ALL AMERICAN BOY....AND WEEKEND

This weekend started out with no school Friday. It was great!! We got the house done early. NANA and Grandpa Smart came up on Friday. We went to Colton's FOOTBALL game on Saturday. They won- but I think it was more stressful for JOSH than Colton. Isn't he soo cute. I can't believe how big he is. Chip and Hallie came also. It was fun.

THEN we headed for the ranch-of course. Our friend Dave Kriser came with 2 of his 4 kids, his wife was having a spa weekend with some friends- WAY to go DAVE.. you have it figured out. And I think Dave was probably suggesting that Josh do that for me after I yelled at them both yesterday...ps SORRY DAVE!!

Here they are wrestling and playing around. Noah and Jacob were such nice boys and they were VERY funny. Noah was playing a card game with my mother in law who he called grandma- she was singing songs. She asked Noah if his favorite song was I Hope They Call Me On A Mission, and she started to sing it. He stopped her and said "NO WAY...my favorite song is (and he sang) DON"T YOU WISH YOUR GIRLFRIEND WAS HOT LIKE ME" SO funny!!! He also survived getting attacked by yellow jackets that morning.

Then Monday we ended the weekend with the Watson's, Ashley, and Mindy coming up. Josh bucked and bucked Colton's little mule buttercup who hasn't been ridden in a year, and then Colton got on him. We all watched like it was a rodeo, and had a great barbeque!!! Here is a video of Colton working the mule after Josh did...

JOSH IS AVAILABLE TO BABYSIT!!!

MY husband is so awesome. Monday, came in and said "Hey, I'll watch Cade if you want to go to lunch with Jessica". Jessica is my friend she is so awesome, and should be an arm model (see below). YOU SHOULD CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT SOME REALLY EXITING NEWS ABOUT HER!!So I thought heck ya, and I was out in about 3 minutes. Things went great I was gone for about 3 hours, Cade was asleep when I got home and I had a lovely time.

THEN on Tuesday, I had to go to a meeting so thought this will be great!! I left Josh and Cade, when I left they were working on the "Bobcap" building a fence. WHen I came back our sweet little neighbor girl was over to play and this is what I found......

They had gotten into the hair Gel, fingernail polish and makeup, and they were headed for the Rodeo.. He doesn't think that by holding a puppy over his peepee he is exposing himself to her.

I am sorry to my nice neighbor for the condition her daughter came home in that day!! But look how awesome my yard and fence looks- you might have to double click the pic to see it better!! So if anyone needs a babysitter call Josh, they might not be clean and you will probably need new carpet but it's FREE and they will be sure to have FUN!!

A BIG SHOUT OUT TO VAN...........

What you see here is a new hand made branding pot. Along with 2 new brands, and running irons. All custom made by Van. We were so exited when he offered to make us one, since the old one went with Joe. But when we saw what he had made we were amazed. Thank you so much Van. We are so thankful that you did this for us. And we are even more thankful that you still come up to the ranch. We are so happy we know you. (don't worry Frank, I have a tribute to you below) haha. I don't have any pic's of John. But he is Van's little brother and he is so great also. And I don't have any pictures of Ashley, and she is Van's hot mama. Thanks soooo much. Now below, you will see Van on the big blue mule, and below that you will see Colton on it. He rode him home from the drinker and he thought he was BIG TIME.. because it is more like riding an elephant than a mule. Below that, you will see Kallie's new dog. Her first name is Black Betty. Her middle name is Bamdilamdilam, and her last name is Smart (of course). Van, Colton, and Bailee went to check on the concrete drinker, and Van sang Black betty the whole way, so when Kallie went to name her new girl puppy, she decided on that name. All the neighbor kids have come over today wanting to play with "Black Betty"..

Mom and Birdie..

This my friends........., is Frank Johnson. Pretty much the best thing that has ever happened to the Smart family.. He is Bailee's dad. Even if he didn't want to be friends with us after Joe left, he pretty much didn't have a choice. We LOVE him and Bailee, and we are so thankful for them too...Here he is with Khloe.

Kallie had a good ride on K.D. she is getting to be be a better rider every time we go. Good job Sue !!!!!

