Update Time!

Well, I have been meaning to update everyone on the happenings in the Smith household but just haven't found the time. So as I tell everyone "I do my best work at midnight" and it is now 12:07am! The kids are fed, bathed and have been in bed for about 2 hours. The house needs cleaning, but that can wait until tomorrow!! I wish I could post some pictures right now, but I need the cord that goes from my camera to the computer, so I will try to post pictures very soon.

*First let me tell you about our precious Kaitlynn. She is 11 1/2 months old right now. I cannot believe in just a few short days she will already be a whole year old! Time flies by so fast!!!!! She has 7 teeth right now and I think she is working on number 8. She is walking everywhere and no longer crawls at all! She can even go from the kitchen, through the living room and into the bathroom!!!! Today she walked all the way down the long hall at our new church building, and let me tell you I think that is the longest hallway I know of. She is walking great in shoes also. She is climbling on EVERYTHING. Just yesterday we were outside at the fort and sandbox and I turned around for just a minute and when I looked back Kaitlynn was on the next to top step of the 6 foot high fort! I ran over there and helped her up the rest of the way (as if she need my help to climb up the last two steps). I really have to keep my eye on her now! She can give you 5 when you ask her too, she can give you kisses when you ask her too (as many times as you want her too!!), she can blow on her food if it is too hot and the other day we practiced blowing out a candle and she did it (great, that means she will be able to blow out her candle on her birthday cake!!!!!!), and just today I asked her to wave "Bye, Bye" and she did it (and better yet I caught it on my video camera!!!). She is such a sweet baby girl with such a cute personality!! She loves playing with toys and her big sister Emily. Her favorite thing to do is put objects into things, like balls into a box, coins into her piggy bank, etc. Oh, I almost forgot to mention how much she loves to sing!!! Every Sunday at church while we are singing if you listen closely you can hear Kaitlynn singing!!! It is so sweet! And she already knows the motions to her first bible school song "There is a flag that's flown in the castle of my heart" (she "Sings" and waves her arms in the air), it is so cute (I also caught this on my camera!). I will update you more on Kaitlynn when I post pictures.

*Now for our sweet Emily!!!! She is doing and saying some of the cutest things right now! For example just this evening as we were leaving the new church building (we are in the process of remolding it and were working on it ALL day today) we were driving down Division street in Slaton and passed by Saint Joseph's Catholic Church and I made the comment about them having church tonight, Emily promptly said "No WE go to church in the morning" over and over again. It amazes me that she knews that we go to church in the morning and not at night. She loves going to church and singing all the little songs they sing in class. Her favorites are "I'm all wrapped up, I'm all tied up, I'm all tangled up in Jesus", "There is a flag that's flown in the castle of my heart", "There once was a little boy David", "Roll the gospel chariot", "I may never march", and on and on the list goes. She also likes to sings these songs at home all the time! She is very proud that she can now tell you how old she is and show you on her fingers (Thanks Mommie for helping her learn this!) She can already show you three too (so we are good for over a year now!). She can tell you when her birthday is and she also tells people that Kaitlynn is 1 now (well it is really close!). Oh, the cutest thing happened tonight, after we got home from working at the church all day (and yes Emily helped paint, well she painted her hands, feet and legs and a little bit on the wall too!), we came home and were doing a few chores (Emily's chore is to feed the dogs, which she loves). Shelby decided he need to work on his newest invention which is a stand for his welder to make it portable. Anyway, Emily thought she needed to help, so her Daddy gave her some plyers and a wrench and she went to work on the welder stand! Of course I made sure she was wearing saftey goggles (along with her Daddy). She can be such a prissy little girl one momment and then a tomboy the next. Also the other day Shelby took the girls out to the farm and before Emily would get in the truck she had to go get her tool box so she could work on things at the farm along with her Daddy. Her favorite sayings right now are "What dthat?" and after you tell what it is she says "What dthat do?" She is so inquistive right now and wants to know how everything works. The other day she wanted me to get her a drink of juice. I was very busy with Kaitlynn and I did not promptly get her the juice. The next thing I knew she was handing me the can of apple juice and saying "Ma, I want juice". I just leaned down and told her how smart she was and of course I poured her a cup of juice! She amazes me everyday.

Well, I think that pretty well catches me up for the last month and a half. I am going to try to be better about posting more often. We will see how that all goes. Be looking for pictures from our vacation (that we took in July) to Lake Irwin! We had such a wonderful time! I would like to live up there all summer long (We did get to spend 3 weeks up there this year, I think I will push for 4 next year). The weather is just so wonderful and landscape is so beautiful. And it is nice to get away for being so busy all the time. There is no cell phone service and no TV or internet. Just wonderfully peaceful! Good night all!!