Chance's Big Day

On May 3rd, Chance was Ordained to the office of a Deacon in the Aaronic Priestood in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints... This was a very special day for Chance and was shared with many of his family members. Grandma & Grandpa Keetch, Uncle Dallas & Aunt Jaci, Uncle Allen & Aunt Alexx, Uncle Rob & Aunt Nicole, Grandma & Grandpa Smith, Great Grandma Sorensen and Justin & Peyton and I. Chance was Ordained by his Uncle Dallas. It was an awesome day! I am very proud of Chance and his decision to become a Deacon! Love you buddy!
Chance and his Grandparents!
Chance and his Uncle Dallas

Chance's Big 12...

Chance turned 12 on Saturday the 2nd of May... so I decided to let him have a "boy/girl" party... We had he party on Friday night. Everyone showed up at 5:30 pm and the girls had to leave at 10:30. The boys spent the night and I took them home at 10:30 the next day. We had a lot of fun and the kids were all well behaved. They played outside for the first part of the party and then watched a movie... then Justin and I gave Chance his "present" he got Guitar Hero World Tour.... you should have heard the cheers! The kids played guitar hero till it was time to go to bed for us older folks... So after the girls left we let the boys play till 11:00! They watched another movie and went to bed. They were up at 7:00 am and just watched TV... then at 8:00 they started playing Guitar Hero World Tour till it was time to eat Breakfast... yes I made them pancakes and sausage for breakfast... After I took them home Chance and I played guitar hero till it was time to clean up. We had great day!

Peyton Even got involved in the playing of Guitar Hero.....
Everyone Say HI!!!!

Chance showes his stuff on the drums!
Chance Sings his song....
Jordan and Patrick show how it is done!

Easter 2009

Easter this year was Awesome. To start the weekend off with we took the kids to an Easter Egg hunt in Bountiful. Let me start by saying that I have never been to an Easter Egg hunt other than family ones.... so to my surprise there were Hundreds of people there. I have never seen so many kids and adults in my life. There Were Easter Eggs everywhere... and in less than 3 min all the eggs were picked up and there was nothing left. As soon as the whistle blew the kids were off.. it looked like a large vacuum just picking up the eggs on the ground. Then came the Adult 18+ group... OMH!!! People the are just Eggs... There were adults tripping over each other and pushing and shoving.... Wow but the prizes were great... we didn't get any but it was still a lot of fun. The Easter Bunny was there however none of my children would get close enough to take their pictures. I tried and tried to talk them into going but they were all either too afraid or "too old". We did have a great time and plan on attending next year... Next time we wil bring foot ball pad and and helmet. Jk... it was a lot of fun. Afterwards we went to lunch with our friends and neighbor's the Blacks. My children spend a lot of time with thier children and vice versa. After lunch we took Jordon and MaKayla to Toys R Us with us and then spend the evening with them as well. We are so glad they moved into the Cul-de-Sac.

Later that night we colored 18 eggs and the kids just loved this. We had MaKayla and Jordon with us too and they had just as much fun as Chance, Kelcee, and Peyton. Actually the Big kid Justin had more fun than all of them put together. He was quite stingy with the Eggs... He wanted to color the eggs... I explianed that he needed to Share.... He finaly gave in and let the other kids have some fun. We had a great time. After the eggs were colored we got together and talked about what Easter really ment... We went over the Easter Story and why we celebrate Easter. Chance and Kelcee enjoyed it but Peyton well she was more interested in the book I was reading from.

Sunday morning... Chance and Kelcee woke up at 7:30 and came in and woke up Justin and I. Then they went in an woke up Peyton. At that point Peyton was still sleepy but when they told her that the Easter Bunny had been there...she perked right up. She was excited to find the Scooter that he left and Chance was excited about his game and Kelcee was excited about her game too. Then they started to hunt Eggs... now the Easter Bunny left us with 106 eggs to find and it was the last 3 that we couldn't find. Much to our suprise the last eggs were found in Peyton's kitchen in the refrigerator and in the microwave.... Chance was the one to find the last 3. Go Chance! After Church we went to Grandma Smith's house for dinner and for an Easter Egg hunt. It was a lot of fun. We had a great time, all the family was there and it was just nice to have the family together and to enjoy each other's company. The kids each got a special egg with thier names on it and in it was a coupon for a special gift... however in exchange for the gift the kids had to tell grandma what Easter and the Attonment of Christ ment to each of them. I thought that was a pretty amazing idea to keep the kids remembering what Easter really means. We really had a great Day and Weekend.


this is the Final product from the coloring of the Eggs...


