Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Aubry's Dance Recital

Aubry's dance recital was last May. Dave and Stacey were kind enough to come see her and brought flowers!  


Our dear friends and baby Catherine


Aubry with her dance teacher, Katie


Our beautiful dancer, Aubry, with her flowers from "Davie."


Grey found a walking stick outside the recital hall.  It freaked us out, especially when he picked up the dern thing.



I forget where Jude was but he was apparently not with us! Geoff was traveling for work.


Fishing with Daddy

The church father/son camping trip didn't quite work out so Geoff took Grey on a little fishing trip.  They practiced with the fishing rod in the pool...




and ended up "fishing" the hook and bobber out of the trees.


Grey lost many tears over the death of this catch.  


We gave it a proper burial and tried to recreate a picture my dad took of me, below, when I found a dead bird on the neighbor's porch.  Grey didn't quite nail the "mourning" look like I did!


Sierra and Malia's Visit - April 2012

We get so excited when Sierra and Malia come to visit every Easter.  This past year they helped Grey work on his school family project.  We made seed balls to help those who lost their land in the Bastrop fire replant their fields and yards.



Malia making seed balls


Even little hands can help!


I do love helping my boy do just about anything


Geoff made it home just after cleanup


Grey, Aubry and their Dada


Grey's final project display for school


cousins in the wildflowers


 then off to Sweetberry Farms for strawberry picking!



it's hard not to sneak a few...


feeding the goats 



and the barrel rides



the cousins


me and Jude Bug at church

The New Mexico Smiff visit for Rachel's wedding


Uncle Josh. Pretty sure he emptied that girlie beer, Smirnoff Ice.


the cousins


Uncle Mumpies, slicin' and dicin' making us something yummy no doubt.


Annie and Case with my fisheye lens.


Aubry and Grey with my fisheye lens.


 Laura loving on baby Ramsey


Back to Enchanted Rock. Yes, we take people there a lot.



our family


the New Mexico Smiffs


the cousins with the fisheye lens


Love love love this one!


the handsome Smith boys



everybody on the way down

Rachel's Wedding, March 10, 2012

Rachel and Mark's wedding was truly beautiful.  Grey, Aidan, Aubry, Julia and Gigi were ring bearers and flower girls.


Uncle Mark messing around with the kids on the eve of the wedding.


Grey and Aidan in the wedding party line, ready to deliver the rings.


Aubry and Julia


Our Nana and Gigi



Aunt Pachel and Uncle Steve helping Aubs with her headpiece before the big moment. 



Mr. and Mrs. Mark Woodard!






our jolly three


Buggy and Grey


me and the hubs



Mimi!!!



Uncle Greg and Aunt Kerry with baby Ramsey, almost two months old.


me, Jude Bug and Mimi


Great Gramma Mary (Smith) with baby Ramsey


My beautiful sis-in-law, Kerry