Apple, Apple, who's got the apple!

It was apple pickin' time last week!

This year I was inspired by my cousin Dana (thanks Dana!) to try making fruit leather with our apples. Mmmm it has turned out so good!

I also made lots of applesauce!

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Chickens

I've been thinking about getting chickens for a while now, but haven't ever been able to get around to making a chicken coop.

Pete's brother Ben and his wife Lacy and his sister Bonnie were visiting us for the summer and were bored one day. So they decided to build a coop for us! Yay, so nice of them!

So we had to get chickens to put in the coop!

They are Barred Plymouth Rock chickens.

The kids have been having fun giving them bugs and weeds!

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24th of July

Our ward hosted a 24th of July celebration at our ward building (we have the coolest church property I've ever seen).

We had a pioneer potluck with lots of beans and stew :)

Then there were pioneer games and activities!

The kids got to pull and ride in handcarts! This was the favorite activity of the night for most of the kids and miraculously no one was hurt!
This is Elora taking a turn pulling (she's the short one)!

Zach taking a turn pulling!

There were also potato sack races. Zach, Elora and Danika had a race of their own toward the end of the night. It was so funny to watch them!

We gave Danika a head start, but she got passed up after Zach and Elora jumped a few times. Then Danika got all tangled up and just sat down, but she wasn't mad, she was laughing!

I thought that would be it for her but she got up and kept on going, all the way to the cone and all the way back to the start, jumping in the bag the whole way!

I was just really glad to see all that determination that is usually directed at me can be used in other ways!

This is what Xander did the whole time!

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Smith Family Reunion June 2010

We all gathered here in WA this year.

The weather wasn't that great while everyone was here, so we went to the church and played one day.

Tug-0-War!

This was all the grand kids against Grandma and Grandpa!

Ken and Julie tried really hard, but they have some strong grand kids!

We also played outside the church in the forest and on the baseball field. We found this huge slug! It wasn't even stretched out in this picture.

We picked flowers and made Daisy chains too.

On another day we had a Princess Party for the girls while the boys went fishing.

The Princess Party was really a disguise for a baby shower for Wendy!

The girls loved it and really got into it!

They all got to wear princess dresses and make their own crowns!

We played Kiss the Prince!

These two were just a little too young to go fishing so they had to stay with the princesses.

Val and Xander

Later in the week the girls did get to go fishing!

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Danika's Road Rash

This girl knows how to do it right!

If she's going to fall she makes it big!

This is actually sidewalk rash, but that doesn't have the same ring to it.

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The big 80!

Grandma Smith had an 80th birthday party!
She wanted a talent show, so the Great-Grand kids sang Down on "Grandma's" Farm!

This is Makella, Danika and Lilly dancing away while Uncle Matt was singing.

All the Great-Grand kids made a poster for Grandma!

After the party we went to Grandma's house to take pictures in her beautiful garden.

These two are so funny together!

Noah and Xander!

Cousins!

Prego Wendy!

Taking a break from pictures.

All the Don and Reva Smith family that was at their house.

Xander, doing his funny smile!

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Uncle Matt Graduates!

Pete's brother, Matt graduated from Oregon Institute of Technology!

So we all drove to Portland (it was a good reminder of why I stay away from Portland Freeways) to go to the graduation ceremony!

The ceremony was really nice and I think it was good for the kids to see that it's a big deal when you graduate from college!

Congrats Matt!

After the ceremony we got ice cream!

Yes, Zach is sitting in a baby seat. Danika is really enjoying her ice cream!

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