We had such a good time. We are thankful for good friends. I am so thankful that we were able to get the ranch. It has been such a blessing in our family. We couldn't imagine our lives or our kids lives without it. It is such hard work, and sometimes a sacrifice, but very well worth it. We are so grateful for the people we have met and become good friends with because of the opportunity we have had to get the ranch.. If anyone wants to come up and visit, you are more than welcome anytime.. I am sure everyone is sick of the ranch posts. I will try to change it up...but it is so fun....

FRIDAY MORNING...

This morning I got the kids up, made wheat and oatmeal pancakes (sounds yucky, but they are sooo good). While I was making them, Colton requested them to be BLUE. So, I made the next ones blue. Cade would have nothing to do with them, he was absolutely grossed out with blue pancakes. Then I got the kids off to school, hoping that they will both get 100% on their spelling because we have practiced ALOT... I made banana bars, candied walnuts (for a salad) packed all the groceries for the ranch. Put a load of laundry away, mopped, dusted, showered, and WHILE I WAS GETTING READY..

Cade..this guy...

Was talking about his horses saying that when he gets to the ranch today, he is going to saddle up skipper boy and go and if he doesn't go he is going to spur him and punk him out, whatever that means..THEN he said" S***, mom can my say that if skipper won't run berry good?" I said NO you know that is a bad word, please don't say that or I will have to give you soap again... he sat there and said "but mom is it ok to say D*** IT?" NO it isn't he was so funny he said "ok mom my sure won't say that then".. he ran out and the next thing I know he was in here...

JUMPING ON THE BED IN KHLOE"S CRIB. I hope I make it through today..

I am sure I will though, because I have a NEW RIDE!!!! I have a really nice friend who GAVE me FOR KEEPS this awesome VAN. This things will rock your world until you get out of first gear, but she gets 30MPG... I am so exited. I have been cruising her around all week on a mere $40 bucks... In first gear it kind of feels like you are going over a really bad cattle guard for about 10 seconds. And I only use the A/C when I am on the road, because the belt is squeaking sooo bad that I am afraid I will startle drivers next to me.. I have waived and honked at my neighbor a couple times passing through town, (no names mentioned but his innitials are VW) and Josh. For some reason neither one of them will even look at me...I hope Josh really appreciates my frougalness (sp)... I can buy so much better stuff than Gas with all the money I am saving.. here she is...

I am really exited because my Suburban has been on full for 6 days now. I am glad I can not put the miles on it... but let me tell ya, when I woke up today the first thing I thought was, I am so glad I am going to the ranch today, because I can drive my suburban..

I will blog about this weekend at the ranch on Monday....

KALLIE RAE DOODLEBUG SMART...

THE TORTURE...

I MENTIONED LAST WEEK, THAT I HELD KALLIE DOWN TO PULL HER TOOTH LAST WEEK. I ALSO MENTIONED THAT I STOPPED BECAUSE SHE WAS SCREAMING "YOUR KILLING ME" SO LOUD THAT I THOUGHT MY NEIGHBORS WERE GOING TO, (IF THEY HADN'T ALREADY)... CALL CPS FOR CHILD ABUSE...HENCE, I QUIT. BUT SATURDAY, I COULD TAKE IT NO LONGER. THE TOOTH WAS JUST HANGING THERE, CROOKED AND HALF FALLEN OUT. I TRIED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE NIGHT TO PULL IT, BUT SHE WOKE UP EVERYTIME. THEN I STARTED TO FEEL BAD WHEN SHE SLEPT WITH ME ON THURSDAY NIGHT. SHE SLEPT WITH ME, BECAUSE JOSH WAS OUT OF TOWN WORKING. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT OR EARLY MORNING, SHE WOKE UP CRYING AND FREAKING OUT. I ASKED HER IF SHE HAD A BAD DREAM. SHE SAID "YES I DREAMED THAT COLTON WAS TRYING TO PULL MY TOOTH OUT WHILE I WAS ASLEEP." SO I TOTALLY BACKED OFF ...UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING DURING CHORES. I TOLD COLTON AND CADE TO STOP CHORES FOR A MINUTE AND COME HELP ME. WE ALL HELD KALLIE DOWN IN HER ROOM AND I JUST FLICKED HER TOOTH WITH MY FINGERNAIL AND IT CAME OUT. SHE SAID THANKS AND THE TOOTH FAIRY CAME, LEFT HER 5 BUCKS SHE PAID HER TITHING THE NEXT DAY AND NOW IS DYING TO GO TO TOWN TO SPEND IT. AS YOU CAN TELL BY THIS PICTURE, THE BIG TOOTH IS ALREADY 1/2 WAY IN...

