Virginia Smith Family

2011-12-28T17:12:00.003-10:00

We had to revisit some old pics and videos of our kids in December 2008. Kai singing jinglebells and Bailey napping with her favorite person...daddy! (I couldn't figure out how to turn the video the right way, sorry).

2011-12-28T17:09:00.002-10:00

We went to Utah for my brother David's wedding and got a chance to hang out with some of my "singing girls,"minus Kandis. We missed you at the movie!

2011-12-28T17:06:00.003-10:00

We got a chance to visit Grandpa and Grandma (great) Blake and spend some time with Jamie and her family.

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Bailey's cousin Emily helped "beautify" her.

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We enjoyed a little snow in Park City in November. We even built a ghetto snowman with ghetto snow boots on. Notice the broccoli eyes?! (thanks David)

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Everyone needed help down.

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We found an apple orchard in the middle of nowhere with some sweet decorations.

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We loved having Grandpa and Grandma here to visit fresh off their mission. Any time you want to visit we would love it!

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Kai has been so creative and loves to make wigs out of paper and yarn....his own idea. He also put together these cute cat ears on his own.

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Bailey is a biking beauty with her tutu and helmet.

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They love to dance!

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Dancing duo. Kai and Bailey love to dance together. In fact, a lot of times when Bailey gets ready for church with her hair done and in a pretty dress, Kai will say "Bailey, you look so beautiful, do you want to dance?" Then they dance together in the living room. It's pretty dang cute and sometimes a hoot.

Notice how they start together, but Bailey decides to break off into her own "interpretive dance" and ditches her partner in the end.

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Oscar the grouch and his new sidekick.

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Sassy!

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School days!

2011-07-19T16:58:00.001-10:00

Kai and Bailey singing "God Bless America"

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Kai and Bailey singing together

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Happy Birthday Mamoose!

2011-07-17T17:03:00.002-10:00

Gotta love spring tee ball. Here are some clips of Kai in action.

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Bailey and daddy teasing eachother.

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klMini Kellie!

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One night on the way to Kai's tee ball game Bailey said "I need some girl time." She was talking about playing with her new found friend at the ball park.

2011-07-17T16:21:00.004-10:00

Spring tee ball. Kai had a great time and only needed the tee two times the entire season. Good job buddy!

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We love being so close to D.C. We hit the Smithsonian museums, the zoo and of course "D.C. cupcakes" were so good we had to go there every day.

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Tough guys!

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Bailey and Lucas taking a break from picking strawberries.

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Spring strawberry picking with Jude and Lucas Harris. We went to a strawberry patch and the kids ate more strawberries than they picked.

2011-05-07T08:46:00.001-10:00

A friend of mine is a professional photographer and took these pics a while back while she was watching my kids. Nice perk! I thought I lost these pics. What a nice surprise to find them!

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2011-04-24T17:58:00.003-10:00

Ah, a nice sunny Easter sunday. Gotta love it. I have a couple of friends that showed me how to make this cute skirt for Bailey and the bowtie for Kai.....not that you can see them in this picture.

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It wouldn't be a sunday picture without a wrestling match after wards.

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Easter Sunday

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...and the sugar crash.

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Bailey is sooo excited to have her own candy. Each egg was a new surprize!

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Kai and Bailey in action at the local Easter Egg hunt.

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Oooo yeah Virginia. Justin was almost as excited to get Virginia plates as he was to get BYU season football tickets last year. That's saying a lot!

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Ahhh! Good old Dairy Queen. Brings back memories of highschool and my sister Kim smashing an ice cream cake in my face. At least it tasted good.

2011-04-03T16:46:00.003-10:00

Blake boyz at Kim's wedding...say cheese!

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Brinley, Kellie and I had to take a quick pic...yes it was cold if you can't tell.

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Girls night out before Kim's big day. Painting those cute piggies on the big day.

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New York, New York! We took a trip to New York with the group Justin manages, "Fading Point." It was so great. Thanks to auntie JuJu and uncle Blair who took the kids for the weekend, we got to go the Manhattan temple and go see "Wicked", and it was just that...wickedly awesome.

