Just found a blog draft from 2009 that NEVER got published!!!!

Some of these pictures got published to the blog but some didn't!  I actually remember doing this which is crazy!  But I started doing a joint post about both girls on their baseball teams and then decided to split them and post them individually and I posted Micailey's and before I deleted this draft, luckily I checked to see if it had ever been posted, and Mackenzie's hadn't!  So here, speaking of being behind on my blog!, is a post from May of 2009!  Mackenzie (and a few of Micailey's, just in case they weren't posted) playing Tball!

Baby Macie (who is now 3!)

Out with the old, and in with the new!

Well, the old blog is suffering and I apologize!  It started suffering with the introduction of Facebook a long while back.  I would post the new fun pictures on there and then it would justify me in taking longer to post them on to the blog.  Then more recently came the introduction of my new iphone!  Now I have instant internet at the touch my little hand held device that is always next to me so I RARELY sit down at the "old" computer!  One huge problem is that all pictures are on that old device and they quietly sit and get forgotten!  ... It's May and I haven't even gotten Christmas pictures on yet!  So I apologize in advance when we celebrate Christmas in almost mid summer!  Just smile with me and reminisce about the good old days and know that I 'm trying to keep up the best I can :o)

The Christmas Lights at Temple Square

I love the Salt Lake Temple at Christmas time!  

No matter what faith you are you can not deny how beautiful it is!  

We rode Trax in with the kids and Grandma and Grandpa Smith.  It was pretty packed!  We had to stand and nobody was ready when the train started off :o)  We had a few "bobbles" till we got our footing back!  It only takes once though and we were prepared for the next ones!

 All bundled up!

Micailey had a hard time towards the end!  She wore some old worn out thin canvas shoes and started complaining about how cold her feet were shortly after we started.  By the time we were getting ready to start our walk back, the complaining turned to crying, and then to sobbing!  Her feet were REALLY cold by the time we got back to Grandma and Grandpa's hotel room!  She had to soak them in warm water and that still made them sting.  Guess we'll have to remember this for next year!  Wear warm shoes too!!!!

Brinley's "Beautiful" Birthday

This year Brinley chose a "Tangled" birthday party! We have done this with both of the other girls on different years and she remembered how much fun it was and wanted to do it for her party this time. We took her and her little friends down to a salon and had their hair, make-up, and fingernails done. They were so cute and so excited! They looked like little princesses!

Waiting to get started

So gorgeous!

This is her "Tangled" cake. She LOVED it!

I had to post this one because she actually looks a lot like me in this photo when I was her age :o)

After the party and presents, no one had eaten any dinner ...

So we let her pick a fast food joint and she picked Arby's :o)

Brinley, I hope you enjoyed your special day! We love having your giggly, fun spirit in our home!

We love you tons!

Decorating our Trees

If you live by me, you may have already heard that one of our traditions in the Smith house is that each child in the family gets their own Christmas tree to decorate. Its so fun and transforms our family room into a magical Christmas forest! They get to pick what colors of lights go on and put them and the ornaments on all by themselves (okay~ so the littlest kids get a little help with the lights). They are so proud of their trees and show them to all visitors that come! I love Christmas time! It is by far my favorite holiday of all! I didn't get a picture of them all decorated this night... I'll have to look through all of my other pic's when it's not so late and see if I can find one :o)