Kelcee's Loot


Chance's Loot....

Peyton's Loot and she didn't want to get off the scooter either....
Peyton was trying to help Uncle Rob and Maddy....

Kyla's First Easter

Smith Grandkids...

Peyton's New Dress

So I was out shopping the other day and found this really cute dress and it came with a smaller one for a doll or a "bunny rabbit" So for church she wore her dress and had to take the rabbit with us too...They were so cute I had to take a picture of them... This is one of my favorite pictures of Peyton!!! She loves to say "Cheese" when you take her picture!

Braids Braids Braids

So while I was in Bear Lake I decided to braid my Sister in law's hair into small braids... well while I was doing this Kelcee decided that she wanted to have the same thing done to her hair. Well I hadn't brought enough elastics to do both heads of hair so my mom and I had to run to Montpelier and get some new elastics. I started on Jaci's hair just after Breakfast and about 1 hour 1/2 later I put the last elastic on. After Kelcee had helped with the chores and the men had gone to Preisthood meeting I started on her hair. Kelcee's hair only took 45 min since her hair is a little thinner and not as long as Jaci's. After Priesthood meeting Dallas and Jaci came over and we all played card games and had a great time. I had to get a picture of my two "work of arts" together. Kelcee just took her hair out of the braids tonight (Wednesday) and now she looks like she crimped her hair with a really small crimper. She loved having her braids in and wasn't really happy about taking them out. I am sure that Jaci took her's out on Sunday as she had to teach a bunch of 7th graders on Monday in school. It was a lot fo fun but my hands started to cramp up after about the first 10 braids. At least they look cute right??? It was a lot of work!

Feeding the Baby Calf

This last weekend we made the trip to Bear Lake for Conference Weekend. When I had called my dad and mom to tell them we were coming my dad got really excited because he couldn't wait to share his new responsibility with the kids. They had a calf born and then a few weeks later her mommy got sick and they had to "put her down". So this left this new baby calf motherless so my mom and dad "adopted her" and have to feed her a bottle of milk 2 times a day. They have named the baby calf Annabell. She knows when it is feeding time by the sound of a Whistle... that is right when they blow a whistle she comes running up to the fence cuz she knows it is time for a warm bottle of milk. So Saturday morning came and Grandpa got the 3 kids (Chance, Kelcee, and Peyton) up and dressed to go out side. (mind you there was about an inch of snow on the ground that had fallen in the middle of the night). Anyway, Grandpa made the bottle and then took the kids outside.. of couse I followed with my camera and was still in my jammies.... The other kids were in thier coats and boots and were ready for winter weather. As we walked out on the back porch Chance blew the whistle once and here she came running.... it was so cute. She knew exactly what to do and the kids Loved it. As I said before we had to feed her 2 times a day, once in the morning and once at night. All 3 times we got to feed her the kids would take turns holding the bottle. Kelcee had to have a little help as Annabell kept hitting the bottle and pushing it out of her hands so Chance helped hold it for her. Peyton didn't really want anything to do with her because she is scared of cows... she likes to look a them but then that is it... if they start getting within 5 feet of her she freaks out. Peyton just stayed with her Grandpa cuz she knew he would keep her safe. All my kids love to go to Bear Lake and spend time with Grandma and Grandpa. There is always a new adventure around the corner. Chance, Kelcee and Peyton all helped feed the cows that evening... Petyon of course wouldn't leave her daddy's arms cuz the cows were too close. She is the same way with Horses... Of couse Kelcee is not as much. She walks right up to any size of horse and shows no fear. She loves the animals and love to be apart of the farm. Chance well he loves the tractors that feed the cows and the trucks that haul the horses around... that is what he likes on the farm. I like going up there because it is away from all the stress of the city... even though it snowed the whole time we were there by afternoon the snow was all melted and the grass was showing through... then it would start snowing again and we would have a fresh blanket of snow for the morning feeding. It was a great time and a new experaince for the kids that they will never forget.

The 4 tag....

1. Go to where you store your digital photos & open the 4th folder. 2. Post the 4th picture in that folder. 3. Explain the picture 4. Tag 4 people

We had gone out to one of our favorite Chinese restaurants and at the end of the meal they bring you a plate full of orange slices. Peyton was just over a year old and picked up one of the orange slices and started eating it. Her faces were so funny I had to take a picture of them.

Tag: 1. Erin
2. D'Neil
3. Aimee
4. Mindy