So we have had a fun, busy week in the Smith House. Our friends Ben and Brielle came to visit early in the week.






We had so much fun catching up, and playing with the kids. We took the kids to the park to feed the ducks and play. Alana wasn't so sure about the ducks, but Kale loves to feed them, (and chase them). On our way home, Ben managed to rescue a kitten that was stuck way up in a tree. We checked all around the neighborhood, but no one claimed her. Unfortunately we aren't allowed pets in our house. She was way too cute to abandon at the park, so I talked my mom into taking her. It made for an eventful trip to the park.















Alana is officially crawling, although only when she is really motivated to get something. Especially if that something is her brother's. Of course, he's bopping her in the head while she's trying to crawl, so I guess it evens out. Sort of. She does a mix of the army crawl, the traditional, and the bear crawl. What's scary is that she is trying to push herself up to standing from the bear crawl. She hasn't figured out how to pull herself up on furniture yet, but she's working on other options.

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So, my noble idea of being able to update this often isn't working out quite as I hoped. I guess better late than never, right? We have been busy around here lately. Dave is still working quite a bit. Things have slowed down with cherry season being done, but other things are picking up now.

Alana is crawling, more or less. She still goes backwards better than forwards in an actual crawl. Going forward, she mostly does the army crawl to get where she needs to go. Either way, she is getting around more making her a much happier girl. She is also pulling herself up pretty successfully. Most often on me. I don't think she knows that she can pull up on furniture yet. Of course, I have forgotten what it's like to have a crawling baby around and am having to start re-babyproofing the house. She and Kale get along well most of the time, although Kale still steps on her, or shoves her down when he is in a mood. It would almost be easier to discipline him if she cried. It usually doesn't upset her. It's hard to convince him that he's hurting her by laying on top of her when she's giggling.

I am now a Pampered Chef Consultant. A friend talked me into it to help make some extra money to help get us into a house. Either way, their stuff is great, and I get it for free! We'll see how it works out. August is the first month I am starting, since July is almost done already! So if anybody needs anything, let me know!

Dave and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary yesterday. It is hard to believe how fast everything has gone by! We were able to go out to dinner, (with no kids of course), and then spent the rest of the evening at a class for church. We are hoping that later in the summer if things slow down we can actually get away. A nice dream at least.

okay, so most of the pictures didn't want to load today. I'll try again later. We've got to get a faster internet connection!

So all is well and busy in the Smith house.



Alana on Kale's John Deer

Pictures and Updates

It is so hard to believe that it is already July. This summer is going by fast. Dave is keeping extremely busy with work. Sometimes it's hard for the kids to have him gone so much, but that will be the norm for summers. Alana is getting closer to crawling, although she is frustrated for now with not being able to get where she wants. She thinks she is ready to stand and walk on her own. Kaleb is running around, talking a mile a minute as usual. They both love to play outside no matter what the weather is.











Alana was dedicated on June 18th, Father's Day. We were so thankful to have family able to be there. Kaleb kept running on and off the stage while Pastor Jon was talking. Alana was very happy and quiet for the whole thing.

After church, we all went out to breakfast to celebrate the dads. It was so fun to watch the babies interact, being so close in age.

Here's Alana in her Dedication dress. She wouldn't wear the hankerchief on her head for more than 10 seconds of course, but it was cute for the picture.

New Blog

hi Everyone
So we are going to use this as our temporary home on the web until we can get a website of our own operational. Hopefully this will be a little more practical to have the time to get it done for now. Anyways, so we will be using this to post news and pictures of the kids and the like. Feel free to comment or email us to tell us what you think!

these aren't the most recent pictures of the kids, but they're the best I've got downloaded. I'll work on getting some more posted soon.