The Smith Family

New Blog

2010-04-17T11:58:00.001-04:00

We have moved to a new blog having maxed out our old one. The new one is www.smithfamilia2.blogspot.com See you there!
~Smith Family

No Post? No Blog!

2010-04-08T18:01:00.003-04:00

Well, our blog has decided to not work anymore, and keeps telling me that I can't add more photos! Hence, the lack of posts;)
Lord willing I will soon get another blog up and going, maybe a Smithfamilia2 or something like that!
Till then have a blessed day,
Bethany

A much belated post of our December

2010-03-15T15:50:00.000-04:00

Hello Readers!

Yes, this is a post on December;) I know it's so, so, late but I really loved these pictures so I just had to post them!
The first two weeks in Dec. we were traveling about up North and we went to Michigan to see my dear Grandmother, Nanny and dear Grandpa Charles! We had such a blast playing cards, our fav. past time with Nanny-O who is the Champion of cards! Right after we arrived it started snowing! Nanny had two sleds for us to play with and we were out there for hours! It was such a blast! We also got to go to two very interesting museum's; The Children's museum and Meijers Garden.

I small hole-in-the-wall town we stopped at! It consisted of two gas stations, right across from each other and a little donut shop! How cute!

Our Hand-n-foot tournament begins!!

Which one to lay down?

Yuchi and our Chorus of snowman!

Our King and Queen

Maud, you're so much fun! What would I do with you?!

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At the Children's Museum

Daddy and the boys standing in front a of piece of the Berlin wall!

Daddy pointing out the piece in the picture

Learning about the different kinds of fish

When I took this photo I thought of my dear Sis. Adeline! She is the ultimate Hat-connoisseur and whenever I try on a hat or even look at a hat, I wonder what she would think of it! LOL! So here's to you Addie!

This man has such an interesting job. He uses the old printing press and makes flyer's and what not for the museum! It was so neat to get to watch him work!

At Meijers Garden

And here we all are (except me, of course) in the cactus halls of the lovely Meijers Garden, one the largest indoor botanical gardens in the States!

Nanny's very own Cactus

We had so much fun with y'all Nanny and Grandpa! Thank you so much for showing us around Michigan!
Bethany

Where O Where have the Smithis gone too?

2010-02-19T15:20:00.000-05:00

Hello Readers!
I know, how sad and lonely our blog looks! I am so sorry for the lack of posts lately. The Lord has blessed us with a wonderfully exciting, but very busy New Year! Lord willing I will be catching up on some much needed posts about Dec. of last year and then hopefully I'll put up some pictures of January!But now (this is SO exciting!!) here are some pictures from the past couple of days!! To be more specific, of the HUGE amount of snow we got this past week!!

Isn't it beautiful?! I think we got about 4 inches! A record for at least the past 20 years, Daddy said!

"Snow flakes keep fallin' on my head........."

It sure makes the sheep pasture look nicer then it has in a while! ;)

Our newest addition to the flock, Sarai, tasting the snow.

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"The children sleep outside???!!!!!" ;)

"Why yes, they must have exposure to the REAL world"

The BIG snowball!

The boy and the bike;)
Boy and bike + big snowball=
FUN! (at least for the little boys;)

"It's really cold, Bethy. I think my nose has gone numb!"

2010-02-19T15:14:00.005-05:00

Maud and I playing on the Big Snowball

The day after our "Blizzard" we went sledding a ways down the road!

Our undercover body guard :)I hope y'all enjoyed the once-in-a-half-a-life-time "Blizzard" in Georgia, as much as we did!
Bethany for the Smithy's

A message from Captain Bret

2010-01-04T20:58:00.002-05:00

Many thanks to the Mortons and the folks in South Georgia for putting together a fabulous Heroes of the Faith ball.

And now, I would like to introduce you to some Heroes of the Faith that our family studied about recently...

In case you do not recognize us, this is Jacqueline, Madara, and me. We are portraying Herr Ernst Leitz, Frau Leitz, and their daughter Elsie. Most historical accounts of Ernst Leitz that I have read begin by calling him the “steely eyed protestant patriarch” of the Leica Camera Company in Germany. Herr Leitz took this responsibility as patriarch seriously, and worked tirelessly to provide for and protect the people under his care, sometimes at great risk to himself and his family. In the 1930’s, as Hitler began to enact his race laws, Leitz recognized the danger this posed to the many Jews who worked in his factory. As a true follower of Christ, he could not embrace the patriotism that the overwhelming majority of the “Christians” in Germany embraced, which asked them to not only overlook the persecution taking place in their own neighborhoods, but to actively participate in it by “turning in” their neighbors to the authorities. And so, very quietly, he began assigning his Jewish staff to overseas positions at his offices in Hong Kong, London, and New York. He even “hired” family and friends of his employees, securing the required papers and permission to send them out of the country. When these families disembarked the ship, they were met by a Leica Camera Company representative who gave each of them a new Leica camera, which they could sell for much more than it cost the company to produce.

From 1933 and extending even to after Germany sealed its’ borders in 1939, hundreds – and possibly even thousands – of lives were saved by these bold Christians who risked their lives to establish what would later come to be known as “The Leica Freedom Train.” At one point, Elsie was captured and mistreated by the Gestapo for helping a group of Jewish ladies cross the border into Switzerland. The Leitz family refused to be led by the pastors of German churches who helped cover the “itching ears” of their flock against the pleas of help from their neighbors.

Just as we saw in Nazi Germany, so we are already seeing here “Christians” who are turning in believers to the authorities, usually through anonymous phone calls to state family and children’s services. We are currently working with families in Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and Tennessee – people who are personal friends of families in our church -- who are being persecuted, some severely. And as was also paralleled in Germany, we see that the overwhelming majority of American pastors have no concern for those who are being persecuted for their faith. In fact, with one family who has sought our help, the pastor of their church is a party to the persecution.

"They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?' He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.' Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life."

(Matthew 25:44-46 NIV)

We need to remind people who claim to be followers of Christ that it is incredibly foolish to fail to provide aid and support to fellow believers who are suffering persecution, regardless of whether we agree with their viewpoints on issues of child discipline, education, the appropriate level of sheltering children, or a myriad of other personal convictions concerning the most Biblical way to build a godly household. And to those who are stupid enough to actually betray the Lord by betraying “one of the least of these” into the hands of the authorities, the words of the Lord himself speak clearly:

“But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born."

(Mark 14:21 NIV)

New Nephews, Thanksgiving and more!!

