Time For School

Classic first day of school pics.

Maddie is in 4th grade and Abs is in 2nd.

More Camping!

Shem and the girls just did their annual father daughter campout.

Luckily Jarem is still young enough that he doesn't know

what's going on.
Next year I'll start doing something special with Jarem.

The girls love their time with DAD!

SMITH FAMILY CAMPOUT!

Every year there is a Smith Family Campout.

It's usually up the mountains but this year we changed it up.

We spent three days at Lake Palisade.

We camped in style (in a GREAT TENT TRAILER).

We played in the water, went hiking, played in the kayaks,

ate good food, played games, told stories, sang camp chants, 

and had a funny face contest.

It was a ton of fun, but the trip home was an adventure!

 Our camp site.

 Our morning hike. The view from the top!

Climbing trees.

Swimming!

Snuggles with Aunt Shay.

The four bros - then and now.

The first picture was taken 10 years ago! 

The whole group - mostly.

Playing in the back of the truck.

Who knew it could be so fun.

After all the good times - we had some trouble.

On the way home we stopped for a tire blow out.

Only it wasn't a tire blow out.

It was a snapped wheel axle on the trailer.

Luckily Shem is resourceful and after rigging things up,

we were able to drive a little more.

Uncle Mitch and Uncle Petey came to the rescue.

So close yet so far away - only an hour from home.

After about four hours the trailer was fixed

and we were off again.

Thanks everyone for the good times and the help!!

We sure love our families.