Goals!

Right now i am starting to train for a 10k. i just started back up running on tues from a 2 month break. Let me tell ya getting back into isnt as bad as i thought it was going to be. I was able to pick up where i left off and was pretty shocked that i could do that. I started out running 2.2 miles tuesday and wednesday. Today i decided to step it up a little bit so i ran a 5k (3.2 miles) it was pretty hard to add that extra mile due to a little breeze that didnt help , but i knew that i had to push myself to do and i did. I am not one that can just workout to workout. i have to have a goal in mind to help me along the way but hey i am at least doing it right.

well on July 23rd i am going to run the 10k in my hometown of saint johns for the pioneer day celebration that goes on each year. My sister heidi did it last year so i decided i wanted to run it this year and i hope that she will join me in doing it. It would be cool to do it together and be supports for each other. if not i know that i can still do it, i just have to know how to work the mental part of it and so far it is winning. I am pretty proud of myself for making this goal and sticking to it. In the process it better help me loose weight, haha no but really it better. I will be running 4-5 days a week depending on schedules but if i dont run i will do my famous jillian michaels workout video. Let me tell you if you want something that works gets this video i saw results after the 1st week.
Anyways if you set goals go for it and dont look back. if anyone needs a support system or someone to remind them to workout i can be that girl for you. I love that i will reach this goal in just a month and a half. Woot woot go me!

New tricks!

I was doing the dishes this morning and mya grabbed a spoon and took off running. next thing i know colton comes up to me and shows me his cool trick! i run to get my camera in hopes that he would leave on there and sure enough he did. He even said cheese with it still on there. He was pretty proud of himself and well so was I! Its not everyday you see a 2 1/2 year old pull that trick off. He even blew on the spoon to make it stick better! I sure love this baby boy and love to see him learn new tricks.

Dancing Queen!

LOVE it!

I finally got it on video. everytime she would start dancing and i pulled out the camera she would stop, doesnt ever kid do that? well mine seem to. Mya is seriously the cutest dancer i have seen. She starts dancing at the drop of a hat. once that music is going she will start shaking it. I wonder if this means she will like to do dance when she gets older, who knows. But we are loving all her crazy dance moves she comes up with. I love to see her little personality come alive. I am lucky she is mine and love her to pieces.

Easter 2011!

Easter was filled with lots of family and fun! We first had an easter party the weekend before easter with andrews side of the family. There was lots of yummy food and wonderful company. We ate and then while the adults were hiding the easter eggs my mother in law was giving the true meaning of easter it was cute to see kids tell about the savior. Then after that we were on the hunt for eggs. andrews grandma also has bags with toys for each of the kids so we searched around and found our kids and they loved everything they got of course went straight for the candy. It is always a great time hanging out with the winters they are so much fun and we have a wonderful time together.

The saturday before easter we had a party at my sisters house. Some of the older kids braved the freezing water and went swimming. we ate dinner and then all the men went to the park to hide the eggs. we then trecked over to the park with the kids and they went crazy getting all the eggs. well being that my kids are the smallest and youngest they were quit so fast but they still had fun collecting eggs and eating all the candy. The kids played and coltons cousin clayton was helping colton hit the ball with a bat. he sure loved having a big kid play and have fun with him.
We had a great easter and glad that we have such wonderful families to be around. I am so thankful for the savior and all that he has done for us. I love my little family and so happy that i get to be a mom and wife. Hope everyone had a great easter. warning picture overload but my kids are so cute i had to put them all in!




















































































Thats the best shot i got! oh well still cute








































not happy about having to stop and take a picture

She can walk, she can WALK!

Well finally my sweet little princess can WALK! i am so happy that i dont have to carry her everywhere now and her knees wont be so beat up. she will walk and if she falls she will crawl still too but what baby doesnt do that when they first start walking? I went to my moms house this weekend and she all of a sudden decided that she was going to take a risk and start letting go of things and start moving those feet by herself. I could tell she was a little scared but once she started doing it more she was so happy to be moving with the other kids. Colton has been helping her walk too, he will grab her hands when she is standing and will say come on sissy walk with me, and she absolutely loves it when he does that. Also when we were driving back home me and my sister stopped to eat and i was giving mya her food to eat and she said thank you, i looked at my sister and i asked did you hear that she was like yeah she totally said thank you, she is learning new things so fast but i love it! anyways, i KNOW she will be into everything but colton already is so whats one more. cant believe she is walking and getting so big but we love her to pieces. We love you baby girl!

