"My brother sister!"

Mya calls Baylor "brother sister" and she is quite protective of him. I love to see them interact with each other and I have rubbed off on her because she talks to him in a high pitched voice like me :)

under the christmas tree 

this is one of my favorite pics! little big brother pinned her

November randoms...

Dean and the kidlets playing-they are so wonderful!

I can picture Mya in this pic saying, "I nakey!"

He is so dreamy!

Baylor sitting like a big boy

My rough heels have made a hole in our sheets and that hole kept getting bigger and bigger...well we needed new sheets anyway

Thanksgiving 2013

We had Thanksgiving this year at the Smiths. We spent 4 nights there. We rode the 4 wheelers, I went on a couple runs, we watched Snowball Express, we saw the festival of lights in preston, and we ate A LOT! ha ha 

I love Thanksgiving dinner, especially yams and stuffing!

 daddyo cutting the turkey...I just love him

 I love mom's face in this pic! and I'm glad I captured maxed

 Dean trying to hide

 The kids playing twister haha, buns high in the air

 I love B's cameo little brother outfit

Baylor loves the 4 wheeler! I loved taking him out around the yard

Baylor's 5 months-Nov. 16th

 dad loves this pic of Baylor because it looks like he is flexing his pecks!! haha my manly man!

From Oct. to Nov. you:

found your feet-I love seeing your tubby hands grab them

your great grandma smith passed away

you ate rice cereal for the first time 

you threw up rice cereal the 2nd time you ate it

you hate tummy time

you giggle a lot

recognizes faces and locks eyes with people and smiles so big

drools a lot and puts everything in your mouth

you are growing so fast! you wear 6-9 months clothes 

5 years down eternity to go!

For our 5 year anniversary we went out to breakfast,just the 2 of us, at Angie's then later we went on a 4 wheeler ride up cherry creek in Richmond. We decided to celebrate in Cache Valley because we have free babysitters-thanks grandma!- and we wanted to go on a 4 wheeler ride in the beautiful mountains. 

I feel so blessed to be married to such a wonderful man! He is so sensitive to the spirit, he honors his priesthood, he loves me and loves our children, he is so fun and playful, he is so good looking:), he loves to laugh, and he is a very hard worker. these past 5 years have been the best I have ever had and I am so thankful to be with him for eternity!!!!

(written by Dean himself)...

I feel like i'm the luckiest guy in the world, and my kids are so spoiled to have the mom that they have. Lacey makes me so happy and i'm so fortunate to have her for eternity. I love that she likes to be active and that she likes to make sure that everyone feels included. These past 5 years have absolutely been the greatest years of my life. I love you so much and i am so thankful that you put up with me thus far. haha. 5 years down eternity to go!!!!! Your such a cutie sitting on the 4-wheeler! 

Grandma Smith's funeral weekend

These pictures are out of order but my grandma smith's funeral was beautiful and all of my wonderful memories of her were flooding my mind this week. I went to my mom's house a couple days before the funeral so I could help with anything that needed to be done and so I could have time to myself to mourn before the whole family got there. The first time I went into her house I started bawling. She was my closest grandparent and I love her so much and the legacy she left me. She always talked of her family history and would show me all her old pictures and antiques, I give credit to her for giving me that passion and love for history and old things. I have an old soul in a young body:) 

Mya at the funeral-this is my favorite coat ever! my mom got it for her last year but it didn't quite fit until now

mindy, scott, aunt dinah

 My dad and Jaxon drove grandma from the church to the cemetery in his 1923 model T

the smith and lewis clan

The day before the viewing I took Mya over to grandmas to get some pictures of her in her old dress that she wore in 1927 when she was only 5! she kept that dress for all these years and it is BEAUTIFUL! it was hand sewn by my grandma's aunt whom she was named after, Franta. When we were walking through the door mya yells, "knock, knock!" like we always do when we go over there. Then after mya walks to the living room, where gma is usually sitting, she looks at me and shrugs her shoulders and brings her hands up and says, "where'd dama doe?" I started to tear up and I tell her she is in Heaven with Jesus. She looked a little confused but she is only 2 so I didn't want to go into detail.

my little diva

mya holding a picture of grandma in her dress and cousin Addison who posed in the dress too when she was little

Baylor and my dad working hard at mowing up leaves-i love B's face!!!

At the viewing at webb's funeral home in preston

my mom, dad and aunt verlene

my uncle brad

my cousin Houston and aunt cheryl

Jax and I

Mya, Jaxon, and Dustin

my aunt linda and uncle lewis

My handsome little man

the displays at the church for the viewing before the funeral