First Zoo Trip

What do 4 moms and S-E-V-E-N boys under the age of 3 have in common? We went to the Zoo yesterday. It was Rigel's first time. Almost a reward for sleeping 11.5 hours the night before without him knowing it! He really liked the monkeys, penguins swimming and elephants. He made the noises for the monkey and elephant... what sound does a penguin make? The hippo photo is for daddy!

The Long Road Trip

Yes it's been a while, again, since we posted. we have been on a 3 week road trip. We started off driving to Lost Canyon Young Life Camp to visit "the other Smileys". They were wonderful hosts to us and our nephew Hunter who promptly asked his mom "can I come here next year?" From there we headed to Cali to see family. Rigel hadn't seen his Granny and Poppy in many months. They were delighted to see his "booty scooty", hear him babble and say some words, get hugs and watch him play with his tractors!

While in CA we took the opportunity to see some friends. We headed to Santa Monica beach to see the newest, radest baby Max Alan Jed! We made our way to the beach where Rigel loved playing in the waves... and yes, eating the sand- yuck!

Before heading back to my parents end of town we made a quick, but inspiring visit to Children's hospital LA to visit the Nelsons and Miss Moriah! So here is this young family fighting the fight of their baby girl's life and they ask us if we need anything! Wow! You can see us on her blog- Moments with Moriah from our page.

Then the Big Bear weekend came. It's a yearly family trip of sorts. Time of relaxing and catching up with each other and watching he family grow as we welcome new babies like Adain who was just 7 weeks old.

We made another trip to Corona Del Mar beach near Newport for some family fun time and my love of the ocean. Rigel ate even more sand there- more yuck!

We were so impressed with how Rigel handled the 2900 miles spent in the car! Boyd and I made it through with the help of digital audio books- we made it through the first 2 books of the twilight series and even started the third book to our surprise.

Enjoy the photos!

New Adventures

Well we are finally out of the Cavan house. Sold, Buh-Bye! Now we are staying with our friends Casey and Danni Thornton. We are in their debt. As for now we have been house sitting for the Grooters in Martin Park. This is nice because it allows us to go hiking without driving to get there. The Doggies are loving it and Rigel likes riding high in his chariot. I am not a fan of when he rides me like a horse and shifts his weight back an forth when we are on narrow trails. Rigel has found that he likes fruit bars... see the remnant on his face?

Hole in the backyard

Well, here are pictures of the hole in my backyard. Mom and Dad are not happy with it but I thought it was cool there were so many big trucks out front and excavators in the back moving a lot of dirt around. I was mesmerized and could watch all day except when I needed a nap. I let my parents know how upset I was when I was forced to lay down when there was so much cool stuff going on. My Mom and Dad are happy that it is all done, now we can move... Whatever that means.

Not allergic

Yummy peanut butter!

Thumbs up!

Ok, so here is what I look like when I fell asleep on my hand. I got a perfect thumbs up imprint on my forehead.

Moving and such...

So we got into full swing for our move, only to discover the county wants our septic system to be larger. Putting in the new system has pushed our closing date back a couple of weeks at least. We pray all goes smooth and quick. Rigel has taken it all in stride and doesn't seem to notice we have almost no furniture in the house. We are so thankful for all who helped us, especially when we thought we were in a hurry! We will stay with our good friends the Thorntons and hope to visit some family this summer too.