Smith family Fun!

My brother came into town from china with his family because they bought a home here and stayed for a week and a half. My sister came from utah minus her hubby he had to work but come to find out he had sat sun and monday off he was so sad that he couldnt come, my other sister and brother who live in saint johns also came along with my parents, all 41 of us were together.

we started the family fun off on friday night with the adult dinner. We are the worst people to decide where to eat. first it was joes bbq but not as many people wanted that so we took a vote either olive garden or joes bbq. it was tied 7 wanted joes and 7 wanted olive garden, my mom was the deciding factor and she chose olive garden. so off we went but with such a large party of 15 wasnt going to be that easy to get in fast it was suppose to be like an 1 1/2 wait. we tried calling other places and pretty much was the same we kept going back and forth should we just go to joes. but we figured by the time we got there it would have been the same time for us to get into olive garden. So we finally decided to stay. it was a lot of fun with everyone we sure kept that place a rockin we are always so loud when we are all together.

Next day we had a family bbq at the park by my sister heidis house for jan, feb and march birthdays. we had a scavenger that my mom always does for the kids and then we split up the teams for our annual kickball game. It was the champions vs destroyers we had a so much fun and all the kids had a blast. We played for a long time but we enjoyed every minute of it, but someone always gets hurt when you are having fun, my brother in law bruce slid into home and got his finger caught on home plate and tore his finger nail back and was bleeding a lot but he was ok just some bandages and he was good to go. After that we started the food on the grill and opened presents for those who had a birthday. We had lots of yummy food and ate till we were going to explode or at least i did.

On tuesday we went to Bounce U it is a place where they have slides obstacle courses and fun stuff we had pizza and just had a ball. Colton thought it was pretty fun he kept saying i went to the bounce house. he went down the slides and climbed on the obstacle courses by himself he was so proud. He also got to play air hockey for his first time and he was having a lot of fun with that. mya just crawled around and played with the balls they had there. My 2 brothers got in the boxing ring with these huge gloves on and were pounding each other and were tired after just a few minutes what a bunch of oldies, haha. We just hungout the next few days at his house and let the kids play colton loves playing with the older boys. I love getting to spend time with all of my family we always have such a great time. these are the moments i feel so blessed to have my family! cant wait to the next smith family fun! here are some pictures of the family fun

champions

Destroyers

Watching all the craziness

Basketball anyone

My crazy brothers

Our pretty princess turned 1!

Mya turned 1 on march 11th! All i can say right now is where did the time go? it went to fast thats for sure. Mya has been such a wonderful baby and we couldnt be any happier to have her in our little family. She is a mommies girl like no other and sometimes it is out of control. if someone else is holding her and she sees me she will either cry or do a sad face and try to come to me, i love it but sometimes i need a break. She does NOT walk yet, she is so lazy. But she will get it soon enough. I know that colton wants her to run and play with him so bad. But they do tackle each other and she can hold her ground it is quit funny, sometimes colton screams to get her off.
Mya loves to talk and dance. you say mya dance and she bounces around she thinks she is dancing i love it! She still has no teeth but i think some are working their way in now. it is crazy how different my 2 babies are. She is small but the biggest drama queen ever and very spoiled.

Words she can say:
mamma
dadda
whats that
bye
baby
uh oh

she can also
wave bye bye
clap her hands

Her stats:
16lbs 9 oz (1st percentile)
head 18 in (70th percentile)
length 27.5 (9th percentile)

She is very small and petite and i love it! she is such a joy to have around here and cant wait to continue to see her grow. We love you pretty princess! Here are some pictures and they are out of order cause i am too lazy to fix them.





















Her blessing day!







































Look at those cheeks



































They day we took her home from the hospital




















Eating her cupcake at her party (she had 2 of them)




















Love her face!




















Her cute smile and outfit at her party




















Birthday donut!





















Prettiest baby girl