The Anderson's come for a quick visit...

Having a nice, quiet dinner with the Anderson's...

Emily and Cathy...what a treat to have Emily come with her parents to Utah.  It was a somber occasion for their visit as a close family friend unexpectedly passed away.

Rick took our picture then we started laughing and wondered if the candles got in the way....

 

One more shot at a different angle...just to make sure we were in                  the picture!  We got a chuckle off this one...

We had to make a quick stop at Kurt and Jen's. Emily had not seen Kurt in over ten years...closer to fifteen! I wanted them to see Cannon and McCoy.  Cannon impressed Maggie with his drop-kick!

Kurt and Jen and their sweet family!

Jen took a picture of us before we headed up to Temple Square.

What a treat to show them Temple Square during the holidays.

Finding the perfect tree...December third

I finally had a Saturday off so we went to a new Christmas tree lot in town... These tree's were cut from Oregon!

Kelsey chose a beautiful noble fir and it took us minutes to decide!  Love that kind of decision making!

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These were our beautiful assistants...one being Jeff & Andrea's daughter Chantell (right).

We made it home in minutes and the tree looks beautiful in our big family room.  I'll have to show you later!

Thanksgiving Day 2011

The kids trying to pop popcorn with their cell phones... I think we were doing it wrong.  We heard the pilgrims tried this their first Thanksgiving...

We decided to all eat in the family room so we could all be together!  Here is Kylie showing us the spread...

Jamie and Conrad before our feast.  Jamie is due with their third baby in April...we are so excited!

Cara and Matthew Bair who is from Arizona.  He spent a few days with us during Thanksgiving.  They make a cute couple...

Dan and Ally who are dear friends of Kelsey's from college days at BYU-Idaho.  Ally & Kels graduated from college this past April.  That is something to be grateful for!

Kelsey, Cara & Matthew..

Kelsey, Dan & Ally.

 Jen and Kurt right before dinner.  Love that they live so close. They moved into their new home the evening before!

Rick and I with Jen, Cannon & Kurt.

Jen, McCoy & Kurt...McCoy's first Thanksgiving.

Reese and Nana after dinner.  Love that smile!

Reese playing with Bapa!  She can sure light up a room!

Kathleen & Craig stopped by for some pie & leftovers!

We love our new little grandson, McCoy!

Tried to get a little shot of the grand-darlings...

Not getting a lot of cooperation on this picture...

Jen and Jamie with their babies...Love them all!

Family Times...Sunday dinner!

Nana, McCoy, Reese and Cara just hanging out!

             Our family pyramid!  Minus the two boy's and Reese.

Kylie and Reese putting on a little skit for us...

Jamie and Conrad helping Kylie with her skit...such good parents!

Reese and Uncle Kurt with Kylie...love this shot of the three.

Having a good laugh!  Love these kids!

Cannon and Jenn

The whole Smith family 2011

Reese and Bapa

Family Weekend up at State...

 Rick helping Cara warm up her tootsies!  It was a cold game...but such a great one!

There definitely were not as many fans at this game as there were at the September game!  Cara's friend, Whitney is one of the blonde cheerleaders down on the field.  The snow plow had to come clear the field from the snow!

I don't think the snowmen had to pay to get in!  They stuck around for the whole game, added to the number for attendance and loved the ending!

 

Here is Taylor, Cara and Allie at the game!  They left at half time and missed the BEST  ending!  Love a good football game!

Rick and I went to get some hot chocolate during the third quarter.  San Jose State was so close to getting into the end zone (as you can see) but were not able to do it!  Yeah!!!

Here I am at Romney Stadium!  We beat SJState by one point! I was so excited to be there for a win!  After the game we went back to Cara's apt (short for apartment) to warm up!  Then off for some shopping and dinner!

   We also drove by the temple which is just beautiful at night!  

Then we had to stop for some Aggie Ice Cream!  I tried three different flavors and got two for one! It was a fun night!

Cara at the Linger Longer (name for dinner after church) with her friends Kylie and Bailey.  Her ward is full of great young adults!  We really enjoyed meeting her friends.

This young man is one of the punter's for the Aggie football team.  He is from Oregon and served his mission with close friend, Davin Phillips. It was fun making that connection!

Dad, Cara and Mom after church and dinner.  We are so proud of our girl, Cara.  So many people came up to tell us of service that Cara had given them this past semester. We have awesome kids!

Cathy with Jacob Haueter.  It was fun meeting him!

Rick and Cara leaving church.

Cara and me at her church building.  I have never been in a Stake Center that has an office for the stake Relief Society President! This one has one... as well as two chapels.

After we left Logan we drove through Brigham City and got a picture of the new temple they are building there!  It looks a lot like the one in Rexburg. We are a temple building people!

Thanks Cara again for the fun weekend! We love you!