2009-12-01T08:18:00.017-05:00

Hello readers!!
I hope y'all are having a blessed Christmas season!
These past couple of weeks I was in Moultrie with my dear sister Kressant, helping her out with her three precious little boys!! Jonathan is now 3 weeks old! Last I heard he already weighed 10 pounds! What a big boy, I'm sure he weighs even more now!
My family went down and we celebrated Thanksgiving with the Morton's and Campana's. What a joyous time we had with friends and family remembering those who first obeyed the Lords calling and came to this untamed land, so that we, they're descendants could be free to worship our Lord! It was a most lovely and exciting two weeks with my S'moton family!

Here is the first picture I got of dear little Jonathan, when he was only a few minutes old!!

Mikey and Carlos meeting their new brother

Micheal and his neat bunk bed he built!

The Carlo doing his impersonation of Buz Lighter

Carlo inspecting his new play toy

Jonathan and William. They look so different!

The hambone Joe

"Give it meeee!"

A sun-in-the-eyes picture of my two cuties, Muad and Madisen!

Two wonderful ladies I greatly admire!!

The boys attacking Willy at the campmeeting!

La Smithey sistas!

Thanksgiving prep (love your pose Dee!)

The boys helping:)

"What's all this?!"

My kitchen crew

Two precious girlies!

"Good heavens, people!"

"So you took the last of the sweet potato casserole!"

What cute fat cheeks you have William!!

The Cave man and I! (Cave men are people too!!)

Thomas and Joseph

All the lovely desserts!!

Kress and Addie enjoying the meal together! Doesn't Kress look great?!

Twilight poser

And I'll end with my favorite picture from my stay!! The sky is just so beautiful, it looks like a painting!

Hope y'all have a wonderful week!

Bethany

Jonathan

2009-11-16T08:17:00.002-05:00

Well here are a couple of pictures of little jonathan. We'll have to post more later. Isn't he just beautiful!
Praising the Lord,
~Rachel

A Grand Announcement!!!

2009-11-15T14:32:00.003-05:00

With great rejoicing we announce the arrival of Jonathan DeWet Morton! The Lord is good! Jonathan was born early this morning around 12:53 am. Hopefully we will be able to post some pictures before too long:) He's just beautiful, weighing 8lb. 6 oz. with black hair and chubby little cheeks. Michael and Kressant are resting and praising the Lord for the precious new blessing the Lord has given them:) There are a bunch of mighty proud Grandparents, uncles, aunties, and cousins here at Calathora today. Praise our gracious and merciful God!!!

~Rachel

Smithy Doings

2009-10-23T10:00:00.002-04:00

Hello Readers!
What a month we've had! Our 6th grandson (nephew) William was born, our church hosted a camp meeting, we had the P. children for a couple of weeks and the dear Smith family from Jacksonville visited us! What fun it was to fellowship with them one on one and get to know them better!
Our Tilapia came in last week! We now have 200 little fishy's (give or take a few) out in our Florida room, growing fast we hope, till we can either sell or consume them!
Today we are trying to tie up all loose ends and pack for when Kressy calls and says it's time for her little one to come! Ah, how fun!
Well, it's off to laundry for me,
God Bless and have a great day!
Beth

Mr. Smith and Esther

The table of spoons players!!

Determined players

The spoons await!

The sudden and desperate struggle!

"Oh, this looks quite dangerous!"

Miss Gracie blessing us with her wonderful piano talents!

Miss Rosemary and her new kitten

Miss Margaret and Gavido

2009-10-23T09:55:00.001-04:00

Maud and Elena picking some fall leaves to decorate the house with

Abstract art

Char-Char

The official tug-o-war contestants! Girls against the guys, which doesn't really seem all that fair, but, I bet you'll never guess which side won?!! LOL!!

Yup, it was the girls. What are the odds?

Ron stands on the side lines, "I can't believe it! C'mon boys, lets try it again!" he yells

"I can't believe their going to loose AGAIN! " Bravely Ron runs to save the day

But, alas he slips! The boys will have to win on their own now!

With their last ounce of strength the boys heave the girls across the line!! There is victory! Hurrah!

Our new temporary radio system;)

Our Tilapia

Just how did we all fit around the table again?

Madeks and Yerik showing me the camels the wise men rode on to go see Jesus!

I guess we never really learned the "Don't play with your food" rule!

All the little tree monkeys

A M&K visit!!

2009-10-19T20:47:00.003-04:00

About two weeks ago Mike brought Kressy up for a midwife visit!! Praise the Lord she is doing well! I can't believe that I'm going to be an Auntie for the 8th time!! I am praying that she'll have her wee wittel won soon;)

Doesn't she look great?! Love you Kress!

"See the Kitties Beshi?!"

"Oh! Daddy's calling, it's time to go!"

Mikey with his side kick, Carlos the Oso (aka bear)

"Why am I chained to this car seat, I'm not a criminal!" (Movie quote;)

"This is a gruelling experience" (another movie quote;)

"Take my picture Beshi, I NEEEEEDD it!"

Don't look at me look up there!

"AHH! Bright flash!"

"Mikey sheepy, I need my pillow!"

"Mikey go night night!"

God bless y'all!

Beth

Welcoming William Stone Morton!!!

2009-09-29T18:50:00.001-04:00

William Stone Morton was born to Wesley and Rachel Sept. 9, 2009, weighing 5 pounds and 12 ounces!!! What a tiny little cutie!! I just got off the phone with Rachel and she says he now weighs over 7 pounds and has red hair and gorgeous blue eyes!! Praise the Lord that he is growing so quickly!!!

Here's a close up of little precious one the day he was born!

Joey contemplating all the wonderful adventures he'll have with his new brother!!

William meeting his Pop

The happy family enjoying their beautiful front porch!

Brothers napping;)

Joey with his daddy's tractor!!

"I'm 1 now, I can do this;)"

We thank the Lord every day for you dear little William!! God Bless you my little nephew!!

~Bethany

Cuties in Cozy Coops!

2009-09-29T18:40:00.000-04:00

Labor Day family weekend!

2009-09-28T21:57:00.012-04:00

Labor day weekend the Sheats family gathered at my Uncle Wally's and Aunt Debb's house for a party!! It was a blast of 3 days filled with card playing, dancing, swimming, great food and catching up on all our dear families news!!!

Here is my dear Cousin Christina's adorable girl, Madisen!! I just love her red hair!!

Mama and Rhiannon chatting by the pool

Daddy-O!!

Where we spent most of our 3 days:)

Doesn't Yuchi's nose look good after his surgery? Praise the Lord that all went well!

The boyies enjoying the great back yard

Nanny with her 2nd great grand daughter

It was so exciting because we had all the S'Morton grandkids there at one time!! How fun!!

