Merry Christmas!!

Blessings to you all from the Smith Family!

I'm just randomly posting a few pictures this morning - I'm "fiddling" around with my blog and trying some new back grounds! (Yes, a few family members are missing from this post - the camera-shy rascals...) :)

I should probably be sleeping, but after just getting home from work after a 5 day stretch, I just didn't want to waste a moment of it by sleeping! Sorta silly, but I can nap later... For now I'm enjoying some breakfast and R&R with my loved and lovely ones!

Rea had a high fever the past few days, so will most likely just be playing some games with the kids and watching football and baking today. What is it with the crazy flu bugs around here!? I'm praying everyone is healthy and well tomorrow since we are planning to be in San Jose with our friends/church family there.

Earlier this week Daryle and I took the girls out for lunch with us and the boys stayed home to hang out with David (they are currently highly enthralled with Play Station 2). We took them "running around" with us, which is what we call those days when we have a bunch of random wierd errands to run that take 3-4 hours and you still feel like you haven't done anything productive. I actually relly enjoy those days, and to have them with us for a fun meal felt like a treat! They loved having mom and dad all to themselves too!

Ya'shar was very cooperative in posing for me outside - I decided to try to re-create the outdoor shots that the photographer did for the other kids' school pictures, but they didn't look quite the same... :) I made copies of my pictures at Target and sent them along with the other ones' pictures in some cards, but somehow his were all strangely-sized! Ah well.... next year they will all have identical pictures!

I'll post some more captured moments of our adventures from this weekend later next week! Off to squeeze in a nap before football starts and the energy-level around here quadruples!!