The Smith Family Blog

I started a blog post a few days (okay maybe more like a week or more) ago and then had to wait to add the video. I added the video and the post back when I first started it. I didn't want anyone to miss out on a rather hillarious video. So go back a few pots and check out the one titled "the great name debate."

All three girls wanted something different to start the new school year off with. The all volunteered to use their backpacks from last year rather than get new ones so that they could all get new hair cuts. All three went short. Kezri's and Kami's are super cute. Kalaree's is cute but she did one of those shorter in back longer in front things and I have never liked those, but hey she is a teenager and if that is the worst thing she does then I can't complain.

I have started back and man am I in for it. I am not over my head but there is so much to do to get into the swing of things. I had a great psych that left a bunch of stuff in case I wanted it, but that also means I have to go through it all and decide if it will be useful. I keep planning to rearrange my office but when I get there then I have all this other stuff come at me. So far everyone has been super nice. I am so excited about the counseling that I get to do and all the other stuff. This will be a great year. I am seriously missing those wonderful people that I worked with in Medical Lake. It doesn't seem right to be back at work and not around those people. It will get there I am sure. Lots to do and so little time. As far as at home the girls are starting to settle in. The newness has worn off and they are starting to get upset about some stuff. For example, Kami broke down at church on Sunday. She didn't want to stay in primary without mom. After a bit she settled do...

I guess living in such a small space for so long has had quite the impack on our family. While we have this great large house we have resorted to using the closet as our office. I actually kind of like it in their because one it can be closed up but two it is right off the living room and not in my bedroom. But the real sign that we have a real desire to be packed in somewhere is the new room that Kami builds on almost a daily basis. I don't know if it because know we have the room to buid forts or if it is that fact that she like the rest of us don't know what to do with all the room.

Blackberries grow wild all over the place over here. It is so pretty, I wish I had been here to see all the blossoms as they were getting to the point of berrying (is that even a word?) Anyways, yesterday I sent the girls and the neighbor kid out to pick blackberries so I could make some jam. Kalaree took the camera with her and this is what she brought back as far as pictures. Kami got bored so they only picked about 4 cups of berries, which was just enough to make one batch or 5 jars of jam. I think I will have them get some more here in the next few days to freeze. That way come winter we can have all that nice wonderful blackberry cobler.

I introduced you to our new family members in a previous post. Well I figured I should let you in on the great name debate. Here is the deal. When we got Emmett he was young (his eyes were still blue, which now they are green.) So he slept alot. But I could tell he had some fight in him. Well as he has gotten older he has become quite the fighter. Now in order to understand all the debate one must be as in tune with the twilight series books as well Kalaree and I are. Kalaree wanted the name Jasper. Those that read the book know what a calming person Jasper can be. Since he was a sleeper they (Kalaree and Mikaela) felt he should be named after him. But again I said he was a fighter, all about the fight, just like the character Emmett in the book. In the end we went with Emmett which is a very good choice for him really. But in order to prove my point as to why that name here is a video of what it is like around our house right now.

With the move to the new house it meant that there was a need for more beds and more dressers. I found a dresser fairly inexpensive on craigslist but it was yellow and then we had my old bed from high school that was black with balloons painted on it. Kalaree decided that for her Young Women in excellence Divine Nature project she would refinish them to go into her room. The full project took almost two full weeks, working on it here and there. My front porch always had something in the way just so we could get the whole thing done. I think she learned a lot from the project. Here she is sanding (the never ending sanding): Friends helping (hey no one said it had to be done all alone): Picture of the finished project can be seen in the previous house post.