Ah! what cute cousins!!

All the little boys running to their Auntie Maud, she's so good with the nephews!!

Joey trying out the pool;)

Mama and her brother Wally

Carlosito, the cute one! Joey and batter-man!!

Uncle Ed and his 'Baby'

Having trouble breathing Yuch?

Here is the Wesley Morton family a few days before William arrived!

"Happy birthday Aunt Diana!!"

Kate and Kressy-B

Bret being such a great big brother!!

The Wallace Sheats Family, from left to right: Rhiannon, Aunt Deb, Uncle Wally and Sarah-JO

Grandpa Charles, Nanny and Uncle Jon

Nanny with all her children

Sweet little polka-dotted Madisen

Sarah, the boyies and I out watching the guys

Kisses;)

Well, here we are y'all! La Familia Smith!

At present we are scurrying around getting ready for the Campmeeting this weekend! What fun! It seems like such a long time since we've had an event!

Poor Alan and his boys have been struggling off and on with a fever so please keep them in your prayers! Esther is getting so big! She scoots and crawls off everything you put her on and looks around with the biggest, prettiest brown eyes ever. Kate has taken some 4 month photos of her that I hope she will soon blog.

We have been canning tomatoes today and Mother has fixed almost all of our repair pile! A rare occurrence indeed;)

I hope y'all are having a good week!

Dios tebendiga,

Bethany

Anniversary cruise

2009-09-08T11:56:00.001-04:00

In July Daddy and Mama had their 29 anniversary!! To celebrate they went on a cruise to Mexico!!

Their ship The Holiday!

The harbor in Mobile, AL.

Leaving the harbor

Their first stop was Cozumel, where they took a Catamaran out and were lifted up in the air with a sail!! Not exactly para-sailing but we're not sure what to call it.

Daddy got to do some fishing too!

Their second (and last) stop was in Chichen Itza where they went to see the Mayan Ruins!!

There is a very interesting DVD by Doug Phillips about the Mayan people in the History of the World Conference!! They were an extremely smart but horribly wicked people. Their buildings are huge and very elaborate and filled with carvings and statues of snakes and skulls.

Inside the Sports Arena, which is about the size of a football field!!

People that have studied the Mayans (like Mr. Phillips) think that in this Arena you had to throw a ball through that hoop in the wall, kinda like basket ball!

One of the thousands of statues of snakes that are EVERYWHERE!

This is a stone wall with a carving of a warrior kneeling down and his head is cut off. I'd hate to have that carving on my walls

More snakes

On the way home they stopped at a little restaurant where Mexican ladies danced with platters of jars on their heads.

While they were at sea Daddy and Mama took a tour of the kitchen!! What fun!!

These are huge soup pots!! Think of how many people we could serve with that thing!! That's what we need!!

Daddy showing a beater to what must be a massive mixing bowl

Happy Anniversary Daddy and Mama!!

Once there was a girl...

2009-08-30T23:19:00.004-04:00

I wanted to take a little space to honor my sister Beth. I have watched her grow into a lady who loves the Lord and seeks to honor Him with her whole heart. I've seen her honor and serve her parents, encourage and inspire the other kids,and be Mom and Dad's right arm as she has helped make some of their greatest dreams come true. Thank you Beth!
Love, Alan and Katie

Smithy update!!

2009-08-28T19:35:00.011-04:00

Hello readers!
I hope all is going well with y'all!
We went to our Cousins Crystal and Jennifer's children's birthday party and brought back Ariel!! What fun she has been these past two weeks!! We have baked all sorts of yummy goodies and played cards almost everyday;)
Daddy has been working on our Tilapia tank! We have 9 little Goldfish that we're experimenting with to make sure it works! So far so good!
Yerik had surgery on his nose Monday and it went really well! He is doing great! Thank you to every one who was praying for him.

The boys eating cake!!

"E's Gooood" (movie quote;)

Gavido in the Kitty pool

Playing cards Sunday night!

Yuchi the morning before his surgery

And here he is yesterday!

Getting pictures out in the field

Trying a self photo with Daddy!

One of our RIR hatched out some chicks!! They're so cute

Max getting hen pecked;) These two just don't like each other!

Our Tilapia tank

Ariel and Bretski

Our A/C went out last week so here I am trying to set up a fan;)

Our dishwasher broke too so we got a new one, Madi!!! Thankfully for her the Sears man came today and fixed it!

Taking pictures for Daddy's speech on Monday Flute ball;)LOL! For those who might be worried about our sanity we didn't actually hit the ball with the flute;) It's all for daddy's speech

Well, have a wonderful week!

Dios tebendiga!

Bethany

2009-08-13T12:00:00.005-04:00

Wwweeeeheeewwweee we-dom-dom de-way!!!......

In the jungle....

the mighty jungle...

The Lion sleeps tonight!!!!!

Iiinnn the jungle

the quiet jungle....

The lion sleeps tonight!!!

Weeeeeweeweee a we-dum-dum-da way!!!!

Hush my darling, don't fear my darling......

The lion sleeps tonight!!!

Hush my darling, don't fear my darling...........

The lion sleeps tonight!!!

Weeeeee oweee weeee we-dum-dum-day way!! A wheema pep a wheema wepp a we dum-dum da way!!!!! ;)

Hope your having a great day!! (we are;)

Dios tebendiga!

Bethany

2 Random pictures for today!

2009-08-10T20:44:00.003-04:00

I just wanted to blog something and I liked these two pictures!! Isn't Bret a cutie!

Dios tebendiga!

Beth

Inside our Hive

2009-07-28T12:35:00.010-04:00

The other day Daddy donned his bee suit (or Space suit as we call it;) and took all us kiddo's down to look inside the hive to see if the Queen was there!!

smoking the hive!Charlie was a brave one! He let the bees crawl all over him and they never stung him! the little creatures

A mishapped comb

I'd hate for them to angry;)

Well, Charlie and Kate are home for the weekend!! They've been in Bremen working for our Cousin.

OH! And it's Alan's and Carlos' birthdays today!! Happy birthday brother and nephew!! Love y'all!!

Beth

We have Bees!!

2009-07-24T11:12:00.009-04:00

Last week Daddy went and got our Bees!! We are all so excited!! Can you imagine?! Our own honey!! He bought about 3000 bees and a Queen to start our first hive!!

There are so many of them! Daddy said that in a healthy hive there are usually 30,000!! Wow, our little bees better start reproducing!!LOL! All our equipment My new French hat;)

"Beth, I think these are a bit big!"

Can any one guess which Smithie Kid these eye's belong too?

Daddy dearest, the Bee keeper!!

