Smith Family: My Ladies, Courtesy of My Man

Sunday, January 9, 2011

My Ladies, Courtesy of My Man

Chris always gets me some fantastic gift for Christmas, but this year he outdid himself.

He got me a round trip ticket. To Utah.

Why is this such a big deal? No, it didn't include a lift ticket (I don't think I could handle that one yet)... but what it did include were some of my favorite ladies:

My generous and loving mom. My fascinating sister-in-law, Michelle and her family. All of Chris's wonderful sisters and his valiant mom. My lively aunt Barbara and favorite cousin of all time, Becca. My two dear friends from Payson; Susan and Audra. And my spiritually-energizing foot zonologist, Lisa.

The most amazing thing was that I saw all these people in one day. It was miraculous, the way it all fit together that day... After my appointment with Lisa, we went to Provo, where my cousin from Arizona just happened to be visiting her mom, then my friends just happened to be available for lunch, and Chris's family just happened to be gathering that night for a birthday party.

Coincidence? I think not.

The weather was beautiful too, while all the following days were just blizzard after blizzard. I felt truly blessed.

On Thursday my mom and I were able to brave the weather and make it to the temple, what a great day that was too.

I really wish I had caught more with my camera (Barbara, if you are reading this, maybe you could send me the photo you took?), but here are the few I did get.

My amazing mom, who took time out of her busy life to cater to me for the week:

My favorite neighbors of all time:

Me and Lisa, love this lady!

I'm thinking this might not be a bad tradition...

4 comments:

Holli said...: wow, what a fun week! Great christmas present! Looks and sounds like you had a fantastic time.; January 9, 2011 at 4:17 PM
Debbie Hadley said...: It was so fun to see you Cindy...at least what's left of you...ha haa! You deserve a break like that more often (hint hint Christopher.); January 16, 2011 at 8:20 PM
Grapefruit said...: It was so fun to see you again! It almost felt like no time had passed. Like ABBA should have been playing in the background while we flipped mashed potatoes up on the ceiling. :)

You looked absolutely gorgeous. It was fun to catch up. Hope you are feeling good and enjoying that cold weather!!!; January 31, 2011 at 7:54 PM
Fairy Godmother said...: I agree -- you do look gorgeous and young in these pictures. Oh yeah, you are young! And you look so happy. What a refreshing trip for you. So glad everything worked out just your way. My mom also said how much fun it was to have you over...even for a short time!; February 5, 2011 at 1:23 PM

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When Solei was a toddler, she found some bark that was lying at the base of a tree and said in disgust, “Ooooooh! Tree poo-poo!”

When the girls were little, we were taking a walk with the dog who was bombarding Sierra with her friendly but slobbery kisses. Frustrated, our sweet little Sierra yelled out “NO KINA, I'M NOT YOUR ICE CREAM CONE!”

Telling Ella how to crawl, Caden explained “But I’m four, so I crawl standing up.”

I was sitting with Caden one day and I told him that the couch used to be a cow (it is leather), and I said (half jokingly) “did you know that cows turn into couches?” To which he replied, “No they don’t, they turn into pies!”

Watching the Tabernacle choir sing during conference, Solei (who was 8 yrs old at the time) said that they should sing “Do as I’m Doing” (with all the motions, I’m sure).

We put in an underground fence for the dog and Caden (age 5) saw us burying the wire. We then put up little white flags to mark where it was. A few days later he went outside and turned on the hose. When I saw him, I asked him to turn off the water. He looked at me questioningly and asked, “Until when? Until the fence grows?” He thought it needed watering!

Taron (2) looked at the varicose veins on grandmas legs and said, “owy... lightning!”

When Caden was 5, he would ask if he could go play with his friend in the morning, and I would sometimes reply, "No, it's too early". Well one day he finally asked me "can we not play on 'too early's? Can we play on 'one early'?"

Sierra told me one night that when she was little, she used to think the word “couch” came from the word “cow”, and that our couch had a cow inside (partially true since it is leather). She would try to sit down carefully so it would not run away. She thought the wood parts inside were it’s bones and the black pegs on the bottom were the feet.

Sometimes Taron (age 2) would find dog poop and say “Eew! Dog poop!” and then proceed to stomp on it as if it were a bug.

Caden (age 5) and I were talking about the sounds letters make and he asked if I knew what the sleepy letter was. I replied that I didn’t and he said, “It’s the Z... when you go to sleep then the Z’s come out of your head. And there’s a big round white thing too but it’s invisible. Maybe he had been reading too many comic books...

Sierra (age 8) made a Halloween card for her friend and wrote ENSTINE (meaning Einstein) on it, I thought it was an odd thing to put on a Halloween card so I asked if she knew who Einstein was and she said "Isn't he the guy who made Frankenstein?"

Caden (age 5) asked if it was a ghost who said the sacrament prayer because he couldn’t see anyone at the podium but he could hear the voice.

When Taron was 2 he would always respond to an “I love you” with “Much”.

Taron (3) woke up one morning, started to play and when I asked him if he wanted a pancake, he said, “Oh yeah, I was supposed to be hungry!”

Dad was singing “Jesus wants me for a sunbeam” and Taron said “Jesus likes sunbeans, they’re delicious!”

I was teaching Taron (5) how to read, and came upon the word "loose". I told him, "the two O's say "oo" and the E is silent. Slowly and deliberately, he sounded it out........"Loooosssilent".

Caden had been learning to tell time in school and was asking me about the big hand vs. the little hand on the clock. Apparently Taron was listening somewhat because he held up his right hand and asked "is this the big hand?"

Ella (4) came up to me with some of my reading glasses and said "Mom, when I put glasses on, I still don't know how to read!"

At a restaurant, Ella was impatiently waiting for her food and, looking for the waitress, she asked "when is the human coming back?"

One morning I said, "Ella, come look! There's a wild turkey in the backyard!"
Ella (excitedly): "Can we kill it?!?"
What kind of daughter am I raising???

Ella mistook another guy for Chris and was about to follow him to his car, but soon realized her mistake and said, "I was about to follow the 'not dad'".

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Sunday, January 9, 2011

My Ladies, Courtesy of My Man

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