Mrs. Smith http://mrs.smith.smithfam.us a work in progress Sat, 19 May 2012 06:18:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://mrs.smith.smithfam.us http://mrs.smith.smithfam.us/wp-content/themes/magazine-basic/favicon.ico Mrs. Smith Missing Inaction http://mrs.smith.smithfam.us/2012/05/18/missing-inaction/ http://mrs.smith.smithfam.us/2012/05/18/missing-inaction/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 05:48:37 +0000 Mrs. Smith http://mrs.smith.smithfam.us/?p=3955

Clever title, no?

The title came first.  The blogpost will have to be made to fit it.  Now, why am I missing inaction?  Hm.

Oh yeah.

Because I’m sick, but mothers don’t get sick days.  So I’m missing the good old days when Mommy would tuck me into bed, stick ...

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I debated whether or not to publish this post.  It’s mostly a talk from President Hinckley back in Oct/2000, with my scattered comments throughout.  It’s long.  It’s not very journal-ish.  It’s rather devoid of pictures.  It’s Mother’s Day.  I was hoping to post something more… pretty.  Or something.

Nevertheless, here ...

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May Day, that is.

I’ve never seen anything quite like it.  By the end, my brain was on overload.  Too much awesomeness!  I watched a few of the clips from the 6th grader’s performance in slow motion.  They were EXACTLY in sync with each other.  This is a pretty amazing ...

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What did we do for family night?

We talked about General Conference, of course.  John and I raked them over the coals because of how loud and crazy it was around here all weekend.

Okay, we did no such thing.  And actually, it wasn’t loud and crazy the whole time. ...

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Someone had a birthday! Huzzah!

Gent still maintains his quiet, not-easily-excited temperament. He’s never been quick to laugh and has been the most sober of all the Smithlings. Not that he’s unhappy. He just… I don’t know quite how to explain it.

 

He knows he’s happy, thank you very ...

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I’m curious…

Love,

   Mrs.Smith

PS:  Thank you, Misty, from the bottom of my blogging heart!...

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Sometimes they’re so cute I just can’t stand it.

Like when they’re all scrubbed and combed and ready for church.

Forgive the red-eyes, please.  I’m too lazy right now to fix them.

 

  Incidentally, I think it’s absolutely adorable the way Creativity’s grownup teeth are changing her look.  And ...

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3.14.2012

Remember the neighbor who orchestrated the 11/11/11 huzzah at 11:11am? She’s so awesome. This Pi Party was all her idea, too.

I appreciated the kid-friendly presentation on pi that kicked off the gathering, but -alas- have no pictures of it. Very neat, though, measuring around the lazy-susan with yarn, ...

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It started off with a bang:

 

Rain, rain, rain for days 2 weeks ago, and then it DUMPED a whole bunch on us all at once, resulting in quite a lot of flooding in our area on Friday (the first day of spring break) – and creating a ...

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In which Mrs. Smith demonstrates yet again how to write a very long, very rambly, very wordy sort of post.  But at least she added pictures, right?

I just finished reading A Ring of Endless Light, by Madeleine L’Engle.  This post may or may not turn out to be ...

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