LAST NIGHT WE GOT THE PICTURE BOX OUT..KALLIE WAS SO HAPPY, SHE THANKED ME FOR LETTING THEM LOOK THROUGHT THE PICTURES ABOUT 15 TIMES, AND SAID "THIS IS MAKING ME FEEL ALL LIKE MEMORABLE, LIKE SO MANY MEMORIES"..

(SORRY ABOUT THE SIZE ANE QUALITY OF THESE PICTURES, I SCANNED THEM)

THIS IS OF HER AND JOSH AT HER 2ND BDAY PARTY...

THIS IS A BOA SHE GOT FOR HER BIRTHDAY ONE YEAR. SHE WANTED TO TAKE IT TO CHURCH AND WE WOULDN'T LET HER. WHEN WE GOT TO CHURCH, SHE HAD A LITTLE PURSE/BAG SHE HAD BROUGHT. WE SAT DOWN, AND AFTER SACRAMENT SHE GOT IT OUT FROM UNDER THE SEAT TO PLAY WITH HER STUFF AND OUT EXPLODED THE WHOLE PINK FEATHER BOA,FEATHERS ONLY..SHE HAD PLUCKED EVERY SINGLE PINK FEATHER OFF THAT THING AND STUFFED THEM INTO HER PURSE...

"S" Word Update..

In the last post I talked about Cade saying the "S" word. Well, after that he said it 3 more times. The first time I put some vinegar on his tongue...5 minutes later something happened and he dropped the "S" bomb again. So I put soap in his mouth (see below). He said it one more time, and I put soap again. It now has been over 24 hours with no cussing in the Smart home. I told Josh that HE should have had to get soap when Cade did...(and Kallie said Nana should too)...hehe. SOmehow I managed to escape any blame of being a cusser. Nana and Josh got it all... Go down and Pause the music before you watch this, because he is funny.

Cade is "BASSACKWARDS"

We are potty training...sort of. We need to be more serious about it. But this Cade with his shirt on backwards, sitting on the potty backwards. Is this a sign of a problem child? I hope not. I finally told him today (while changing a poopy diaper) that I don't want him to ever go potty on the toilet. I want him to go to school and have the teacher call home when he poops his pants. I don't ever want him to be a big boy. He looked at me and said "WHY YOU SAY ME AT?" "MOM DON"T SAY ME AT!!" Which needs not only 1 but 2 translations- don't say me that, which means don't say that to me. We are right now trying to break him of the S word. I thought it was going good he hasn't said it for a few days, but we were at lunch with my mom today and he dropped his sour cream, and yelled "aw S*&^!!! My freakin stuff fawled...aw man gosh dangit "But he is really sweet. I was folding Josh's pants last night and he said "aw my daddy grill's (girls) pants aw i miss my daddy grill my want to call him and say come home daddy grill"

BIRDIE got stuck and was soooo mad....until I came and then she thought it was a big funny joke.....

No pictures, but when I went to check on the kids last night before I went to bed. COlton had the ipod on and ear phones blaring out Seven Spanish Angels (notice I chose to play it, what 8 year old listens to that stuff, also the Buckaroo Man...hilarious..But hey we don't own a playstation or have TV...so he only gets his influence from Josh...SCARRY. Colton is in Football and LOVES it.. The breakfast table conversation these days consists of Josh saying "Do you know when you're doing a good job?? When your coach is screaming SMART.... STOP ....LAY OFF THE POOR KIDS, THATS ENOUGH, and also when the kids you are up against are dropping like flies to quit" ...CRAZY.

Kallie likes school, she is a cheerleader for Colton's team. She has a tooth so loose that is is basically hanging there, but won't let anyone pull it. I tried Friday night, and she was screaming so loud I thought the neighbors were going to call the police, so I quit.

Sorry this is such a boring post, mostly journaling for the cool book I am going to have done with our blog. We decided we are going to do a book, and get one made for us and each of the kids every year. SO MUCH BETTER THAN SCRAPBOOKING!!!