year I feel that we grow stronger in our relationship with one another

and in the Lord. I love and respect this man that the Lord has

given me and I feel like I am truly blessed to be more in love with him

today than ever.

Books

This has to be labeled as precious time. We stocked

up on library books from Ms. Patty. I wouldn't trade

these times for anything in the world.

Craig and his Girls

I just loved these pictures of Craig with

his girls.

Lindsay, Molly, and Dad
Maggie and Dad
Molly Tate and Dad

Puddle Jumping

We had a good rainstorm the other day and

Sidon came in with a simple request, he wanted

to jump in the 'huge' puddles. With play clothes, of

course, they smashed every puddle they could

find. The chill finally won but it was great fun

while it lasted!

The best gifts!

We got an awesome package in the mail today.

I think that the Lord knows when we are

in need of what Craig calls 'a light breeze'.

Shoshannah, Johannah, and Charlie Beth were

our 'light breeze' today!

Shoshannah decorated this outfit

with the most adorable strawberries.

This is such a sweet piece of art

that my Molly is honored to wear.

Johannah made all of the kids hand drawn

Indian Coloring Books! What an awesome idea!

Sawyer was extremely impressed with her art work.

Shoshannah, I can't tell you how much this

meant to all of us today! Thank you for your

friendship and love.

Smed turns 6!!

We celebrated Sawyer's 6th birthday on Saturday in

Donnelly. We had dinner at Papa and Grandma's

'donny' house and then went to Goldfork in the evening.

It was a fun day!

Maggie and Papa!

We have the most beautiful

mother in the world!

It dosen't feel like it has been six years. I still look at him and think how fortunate

we are to have this wonderful, smart, sensitive boy. What a blessing he is to our family. I don't

know what we would do without his questions, conversations, hugs, backtalk, and sweetness that makes him every bit the 'Smed' he is!!

Kids in the Garden

I realized today just how quickly the days, summers, and years seem
to fly by. Everything about this life we are given should be cherished, the good and the bad, because it makes us who we are.
As I look at these pictures of my most precious gifts I have to admit that I am very humbled by time and how quickly it becomes memories and stories. I pray that I give my children good memories and stories to share.





We spent the afternoon in Aunt Rita's garden soaking up some September sunshine! Today was a good memory for me.

Cousin Time

Lori and Greg and the kids came to

Council on Labor Day weekend and

we had a blast just letting the kids play.

I don't know how many pictures we have

of kids around this table but it seems like

the group is always growing!

We went up to New Meadows for their

Labor Days celebration. Greg said that

Eli and Sidon were our angry bookends.

Sawyer had to drop and do ten push-ups

for the National Guard soldier so that

he could get a keychain.

Sidon needed Grandma's help to slide down the

26 ft. slide.

Sidon is now officially a 'real cowboy' according

to Papa. He fell off of Dan but managed, with

some encouragment, to climb back on. He

will have a nice shiner tomorrow.