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Warm Fall Means Fun In The Sun

S&A — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:59:31 GMT

It has been a very warm and dry fall and Sarah has been taking advantage of it. She has learned how to pump while on the swing and has been spending lots of time in the back yard practicing her new skill (daddy says yeah no more "push me, push me...").

We did the farm thing to get our Halloween pumpkin and went up to the lake for our annual family picture. Here are a few shots from that trip.

Pony Ride, She is an old pro now as you can tell from her expression.

Feeding the baby animals was a big hit.

Will enjoys a good swing now and then too.

Sarah calls our lake property our "camp out spot". Here she is enjoying climbing around on one of our several log piles at the camp out spot.

Thanks for stopping by. We will try to update the sites and get more pics up of both kids soon.

Sport

Just a quick little touch base

S&A — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:07:44 GMT

Summer flew by and with all the fun, we haven't been real good about updating the blog. Sarah started school again this week. Half day, 3 days a week. Here is a pic from her first day back. If you haven't seen them lately, the kids are getting big.

Will turned one today. Grandma and Grandpa Clark were in town last week so Will got a little cake early.

A bath was a must as you can imagine. He gets his hair line from the Smith men but he is starting to get a little more. He is looking pretty cool in the pic below.

Daddy had the Minnesota State Tournament of Champions labor day week and the whole family got to spend a week up north. Sarah enjoyed watching all the anglers bringing in fish at weigh in. The pic below is from day one.

We will try to get a few more pics and stories up in the next few weeks.

Thanks!

Spring Update and Birthday Fun

S&A — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 16:48:00 GMT

Well Sarah is 4 now. Lots of fun was had with both sets of grandparents in attendance for the big day. The neighbor kids came over too and lots of presents were opened. Thanks to everyone who came to the party or sent gifts. She loved it all and is already talking about who she wants to come to her 5 birthday.

Weather has been a little yucky lately. We need it to warm up so we can spend more time outside. We have gotten out when we can but yesterday we made cupcakes. Daddy isnt sure how many more days like that he can handle.

Will got his second tooth now. No crawling yet but he can pretty much roll or twist his way to things he wants. Wont be long now though. He is growing fast and is a serious chunk to carry around. The chiropractor will tell you too.

Happy Easter to all our readers!

Sport

Kid Updates

S&A — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:36:00 GMT

Sarah is doing well in swim class. Her class was recently bumped to the next level. She is swimming with a boy a year older than her so I guess she is doing well for her age. She is swimming short distances with out help and is still completely fearless. She will jump in the deep end and laugh the whole time. She dives with her goggles for toys on the bottom and is working on the forward crawl. Wont be long and she will be a better swimmer than daddy.
We just had parent teacher conferences for her two day preschool. She is doing well there too although still needs to work on disruptive behavior. She is 3 after all, it is what she does best as far as I am concerned.
She was telling me the other day how Jayce, a boy in her class, wants to marry her. She "isn't sure". Sent a little chill down my spine.

Will is 6 mo old now. He got several shots late last week. He has a bit of a cold right now and got his first tooth last night. All in all a perfect storm for crankiness. Not much sleep lately around our house. Every parent should really think about buying stock in Tylenol.

Till next time.
Sport

Will Laughing

S&A — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 01:09:00 GMT

Here is another video clip. This time we got Will laughing at me. He doesnt laugh at just anything so when you get him in the right mood we try to grab the camera. This time we got it. He is almost six months now and is getting big.
Enjoy.

Sport

Sarah Dance Video (experiment)

S&A — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:59:00 GMT

We got a video camera a while back and the videos of the kids have started to pile up. I decided to work on sharing these videos with family and friends and here is my first attempt. If it works, you are in for a treat. We have plenty of them to share. Make sure you let us know your thoughts.

This little number was from last night (2/16/11). A Valentine's day number for moms and dads.

Thanks
Sport
www.SportSmithFishing.com

Holiday pics

S&A — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 22:07:00 GMT

It has been busy here but everyone is good. The holidays were quiet with just the four of us staying home to celebrate. Below are a few pics of the christmas morning as well as Sarah's first school. pic.
Happy New Year everyone and Enjoy!

Halloween Fun

S&A — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 14:24:00 GMT

Sarah has been busy doing lots of fun things for halloween. With a party at Dance class, School, and the Lookout there has been lots of candy collected. Not to mention trick or treating.

