Smitty Place

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Rudolf the red nosed Kensie...

Kensie's dance group performed at Heritage Hills Care Center for the residents. I remember doing this when I was a little girl and it always scared me right to death. I was shocked when Kensie went right out there. She didn't dance much, but she did stay out there the whole time.

Dancing to "Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer"

Ellie & Kensie

Karsyn, Mashayle, & Halle with her light-up nose.

The Santa Rap, my neighbors Braxten & Cooper are in this group and we laughed the whole time.

Singing "We wish you a Merry Christmas" to the residents

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Smith Christmas Party 2010....

This year Grandma Morgan's Christmas party was held on Linda's birthday and the primary program. Cael's talk was "my love for Jesus grows when I pray". He did a really good job and had his part memorized. He said his favorite song to sing was "Follow the Prophet". We headed over to the party after for another yummy meal and then the kids exchanged gifts. Cael got a Nerf gun & Kensie got a new baby with sling. They both loved their gifts and Kensie wanted to go back the next day to "open pren".

Abbie, Kaitlyn, Reagan, Kensie, Cameron, Cael, Brityn, & Jaxson.

Grandma Morgan gave the great-grandkids ornaments. The girls opened angels and the boys trains.

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Jarrett Christmas Party 2010.....

The annual Earl Jarrett family Christmas party was hosted by the Newton-Miller-Shepherd Family this year. We enjoyed turkey, potatoes, salads, & rolls for dinner. They kept us entertained with a ornament craft for the kids and games for the adults.

Ornaments....

Wayne & Connie

Dawson & Kensie

Machelle's husband Ron made these chimes to play christmas songs on. The kids loved them. Even some of the adults got a chance to play.

Conner, Gavyn, Cael, & Paige

Dad & Aunt Bonnie

Wayne, Bonnie, me, Nikki, Jennie, & Wyatt

This game was played by making a cirle by interlocking arms. Then a present was placed in the middle and the first person to kick the present out in front of them and pick it up won. I truely didn't understand the game and for some reason was trying to turn around and pick it up in stead of kicking it in front of me. The guys match was a lot more physical than the ladies.

Rebekah, Lyndsey, Jessica, me, & Jennifer

Present Walk..

The Audience -Grandpa, Rebekah, Richard, & Bonnie

Kensie's prize

Cael's prize

Drew helping Kensie color

We always look forward to this party because we have such a fun family. I can't wait until next year!

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Ward Party 2010....

Cael's letter for Santa

Waiting for Santa

Santa & His Elf

Kensie wanted nothing to do with it.

Coloring a picture for the bishop

Elders serving

The primary singing

The Elders sang Silent night...If you look closely you can see Casey in the very back.

After the party Cael invited our neighbor Cooper over for a sleep over. This is the first time Cael has had a friend sleep over. They played the Wii for a minute and then went right to sleep.

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Happy Birthday to my baby...

Kensie turned the big "3" on November 19, but we were on our way home from Cali so we didn't end up having her party until today. She loves Kitty Cats and it just happens to be "Hello Kitty's" 50th anniversary so I didn't have a hard time find some cute stuff. For dinner we did dutch oven Chicken Cordon blue that turned out yummy. This year I decided to attempt Kensie's cake. I found a marshmallow Fondant recipe on line and thought I would give it a try. I also found some "Hello Kitty" cake pops that I planned to make to go on the cake. I had been so busy that I hadn't had time to practice and the cake pops flopped. Needless to say the cake didn't turn out as planned, but Kensie was still tickled. It ended up snowing all day long which kept a couple great-grandparents home, but we still had a good turn out.