"Eli" the newest member of our family

"Eli" Elijah Richard Smith born March 19, 2010 10:10 PM
to Leslie and Jeremy Smith
7 lbs. 9 oz, 20 3/4 inches long
15th grandchild .... 11th boy grandchild

Grandma & Eli

Daddy

BIG BROTHER LANDON

BIG SISTER LAYNA

BIG PROUD BROTHER NATHAN

BIG BROTHER JACOB

BIG BROTHER LUKE "I'M NOT TOO SURE ABOUT THIS!"

Trying to find the Rainbow

Fountain Hills on March 18th Spring Break, saw the rainbow... I'm trying to find the rainbow with a big pot of gold but that won't happen so instead I find my family ....

This is a picture of my 4 grand daughters, Layna, Jenna, Kaitlyn and Sophie.
Such cute blondes!
I guess they were at the river, this is March 19th,
Eric and Becky are in town with their kids for a few days of Spring Break.
We have done a few things the past couple of days but mostly got together.
Missed Kirk in NM working and Bryan and Jon in NYC on tour.

More Inn Pictures

Too many memories!!!!

MEMORIES Guess... what, where, when

OK, so I found these pictures that some of my family may recognize... please leave a comment if you remember this place and a memory you have from there... I have lots.... look at one picture at a time and let me know when you figured it out.....
have fun!

















So as I understand it isn't there anymore and just a memory unless you took pictures. They took it down to make room for more modern stuff. Many a general Authority stayed there during General Conference Weekend. In fact it was next to impossible to get a room during that time.
I went there many times and got a bargain price because of a sweet friend Eileen Boyle who lives in Centerville, Utah, but when she lived in Mesa I was her Counselor in RS. It was with Eileen and Pat Porter that we put on the most fantastic Luau in or backyard.
I went to the INN as I wound up the week at quite a few years of BYU Church Music Conferences and would go to the Temple on Saturday and spend time with her and her family on Sunday and then head home. (via airplane)
Stayed there with Leslie more than once, and one time Debi Curtis joined us after the girls were at BYU for EFY and I was up there for a parent conference for the week.
One time with Bryan, Michelle and Jonathan after the funeral of Michelle's biological father in Utah.
Remembered many a horse and carriage ride, those were the days...
Ok don't be bashful, make a comment!

Carriage rides were the best!

I stayed there!! little Jon

Before Demolition...

Start taking it down at the top...

SO SAD!! Oh, just to be Modern!
Crossroads Mall came down too!

Olympic Spirit !!!

Well, Yesterday my second grade classes, (about 120 kids) performed a Musical that was called the "Olympic Spirit."
The first pictures show the students and teachers coming down the middle of the Multipurpose room carrying flags of nations, streamers, pom poms, children dressed in sports attire and their other interests marching to an Olympic March. After their entrance, there was the one sweet young lady dressed in her soccer outfit who came down the center isle with a torch I created out of a flashlight and tissue paper and then we had the lighting of the Olympic Cauldron.
"The Olympic Cauldron" was definitely a hit. (underneath were two stacked kitchen stools and top was a round clothes basket. Inside the basket I had Christmas lights and sitting on top of a can inside of the Christmas lights was a big electric Halloween Cauldron. All of this was covered with a silver solar camping blanket which was tucked and taped appropriately to look like a big Cauldron. Around the top of the Cauldron inside the basket I tucked red cellophane to resemble flames.) As the girl raised her torch as if to light the cauldron, back stage a switch was flicked on and the cauldron came alive. The audience even cheered! lol! I thought that was cool... the applause!.
The kids sang these songs, "Light the Torch," "Let the Games Begin", "Winter Games," "Big Dreams," "You Can Help" (a song about helping others not just here at home but around the world especially during disasters of diverse kinds).
"Dream with Me" and "See Us Shine" were songs from the 2002 Utah Schools Olympic Programs and then they sang "Friends Forever" Six of these songs were Music k8 songs that are always powerful, sweet, fun and also very dynamic with full orchestration. For the last three songs I used the pictures of the kids in their athletic activities and playing and being friends. I created a power point that went with the words of the songs .
I wish I had a movie! I asked a few people to copy their movies for me, but as usual that probably won't happen so this will have to be just a wonderful memory. I even have about 25 pictures didn't turn out because I gave the camera to a young boy to take pictures but he was moving took much so too many of the pictures were blurry.

I was rather pleased how fun it was to create this program and it came together with lots of fun and powerful moving music. People still are coming up to and sending me emails saying how wonderful it was. I think this is one I will have a hard time topping.