Reunion

We recently had my family reunion/grandparents 50th wedding anniversary celebration. With their 11 surviving children and 50 (soon to be 52 grandchildren) and 5 great grandchildren, we make quite the group. Here are my lovely grandparents with their children. One of the things that I was in charge of was the photography. You can see each of our individual pic here.

Aunt Suz (only a year and half older, that's how we roll) and me.
Brother Vance.

Suz and Ryan.

Dad, mom, aunt Marjorie, sis Christie and Kim.
Grandpa Smith with siblings Virgina, Florence, and Neil.
Sister Christie.
Brother Vance and his wife Heather. My one and only.
Sisters Christie, Kim and Robyn.

Another One Bites the Dust!

On January 02, 2009 Kelly's sister married Jace in the Mesa, AZ Temple. Her pictures turned out amazing! The biggest regret from my wedding is that we didn't hire a photographer. Oh well. Congratulations Jace and Lis, we love you! BTW - my mother-in-law sewed this wedding dress, along with all the bridesmaids and flower girl dresses! As if the mother of the bride didn't already have enough to do!

My Brother Spawned:)

Here is my brother Vance when he came out to visit me in AZ while I was going to school.

After his mission he decided to move to AZ and lived for a bit with Kelly and I.
While there he met Heather. She DEFINITELY was a HUGE step UP for Vance. While he has many good attributes, Heather has many more great attributes.
Now he is an EMT for Border Patrol in Southern AZ.
Just a few weeks ago he and Heather had their very first baby whom they named Gemma Lorel. Congratulations on your beautiful babe!

This is a sad day

Rob left for BYU-I today. These past few months have gone by SO fast. It feels so weird without having her here. Aubryn was bawling almost the whole way home from DFW today and has had crying spells through out the day. Through her sobs I manage to pick up, "I need Robyn, I miss Robyn, I love Robyn." Dido. Very depressing day.

Classified Antique

Happy 25th Birthday to my baby brother Vance! So sorry that I only have some of your mish pics on my computer. Oh yeah, and that your bday was yesterday. I am so proud of you and happy and super excited for baby number 1 to come in January!