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Little buddies

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Little pink ballerina who LOVES her sunglasses, especially when they're purple.

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Kai got a new scooter for his birthday and has loved it.

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Two words, Cool Dude

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Ok, had to add some more pics. Kai is in this Harry Potter getup every day since we got it in the mail...thanks to Auntie Chris. He loves Harry Potter and pretending to cast spells. We even have some Harry Potter uno cards we got from a friend for Christmas. We play it every day....not kidding!

2011-01-23T14:38:00.004-10:00

Ok Kandis, these were for you. Did I meet my quota?
It's amazing what a new computer can do.

I just love this picture and wanted to post it...Cheese!

2011-01-23T14:32:00.003-10:00

Dancing with daddy. Baily loves her daddy and is always sad on Mondays when it's time for him to go back to work.

And of course she has to learn how to properly throw a football...in her princess hat!

2011-01-23T14:26:00.003-10:00

So there is a man out here that
liked the idea of Stonehenge so
much...or perhaps he was really
bored because out here in this
small little town is a re-creation
of Stonehenge...except it"s
called Foamhenge. Yep, made
out of foam and spray painted
to look like stone. It's actually
pretty cool.

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Fun family pics from the fall in Virginia!

2010-09-26T16:07:00.006-10:00

One of our first weekends was spent picking apples at an orchard in the valley. Here we are pulling down a few Granny Smith's...but we were also chompin' on some Honey Crisps, scarfin' a few Macintosh's, and cappin' it off with some Golden Delicious (all our favorite types).

2010-09-26T15:47:00.008-10:00

A new chapter in the Smith family book (blog) has begun. It's official -- we are now Virginians. A one-week road trip across the country -- no problem. Non-stop movies, burgers, nuggets, snacks -- was that supposed to be hard for our kids? Somebody forgot to tell them because these rascals were ready to do that all over again the next week. It's like I could actually hear Kai say, "Okay, so I'm supposed to eat treats, watch movies all day, and eat in restaurants for 6 days in a row -- and that's all I have to worry about? I'm in." Check out some pics from our ROAD TRIP:

2010-06-10T07:51:00.010-10:00

Here are some shots of our trip to Golden Spike Nat'l Park and more...

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Judy Smith (Justin's mom) with Kai and Justin. Some of Justin's family met us at temple square to see the lights ---but I guess I was the only one who froze---go figure.

Grandpa and Grandma Smith stayed at our place for the Thanksgiving holiday. We love when they come to visit, they are such good company. We all went to the BYU/Utah game as well---go cougars!

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Lights on temple square so beautiful--so dang cold!
I guess this makes me caught up 'til Christmas---right?!

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Kai and his "buddie" Aiden.

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If there is one thing I can tell you about Bailey it's that she LOVES her daddy. When she hears him come home from work, she drops everything she is doing and walks/runs as fast as she can to see him and give him a big hug and kiss. Daddy's little girl---and you better believe he loves every minute of it!

2009-12-14T10:28:00.005-10:00

Kai likes to dress up even when it isn't Halloween. Yep, those are Mr. potato head glasses, I still don't know how he got them to stay on.

Bailey too, she loves mommy's makeup and headbands.

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Cute girl in our ward, thought she and Kai looked cute together.

2009-12-14T10:12:00.005-10:00

Ok, can you tell I need to do this more often?! Kai wasn't happy about the curl I gave him so he pouted for picture time. And yes, Bailey was a cute bunny not a monkey (just ignore the banana).

2009-12-14T09:28:00.004-10:00

Ok, catch up pics and stories....
Our good friends Hil and Dan, we stayed at there place and went to the 1st BYU game in Dallas---awesome

2009-08-20T14:55:00.005-10:00

America the beautiful, self accompanied :)

2009-08-15T06:43:00.013-10:00

2009 Indy 500: a sport I still don't understand, but have far greater respect for after watching the race firsthand.

2009-08-15T06:26:00.012-10:00

"Yeah, a straw. You got a problem with that, pal?"

