Mom's Trip 2010

Todd's little brother Kevin is the last one in the family to reproduce.  When we found out that he and his wife Laura were expecting, all the sister-in-laws starting planning a surprise trip back east!  It seems like we'd been planning and thinking about this trip for forever!  The weekend finally came....and it didn't disappoint!~

We flew into Baltimore and spend our first day touring our Nations capital in the cool rain.
We got to go hit all the sites.  Washington really is an amazing place. 

(Laurie, Stacy, Me, Lindsay, Janet)

The last and only other time that I've been to DC, was for Kevin's wedding and we had all the kids with us.  We dragged them all around the National Mall but this experience was a bit different.  No kids whining, no potty stops every 15 seconds, and no big crowds. 

Thanks to the raining day, we even got tickets this time to go up top of the Washington Monument.  Amazing views.

The real reason for the trip was to surprise Laura for her baby shower.  With a lot of help from her hubby we pulled off a huge surprise! 

(Lindsay, Me and Stacy)

(Lindsay and Laurie)

Us Smith girls have never taken an all mom trip before.  We did some major bonding, a ton of laughing, great site seeing and of coarse some shopping!

Kevin and Laura live in Annapolis, MD.  Home of the Navy campus, beautiful sail boats, gorgeous views, amazing crepes and a fun town feel.  We toured the Navy campus which by itself is an amazing place!

Couldn't you just die for this view in your back window?  My view at home is of Panda Express and a gas station, I think I'd rather see this view everyday hands down!!

This is memorial hall on the Navy campus.  I had a bit of a moment in here.  The photos on the wall, the stories of heroes, the feeling in that room was a strong spiritual moment.  As I read and saw everything that this hall had to offer, my mind went back to my son who is now a teenager.  In the not to near future he will be making some major life decision's that may lead him down the path to Navy.  I'm just praying for BYU and and mission but I'll love and support him either way!  War.....Mission..... hmmmm.  I loved this plaque behind me "Don't give up the ship"  that saying is profound! 

Our trip was an amazing get away!  I feel so much closer to all my sister~in~laws!  Together we sure can have a ball!! Thank you all for an amazing trip, and mostly thank you Kev and Laura for giving us a great reason to come!!

Helmets, Pads and Cleats

Fall is finally in the air and Saturdays at our house are
spent on the field(s) and court.

Shayne finally convinced me to let him play some "real" football.  No more flag.

I wasn't sure that I was going to be able to stay put on the sidelines if he happened to take a hard hit... but as I've now learned... he is plenty big to take the hits and really good at giving the hits!   

Emily starting playing soccer and loves every kick!  She scored her first goal on Saturday and she was all smiles!!  Our Emily has some serious soccer skills!

Megan is playing volleyball, finally a kid that loves a sport that I love to play!  Lucky girl gets her mom to be her coach, some days she doesn't feel so lucky I'm sure!  I've got to get a picture of her in action, she's really great! So until then, she is sure growing up fast!

Ashley is waiting for softball to come around!  She can handle that a bat like no other!  Action pictures of her coming soon too!  Until then, she wins the prize for super supportive sister!