Parks

We had lots of fun today! We went this morning to another great park in the area with lots of slides and swings and met with a mom that is the wife of one of Matt's co-workers. She was very nice and extremely helpful. I look forward to many more playdates. Then after Aria's nap we went to the neighborhood park where I got a few pics. Tommorow we have another full day of working out, playdates and shopping! Enjoy the pics.

East view

"Feather!"

West view

Field near main playground

Aria loves this slide!

Our new town

Well...it has been a week now and we are getting settled in to our new routine and new town. Aria is loving all the playgrounds and her new big girl bed. Our new town is beautiful, surrounded by mountains with snow on them this time of year and TONS of palm trees. On one of our outings we went to a local childrens museum. I put some pictures up here and you can see a couple of them I was having fun taking pics of the scenery from the courtyard of the museum. So far most of the people we have come across seem really nice and friendly and seem to really want to help. Our new home is quite a bit larger than our other home so it has been different learning to organize and clean the new space but it has a great layout and is fairly new so it is pretty easy to maintain which is great b/c Aria needs as much of my time as possible to go places and play which is all she seems to want to do. We still can't believe this is our new home and we miss our family and friends but we are also always up for adventure and are really enjoying the different things California has to offer us. Enjoy the pics!

They had a real police motorcycle that Aria enjoyed "riding"

The grocery store was so cute and realistic
(notice all the pop tarts, she has never even had any before)

yummy asparagus

artwork time

sand spot

beautiful view from the courtyard

mountains and palm trees

We Are Moving!!!! (in case you did not know)

Well here we are in 2011 and already big changes are happening. We are moving to California! That is right...I said California. Very far away from anywhere we have ever lived and from family and friends BUT we know we are in His hands and are looking forward to whats in store for us. Matt has been out at his new job for a month now so needless to say I have been busy at home with Aria and getting everything ready for the big move in February. Stay tuned as I try to update when I have a chance. Meanwhile, enjoy a couple pics from Christmas!

Crazy Face

(Will definitely be shown at her wedding)

Aria's first gift to open!

At Zoolights safari in Birmingham

So Aria had her first "visit" with Santa this year. Last year she did pretty well visiting Santa at a race we were at and this year we went to the mall. She loved the Carousel and train ride but really enjoyed visiting Santa and keeps talking about the coloring book that Santa gave her! She did so well and smiled very nicely. What a big girl! She keeps telling me that it is almost christmas and she is so excited. This year launches the first year that she knows what is going on with Christmas and we hope we can throw the real meaning in there for her as well. Next is a copy of our 2010 Christmas card. Enjoy!

Too Long

It has been too long since I have blogged. Not only has it been too long...there has been lots going on and we need to catch everyone up. Stay tuned for updates and news and don't forget about our separate picture site with link below in previous blog.

New photo site

Check out my new photo site. It is a lot easier to keep up with!
www.thesmithfamilyspot.shutterfly.com

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