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BOY!!! We had our ultrasound today and found out that Kadence and Tayah will have a little brother come October. We are happy to welcome a little boy into our home. This will help David not be so outnumbered (not that he ever minded being outnumbered by his girls:). The girls really liked seeing their "baby broder" on the monitor (or "little tv" as they called it), although they were just intrigued by the fact that "mommy has a messy tummy" from the gel they put on the belly for the ultrasound. I've been wondering if I was hoping for a boy or girl more, and honestly, I don't think I really had a preference-I just want to make sure the baby is healthy. Are we ready for a baby boy in the Smith home?? Who knows, but life is about to drastically change when the kids outnumber us and we don't have enough arms to carry everyone!

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As you can tell from the title line, I'm not feeling especially creative. Here is a random list of what's occurred the past week:

* Seminary graduation Sunday evening for four of our youth.
* Carissa's last band concert of the year where she was elected to the 2009-10 Band Presidency. Congratulations Carissa!
* Tuesday marked my first day in my new office over in the Hinckley Center. It took me a few days, but I think I'm mostly organized there.
* Elizabeth and I attended the first of a ward lecture series about finances, this one about budgets. Great information.
* Thursday, we attended the wedding reception for Kevin and Crissy Lyman in Lindon. Congratulations you two! The girls were very excited to "go to the wedding!"
* We're in the midst of a three-day weekend. Could not have come at a more needed time. After five months of working two jobs, we need a break and time together!

All this and no photos. Next time...promise!

So Much to Say...

We have really slacked off, but for good reasons. Hope you'll forgive us. First off, here are some belated photos from Kara's graduation last month.


Kadence has thoroughly been BYU brainwashed. That day, she was sitting on my lap, and exclaimed, "Daddy, I want to gradiate from BYU too!"



Here's the latest Torgesen BYU alum. In fact, she's the 20th in the family, including in-laws, that've attended the Y. When Scott graduates next year, it'll be an absolute clean sweep!



Mother's Day was a lot of fun for us, with hopefully most of the fun being doled out to Elizabeth! The girls had a ball, going shopping for gifts (they each choose two things for Mommy) and "helping" with our French Toast breakfast. We gave her flowers, a book, candy, DVD's, and a pair of coveted Chaco's. We had a fun family dinner the day before to honor our mothers and as our little family, we went to Chili's to celebrate Elizabeth. We love you and and all our mothers!



Here are the girls loving each other. Perhaps we'll take some photos of them doing the opposite some time.

Random catch-ups: we just spent several days up at Snowbird with Grandpa and Grandma Donna at their condo. Elizabeth and the girls went up Wednesday morning and I joined them Thursday after work. Unfortunately, Kadence and I were really under the weather, but still had a ball. They sure loved being doted on by G & G!

My replacement at the Telefund, Ryan Seamons, started Monday, so the baton has been passed. Next week, I'll only have one job...and may wonder what to do with myself. This whole change in life has been exciting, but bittersweet. I will greatly miss my BYU Telefund crew. What a marvelous seven-year run it's been!

We are eager to get some projects done over the next five months before the baby joins us. We've got a wish list down and we'll take care of them one-by-one. We'll keep you posted on any exciting updates.

Happy Mother's Day all!

Happy Mother's Day Elizabeth/Mommy! We love you and are so very grateful for all you've done, do and will yet do for our little family. We've got some fun things up our sleeves today, so sit back and enjoy!

Happy Mother's Day also to our mothers and grandmothers, our friens who are mothers and mothers-to-be. Word cannot explain all you mothers do for us!

Girlisms

(the girls having fun shopping)

Tayahisms:

"I do it my own self!" (when she wants to do something without help...our independent spirit)
"Little Lomb" (lately, she's really started singing songs to herself and can go for a while)



Kadenceisms:
"I want to be sad Daddy."
"menometer" (pedometer or thermometer)

Daddy: "Where are you getting married Kadence?"
Kadence: "In the temple!" (said emphatically, as if I should alread know :)
D: "Who are you marrying?"
K: "To Jack!" (a little boy in our ward)
D: "What about Tayah?"
K: "Oh, she's getting married to...Stewart!" (yet another boy in our ward)


(from last Saturday's Daddy/daughter date to Dairy Queen)

I suppose Kadence has decided that she doesn't want to marry Daddy anymore!

Free KFC

Just wanted to pass on a free meal deal opportunity. I've gotten several emails with the link, and just printed our coupons. Just go to http://www.unthinkfc.com/ and print up to 4 coupons for a free meal. The meal is 2 pieces of their new grilled chicken, 2 sides, and a biscuit. Can't beat FREE!

***You have to print the coupons by tonight, but you have until May 19th to use them.

Twins?!

Friday saw us visiting Dr. Rees for our routine check-up for Elizabeth and the baby. The girls were very excited to hear the "baby beat," or in other words, the baby's heartbeat. Well, we were given quite the scare...or at least two of them. First off, it took him two to three minutes to find the heartbeat. That was a long, nervewracking few minutes, as he usually is able to find it quickly. Thank heavens he finally found it, but then he started feeling around and eventually told us that we were appearing larger than we should be. His exact words: "I would feel better if we went downstairs for an ultrasound to see if there's more than one baby in there." Heart attack time! Both my parents are twins (yes, really), but we thought it skipped a generation or went to the girls (Carissa!). Of course, the technician was running late, so 45 minutes later, we unexpectedly saw our baby...yes, only one! She gave us her best guess at the gender, but we'll find out more in a month. As you can see, this visit was anything but routine!

A lot of thoughts went through my head during that 45 minutes...thoughts of nervousness, but also thoughts of excitement. Four children three and younger would've keep us going. And if they are anything like the girls pictured above, we would've taken two. Oh well, we'll gladly settle for one...and we are excited!