Trip Action

Here are some "action shots" from our Illinois trip! Enjoy!

Shane loves the swiffer, and his nephew!

Cadence loves to play with Grandma!

Our little tap dancer! I rolled laughing @ this one!

Keaton turns 10!

Keaton's birthday was a lot of fun! Kelsey and I baked him a dinosaur cake. In case you are wondering, I think the writing on the cake ended up being "ho, ho, hop on, happy birthday". Kelsey kept messing up so she got creative and changed it into a creative phrase. He got a kiss from Taylor (she doesn't catch him at the end of the video, but she does later in the evening), a hot shot basketball game from Conner (who got it from Austin), and a baseball mitt and balls from mom and dad. We ate monkey bread and tuna noodle as his meal choices. It was a fun birthday!

Did you say Korean?

At a service auction for the Oswego ward, mom and dad bought a Korean meal with the Hwang family (who just happens to be Austin's boss). I was so glad they planned the lunch while I was there! Austin has been telling me how wonderful it is! Check out the yummy food! Plus, Abe got to meet Cadence for the first time!

We had TRADITIONAL all-american ice cream for dessert - yum!

Grandma was so happy that Cadence let him rock her to sleep after lunch!

Friends, family, an amazing meal, and a good nap... who could ask for anything more?

SURPRISE!!!

For their 26th anniversary this year, dad (Smith) decided to surprise mom. Since I had not yet planned my trip and he wanted to take her away for the weekend, he flew in Taylor to surprise mom, telling her that her trip would be in August (same dates, just changed the month). It was so hard keeping it a surprise, but we did it! They ended up not going away for the weekend, but just an evening to see Mary Poppins in Chicago. Still, it was a great surprise! Just before this she was playing with Cadence, so she didn't get suspicious I was taping. Check it out!

Mom's Birthday

Okay so it wasn't actually ON mom's birthday. Grandma Cobb was visiting on her birthday, so we didn't really get a chance to make a cake. The next day, Kelsey and I went to the store to get our supplies, and set out to make a heart-shaped (Kelsey's idea) pull apart (cupcake) cake.

YUM! We used mom's favorite - devil's food with cream cheese frosting. We tried to dye the frosting red, but no amount of food coloring seemed to work (we had some fun giggles over that). The excess food coloring actually made the frosting pretty runny, so there were holes in the pull-apart cake. We were creative and patched it with twizzlers! It was DELICIOUS!

July 4th Weekend!

We finally made it this year to Provo's Freedom Festival (at least some of the events). On Friday, the 3rd, we went to the carnival. They had a lot of fun things for kids, plus old antiques from the Revolutionary Period, and lots of yummy food! It seemed there was something for everyone. I especially loved the candied strawberry. We had a great time!

On Saturday, we headed up to Midvale to have a BBQ with Jaylyn & Taylor (Austin's sisters). Austin and I brought a YUMMY fruit pizza, decorated like an American flag, of course. Jaylyn and I are both the primary choristers, so we spent some time planning for primary. Taylor helped us by using her talents to draw. Austin had a great time playing Wii fit and Star wars.


We went swimming too and wore out the babies.



In the evening, Jaylyn & Sadie drove with us to find a good up high spot to watch the fireworks. We found a great place and could see fireworks all across the valley. Plus, other people who ended up at the same place brought their own, so the babies had something to watch! Cadence LOVED watching them. It was a long & fun holiday!