The Smith Family Blog

I am a reality tv show junkie. Now don't get me wrong I am ssssooo not into the dating ones. Seeing a girl and guy making out over and over with many different people is not my cup of tea, but I love the performance ones. Now having said that I am not a die hard till the end type of fan either. I just want to watch the beginning ones were the people have no clue that they shouldn't even be on the stage and yet they stand up there and tell the judges that the judges are not in touch with reality. Oh you crazy people. I mean come on who hasn't loved watching the "American Idol" auditions and not laughed at the William Chungs that fall flat on their faces right at the audition or the Sanjayas that actual can sing but then get up next to the real competition and lose it. I do have to say that this year the "Idol" really had some good singer which I think turned me off the long term watching even more. I didn't make it past the LA week this year since so

I realized the other day that my blog is full of what is going on in the family but not alot about who and what we are. So I found this list of questions on another blog and figured that I would post my answer so everyone can get to know me a little better. Answer the following in one word. 1. Where is your cell phone? ....................purse 2. Your significant other?.......................kind 3. Your hair?....................................ponytail 4. Your mother? .................................wonderful 5. Your father?..................................intelligent 6. Your favorite thing?......................... family (time together) 7. Your dream last night?........................nothing 8. Your favorite drink...........................diet pepsi 10. The room you're in?..........................office 11. Your children?..........................priceless 12. Your fear?...................loss 13. Where do you want to be in 6 years...........settled 14. Where were you las

Was super fast but so nice. We headed down to Portland and Battle Ground for the weekend. Jake and Katie were super nice and allowed us to stay at their house for the weekend. I met with Battle Ground School District and the gal gave me a drive around the district and the town. It is not large at all, you can go from one end to the other in maybe ten minutes and that is if you hit all three red lights. I still do not know the exact school I will be in but that is okay as I am sure I will end up were I am suppose to be. We looked at some houses. Some in our price range and some not. I feel in love with a house that would be absolutely perfect but it was a spec house and so they would have to build the one I want and that would take too long before I have to move. DARN!!!!! Oh well there are a ton of houses for sale and I am sure that we will find the right one when the time comes. The town also sits right above Vancouver and it would be like driving to the valley to do any shopping. Sup

So our goal is to move on or around August first. That means the count down has begun. Only 71 days before we move. So far we have cleared closets and did all the laundry (Thank you Kalaree for the rather large stash of clothes from your room.) We have two GIANT and I mean GIANT boxes in the living room right now of clothes. One is for Goodwill and the other is for the garage sale. Chess if you need clothes still now is the time to let me know exactly what it is you need and in what sizes. The girls are slowly (turtle pace) working on their room. It will get done if I have to do it myself (which I probably will). I plan to go through the kitchen stuff next. Getting rid of a lot of stuff so if you have needs let me know. That will hopefully be on Monday since we will be back from or trip out of town and be able to get something done in one day. I am excite about our trip down there this weekend. It will be nice to finally see the town and see what it has to offer. Lots going on. The gir

I know that I am rather late at getting these posted, but in my defense the road show was the weekend that I flew out to Portland and I flew in just 1 hour before the road show started. I reminded David the night before to charge the camera, which he did. Then he forgot the camera at home the day of the road show so he ran home to get it and forgot to grab the battery. So I had to ask others for their copies of the road show pictures so I could share them. This year the theme was Space. They had the YM/YW team up by building rather than by ward so that was two wards per group. Our team had the assignment of Star Trek. There was a scripture lesson and a standard but I can't remember what they were at this point. It was way over a month ago. Our group had Captain Kirk as a teenager go back in time to Ferris High School to meet and fall in love with a girl. He learned the lesson from her. Sounding a little like High School Musical. It was. Our group had the best choreography and the b

I can't believe how busy crazy it has been. I am so glad that it is over but truly wish that I had another couple of days to keep up this organizing trend I am on. The pool opened on Friday so of course we had to head on down to allow the girls some much needed pool time. Then on Saturday we clean up here at home and then Kalaree and I went to the baby shower. Here is the picture of the outfit I kept hidden. After the shower, the whole family headed over to help Mikaela clean her house since she was suppose to have some people come look at it today. That took the rest of the day. We ended by relaxing int he hot tub (I know crazy in this weather but for sore bones it felt good.) Today was of course Sunday so we had church this morning. It was so nice to be able to go. To be honest I was in a rather bad mood and really struggled getting out the door. Then for some reason church was just what I needed. The primary kids were great and it was nice to be able to hear their beautiful voic

