He's Home

YAY!!! So we finally found him. He was at the pound in Magna...so far away, not really sure why he was clear out there. I guess someone found him and brought him to the pound. He is healthy and just as crazy as ever. I am so relieved that I dont have to tell my mom that he is dead or that we couldnt ever find him. I was a group effort for the whole family and now he will never be let out of our sight!!

LOST!!!

Monday night I let the dog out around ten. When I last saw him he was running around tryin to decide which spot of the grass was going to be the best to fertilize. I ran upstairs to get Taylor ready for bed and while I was doing that my smart little 20 month old shut the sliding glass door and locked it. I went to bed shortly after putting Taylor down and just completely forgot about the small 9lb dog in the back yard. Well we have a wood fence that has warped pretty badly in some spots so it would have been easy for him to get out. When I woke up at seven and tried to take him out he wasnt coming to my calls. That is when it hit me. I NEVER LET HIM BACK INSIDE LAST NIGHT!! I went into panic mode ran out side to see if he was still in the back. Taylor was right behind me with her hands in the air yelling something that sound like "STAPTY" her little head tilted to the side looking so confused. He was no where before Cody and I both had to be at work we each drove around the neighborhood looking for him. I went to and call the humane society and the animal shelter in Murray and My brother Jeremy and his girlfriend made a trip to the animal shelter in West Valley(they are real jerks at that one). I have been calling and making visits everyday since Monday and no luck. Sad thing is, he has his tags on and my mom's number is the one on the tags. Well she is in Alaska(that would be why I was watching her dog) and doesnt get service up there. The phone didnt even work(she has cricket) so no voice mail or anything. Well I was finally able to work something out with cricket and I got her voice mail up and running and put a message on there to call me if they find the dog.
Im so sad I love that dog. My mom has had him for almost 5 years now and he is part of the family. People will ask Taylor where scrappy is and she calls for him and when he doesnt come she gets super sad and comes to me and fake crys on my shoulder. I hope he makes it back home

Mullet slide show

Ok so I love Mullet Watching!! I will take anyone's photo that is sporting a mullet. I would love help on this too. If you see a great mullet out there snap a photo and send it to me and I will add it to my Mullet slide show

Catching up!

Wow ok I need to get in the swing of doing this on a continual basis. Sorry ya'all I will get better at doing it. But lets recap the last few weeks of our lives.

August 6 2008

The blaze put on a free concert at the Gallivan Center, that featured The Spencer Neilson Band as Well as a favorite of mine

If you arent familiar with them they are an amazing local band. When Taylor was first born she would scream bloody murder during bath time unless I had them playing on the ipod! You may think it is silly but true. So my Mom, her boyfriend Scott, my brother Jeremy and his girlfriend Caitie all rode trax down there for the festivities. My cousin Tiva and her two daughters met us there along with a few friends of my moms and their two kids.

Tiva and her girls

My Mom with Keitlyn and Taylor Dancing away

We had so much fun! Anytime seeing Royal Bliss is fun, but especially when it is free and the kids can join as well!

August 10 2008

My spontanious boyfriend (lol) had great idea to head up to the mountains and get out of the heat. Well we ended up at . It was so nice up there and so pretty. I hadnt been up there in years, but those mountains are Cody's second home during the winter months. It was so nice to just be up in the mountains and away from people. We did a little hiking, but not as much as we would have liked because Taylor and I had a birthday party to go to.

The birthday party was at the park and there were a ton of kids there for Taylor to play with. Grandma Debbie takes her pretty much any day that she has her. That maybe an exaggeration but not too far off ;) Taylor has been obssed with sports balls since she was tiny. Most little girls want to carry around a doll. Not our kid, if there is a basketball around she wants to bounce it and spike a football if you have one of those for her to play with. The Smith family may not be happy with this next comment, but they better get over it(he he). She loves to kick around a soccer ball occasionally she will even kick the basketball around. She does know how to throw a ball around too, not just toss but really throw. Just like her Daddy ;)

We actually had to leave early from the birthday party, because my Granny, Cody and I were heading to Wiseguys to see Marcus (from Last Comic Standing). Actually we went to see my Uncle Guy and Marcus but I found out after I had tickets that Guy was cut from the show and then earlier on Sunday was asked to do a last minute show after the one we already had tickets too :( It was fun anyways.

August 14 2008 MOTHERS DAY IN AUGUST

For Mother's Day this year my brothers and I bought my mom a gift certificate for all of us to go golfing together. She loves to golf but doesnt do it much anymore, so we thought we would go with her. There were 7 of us but only two with their own clubs so after scrambling to find enough sets for us to golf with and enough beer to fit in the bags :) we were on our way. Cody and my Mom are the only ones who really know what they were doing so im sure that the people around us were either super annoyed or extremely entertained

My brother's girlfriends in their flip-flops. That is my mom showing you were the green is and where her son's ball went. Cody my brother was struggling. It was so much fun I could really get into golf.

August 16 2008

Cody Smith's 26th birthday. We got up super early on a Saturday which isnt our style 7am to be exact and headed to east canyon. We went up emmigration canyon because of all the construction up Parley's. That is a much more scenic route, but I swear everyone who owns a bike was up that canyon just taking over the road. I know I know they deserve to be on the road as much as we do, but seriously is it really necessary to be in the center of the road so that we cannot pass you and then when we do pass you, do you need to flip us off? Dont think so!! Just stay on the shoulder and it wouldnt be so bad. There were signs up and down the whole canyon saying "please share road". No worries there were no mountain bikers that were ran over by the Murano that day. We arrived just in time for breakfast, Thanks Susan!! We tried to head out and play on the lake but it was so darn cold. Alisha had on sweat pants, hoodie and a wind breaker. She is our transplated Texan.

Finally it warmed up and we made it out on the lake for an hour or so. We had to leave early to get home and ready for a bbq celebration. It was a short trip but worth it. I love being away from the city! We had a big group of friends over that night and ate lots of food and lots of cocktails. Everyone had a good time, especially the birthday boy and the crickets. LOL

This is the end to the forever long post. I will work on posting more often.

Love your guts

Taylor Mae

So last Tuesday I took Taylor in for her 18 month check up. Wow she is growing so fast! She is 32 1/2 inches (70%tile)tall, she weighs 23lbs 14oz (35%tile), and her head size is in the 90%tile. So our little monkey is a tall skinny girl with a big ol' head. Pretty much just like her daddy(he he dont tell him I said that). It seems like just last week I was pushing her to learn how to walk and now I miss the days of putting in one spot, running to the bathroom coming back to still find her in the same spot. Boy o boy is life different now! She is such a smart little girl, you only need to show her how to do things one time and she can complete the task. She is especially good and doing things that you do not want her to do, like open the child safety locks on the cupboard!! They are supposed to be child proof, but I swear she is better at opening them than I am.

Her language skills have developed a lot in the last few weeks, she still only says a handful or words that you can understand. She is making a lot of noises that sound similar to words, but not quite there yet.



She is 100% a water baby, ok well she loves to be on the boat with her life jacket on, but not necessarliy in the water! She definately love kiddie pools, but keep her away from sprinklers she is terrified!!

IM OFFICIALLY A BLOGGER!!

Yes I am now sucked into the blogging world. You must bear with me I am terrible at these things, but I'm certain I will catch on quick. I should say as soon as Tausha teaches me how to use this thing I will do much better.