There was also another trip to a pumpkin patch and corn maze as well. Lots of fun. The twins from next door came along to the corn maze. Lots of chasing through the corn.

Will of course came along for the fun although he sleeps through most of it still (notice him strapped to daddy's chest). He is growing and is over 11 pounds now. He is a pretty good sleeper and mommy and daddy are managing the night time fairly well (all things considered).

Of course football season is in full swing. Both of the family teams are doing well this season although the trend may not be the same. Sunday usually means a few hours watching the games as a family. Sides are starting to form.

Thanks for checking in on us. More to come.

Sport, Andrea, Sarah, Will

Annual Fall Trip to the Apple Orchard

S&A — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 03:01:00 GMT

With Grandma and Grandpa Smith in town, we headed to the orchard/pumpkin patch this past weekend. The weather was over 80 degrees so it didn't feel like a normal fall day but we still did the wagon ride, apple cider and doughnuts thing. a good time was had by all. Pics below.

                    Sarah shows off her pumpkin face painting.

                                Getting bigger every year.

                                        William enjoys a nap with grandpa.

Thanks for visiting.
Sport

oops!

S&A — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:10:00 GMT

Last night I posted a bad link for the baby pics. It has been resolved in that entry so if you had problems with the link, go to http://blog.sarahava.com/2010/09/23/more-baby-pics.aspx or http://blog.sportsmithfishing.com/ to try again.

Sorry about that. Sleep deprivation I guess.

More Baby pics

S&A — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 00:59:00 GMT

Although this is a site for Sarah, we haven't got one setup yet for William so "baby brother" is getting some space on here. A photographer came around at the hospital and got some real nice shots. Follow the link below and use the passcode to see them.

Enjoy!

Link:http://www.myfirstdayphotogallery.com/gallery/mgh091810awilliam-953489
Passcode:MGH091810aWilliam

Sport

It's a boy!

S&A — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 02:55:00 GMT

William Robert Smith arrived this morning at 8:35am. He was excited to be out of Andrea’s belly since he is 9 pounds, 13 ounces and measuring in at 22 inches. Andrea was excited when they pushed him out of her belly because “I can breathe again”. He has passed all of his tests and Andrea is doing well considering the major surgery this morning. Sport enjoyed watching his delivery and videotaped portions of the delivery.

Sarah arrived this evening with Grandma & Grandpa Clark. She was initially scared of Will being outside Mommy’s belly and Mommy having lots of IVs attached to her. She really enjoyed her first visit with her baby brother and keep wanting to hold and feed him. She is going to be a great helper once we get him home.

More pictures to follow once we get home. Expecting to be home by Sunday.
He has been sleeping most of the day so we are waiting to see if we get any sleep tonight. Keep your fingers crossed!

Long Weekend Out With dad

S&A — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:15:00 GMT

Andrea is busy with Year end accounting stuff so Sarah and Daddy spent a few days up at the lake just the two of us. Fishing was how we spent most of the time but we also did plenty of swimming, swinging and playing outdoors.

Sarah can take a pretty good picture now and helped get a shot of this lunker.

Hard to see but a pretty rainbow was out for us one day. (Left of her)

When Sarah gets tired of fishing she can take a little break on the back deck.

Goofy Sarah

Swimming at Moses Lake. This involved throwing a ball and racing to get it along with trying to catch the many minnows that were following us around.

And by far the fan favorite pic...

Potty Fishing! She slid a nice little largemouth onto the deck from her comfortable throne.

Thanks for checking us out. More coming soon.

Sport

A Quick Note from Mom

S&A — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 03:41:01 GMT

Sport says I am not posting enough blogs..so he provided me an email account so THIS IS A TEST.. he he.

Sarah and I spent most of last weekend playing Nick Jr computer games. She is getting really good at moving the mouse around the computer but Mommy is tired to Diego and Dora already. Maybe, I could get her to blog her own entries soon regarding her activities. Someday soon.

Guess Who Turned Three?

S&A — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:33:48 GMT

I realized I am very behind on entries. I will do my best to catch up a little right now.

Sarah turned three a couple months ago. We didn't have a big party but sarah had a good time and got plenty of gifts. Thanks go out to the grandparents, Aunts and Uncles and well and my Aunts Dee and Kathy for the great gifts. A few pics below of the event. The weather was fantastic, especially considering it snowed the day Sarah was born.