Our "Ba-Zoo" trip

2009-07-20T13:54:00.002-04:00

Last week while we had Bret and Ronald Mama decided to take us to Noah's Ark for a picnic lunch and a stroll around! Noah's Ark is a donation run shelter for animal's. Yuchi heard we were going and decided to inform all the others about it so he said "We're going to the Ba-Zoo!!! We're going to the Ba-Zoo!" What a cutie;) It kinda stuck and even Wallace was calling it that!
Well, we got right in the middle of the park and it started pouring! We thought we'd just wait it out but after getting thoroughly drenched we headed back to the truck! As soon as the rain let up the Antonions and their friends the M.'s showed up! What fun! We decided to try another walk around. We got a bit further this time when it started raining again! Ah! Completely soaked and a bit annoyed we just went home after that;)
All us kiddos before our first wetting Brety Running to catch up with 'Yeta'!

The Emu's

Hmmm;)

Maudi and her sweet companionThe buffalo, or bison. I'm not sure which? Or are buffalo and bison the same thing? I really don't know;)

My Cutie Bros

Maud and her Peacock feather she found

Waiting for the rain to stop the first time!With the A's and M's looking at....The Alligator!

A very friendly deer

The Bear was as far as we made it. Oh well, twas very fun! Thank you Mumsie for taking us! Hopefully next time we can go on a bit further;)

Have a Blessed day!

Dios te bendiga,

Bethany

A Bit O' Summer

2009-07-08T18:11:00.002-04:00

Hello! Hope every one's Summer's are going alright!
Our's has been absolutley wonderful!

Daddy built us an outdoor kitchen at the beginning of Spring! You can cook almost anything you want, even biscuits, if you don't mind them burned a bit on the bottom;)

We've done quite a bit of camping lately. It's been so much fun! I love sitting around the fire with my family, talking or reading and singing! I won't say much about the times when our bedding got soaked or we didn't have any clean clothes for Sunday, or when someone tried to teach us how to start a fire with a stick and shoelace;) yeah, that should've worked, but, it didn't. Oh, well, it wouldn't be real camping without all this plus the bugs, smoke and dirt! It's been quite an experience! Ah, interesting times!

I was able to get a few pictures of Joey and Rach a couple of weekends ago!! She is doing well and her house is coming along nicely! Joe had a fever while we were there though, poor darling.

We are keeping Bret and Ron this week while A-n-K (aka Alan and Katie) are gone to Arizona with a load of wood! They are such cuties (the little boys, I mean) Maud did the most adorable photo shoot of them:)

To end my post I have pictures of us girlies riding Go Carts at the C.'s from Sunday!! It was very fun and very bumby!

Hope y'all enjoy 'em!

Beth

Wha-la! La Cocina!! Didn't Daddy do a good job?!He just built this Saturday! The joys of camping;) no sarcasm intended!What fun nephews are!!

Mother and Peach with Peachy's pretty blue walls in the background! Daddy with Joe-Joe

"There's a good one of you Wolf"

Me and my sister Rachy! I must say, we don't really look alike!LOL!

To Arizona and back

2009-07-01T22:00:00.000-04:00

Day One

About two weeks ago my brother Alan and I took a load of wood out to Arizona for our Cousin Daniel! It was so neat! I'd only been to AZ once and I didn't remember it so it was a really interesting to see this different part of the U.S. And it is REALLY different from the South East!
We left on Monday, around 3 a.m. Not a good time to start a long car trip! We made it about half way through Texas though. Not bad!
G.P.S, Sunglasses, Flag, little music device thingy...yup, we're all ready!
Charlie tightening the load

Yeah! AK!! We're half way to the half way mark!

My handsome bro!

Ahhh, all sorts of things to remind me of family and home!

"Look! Only 1085 miles to go!!!"

A beautiful sunset at the end of our long day of driving.

Day Two

Day two finds us in New Mexico. Land of shrubs and buttes!! I've never seen land like this before. LOL! It's so flat and NO trees! Wow!

New Mexico may have been flat and kinda boring but it did have a very beautiful and rather large flower garden at the rest area!

When we got to Arizona there was a gorgeous Mountain pass that we stopped to take pictures in!!The camera had decided to act up just then so the pictures are too bright but it really was just breathtaking!!
A little creature that I have no idea what it is! ;)

Alan saw this old car! LOL!

More pretty mountains!

Uhh, and more mountains

hmm.. I'm sure your wondering how many pictures of the mountains I'm going to post;)

Just one more!
We dropped our load that day in Show Low!! Yeah!

We were then able to drive over to our Cousins house for the night! Thank y'all so much for letting us drop in at such a late hour!

Day Three

After a much needed nights sleep we spent a wonderful day with our dear cousins! The girls showed me their neighborhood, dogs and we got to meet some of the sweet people in their Church!

The youngest S. member. Such a cutie!

The girls

And their dog, Squiggle!

Me, taking a nap

Charlie talking with Kate, and taking a nap!

They have these trees everywhere! They look like toothpicks to me;)

Day Four

Well, day four we headed towards home wonderfully refreshed and fed and *sigh* eating sandwiches againHmm, here's something you don't see everyday in Ga!

Day Five

OH! dear W. family, it was so good to see y'all again! Thank you so much for the beds and chow!

Hey! Its the B's!!!

Well, around half way through Texas we got really desperate for home and I quit taking pictures;)

We finally puled in around around 6 a.m. Saturday morning, SO happy to be home!!!

It was a wonderful trip all together! We even found a Krispy Kreme out in Texas! LOL!

Since then we've been busy with the wonderful everyday things of life, just enjoying the summer. I hope to post some pictures of our summer happenings some time soon!

Till then!

Dios te bendiga,

Bethany

Indian Springs

2009-06-24T22:00:00.002-04:00

Last Wednesday we went over to Indian Springs for the afternoon!! It was so fun! We played in the rocks for a bit then ate lunch on the lawn under a beautiful shade tree! Then we went over to the beach. It was quite overcrowded though and filled with smoke, so while the kiddo's swam and I went over to a cute little pavilion in the woods and played cards;)
Ahhh, how peaceful it was! Unfortunately I only have pictures up till lunch, I guess after then I was either to lazy or to tired to take any more!!
Hope y'all enjoy 'em!!

The boys working on their sun tans;)

Water....(how original right? I guess I could say 'Beautiful water' or 'gushing water' or something more dreamy but I'm not feeling very creative right now!!)
Madek's going down the 'Slide'

While looking for a place to eat lunch us girlies stumbled across some very pretty flowers and bushes with a cute little bench in the midst! We got a few pictures but decided to come back later for a photo shoot when we'd put back on our normal clothes;) well, let's just say, never put off what can be done right now! We forgot later so these three photos will have to do;)

Dear Maud and the beautiful flower that we found out later we weren't supposed to pick;)

Some Smithy Ham shots

As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.

