I miss my brother....

Nick-

I miss you so much. I feel like I haven't seen you forever. We all hope you doing well in Iraq and your mission is successful. We are very proud of you and anxious for you to get home.

Love,

The family

What I am going to miss most about Easter is.....

These little pieces of heaven. From the time they come into the stores, 2 months before Easter, I crave these daily. I can not even count the number I have eaten this year.
Cadbury Cream Egg, I am sad to see you go. Until next year, my love......

Winstin

We had 3 dogs, 11 adults and 5 children at my parents house for easter. CRAZY!!!!

Thomas finally loses tooth #2

Thomas had a hole in his smile!!!!

Easter Sunday

Jack loves hitching a ride on the John Deer. He and Grandpa had fun.

We had a great time in Pittsburg for Easter. The kids decorated eggs and had fun looking at all the candy the Easter bunny got them. The adults played a game called Last Word for hours!!

This picture was taken after 7:00 AM mass. A tiring tradition in the Smith house. We had ham and Fried Chicken for lunch which was delicious then headed back home. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!!!

Looking at our Easter goodies.

The night before we decorated eggs. Jack was a mess!!

Katlyn, Peyton, Thomas, Lizzie and Jack decorating the 5 dozen eggs Grandma bought.

Sleepovers are the best

Thomas got to have one of his many sleepovers with the Martin boys. He lost his tooth that night and I had to wait until he went to bed so the tooth fairy could do her magic. Unfortnately that didn't come until 2:30 AM!! They had a lot of fun.

1st Day of Deanna Rose 2009

Here is Peyton with one of his catches of the day. Jack tried to catch one but decided to save his worms by throwing them into the pond.

Jack trying to ride on a goat.

He was glad he could ride a horse.

Katlyn is a dunce

This hat means trouble!!

It was the first nice day in a while. We have had an extended winter here in Overland Park. So, we made the most of it and went to a packed Deanna Rose... aka...Jacks Heaven!
We met my sister Christy and my nieces and nephews who were on Spring Break along with some of their friends. Poor Thomas had to go to school.


Jack Loves to feed the goats

Thomas turns 7

Thomas had a great 7th birthday. He invited all of his friends to the indoor pool at Blue Valley Rec. We had games and a pinata. The kids all had a great time! I should have taken a picture of my homemade football field cake.

Spring Break wrap up

We survived Spring break and now are already off of school again for a long weekend.

I wanted to post some fun pic's of spring break. Patrick took a day off and we made the most of it.

We started off at an indoor water park called CoCo Keys. It definitly was not not Patrick and I's favorite, but the kids had a good time.

Then we went to eat lunch at Fritz's where a train on the ceiling brings you the food you ordered over the phone on you table. Jack, who is obsessed with trains at the moment, LOVED it.

Patrick booked a hotel at the plaza which the kids loved. We relaxed in the hotel room, then went walking around the plaza and ate at the Cheesecake Factory for dinner. To Thomas delight, there was a statue right in front of our patio table, with 3 naked women on it. He thought it was hilarious. I should have gotten a picture of that!!

We ended the evening watching High School Musical 3 in the hotel room. It was a great day of fun.