Fire fighter Sarah at an easter egg hunt.

Serious reading!

We have had lots of fun doing other things this spring. Here are a few more pics to catch you up on the fun.

                            Ball Game with Dad at the new Target Field.

                    Taking in a showing of Click Clack Moo with Mom.

                                                    Gymnastics fun.

We will try to get a few more posts up in the near future.
Thanks
Sport

Top three things said to sarah on the average day

S&A — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:33:00 GMT

Ever feel like you say the same thing over and over again? We do. Here are the top three things constantly being preached at the Smith house lately.

#1 "Take that out of your mouth!"
#2 "I said come here!"
#3 "Where did your clothes go?!" ( she just loves to take them off)

I hope you get a laugh out of this.
Sport

Summer Is In The Air and A Few Little Tales

S&A — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:10:00 GMT

Just over a week ago we were snowshoeing in the back yard, Today we had mid 50's and we dug last years crop of carrots out of the garden. Just never got to it last year. Sarah ate a good bunch of them before we got them in the house.
The sap started to run finally today. The trees (only three of them) were tapped a couple weeks ago when it seemed weather was perfect but nothing came. The sun finally came out today and they started to run. Sarah likes to run and check the buckets.

Sarah has given up taking naps 9 days out of 10. Making it tough on dad and his gout toe. Yeah thats right dad is an old man with gout and cant seem to kick it. For all you go to the doctor types...I called for an appointment and they couldn't see me till end of May.

Sarah ran up to the truck today and gave it a big kiss. "I love you Blue" She said with a big smile. Dad was so proud.

Just a quick note to keep everyone up to date. We will try to get some more fun posts up in the near future.

Growing up so fast

S&A — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:25:00 GMT

Sarah has been busy this winter. Mornings at the theater, afternoons in the pool, evenings spent dancing and practicing at bouncy (gymnastics) class. Not to mention fishing with dad and other winter fun.

Yes we are nearing the stereotypical over booked child but not quite. Dance is 30 minutes on Monday nights. The jury is still out on weather or not she really likes it. Swim class is Tuesday and is a must as far as dad is concerned considering the amount of time we may be spending on the boat next summer. Gymnastics is wed evening and is quality time reserved for mommy and Sarah. Dad has started Fly tying classes on these nights. A new cozy Ice shack has proven to be a big hit with Sarah. Pictures below will attest to it. Here are a few of some recent fun.

                            Catching a play with Grandma                                                                        Working on the rockstar look

                    Here Fishy fishy fishy...                                                                                    Got one!

                    Catching fish is a lot of work as you can tell.

Sarah has also been doing a great job of learning to use the potty. Mom and dad have been thrilled with this development as most parents would be. It does make for some interesting situations however like how to go when out on the ice. Boy scout rule...always be prepared.

Well we just wanted to share a little bit and let everyone see how big Sarah is getting. Check back for more Sarah fun and check out http://blog.sportsmithfishing.com/ for more fishing news and stories. Remember to support our advertisers and help build that college fund!

Thanks!
Sport

Winter has come to Minnesota...and Sarah loves it.

S&A — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:04:00 GMT

Although many may dread the idea of cold snowy weather, Sarah simply cant get enough. The Snow is almost mesmerizing to her and everything that comes with Christmas time has just added to the fun. From Skating and sledding to Santa and cookies the past month has been a good time for Sarah. Below are a few pics that show a few high lights.

Sarah wasn't feeling real photogenic at the theater this day. She still thought the sugar plum fairies were great!

I never have met a 2 year old that really likes Santa. Sarah is no different.

Skating on the pond. She has gotten much better than last year. She still needs a little help every now and then.

Mommy's little helper in the kitchen.

Sledding and falling in the snow provides hours of fun. Hot cocoa is often the only way to get her back inside.

Sarah's artwork has also grown and she loves to try different colors as you can tell by the handful above.

Thanks for visiting.
Happy Holidays.

Sarah, Sport and Andrea.

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Fall Season Pics

S&A — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:46:00 GMT

Here are a few shots from the last month or so. We have been busy and Sarah has been having some fun. Check them out and let us know what you think.

                                    Playing with her cousins in the leaves.

                            "Look at Me!" @ the Apple farm.

                    Hanging out on the top bunk at hunting camp.

Happy Thanks Giving!
Sport, Andrea and Sarah.