Everett Arrives in March 2011

 Stella showing me her BIG sunglasses

 Sterling showing me his Thomas train

 Having fun with my South Carolina grandkids

 Little Everett arrived 4 days after I got to South Carolina!

 What a cutie

 The siblings checking out the new little brother

 Stella was pretty excited about her new baby brother

 The "new" Smith family

 Sterling thought he seemed pretty neat

 Everett

 Stella loves babies

 Grandma with the new one

 Everett getting his first ride home

 Sterling still all smiles about new baby brother

 Stella and Sterling love to help in the kitchen

 The whole group

 Stella loved making silly faces

 Sterling with a little trim of his curly locks

 Andy tossing a pizza crust.  I was impressed

 Sterling helped with the cheese

 Stella put on the pepperoni

 And no visit to South Carolina is complete without a visit from Karen R.

 Tangled was the big hit.

 So in keeping with Tangled, we made Everett a Prince

 Everett's first bath

 All wrapped up in his crab blanket

 Another favorite thing for Sterling and Stella, is doing the dishes

I'm glad that I can be with my daughters when they have a new little baby.  I love
spending time with all of them.

A little visit to utah to see my Parents, Michelle and family, and Julie Feb. 2011

 These are 2 people that make it a bonus when I go visit my parents in
Utah.  Macy and Michelle

 While I was there, Macy went to a cousins birthday party at a bounce house.
Here Michelle is taking her down the slide.

 Macy enjoying some ice cream

 My whole family live in Utah, so when I go there, we usually try to get
together.  Here we are at lunch at Carl's Jr.
L-R back   Jessica, Shannon, Michelle, Alaine, Joneel
front   Julie

 My Mom and sister Denise and Danielle are on the left (the rest I mentioned
in the previous picture) and on the right is Aubrey, Amber and Clark.

 Oh my, they can all make funny faces with their lips.  ha ha

 once again, saying good-bye to Julie.  She met me in Utah while I was there and
brought a friend Addison Chandler with her.  The driver is Chelsea England.

Tyler also came up and brought Grace.  This is their first snowman.  Then
the 2 of them drove home with me.

Sam turns 3

 The Tonka truck from Mel and I

 Sam and Grace checking things out

 Daddy holding Jarom

 After all the presents were opened.

 One of the favorite parts of his birthday.

 YUMMY

Grandpa holding Jarom.

It's nice to live close to Tyler and his family because we get to celebrate
all the holidays and birthdays with them.  Happy Birthday Sam.

A meeting at the Beach with my cousin

I'll never complain taking a drive to the beach.  Especially if I get to
meet up with my cousin Sandra.  This is Newport Beach, and I love it.

Julie's friends bidding her farewell Jan. 2011

Katie, Marissa, Julie and Jenn  had 2 weeks to enjoy julie's
company before she headed back to BYU-I for her second semester.
They were so funny.  They had to say good-bye before she left
and katie and Marissa even came to the airport with me to say
good-bye.

Julie had been picked up at the airport by Bro. Larsen while
he picked Emily up, so we returned the favor and took Emily
back for the return flight to Idaho Falls.

Emily Larsen and Julie

How could I?

Clark and Michelle at the skating rink

Grace had a lot of fun ice skating

Michelle, Anna, Tyler, Mike's wife, and Mike Andes

Tyler's mission buddy

Julie with Grace

Sam was cold and tuckered out after ice skating

later that day at Tyler's house for Cake and ice cream

Happy Birthday Tyler

How could I ignore my blog? Have i really been that busy, that i couldn't

just leave a picture with a little synopsis? Well, whatever. I'll just do it

NOW. Every year, 5 days after Christmas, is Tyler's birthday. We went

ice skating for his birthday, and then went to his house to have cake

and sing to him. I am happy that he lives close by so that we can do

this every year. Here are some pictures from the day.