Pretty in Pink

We've got a full day ahead of us at church, but wanted to get some photos up. Here's Kadence sitting on top of the car and Tayah...just sitting! That's right, our little nine-month old has mastered the art of sitting.

We're write more tonight!

Kadenceisms and Tayahisms

Kadence:
-"Daddy's a boy! Daddy's not a girl" or "Mommy's a girl. Mommy not a boy!"
-"Do you know color rainbow? Red...blue...orange.." (from Signing Time)
-"Horses are eating lunch!"
-"I'd better pick it up!" or "I'd better find it!"
-"It's mine!" (just naturally comes when you hit two-year old territory)

Tayah:
-"Aaahhhh!"
-"Dadadadada..."
-From time to time I sing this song from the movie Big (Tom Hanks). Every time I do, Tayah start convulsing her body and shaking her head and arms as if she's dancing. So fun!

Catching Up...

First off, Elizabeth and I need to remember to bring the camera with us 24/7. The reason being: our girls do cute things 24/7. Easter was an amazing day. The talks and lessons in sacrament meeting were inspiring. I personally learned more about the Atonement, Crucifixion, and Resurrection. We cancelled many meetings and, film at 11, got home a little after 3:00...Bishop Hansen included!

We went up to Grandma Nelson's for Easter dinner/Elizabeth's birthday celebration. We had a wonderful time, including a very creative Easter egg hunt my cousin Lori devised. Some of the eggs included items from Christ's last week with scriptures to read. We loved it. We also had the second annual ward Easter egg hunt/brunch. It was sunny but absolutely frigid. Utah weather will do that to you. That evening, we attending my cousin Emily's reception. It's always wonderful to see extended family. We even followed the newest driver in the Smith clan, Carissa! She did a fine job. Hard to believe my baby sister is 16!

Kadence and Tayah wore matching yellow dresses we chose. Do we have photos? No! Do we have photos of Kadence holding an Easter basket as big as her? No! Is there a single photo in this post? Obviously not! Thank heavens there's time to repent. We'll become much more photo happy (and we'll even get the girls back in the dresses for a photo op...20 years from now, we'll never know it was a week after the fact!)!

Birthday Bash Recap

We had a wonderful day of it, or at least we hope our Elizabeth did! The girls and I went and picked up a few last gifts in the morning, namely some roses Kadence chose. It was amazingly rainy and blustery, but I do believe the girls loved it :).

We all went shopping and managed to find some cute Easter dresses for the girls...finally! You can never go wrong with Tucano's. It's one of our favorites. Kadence really enjoyed it, especially when the drummers came and sang to Elizabeth.

We spent the afternoon weeding and planting our trees. We bought three beautiful trees Monday--two Maple Autumn Blazes and a Kwanzan Flowering Cherry tree (to appease my love of Japanese cherry blossoms), for those with a green thumb. Thanks to Kristi for taking Kadence for a while, allowing us to get a lot done! She received many calls last night from family.

All in all, a great day as Elizabeth begins her 30th year!

How do we love thee? Let us count the ways...

Happy 29th birthday to Elizabeth! Kadence, Tayah, and I have been having a rough go with the blog today. We wanted to post many more photos, but it's being testy! We thought it'd be fun to list 29 reasons we love our Elizabeth, but that's a bit cliche (perhaps next year when she hits the big 3-0). Suffice it to say, words cannot express how grateful we are for a wonderful wife and marvelous mother...for an amazing Young Women's leader and a huge support...to an expert chef, a master gardner, a brilliant homemaker, and an even-keel influence on us all. Her love, patience, hard work, sweet spirit, and smile brightens our lives.

Mommy, please know that the three of us love you!

Tied at the Hip

No caption necessary!

Whirlwind of a Weekend

Do you ever look back on a weekend and wonder to yourself, how did I/we fit all that in? Well, Elizabeth and I had such a weekend. On Saturday, we had a fantastic time with many of my closest friends from high school. Patrick and Anna Dinsmoor were here on business and we used Patrick's 30th to get together. It was great to see the Waltons, Gordons, and Liz Bell. I've been blessed throughout my life to have the greatest friends one could ask for.

After working for a bit, we made an excursion looking for Easter dresses. One of our family traditions is Daddy buys his girls dresses each Easter. No luck, so we'll keep on it this week! We went to Red Robin for dinner and found out that Darrell and Tanya (my brother and sister-in-law) are expecting in August! The Smiths are growing, although we'll never catch up to the Torgesens :).

Sunday was a day of excitement in the ward with changes in the bishopric (new 2nd counselor), Relief Society, Young Men, Ward Mission, Activities, etc. I don't think we've ever had that much ward business in one day. We finished the day with a youth mission preparation fireside. Made me want to go back to Japan! What a wonderful ward and stake Elizabeth, the girls and I are blessed to be in. Such great people, youth, kids, Stake Presidency, etc.

We are loving life!