Utah Jazz Blog Post #4: Toughest Job in the NBA

Sorry, again, if you're not a Jazz or basketball fan. Here's my latest article!

http://www.jazzbots.com/web/2009/09/29/the-toughest-job-in-the-nba/

Smith Family Weekend!

First, make sure to vote on our poll to your right! T-minus 11 days...

Last weekend, from Saturday through Tuesday, we had our first Smith extended weekend vacation! We thought it'd be wonderful if we took a mini vacation together and it really was wonderful. Dad and Donna rented a few condos for us at the Miner's Club in Park City. The weather was perfect, and the company wasn't too shabby :). Here are some photos.



Here's Grandpa with five of the seven grandkids. Kadence and Tayah were very familiar with Main Street from our May vacation there.



It wouldn't be right if we didn't ride the trolley. Here's me with Tayah, Elayna, and Aubrey.



The girls and their cousins on the train up at the Park City park (where the Alpine Slide is).



What, a carousel photo. Get out of here!

Other things we did: some attended the BYU/FSU debacle, some went down the Alpine Slide, others the ski lift ride, church together, swimming, walks, outlet stores, Kimball Art Center, lots of food, movies, and plenty of laughter and memories. Family is wonderful!

Utah Jazz Blog Post #3: A Record Not to be Broken

Two entries, two days in a row. Sorry this might be boring to some of you out there, but feel free to read! Again, here's the URL in case clicking on the title above doesn't work for you:

http://www.jazzbots.com/web/2009/09/22/a-record-never-to-be-broken/

Utah Jazz Blog Post #2: Improvement From Within

Here's my second entry, just added to the site today. Click on this blog title to get there, or paste this into your url:

http://www.jazzbots.com/web/2009/09/21/improvement-from-within/

Last time, I got some fun and interesting comments from a few readers. Feel free to add yours. Go Jazz and thanks for reading (especially those who aren't Jazz or basketball fans...and for you, there's still time to repent!)!

Can't Write These Down Fast Enough!

Like most parents, I think it'd be great to record everything our girls do and say. Here's a small sampling of the things they've cracked us up with this week...

Tayahisms:
-"Is that my Daddy?" (her question everytime the phone rings!)
-"Oh noooo!" (very dramatic)

Kadenceisms:
-"I just want to stay here forever and forever." (anytime she doesn't want to leave...)
-"I can run away guys!"

Daddy: "Kadence, what should we name our baby brother?"
Kadence: "Bubble gum!"

Kadence: "Daddy, why don't you not come to Lake Powell with us?"
Daddy: "I'm not much of a swimmer sweetie."
Kadence: "Oh, I can teach you how to swim Daddy!"

And our favorite...both girls absolutely love "We Will Rock You!" by Queen. So funny to watch them try to recite the lyrics while clapping their hands. We sure love our girls!

It's about time...

I know I'm long overdue for an entry, and I figured I'd better do it now before our little boy makes his big entrance. It has been a busy summer with lots of activities with family and friends. At the end of July, my grandma passed away and I was able to ride up to Northern Idaho to her funeral with two of my sisters and my brother. We drove through the night to get there and then left the night of the funeral to come back to Pocatello where I then drove back to Springville for the day to meet back up with David and the girls. The funeral was a really good service with all my uncles participating as well as my grandma's brother. It was good to be with my parents, siblings, and many cousins and reflect on the life of a woman we all love so dearly.

After the funeral (on a Monday), they allowed a travel day to drive down to Soda Springs to have a graveside service on Wednesday. David and I met the family there that morning for the service and were even able to show the girls the geyser (sp.) going off that is next to the cemetary. After a great service there we went to the church where the Torgesens had a meal waiting for the family. What a wonderfuly family we have!

We continued from there to start our family reunion that David and I were planning with Russ and Aspen. We had 58 people, 36 of which were 11 and under. We started it off by going to the Oquirrh Mtn. Temple Open House and then continued down to Joseph, Utah where we were staying at "The Old Church". We had lots of fun activities there at the remodeled church and went on a hike at Fremont Indian State Park, and some even participated with the locals in floating "down the canal" aka irrigation ditch. It ended all too soon, and David headed back up to work and the girls and I continued our adventure by heading down to Lake Powell with about 2/3 of my family.

We had a great time at Lake Powell (although we missed David, and could have done without some screaming/crying spells that our girls seem to enjoy so much:). We built lots of sand castles, buried Mom's feet in the mud, taking little rowboat rides with Mom, lots of treats from Granny, and rides in Gramps' boat. The girls were really good about wearing their lifejackets whenever they were near the water-in fact, they loved them, so I only ever had to remind them a few times-they were usually begging for me to put them on, and I had to coax them to take them off to eat:) I even took the girls on the tubes (or "pancakes" as the kids were calling them this year) and they really liked it. Every time we went in the boat, Tayah would scream in excitement as soon as Gramps started going fast. After we came home the girls couldn't stop talking about Lake Powell and Gramps' boat. They can't wait for next year! Here are some pictures of us on the tubes.

Utah Jazz Blog Post: What Could Have Been

My first Utah Jazz blog article was posted online yesterday. Go ahead and click on this blog entry title and it will take you directly to the website. I'd love to hear your thoughts, so feel free to leave a comment and/or pass this link along to those who might enjoy reading this. Go Jazz!