We took a hike around Solitude w/ Jayne, Eli, Gav, Peyton and Tyler

Life was good at Chuck E. Cheese. Then, at this museum, we saw a shark...some in this picture are faking their feelings, while others are genuinely afraid for their lives.

2009-08-15T06:07:00.007-10:00

The first annual Blake Girls' Trip took theses hotties to St. George.

2009-08-15T05:40:00.021-10:00

Our camera recorded some summer activities/travel. For the first time in years, we hit good Old Fort Boise Days. We went on a few rides while my nephews were all smiles as they posed for a picture with the Parma High Cheerleaders!! Yeow baby!

Eli, Kai, and Gavin jumped in the mini-jeep -- a triple threat to any toy.

Bailey shared some love with Grandpa, while Gracie got more than she bargained for.

(...wouldn't you love this in your rearview mirror?)

We also dropped by Shoshone Falls ("smile dangit!") and BIG Judd's in Archer, ID for a famous Big Judd Burger.

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...more catch-up pics from fall through spring.

SO big with Grandma...

Bailey at the park.

Boys' school is IN SESSION...

Brinley and Kai work on their gingerbread house over the holidays.

Daddy and Bailey get some holiday cuddling in

JR took a trip to Boston for a few concerts out East. We also hit some sights, like the Salem Witch Museum and hiking to the top of the Beacon Hill Monument...shwew.

2009-02-01T19:03:00.013-10:00

IRON BOWL 2008 -- compliments of Double 'D', the ORIGINAL Bama Bruiser...David Drake. Straight outta Cullman. "Dave, you always said: 'Justin, if there's one game you've just gotta see, it's 'Bama vs. Auburn.' And, as with most things involving ribs and football -- you were right." We took David up on his offer this past fall and caught one helluva SEC game; 95,000+ strong; "bammer, jammer, yellow hammer..." Dreamland-sponsored tailgate; lunch with Nick Saban; Roll Tide! Thanks Dave -- you are the man. See you again!

Here is a pic of Dave, Alane (D's sister), Kaylee & CariAnn (sp?), and us...

2009-02-01T18:44:00.008-10:00

WOAH -- we had no internet for a while, so I've got to catch up on this blog. Here are some pics from NOVEMBER.

Kai and some of his buddies (pictured below) get together once a week at different homes in our neighborhood for "school." They have a good time and the mommies really excel at teaching them skills (nunchucks, games, booger-flicking...all the essentials).

LOOK at this face...

Kristie and Bailey in a cute winter dress, wardrobe by Janice Bowers.

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Kai sings a little Carrie Underwood...

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This is all of us at Bailey's blessing.

Both sets of Grandparents.

Grandpa Smith with the girl of the hour.

2008-11-13T19:06:00.002-10:00

Ok one more---love the smile! I wondered if Kai and Bailey would have anything that looks alike and I found it---their smiles! They were both lucky to get their dad's smile---love it!

2008-11-13T18:52:00.004-10:00

Had to add this one---it is my very favorite pic so far of bailey. You can't look at it without saying "ahhhhh."

2008-11-13T17:12:00.009-10:00

Here we all are in front of Cougar Stadium at the last home game. The Cougs have given us a great year. With 2 games left (AF, U), things are looking good and the U is looking RIPE for an upset! :)

Benny-boy and his fiance Sarah (Nov 27) joined the winners circle with my dad by beating the quarterback challenge -- throwing a football threw a far-off circle.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Kristie was Dorothy with her sparkly red shoes and Kai was a Roman Soldier who got lots of candy. Here we are with some friends Heidi, Jeremy, Elise, Aiden (bug) at Justin's work party.

2008-10-12T17:51:00.007-10:00

Here are my girls just after church today. The picture just speaks for itself, huh.

Kai isn't sure what he wants to be for Halloween so he's trying out lots of options. His real concern should be keeping a close eye on mommy who is out to snake his candy...again.

Bailey's first smiles...

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