Psalms 42:1

Dios te bendiga!!!

Bethany

Birthday Boys

2009-06-24T09:00:00.000-04:00

These past couple of weeks we've had 3 birthdays!!

Madisens was first! He turned 6!! Yuchi's was next and he turned 7!

And then last (but not least) Arman turned 12!!Since Madisen's and Yuchi's B-days were so close we celebrated theirs together! And we started a new Smithy tradition too!! Instead of cakes on b-days we'll have Pinatas!! How neat is that?! Well, I thought it was neat, at least it's different! The kiddo's had never seen one before and didn't know what to do with it! LOL! They were in for a happy surprise!Madi with our horsey pinata which she called 'Goofy' but the rest of us officially dubbed 'Lightning' ;)"I get to hit it?!!" Spin him round an round!

Bretski takin a turn! Gavido was so cute! He had his tongue stuck out the whole time he was trying to hit it!

Happy b-day boy!

Madek's with his trophy

It's almost down!

Isn't this cool?! Daddy gave the final blow from sitting down!

What's left of lightning ;) The mad dash for candy

Little Pinata hams

Arman reading the sweet note from Nanny and Grandpa Charles

Present time!

And here's all the boys with their b-day presants from Nanny and Grandpa Charles!!

Happy Birthday boys!!

Love,

Beth

Little Esther Update

2009-06-12T19:25:00.006-04:00

Well, here are a few pictures of the little cutie from the past couple of days! She has really changed hasn't she?! She keeps her schedule perfectly and has been sleeping through the night since night 3! Wonderful! Thank you LORD! (Oh, by the way the correct spelling for her name is Catherine ;)

Have a blessed day!

Bethany

2009-05-29T20:55:00.014-04:00

Pretty in Pink

Yesterday Kate and I dressed dear little Esther up in the two gorgeous dresses that Nanny gave her and took some most adorable pictures of the cutie!!! It's so much fun to try little clothes on her!! Finally! A girl we can put bows and ruffles on!!! She's like a precious little dolly!!
Ron-man was there helping out and being such a ham!!! It's so cute! He loves hold her and give her sweet little kisses!! What a great big brother;)
Have a happy day!

Bethany

2009-05-29T20:44:00.005-04:00

Hat styles with Zoey!!

-Bethany

A visit from Family!!

2009-05-28T21:16:00.004-04:00

On Wednesday Esther got a special visit from her Aunt Brenda, Zoey and Avery!!! We had such a jolly time talking, playing cards and going to the nicest little restaurant called J Henry's! (not J Christopher's;) sorry, HUGE Smithi joke;)
Kate opening some presents for Essie!!I think this dress is so cute and kinda Islandy!!! "It's such a happy dress" as Kate put it;)Esther enjoying her new really soft, uhh, hippo or cow or, I'm not sure what it is but it really was very soft;)Our rousing and vveerrryyy llooonnnggg game of Hand and Foot

I'm sure she'll be natural card player with all this experience!Ave showing me his Juggling act;)

Cuz-Cuz Zee-Zee and wittle Essie

The LORD remembers us and will bless us: He will bless the house of Israel, he will bless the house of Aaron, he will bless those who fear the LORD-- small and great alike. May the LORD make you increase, both you and your children. May you be blessed by the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. Psalms 115:12

A truly blessed daughter, Auntie, sister,

Bethany

The Premiere

2009-05-27T18:00:00.001-04:00

I know it's a bit late but I thought I'd post a few pictures of the Premiere we did on the 9!!!
It was such a touching video, especially for those of us who personally knew Pop and it was really wonderful to have been able to show it at the church where he used pastor!! It brought back such a flood of memories as I walked through the building!!
The video "The Amazing Journey of Pastor Ron" is now available to watch at http://homeschooladvantage.us/Movies/MoviePlayer.cfm?MovieID=41 !!!
Oh, it is so exciting!!! Just this week we have had people from England, the Netherlands, Australia, Jamaica and Mexico as well as cities all across the United States visit our website!! How amazing to think that Daddy's messages and other's that he promotes are affecting people all over the globe!!!

For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
Hebrews 4:12
Before we showed the movie we sang a few songs, one in particular Pop used to like called "I have something to sing about"
After the showing we went to the down stairs for refreshments and fellowship!I just love this picture of Daddy with his sister!!!Thank you to everyone who brought food!!Maud and Annie and Ronnie a-visiting in the kitchen

My youngest Smithie!! What a cutie you are!!!

Visiting with two precious young ladies

Mama and Auntie Niecie talking

Oh my, I think I have the cutest little nephews ever!!! (Can you tell I'm partial;)

Another of my cute Nephews!!My Uncle DavidAnd my cousin, Nathan

What special picture of Kate darling!! Whenever I think of Kate this is the kind of picture that comes to my mind, she just being so sweet, surrounded by bunches of children, always smiling, always ready with an encouraging word!! Thank you Kate for being such a wonderful sister and friend to me!!

Well, Daddy just called and he's almost home so I'd better hop off!!

Have a blessed week!!!

Bethany

Enjoying our sweet little Esther!!

2009-05-22T12:59:00.007-04:00

OHH! we are having such a wonderful time with our precious little girl!! Kate weighed her yesterday and now she weighs 10 pounds!!! Wow!! The little cutie is currently sitting beside me in her Auntie Maud's arms! She has on the prettiest pink flowery dress and a pink striped blanket!!! She's wide eyed and enjoying all the attention ;)
Well, I just wanted to post a few pictures from the past couple of days so you could hopefully enjoy her along with us!!!

Definitely a daddy's girl ;) Look at those eyes!!

Getting her footprintsThis is her footsie next to Maud's hand. Isn't she tiny???Auntie D reading to the boys "On guard!!" Y'all are so cute little boys!

Getting my turn!!!

God Bless!

Bethany

2009-05-19T14:36:00.006-04:00

Katherine Esther Smith

(Spelling of Katherine yet to be decided)

OHHH! How delightful this is!! We have a beautiful, healthy, adorable little granddaughter/niece!!!!!! She was born on Sunday at 6:41 am with gorgeous black hair and the chunkiest, softest cheeks you ever did kiss!!! Ohh, thank you Lord!!
The proud, happy daddy and curious big brother ;) Auntie D with precious little Esther
Awww, she is beauty in and of itself!!
Playing around with Auntie's hair ;)

Her precious yawn!!!

