Checked out the Clubhouse for Anniversary gathering

We went over to the Clubhouse today to take some photos for Arrion as she continues the planning for the August 8 family gathering for our 50th Anniversary (actually on the 7th, of course) Celebration.

Lots of nice tables and chair, kitchen, and a flat screen tv at the front of the room.

It was a very good day! ;-)

New Smith Family Activities and History Website

Along with continuing this and my other blogs, I have initiated a new Smith Family Activities and History Website that is intended to connect all of the internet activities of our family all in one location, utilizing the escrapbooking.com server that Annette and Larry will be maintaining into the indefinite future.

This will also be the site where I will be able to share with everyone many of the photos we have from the past that have not yet been digitized, and to organize those that have. The site is organized by decades, in the 21st century, in the 20th century, and even earlier... eventually.

An RSS feed has been set up on the What's New page, that I use to record the work that is done on the site. Annette helped my set it up like their Travel Log pages. It is much like a blog; except comments need to come via email... Using the RSS, you can get notified of each update on your igoogle page, just like a blog.

Here is the What's New page: http://www.escrapbooking.com/smith/whatisnew.html

It was a very good day! ;-)

Poetry Night at Entrada Institute in Torrey

Larry and Annette and I went to the monthly Entrada Institute meeting in the Robber's Roost Book Store in Torrey, Utah, last Friday night. They posted a bunch of photos taken at the meeting, and we were in one. Notice how attentive we are to our presenter.


It was another very good day! ;-)

Sombrero Bill

I was only in the Flute Shop for a few minutes, but Annette got this photo of me trying on a Sombrero - oh lay! or whatever! ;-)


It was another good day! ;-)

P.S. I'm writing these up in the Hampton Inn, in Las Vegas, as we get ready for our early morning flight, tomorrow, to Little Rock via Dallas. Yesterday, we went up to Donkey Reservoir on the 4-wheel drive roads in the Jeep. That was an adventure... to be shared later on. ;-)

Is that Dave Letterman?

Outside the Nature Center, on the porch, on Saturday, they had this sign, to stick your face in. The kids did it too, of course, but when I tried it, it looked David Letterman, don't you think?!?! It least at first glance...

It was a good day, anyway! ;-)

Kaylee and the Teepee

Tried to put this photo on with Sunday, put could not get two photos to work together...


Still at the Flute Shop, they had this teepee outside. Ben and I each tried to get her to go look at it. She wouldn't get close. A little later, she got more "explorative" and walked out almost to it... and turned around and walked back. I got this shot, just as she turned around.

It was a very good day! ;-)

Cow - at the Flute Shop

Kaylee, 20 months, now calls most animals "cow" - from one of her books. She is talking much more, even in two or three word sentences... but, most animals are "cow." We all went to the Nature Center, a building for kids activities, at Capital Reef yesterday. Had a picnic lunch nearby, then took the kids over to the nature center... we were the only ones there, with the volunteer ranger. Real nice. During the picnic, we did see a deer - that see called "cow" - of course.


On the way home, we stopped at "The Flute Shop" - curios as well as flutes, right along Highway 12, the main road up Boulder Mountain. Ben and I took turns keeping Kaylee busy outside, so her little hands didn't grab at something she shouldn't have. One fun turn of events, right outside the door, is shown in the photo - she pointed and said: "Cow!" And she was right, of course. ;-)

It was a very good day! ;-)