Smith Reunion 2011

On Memorial Day, we had a big Smith Reunion from my grandparents down. This is a tradition we all look forward to, and as you see, a lot of kids were there! Most of these are my nieces and nephews and kids, but several are cousins or cousins' children (my 1st cousins once removed, my kids' second cousins).

Because of the unusually cold and rainy spring, we had the festivities in a church instead of the traditional park. We played volleyball and elimination and had a blast. Here are just a couple pictures.

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The next day we went to the park with just Robin's parents and their descendants.

Buster and Abel on the swings

Several of the bigger cousins climbing

We went up the canyon for lunch.

One of the cars was gone buying stuff, so we packed our van full of cute little blonde girls and Abel.

Lunch up the canyon

Mr. M zonked

Cousins!

Hiking up the very muddy hill

Abel fell asleep very soon after we got in the car. Buster fell asleep just a few minutes after this picture.

A Little Behind

I am woefully behind. My sister-in-law recently updated six months of her blog at once, which inspired me to catch up on all the lovely things that have happened to us in the last few months. I was appalled to realize that my last post of something other than history or funny things my kids have said was in the middle of May. So...time warp!

This is a picture of our front yard on April 30. This is the year that summer took FOREVER to get here!

Abel holding my old bear and his bunny.
May 6, 2011

I love the fashions preschoolers pick. Buster insisted on wearing this ensemble to church.
May 29, 2011

Wrong Number

My cousin, Jonathan, walked up to Buster and said, "Hey, dude!"

"No, this is Buster."