Katie looking absolutely radiant and happy!

Big Brother inspecting his new play toy;)It was so wonderful that all 3 Morton Clans could make it up for this super special celebration!!! Oh dear!!LOL! He's learning young ;)

McKinney's artsie picture

It's so sweet to see how much Mikey just loves Joey!! He talks about him and his Aunt "Peach" all the time!! Ahhh, what a cutie!!

Anyone who spends any time with the Smith's and Morton's knows that whenever we get together we almost always play cards!! LOL!

Well, I leave you with a gorgeous picture that Essie's dear Auntie Addie took of her!!!

I hope that I can post some more later on!

An excited, happy Auntie,

Bethany

Guess who's here?!!!

2009-05-08T10:47:00.002-04:00

My dear sister Kressant and her hubby Micheal (along with their two cuties, of course;) have come for a little visit!! Whoo-hoo! We're so happy to have y'all here!

They have gone canoing today! Arn't they cute??

Well, Lord willing I'll have some more pics later on!

Bethany

2009-05-04T10:20:00.005-04:00

Last night I went outside and the sky was a gorgeous pink color! I thought it was so beautiful I grabbed the camera and tried to get a picture but the settings kept acting up! Any how, here are two of the best pictures that I managed to get! Sorry they don't really do justice to the beauty of our Lords wonderful creation.

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge.

Ps 19:1-2

Beth

The Shultz Brigade and Strawberries

2009-04-30T17:00:00.010-04:00

Hello! Shultz Brigade here! well, at least, most of us are here, a few are still off with Mumsie shopping! Curious as to who the 'Shultz Brigade' is?? well, it's us! All the Smithy Kiddo's still at home! Please don't ask how we came up with such a silly name, but it was obviously derived from staying up entirely too late and watching way too many Hogans Heroes whilst eating chocolates and laughing, and well, you get the point;)
Any-who, today as our dear Mother took half our group to conquer the empty shelves in our fridge I, Commandanta B (aka Beth) took the others to conquer the rows and rows of delicioso ripe strawberries! We had such a fun time (even if our silly hats kept blowing away;) and there's nothing more satisfying then eating the fruit of your own labors, no pun intended:)And here we are! Just itching to get those juicy fruits in our buckets!

The unconquered territory

The Faithful worker
Dear Muad, another faithful worker!"Aww, are we almost done??!"

"I want a BIG one!!"
Ahh, success!

Our un-healthy lunch break

The Smithy's new craze! The Lunch game, Yahtzee!!

Way-to-go Walle!"ARRGG!!! How dare you take our picture!!!"

"On second thought......;)"

Yucho helping out with the cooking! cuties!! And here is our real success and ultimate goal of the day! Strawberry jam!! Yummo!!!

Well, gotta run and serve up supper for the hungry gang/Brigade! "We got supper in the oven, a good families lovin'" (uh, that's a song;)

Farewell from the happy conquerors,

Bethany, Maud, Walle, Madeks and last but not least, Yucho

Pastor Ron Tribute Video

2009-04-28T21:20:00.003-04:00

Dear Friends of the Homeschool Advantage:

I am pleased to announce the premiere showing of the most important film we have ever produced. On Saturday, May 9, we will be showing for the very first time the documentary “The Amazing Journey of Pastor Ron” at 6:30pm. The host for this event is the Deliverance Tabernacle of PraiseChurch on Hwy 109 in Molena – in the building where my father pastored for so many years.This feature-length documentary includes testimonies from some of the people who knew and loved him. My mother, Alma; his daughter-in-law,Jacqueline; his grandson, Alan; his old friend who led him to Christ,Ken Roberts; and church members Walter Robbins and John & Denise Hosch.It also includes a photo montage from momentous times in his life, setto the audio recording of his funeral. But perhaps the most significant feature of this film is that it clearly shows how his life paralleled that of another great man – Terah, the father of Abraham. As Terah madethe great leap of faith to carry his family out of a pagan land of idolatry to begin a multigenerational journey that would ultimately leadto his descendants taking possession of the Promised Land, so Pastor Ron forsook his legacy of drunkenness, racial bigotry, and mockery of the things of God, and embarked on a multigenerational journey marked by a love of God’s Word and obedience to it. Pastor Ron became a man like the prophet Elijah, who “turned the hearts of the fathers to their children,and the hearts of the children to their fathers.” Indeed, it has been reported that when he died, his church may have had the highest ratio of homeschooling families of any Assemblies of God church in Georgia.I work with so many men today whose fathers left them a legacy that they must overcome in order to serve God. For me to have the legacy leftby a father like Pastor Ron is both a tremendous privilege and an awesome responsibility. The main purpose of this film is to help the future generations of the Smith dynasty to understand the importance of taking their place in God’s multigenerational master plan for our family. It is also designed to inspire other men to turn their hearts to their children, and embrace the covenant God desires to confirm withthem, to establish their own dynasty of Godly families who willbuild Christ's kingdom on earth. The following link is to a 5 minute preview of the film:

http://homeschooladvantage.us/Movies/MoviePlayer.cfm?MovieID=41

I encourage you make your plans today to come and help us honor the man whose vision is responsible for the establishment of The HomeschoolAdvantage and The Fellowship of the Father. There will be live music performed by the Fellowship of the Father Band, and after the film showing, there will be a reception with refreshments, where you will have an opportunity to visit with the cast and crew. Contact my wife Jacqueline at 678-361-0228 if you need a place to stay, and she will put you in touch with one of the families from our church who will be pleased to offer you their hospitality. Plan to stay and attend services on Sunday morning with the most unique and exciting fellowship on the continent – The Fellowship of the Father. See you May 9th !

In His Service, Captain Bret

http://www.fellowshipofthefather.org/ <http://www.fellowshipofthefather.org/

678-570-2195

Griffins 2009 Mayfling

2009-04-25T18:03:00.008-04:00

Last Saturday the "Fellowship of the Father Band" had their first formal appearance at the Griffin Mayfling in the city park! I'm not sure why they called it a "May" fling, since it was April but we sure did have a jolly time! The Antonions, Lane's and my dear Grandparents were all able to join us there and then they all came back to the house for a delish lunch of lasagnas and KFC (which seems to be our special food any time people come over!!)
Later on the kiddos' and I went back to the park and saw the ugliest yellowish/white snake that was absolutely ginormous!! Unfortunately we didn't get pics of it but we did get a pic. of another snake (aka snack LOL! sorry, family joke;) that was quite large too!

