Thursday, November 25

Thanksgiving Day!

One of the things I am very thankful for about moving closer to family is the continuing of traditions. We started the annual Smith Family Thanksgiving Picture when Kaitlynn was just a baby. When we were in Idaho on Thanksgiving Day, I did miss the great cooking I knew was going on, but what hurt my heart the most was knowing that the picture was being taken....and we were not in it. But we are back and once again thankful to be able to celebrate special times with our families in person. The only one missing above is Brooke, our sweet 10 year old cousin. Hopefully next year she can make it.
This was the first year we did NOT take it on the front porch. But the lighting and sun spots were so bad that we voted to move it. I am glad we did. These turned out better than if we had done it in the normal spot.
Below is Poppa and JuJu with all but one of their grands! Sam was behind me doing crazy sneezes making Noah and the rest of them laugh.
Sam's brother, Phillip, with his wife, Heather, and Noah and Heather's parents. I had to put this one in. Sam was sneezing trying to get Noah to smile and he kept cracking Heather up.
There is the good one!
My mom, known as Haha, with four of her grands.
I just like this one.
That's it? That is all the pictures this so-called photographer took on her Thanksgiving holiday?
yes.
Why?
Well, my battery charger had fallen out of my camera bag in Mississippi and we were in Alabama and my battery was blinking "almost dead - almost -dead" so I was thankful it held out long enough to get these pictures!
Even though I don't have pictures to document it all, we had a WONDERFUL time. Filled with lots of laughing and way to much eating!

Friday, November 19

Thanksgiving celebrations at school and church!

The above picture was accidentally uploaded here, but I didn't delete it because I like it so much. Kaitlynn was "working" for me. Sitting here making sure the light was set correctly in the camera before the real customers were brought it. I love her natural smile.

Anyway, we had many Thanksgiving celebrations this month! The first one was at church, with our annual Thanksgiving Feast. And feast we did!
The ladies here know just about everything about cooking, that is for sure!




Christopher, and the rest of us, enjoyed, EVERY bite!
Sam with Lilly.
The kids choir performed and they sang so nicely.
Lilly and Kaebrie
Then two days later it was the Thanksgiving Celebration at school. And again, a ton of great food!
Most of the 5th grade girls dressed up.
Here is Tiff with Ashton Blake.
The 6th graders got to eat FIRST! They were very excited. Collin joined us for lunch.
The 6th grade girls were in charge of the face painting. So Kaitlynn went to town on her little brother.


See what she did?!?!

It was a great week celebrating being thankful with so many special friends and people.

Christmas Pictures

One of my very favorite parts of the Christmas season is doing Christmas pictures for everyone else! I do not enjoy doing my own kids very much, but LOVE doing others! I had many "jobs" this year and I had so much fun! Here are some of my favorites. They look blurry on here, but if you click on a picture they will open up large and in focus!

Above, the Austins, from here. It was Avery's first Christmas!

Below, the beautiful Greenlees!
The Byrds - from here, with all their dogs. (we tried to get the cat in too but the cat absolutely refused)
-and without the dogs.
The adorable Everett boys!
(and Macon)
The Bryants - From Texas
The Baughs - from Chicago
The Clarks - From here!
The Carvers - In Montgomery
More Carvers - In Montgomery
ALL the Carvers - In Montgomery (on Thanksgiving morning)
More Carvers - In Montgomery
The Peelers - from here

The Dents - from Jackson
The Bonds - from here
It wouldn't be Christmas without doing so many pictures. Fun fun fun for me!

Friday, November 12

Fall Pictures

Every October we take our fall pictures to use as Christmas Card Pictures. This year I was late. This is the first time I can ever recall doing them in November. But that was ok. The colors in the leaves were much more vibrant. Here are a few of my favorites!
It really annoys me that they look so blurry on here. But remember you can click on ANY picture on the blog and it will open up large and clear.







And that was out Fall 2010 kids photo shoot! Sam and I are only in them every OTHER year. :)