That is what the weather is here. This year has been extremely crazy. First we have so much snow we can't dig ourselves out and now we pratically have no spring. It was cold last week and this week it is HOT, HOT, HOT!!! I am so glad that it has finally warmed up. I so want to start to see the flowers in bloom and to take the kids to the park and do all that fun stuff. I have 5 weeks left of school and the girls have four. We are going down to Battle Ground this next weekend to check out the town and to meet up with the district for me. I am so excited about all the changes happening in our family. The pool is suppose to open either today or next Friday. Two different girls give me two different answers. Of course the girls can't wait for that to happen. They love the pool and I know that once we move they will miss that the most. Hopefully there is a good town pool there or even a house with a pool for sale, we will have to see. Shoot maybe we might even have to buy one from C

I had a really nice day today. Daivd and the girls woke me this morning with a really large gift bag. Inside was a blender and a box of chocolates. It was really nice since my blender went up in a cloud of smoke a few weeks ago. Then David brought in another box and it was a programmable, with a meat probe, locking lid crock pot. Again a really sweet gift since the girls broke the lid handle off the one Jake gave me at Christmas so I was using a spoon to lift the lid all the time. I took my time getting ready for church since David and the girls said that they were going to go early and set up the primary room for me. Church was church. Actually I spent the whole two second hours with a child that isn't adjusting well to the primary room. Mom is a convert and they are just now starting to come out. He will get it down but today was a rather rough day. I didn't even get to go to relief society even though the men taught for the primary today. After church we came hom

I had the interview yesterday with ESD 112 and it went really well I think. They asked numerous questions regarding what I expected from a supervisor and gave some scenarios and what not. I was way more comfortable and it went so much better than the Central Kitsap interview. Today was a great day though. I started the day off at JoAnns. What day wouldn't be great starting it at JoAnns? I had to get a few more things to finish up a baby gift I am working on. Then Mikaela and the girls and I went to some garage sales. No real big finds but it was nice to get out and find sales here and there. We had a quick lunch then back home to finish up the gift. (I promise to post pictures next week after the shower.) This afternoon Mikaela called and asked if I wanted to go to JcPenneys to help her pick out an outfit so we headed to the mall. Then a dinner of half price appetizers with David and the girls and then back to JoAnns because I changed up the gift and had to get something else. Fina

I bombed the interview. I probably would of done better if I hadn't of even answered the phone. They didn't do a single scenario questions. I do so much better with those. It was mostly just questions like, "what assessment instruments have you used" and "what disabilities do you have experience with?" I am so not eloquent with my words when they are straight answer questions. Give me scenarios and I will do so much better. Still no word from Battle Ground so I take it that I am out on that one. Good thing I have more out there. This totally stinks though. I was so hoping to have something nailed down by now. I guess my hope is in those district that don't have any other applicants. Yea, I am rather bitter tonight. Thank goodness for friends and family to cheer me up or I would be jumping off a cliff right about now. Nothing else is going on around here. David is working, I am working, I have a few more interviews mostly next week and then I guess if tho

It was a fairly busy weekend considering that I had no plans to begin with. On Saturday, Grandpa Mike came into town and took the family to breakfast. The girls had a great time eating and talking/playing with Grandpa. He even taught them how to fold a dollar bill into a shirt to leave for tips. Then we visited for a bit outside of the restaurant as Kami ran Ralphie wild. Poor dog couldn't stop for two minutes. Saturday afternoon David and Kalaree did baptisms for the dead. We had a big stake day for the youth and the goal was 1000 baptisms and 1000 confirmations and they did 1300+ baptisms and 1600+ confirmations. It was a great experience for both David and Kalaree to do together. It will be hard to leave behind our temple here. Hopefully, we will be just as close to another whether we are. While David and Kalaree were doing that Kami, Kezri and I went to McKay's birthday party. It was fun. Mikaela had her mom and a couple of her sisters and a cousin come. There was about 8 k

on the Battle Ground job. I was so hoping that it would happen today, but it hasn't so I will have to wait and see what happens next week. I so didn't want to go through the weekend without knowing. I did get a call from Ephrata and have an interview with them the week of the 12th. So those that are counting, including myself that is one interview down and 5 in the next two weeks. I have submitted 11 applications and so far have heard back from 6 so over half. Who knows maybe a couple of more will happen within the next couple of weeks.

I think it went well. I was a little nervous but I wouldn't be human if I wasn't. I hope I came off okay, they did say that they were going to call my refferences so we shall see. They asked the usual question, strength weaknesses, a cople of scenarios and then general about you questions. The interview lasted 45 minutes. They were super nice. The postion is for either a K-4th or a 5th-8th. Both have their pluses. I would really love either one. I also got two more interviews set up today. Grand Coulee called and so did ESD 112. So that is a total of 5 interviews arrainged so far. I really wish I would just get a job offer and then I can just thank everyone and go about getting ready to move and all (still no jobs here.) I am sure there will be some but I jsut don't want to wait for them. Okay here is where I admit that I am not patient, but that I am okay with not being patient because I don't want anymore lessons on it. David is loving his new job. It re