Little Sidney turned 1!!

My sweet little Sidney turned One on the 23rd Of June!! It is hard to believe that we have had her for only one year. Seems like she has been in our lives forever. Sidney was very fascinated by the candle.She didn't get too messy.Presents from Mom, Dad, Kaleigh and Hagen

Sidney with Grandma and Grandpa Smith at the Smith family birthday/fathers day party.

Fred, Jared, Grandpa Smith, and Mark Modeling their cool aprons for Fathers Day
Hagen and Boston had a blast. I can tell these two and going to be great little buddies.

Kaleigh turned five!

My little Kaleigh isn't so little any more. On the 27th of May she turned five. She had her dance recital the night of her birthday as well. They danced to the wiggles an Indain song and did a little crocodile dance in the Peter Pan dance the dance company put together. She did amazing. As soon as I figure out how to post videos I will post her dances from her recital. Grandpa and Grandma Smith (and Grandma Mikits also) came to her recital.
She also graduated from preschool that week. The picture is Kaleigh with her teacher Mrs. Scholle.
Kaleigh and her good friend Amelyah. She and Amelyah played together atleast once a week after school.

Kaleigh and Grandma Smith and Grandma Mikits at her graduation.

The saturday after school got out Kaleigh had a friend birthday party.

Kaleigh and all her friends.

On Sunday the 31st, we had a birthday party for Grandpa Smith and Kaleigh.

Kaleigh got a baby bed and lots of barbie furniture for her new barbie house from mom and dad.

Memorial Day Weekend

Crazy weekend. We did get to visit a few grave sites.

This is Luther's grave, Jared's brother. Little Hagen was very sad because their was a worm on the ground in front of Papa's grave.

My sweet little Kaleigh lost her very first tooth. It was a little tramatic at first but once she realize that the tooth fairy would bring her a dollar, it was ok.

Sunny days!

At the Smith house we love when it starts to get warm. We go to the zoo a lot, thanks to our zoo pass. We play outside a lot, and we are also looking forward to Bear Lake and Oregon. We love putting the sprinkler under the trampoline. The kids call it swimming.
Our first visit to the zoo for this year.

Sidney was very interested in what the animals were doing. I was really impressed in how attentive she was .

Kaleigh's Recipe for Mac and Cheese

For Mothers Day Kaleigh gave me a little book that her and the other kids in her class put together and it was called

"Westmore's Moms Best Recipes

by Mrs. Scholle's AM and PM Preschool class"

This is Kaleigh's recipe for Mac and Cheese. I think this was my all time favorite Mothers day gift that I have ever received.

Ingredients

1 cup

1 cupcake

4 chicken nuggets

1 chocolate

1 or 2 pizzas

1 cheese bread

Put the pizza in the oven for 10 minutes, the oven should be hot. Make a cake then. I love mac and cheese. My mom makes me mac and cheese with hot dogs.

Now if any one doesn't know how to make mac and cheese, make sure you give little Kaleigh a call. I think she has it down.

Happy Birthday Hagen and Jared!

The month of April has been extremely busy for our family. We celebrated Hagen's and Jared's birthday with a family dinner. Jared and I also took off for a weekend in Vegas for his birthday present. Thanks Fred and Marlene for watching the kids!! But in the middle of the birthday celebrations we also moved, finally. We only moved a few blocks a way but we are in a house that has four bedrooms and two bath. I am extremely excited for two bathrooms. We are still trying to get settled after putting up sheet rock (just in a few rooms), painting, and recarpeting the house, but will have pictures soon.
Jared and I in Vegas watching the water show at the bellagio.

Instead of going to a show we went the the shark reef. It was really awesome!

After we came home from Vegas we had a small family celebration with lemon Merienge pie
All the kids piled into the closet.

Easter Sunday

Happy Easter everyone! With all the packing and painting we have been doing I haven't been had much time to just sit down or even update the blog. We had a fun Easter. We are still trying to teach the kids the reason behind Easter, but I think at this point they are more excited for the Easter basket than anything. Kaleigh was so excited for the Easter bunny to come. She woke up at 4:00 am and then woke up Hagen to open their baskets. We had a dinner and a egg hunt at Mormor's.