Daddy debriefing the groupOur faithful audience Preforming 'Jehovah Jirah'

Mr. Lane and Daddy playing This was Maud's first time playing on stage! You did such a wonderful job sweetie!

I was on the piano

And Brit. on the guitar Dear Mrs. A, Levi is getting so big!

She sings everywhere she goes, La, la la la!

The ugly snakeMothers and babesMrs. A and her now eldest daughter at home!Stopping to smell the orchids, which by the way Sam, um don't smell like anything!Cuties

Awww! what a pwecious wittle yawn!Mama and Mrs. Lane chatting while Daddy catches a napIt was so good to see you Grandaddy and Nana!!Charlie and Kate, who, by the way is due ANY day now!!! Ah, how exciting! I'll be sure and post any news of the babe when it comes!

Well, that's all for now!

Beth

Bye, Bye BB party!

2009-04-23T13:23:00.007-04:00

2 Sundays ago was our last Sunday with our dear Brittney as an unmarried lady, so all of us young ladies gathered in the back yard for a "Bye, Bye" party. We had such grand time talking of all the wonderful memories we had made together and ones we hope to make (for instance, meeting Brittney's future baby;) and just enjoyed spending time with each other one last time!
We love ya B!

What BB calls "The B choke"

Giving Maud the "Why are you taking my picture" stare

"OOOHHH, I remember that! LOL!"

Brit. L

Your so cute B

The Sis. of the bride

Our famous B, BB and B pic.

To see pictures of her lovely wedding you can visit http://www.mortonclan.blogspot.com/ and http://www.antsonafarm.blogspot.com/ and http://www.mattvawser.blogspot.com/

Love,
Bethy

Resurrection Sunday

2009-04-21T20:58:00.005-04:00

When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus' body. Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb and they asked each other, "Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?" But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away. As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed. "Don't be alarmed," he said. "You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him.

Mark 16:1-6

God Bless!

Beth

Celebrating 50 Years of marriage!

2009-04-15T20:10:00.006-04:00

Congratulations to Aunt Charlotte and Uncle Leon on their 50th wedding anniversary! My dear Cousins Kristen and Kari, serving food at their Grandparents 50th party Bretski looking cute in his Papa's hat

Daddy-O

3 of my Grandfather's sisters: Aunt Helen, Aunt Charlotte and Aunt Jackie

Mama meeting Aunt Charlotte's friend

A lovely picture of Uncle Leon and Aunt Charlotte (on the right) with my Great Grandparents

Maud and Ron

Bret enjoying his plate of goodies

Alan and Cousin Allen chattingThe Smith Fam with our dear Uncle Howard and Aunt Helen

The Knowles Clan with Aunt Helen and Uncle Howard

God Bless,
Bethany

2009's Spelunking Expedition

2009-04-08T10:47:00.017-04:00

Last weekend was to the Saltpeter Cavern in Tenn.!! Armando all packed up and ready to go! It was about a 1/2 mile hike to the base of the mountainHere we start ip the mountain towards the entrance of the cave Maud and Marth taking a rest at the entrance of the cave At our base campsite inside the cave

Kennedy D.

Danny L.

All the beautiful lights at base camp Mariah

The Campana Family

Rappelling down the H.H.

Thank you to Daddy and Alan for making this whole trip possible and to the Morton, Campana, Lane, Slaughter and Decker families for coming along and making the trip so wonderful and memorable! Thank you Adeline for daring to take your camera into all the dust and taking such wonderful pictures!!

Can't wait till next time!

Bethany

Our visit to 11 Acre Woods!

2009-03-10T18:36:00.013-04:00

Last Thursday we went over to Alabama to visit the Sanders family! My two married sisters were there, and the Morton Sr. family, along with Amanda Davis. We had such a wonderful time talking, jumping on the trampoline and playing a most interesting game of Catch Phrase. And to top it off this delightful day we stopped by Krispie Kreme on the way home! Mmmm, what a delicous treat! Thanks Alan!

Y'all have a great day!

-Bethy

Our Snowy weekend

2009-03-09T22:43:00.005-04:00

Yes, I can hardly believe it myself! It actually snowed in Georgia! Mother told me that morning that the currently warm weather was going to give way to some real cold temperatures, and it MIGHT snow, "So dress warmly" she told me ;) Well, me being the smart, obedient daughter that I am I didn't even bother to take a proper coat, or shoes for that matter. Yes, the poor idiot with flip-flops on in the picture below is me;) It was a delightful surprise none-the-less and I did get some pretty shots! We were able to make a decent snowman and we had snow left on our roof for 3 days afterwards! I bet we set a record;)

Shelby and WallyThe kiddos eatingMaud and "Ham Mikey"Dear Brittany and her betrothed Andy Vawser! We are so excited for you!!!

For pictures of the betrothal you can go to my brothers blog http://malachi4-6.blogspot.com/

My hooded friend ;)

Red leaves, snow.... ahhh, it's gorgeous!

Some of the girlies going to take a walk

Our Georgia feet ;)

Trying to catch snowflakes on our tongues!As it got cold my camera started acting real strange and hazing the pictures up! I thought this one looked kinda neat.

B and B

My dear Maud

Some of the forsythia bushes at home!

Michael throwing snowballs at Wally Cute little Mikey all bundled up!

The kitchen crew

Melli-O come back for a visit! It was good to see you again!

Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me. Redeem me from the oppression of men, that I may obey your precepts. Make your face shine upon your servant and teach me your decrees. Streams of tears flow from my eyes, for your law is not obeyed. Righteous are you, O LORD, and your laws are right. The statutes you have laid down are righteous; they are fully trustworthy. Psalms 119:133-138

-Bethany

Lambs and Puppies!!!

2009-02-22T08:00:00.000-05:00

Recently we had 4 cute little lambs born and 2 chubbie puppies!!!

Goodbye dear P. Children

2009-02-21T08:00:00.001-05:00

On Monday Mother took the P. Children home. It was such a joy to have them in our home while their mother had surgary. Love y'all!!

Hope to see y'all soon!
Beth and Maud (For the whole Smith family)

Video taping

2009-02-20T20:38:00.014-05:00

Friday afternoon we finally did the last of the vidoetaping for the documenatry we are making about my Grandfather, Ronald Smith

It was such a lovely day and everything ran so smoothly that we ended up getting the footage in one take!! That is extremely rare ;)

Figuring out the different camera angles! Our homemade sun shield :)
My dear brothers

Daddy did such an amazing job with the taping!

"What??" ;)

Swank Charlie Morg One of our curious onlookers!

Armani posing by our family truck

I just love this picture of Alan!

More of our "Fancy" equipment!LOL! I thought it was kinda neat that the crack in this glass looked like a S!

