Random pictures

Here are a few random pictures from this past year. I thought that they were funny.

The Smith family! 

Mis Hermanos! My brothers 

An afternonn Tea with some friends 

An afternoon Tea-We girls and Mama often sit down in the afternoon for a nice cup of Tea and some cake. It is such a delightful time! 

sisters at Tea 

Alan and my auntie Lynda at my great grandmothers funeral 

Our creek out back 

Rachel and our friend Stephanie on the 'sea saw' 

Our first snake!!!!!! Alan has been searching all over our property for one and here it is!! 

Rachel and Alan, the snake handlers 

Arman and the puppies 

baby Hayden 

my mama and puppy Hayden Burnside 

Monday afternoon

Monday morning we ate a hurried breakfast and packed up our swim suits into the sub. When our aunt and cousin arrived we packed ourselves into the car. We had 4 kids in the back and then 5 of us on the middle row. We had a blast and an hour and a half later we arrived at yet another aunt's house. There we were greeted by sandwiches and a huge bowl of fruit which my aunt had so graciously prepared for us. We ate lunch and then hurried off to her community pool. With my various cousins and siblings we filled the pool to the brim and the air was soon filled with the usual pool banter. After having our fill of swimming we headed back up to the house where we gathered around the piano where all my cousins and sister took turns entertaining us with their musical talents. I must say that they are all doing splendid!!! Rachel started a game of cards which you can see from my pictures. I ran upstairs and got a wonderful picture of everyone gathered in the living room.
We then piled into the truck again this time adding to our great joy and merriment my sister Bethany who has been with my aunt for 10 looonnngg days. Hurray for her return!!!!

Just what is my sweet sister thinking about? 

Rachel and our cousin Zoey 

My gunslingin' baby brother Yerik 

At our aunties house. 

Rachie and my grandmother Nana 

Here is the pix of all 10 of us kids in the back seat of our sub! Whew weren't we smashed in there! Good thing that they were all little folks. 

A Commercial in the making

Saturday evening we invited our cousins and a family that is going to buy one of our little puppies to our house Sunday after church. Sunday morning we invited another family out and had a nice day fellowshipping together! Rachie and I fixed a big lunch and I made another one of my chocolate cakes, 'ceptin this one was ugly on account that I had to decorate it with candles. Since we were to have a crowd of little youngun's all dressed up; Daddy decided to shoot a commercial for the puppies. So after lunch we cleared up the dishes and rearranged our dining room into a studio. LOL. Mama wrapped fake presents and I arranged them around my weird cake. We couldn't get a satisfactory angle so we cleared off the top of our freezer and positioned the camera and my cousin Nathan atop. We had a great many laughs and memories from that shoot:) . Later in the afternoon Alan and his friend Mr. Gardiner went outside for a little wrestling whilst we girls tried to dance with our little cousins. It didn't quite work out too well and we could never figure out who was playing the guy's part so we ended up in a heap on the floor laughing hysterically. That evening we sat down to watch Seven Brides for Seven brothers which is an amusing musical that we girls have enjoyed. After the movie our friends and aunt and uncle departed leaving behind a few cousins to spend the night. I was up for the couch that night but before I could climb into bed, Daddy and one of my cousins sat down to watch a John Wayne movie. So I joined my good ole friend the computer and ended up blogging on a friends blog into the wea hours of the morning.

Filming a puppy commercial 

the actors 

camera man utop the freezer. LOL. What a picture. 

the directors 

kitchen clean up crew 

editing crew