Girls gone crazy

The last several weeks Steve and I have been going to Lehi every Wednesday to watch Nathan and Isaac play in a softball league. We always take the dogs and meet Bethany there. These are some pictures we took last week of them. Heather was in the back seat with Maddie and Duke and they were so funny. They love the wind in their faces and Duke has to be wherever Maddie is.

On Saturday night Heather, Bethany, and I had a little girls night. Isaac was in Cedar City with family and Steve had gone to the general Priesthood meeting. Well, for those of you who know us the 3 of us can get pretty crazy. After watching some TV we were watching a movie called Beauty Shop with Queen Latifah. There was a guy in it who had corn rows in his hair and was doing them on women in the beauty shop. Well Bethany decided it would be fun for Heather to do that to her hair. Here are the results.

What fun. We had blankets and pillows all over the floor. I went to bed about 2 a.m. I don't know how long the girls stayed up. The next morning we watched conference and had grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup for lunch (a Soelberg favorite). Bethany went to the Hinckley's house when Ike got home and Heather and I put together a jigsaw puzzle together while we watched conference. Steve had to work so he missed out (poor guy).

Heather should find out this week about her condo. It's taken longer to hear back from the bank. Hopefully we should hear by Tuesday. Ike and Bethany found out they couldn't move into the basement apartment they had found. They were very disappointed. They're not sure what they are going to do at this point. Ike was made Young Men's President in their ward a couple of weeks ago so they may just stay there for awhile, Bethany just wants a bigger apartment.

Our trip to Boston, Massachusetts

On September 18 and 19 Steve and I took a quick trip to Boston. Steve doesn't have 2 days off together very often except Sunday and Monday so when he had Thursday and Friday off we decided to take a quick trip. Our original plans were to go to Anchorage, Alaska, and go to the temple there, but when Steve checked the flight for the trip home it was pretty booked. We didn't want to get stuck there so we brainstormed for an alternative. I still wanted to go somewhere where there was a temple. I asked Steve if there was a temple in Boston as we have a friend living near there who we wanted to go see sometime. I didn't actually talk to Marianne until we were nearly on the plane to finalize the details (although I had talked to her husband) and just hoped it would all work out. The timing was great for her. She picked us up and we went to the temple and the next day she took us around Bostom for a little sightseeing. We are going to have to go back to see it all. It's beautiful. The highlights were visiting the Minute Man Monument and the USS Constitution. That was the coolest ship I've ever seen.

Minuteman Monutment
USS Constitution

We really enjoyed visiting with Marianne. She is the same age as Matthew and her family and our family moved into our first homes at the same time. They're an awesome family. They moved to Logan when Matthew and Marianne were in junior high but see them as much as we can, which isn't as often as I'd like. During our walking around Boston I was walking behind Steve and Marianne (I was spending a lot of time on the phone with Heather--more details on that next week) and I noticed that Steve and Marianne have the same walk. It was hilarious. They could have been father and daughter.

Marianne and Steve walking along

Steve loved seeing Fenway Park

Terri, Steve, and Marianne in front of Fenway Park

Bethany and Isaac had good news this week. They finally got the move-in date for their move to a basement apartment in West Jordan. They're extremely excited. The move will take place on November 1. Yippee!!!!

Macy and Grandparents

Great Grandma Smith and Macy

Great-Great Grandma Hatch and Macy

Gramps and Macy

Pictures of Macy

Pictures from Smith Reunion, Aug.30, 2008

Cousins

Jesse, Bethany, Heather, Susan, Matthew, Jennifer, Lora, Russell, John
Smith Family

Lavern, Matthew, and Janelle

Here's our week in a nutshell. After our wonderful Sunday with the whole family I took the opportunity to take my 2 granddaughters shopping, something I've been waiting years to do, even though Macy will not remember it. I bought Macy 3 outfits for the colder weather (I've been dying to buy her some clothes but she had enough summer stuff). I bought Janelle a dress, a pair of pants, 3 tops, and some flip-flops. We had great fun. We also had Trinity with us and I bought her a couple of books (she didn't need any clothes, she has an aunt who keeps her well stocked from her 2 little girls). We took in some lunch, I took Janelle to an appointment, took Macy to Jessica, and met up with John and Tammy to drop off Trinity. I had a great day with my 3 sweet girls!!

Steve had Thursday and Friday off. He rarely has 2 days off in a row other than Sunday and Monday. He decided he should take a little day trip. I told him he should go down to Tucson to visit with his sister as he hadn't been there since his dad passed away in May. He flew out Thursday morning and was set to come back Friday morning but hurricane Ike put a damper on that. All the flights out of Tucson were booked with people affected by the hurricane. You wouldn't think that being so far away from it we would be affected by it but it has far reaching effects. Steve ended up buying a ticket for the next day. He was able to spend more time with Carolyn and some of her kids and grandkids so he really didn't mind other than having to buy a ticket instead of flying free!!! He got home on Saturday just in time to go with Matthew and Nathan to the BYU football game. In case you haven't heard, BYU defeated UCLA 59-0. Go Cougars!!! While they were at the game I went with some Red Hat ladies (a group of over 50 ladies, which I now am, headed by Isaac's mom, Diane) to a cute little diner in Oakley, Utah. (I'll post a picture later.) After going the wrong way for about 5 miles (my mistake as navigator) we finally got there. It was great fun.

We had Stake Conference today which was actually part of a Regional Conference broadcast from the Conference Center. President Monson related a funny story I'd like to share. He said that during one of the General Conferences President Hinckley had told him that if he (Pres. Hinckley) nodded off President Monson was to give him a little nudge. President Faust then said the same thing. Well, during conference President Monson noticed them both nodding off but he thought, "how do I nudge a prophet of the Lord awake." He then came up with a great idea. He gave President Hinckley a little nudge and told him to give President Faust a nudge. Well President Hinckley went on to give President Faust more than just a little nudge. It just goes to show that even the greatest of spiritual giants can have a great sense of humor.

As for our kids, Heather is still looking for a place to live in December after her roommate gets married and Isaac and Bethany are waiting to move into a basement apartment in November. Nathan and Jessica and Macy are doing great. Matthew, Lavern, and Janelle have made some improvements to their house and yard. Life is good.

Our family finally was able to be in the same place at the same time on September 7th, gathering for Heather's birthday. We all had a great time. Here is a picture of all of us (including the dogs).