WalleYuchi and mines self protraits!Our really powerful sun deflecterHow good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity! Psalms 133:11

The next generation of Smith men!!!

Y'all make a great team!

Love y'all, Beth

Our sad little GingerBread house!

2009-02-20T09:50:00.000-05:00

Last week we found a mysterious gingerbread house hiding on top of our fridge. We were not sure where it came from or how old it is but we decided to make it anyways!!

We soon found out that the icing no longer worked as glue so we had to kinda hold it together while we built it!

"Hey, maybe it's working..."

"Or maybe not" ;)

"Perhaps now?"
LOL!

Alas, as soon as we put candy on it it crumbled beneath our fingers!!!
He's either disappointed or he has a mouth full of candy ;)

Andrey and his portion of the house

Mel's big eared snowman!

It made me think of the verse in Psalm 127 that says: Unless the LORD builds the house, it's builders labor in vain.

Have a blessed week!

Beth

Christians at the Crossroads

2009-02-17T10:25:00.000-05:00

Here are a few pictures from a Conferance we attended last week.

Nana'a 70th Birthday Party!

2009-02-03T20:04:00.009-05:00

On Feb. 1st we celebrated our dear Nana's 70th birthday. 50's fashion and games were the theme of the party so we donned our white bobby socks, red lipstick and scarfs and Mother had some cat-eye glasses she had borrowed.

Kressy and our wonderful Hostess/Auntie ;) A cute pic. Maud snapped of Carlito!! I love his facial expression!

The Smith and P. families

All the boys, dressed up like little Elvis'

Charlotte and her adorable glasses

Daddy and his mother and sisters taking pictures in regular Smithy style!

Playing Limbo!!

"Jack be nimble Jack be quick......."

How low can you go?!!

Mellio

Kressy greatly enjoying her rootbeer float!

Love the glasses Mommy!!!

Grandaddy and Nana dancing

Happy Birthday Dearest Nana!

Love,

The Smiths

A visit with the Lane Ladies!!!

2009-01-28T15:50:00.009-05:00

Last week we had the wonderful pleasure of spending a whole day with the dear Lanes!!! "Peace and Love"

My fellow blogger

Kinnie

Ansley

Playing Word Yahtzee!!

Hmmm, it was a very interesting game but took way to long ;)

Is that even a word???

My "Chicken Shredder"!! That was fun!!

Sistas! Cute wittle Annie :)

The Mother's back from their long day of shopping

B and the Other B ;)

Egg hunting!

2009-01-21T11:42:00.006-05:00

The Hunters The 'Crazy chicken' following us around!!! Our new Chicks

Our find!!

-Beth

Girls, rooves and little boys!!!

2009-01-20T08:34:00.001-05:00

Here are a few random pictures from our week!!!

The other day we girlies went up on the roof!!! Sweet Charlotte

Maud

Bethany

Mellissa a goof up on Adobe :)

So, what REALLY happened while we were up there? Just kidding ;)
Andrey

Cuties

The result of watching "Fiddler On The Roof" one too many times! Charlotte and Elena
:)
The kiddie's squash noses

Yucho

Elena and Necie

Madisen Yucho and his horse

Have a blessed week!

Bethany

Our monthly sewing day

2009-01-18T14:51:00.001-05:00

Last Wednesday we gathered once again at the Birdie Club house for another wonderful day of sewing, laughing, eating, dancing and fellow-shipping!!!!

Annie and Maud, dear friendsAll the kiddies busy coloring and pasting

Yucho enjoying Miss Elena's delicious pudding!

Fiona and Neicie

Brittany's elaborate braidingKi-ki, Fiona, Ansley and I

Ki-ki and YerikSweet little Annie Doing the Virginia Reel ;)

My dance partner!!!

Gavido's little town

The other B :)

Maud's very first apron!! It looks great sweetie!

Hope to see y'all next month!

Beth

Uh-oh, Car trouble?

2009-01-17T09:07:00.004-05:00

The other day we accidently got big Semi stuck in the mud!!! It took Daddy, Alan, U. Scott, Ryan, two trucks, a gravel truck, alot of gravel and a whole day to get it out!!!!

Trying to get it our with our truck and U. Scotts jeep The Gravel truck giving it a try

Curious onlookers And Cute onlookers ;)

The Gravel truck stuck too:)

Pouring our gravel road! Ahh, the suns in our eyes!!!Much better ;) We now have about a million holes and nice new gravel road in our back yard!!!

-Beth

Happy Birthday Bret and Ronald!!!

2009-01-16T10:04:00.009-05:00

Yest. we celebrated Bret's 2 birthday!!!!!Wally with the wonderful cake Kate madeBret enjoying Walle's present He loved this toy phone mama gave him
You wanna talk to Daphne? :)

Happy birthday sweetie!!!!Jan. 9 was dear Ron's birthday! he turned 1!!! Unfortunately I wasn't able to get any pictures of his birthday

Getting some love from CharlotteRoni enjoying his Auntie

Happy birthday Ron!!!

Love the Smiths

Sheats Christmas Party

2009-01-16T09:08:00.000-05:00

Here are few pictures from the Christmas party we had with Mama's side of the family!!
Sara-Jo and little Madisen Rhiannon and Christina

Sara and Laney

Playing Catch Phrase!! that was so fun!

Uncle Wally and Wally!!!

Everyone with their gifts

Mama and her brother and sister

All the cousins!!!

Cousins and Sugarcookies!!!

2009-01-06T12:43:00.009-05:00

The week of Christmas Maud, Arman, Walle, Madeks and I went up to visit our Auntie Brenda and our cuz's Zee and Avery!! We had planned on going hiking but it turned out to be the coldest day in all of Dec. (probably in all our winter too) I think we even made records!!! So instead we made cookies and played games!! It was jolly fun y'all!

Zee rolling out the dough

Armani doing his work of art

My little man
Yummy!!

Walle

Armani's Frosty

Ahh, I loved the red lights!!!

Madeks new friend ;)The town Jester ;) Zee -Zee!!!! Avery and Maud, the only ones left

This picture was probably taken after his bed time ;)

Beautiful Zoey-girl

Can't wait to see y'all again!

Bethy

A party is party, but a Smithy party on a winters eve ;)

2009-01-02T11:52:00.020-05:00

A few weeks ago we went over to our dear Auntie Brenda's house for our Smith Family Christmas Party!! Since this post is way over due I'm just going to put up pictures.
Have a blessed New Year!! Beth

Merry Christmas!!!!!!

2008-12-25T14:23:00.004-05:00

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. Isaiah 7: 14