Kyler and Angie

Crafty

2011-12-17T22:47:00.002-07:00

This year my Mom and Sisters all got together and crafted for a day. We had a blast and I hope it becomes a tradition. Thanks girls for the fun day!!

Days 4- 10

2011-11-11T18:07:00.003-07:00

Ha! Can you say FAIL! Heres my Thankful list for the past week. :)

I'm Thankful for-

4- Parents (both mine and Kylers) that care about us and how our lives are going! Hopefully you don't mind the annoying phone calls about silly little things we never cared to learn about before we were married. We love spending time with you and love you so much!

5- Music- (been listening to Christmas music lately- (Shhh don't tell my dad)

6- Great Friends who have time for movie nights, racquetball games, craft nights and all sorts of other fun things. We are glad you all invite us to hang out!

7- This week I'm glad to have a heater in our house...

8- A job. Like all jobs it can be frustrating, but most of the time its good. I'm grateful to be employed and that Kyler has a job. I've learned a lot of things where I'm at, and know that those skills will help me in the future.

9- Friday night date night! Tonight Kyler doesn't have to study!! Can't wait for the semester to be over and neither can he!

10- Those men and women who served and are serving our country! Thank you!!!

Day 3

2011-11-03T23:43:00.003-06:00

I'm grateful for computers and that Kyler is working towards starting a career in working with them. :)

Day 2

2011-11-02T21:39:00.005-06:00

I'm so so thankful for this handsome guy! He has been so good to me. He's such a hard worker and cares about my happiness. He's got a fun sense of humor and keeps me smiling all the time. He loves the gospel and honors his priesthood. He treats me like a princess and I love him so much! Thanks for all you do for me Babe! I love you!!

January 3 2009- The day we got engaged!

24 Days of Thankful

2011-11-01T10:08:00.003-06:00

I've decided I'm going to give this a go... I hope it will help me this month in remembering all the things I'm thankful for and not skip over this holiday. Wish me luck :)!

Day 1- I'm thankful for the chance that Heavenly Father gave me to come to earth and be blessed with a body, and a family. I'm glad to be among those that accepted the Plan of Salvation and chose to be tested on earth. I don't know where I'd be without the gospel!

Happy Halloween

2011-11-01T10:04:00.002-06:00

From the Witch & The Joker

Card Throwing

2011-11-01T09:48:00.006-06:00

One random Sunday after family dinner with my family, my sisters and our boys stayed late to hang out and play games. Towards the end of the night this is what was occupying the boys. Learning to throw cards... It was hilarious! Dont worry Mom- there was adult supervision! :) I'm glad my family gets along so well!

Sisters Day

2011-10-30T20:25:00.006-06:00

A couple weekends ago Kylers family had their Sisters Day. Camille and I drove to Heber and met up with the family at Uncle Davids cabin! It was lots of fun. They had a Temple picture project that was the main project. I helped put some together and they turned out beautiful!! Thanks Camille for a fun weekend!!

Painting Frames

Adding Vinyl

Finished Projects!

Anniversary!!

2011-06-01T15:13:00.009-06:00

FYI: There are 4 new posts. Sorry there are so many. I've been wanting to get caught up for a while now!

Kyler and I celebrated our 2 anniversary a couple weeks ago. We decided to celebrate in Idaho. We got tickets to see Wicked in Boise and then we drove to stay in Lava Hot Springs for a couple more days. It was really nice to spend a few days with just the two of us!

Driving to Idaho

In the theater waiting for Wicked to start.. Not the best picture- Sorry!

Every time we go to Idaho we get some dollar lottery tickets- Just for fun... :)

Kyler thought this motel was funny for their color tv sign... They could definitely use an update!

We stopped by the Driscoll Potato farm. President Driscoll was Kylers mission president. We didn't ever get to see him in person though :(

Our hotel was awesome. It was kind of like an anniversary inn place with the themed rooms. It was only a minute away from the pools but far enough that it was away from the noise of main st. Here is the bed in the room we stayed in. I believe this owner bought all his furniture from places like india. So cool

The entry to the Lion Gate Manor.

I love you Babe! Its been the best 2 years ever!

Montana Week

2011-06-01T14:50:00.006-06:00

Montana was the second half of our vacation. It was more work than play though. We were up there trying to help my parents get a few projects finished before my parents opened their motel and bakery. I think we got quite a bit accomplished! Kyler and the guys did the majority of the work because it was mostly construction work. They did awesome!

Craig and Kyler clearing out the wall in the soon to be big family room.

Kyler doing some electrical work... He's so talented!

My mom saved a whole bunch of toys that my grandma used to have in her gift shop and Kyler got his hands on one...

Joe helping on the other side doing electrical.

We finally got some pictures hung on the bakery wall. It helped a ton to liven up the room! Doesn't my Mom's food look tasty!!

Thanks Mom and Dad for letting us come hang out with you!

Random Post

2011-06-01T14:32:00.008-06:00

Here's a couple of the random things we've done the past little while. Still trying to get caught up on the blog.. :)

Kyler smoked a turkey the Saturday before Mother's day. It was amazing! So tasty.

Kyler and I

I tried my hand at making a Trifle.. Those things are so yummy and fun to make!

Finished product

Kyler and I again...

We did one more session at the Ogden Temple a couple of days before it closed. I'm sad to see them tear it down and rebuild but excited at the same time to see the new outcome. I'm glad we made it one last time :)

Kylers Birthday Pt 2

2011-05-31T17:50:00.011-06:00

Here's some pics from Kylers family birthday party. I'm so far behind!...

Here he is with his presents. All he wanted was gift cards to Best Buy! Thanks Mom, Dad, and Michele for hooking him up!

Corbin and Nixen lighting the candles!

While the girls played inside (games on the ipad)...

The Boys played outside!! (driving their cars around the neighborhood)

Bode was loving the cheese puffs :)

Blowing out the candles.

A new Apple TV and...

A new car stereo for the Camry!!

Happy Birthday Babe!

I Miss...

2011-04-13T20:27:00.005-06:00

Simon Cowell...

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Birthday Party

2011-03-16T19:56:00.010-06:00

On Monday we had some friends over to celebrate Kyler's birthday. We got some pizza, had some cake and ice cream and played some games. Thanks for coming guys! Kyler had a good time!

The Cupcakes!

Bubba & Traci

Mark & Bry

We had the Bachelor playing while people were showing up. We left it playing in the background of our games. Traci was excited. I think she was planning on watching it later so it worked out well. I'm glad Emily won ( I haven't seen any of the episodes but I liked her better than the other girl..) It was funny to watch it with the boys. :)

Kyler needed help blowing out the candles. He almost missed the top one.

Happy Birthday Babe! I love you!

Birthday Boy

2011-03-16T19:32:00.003-06:00

Today is my sweet husbands birthday! He turned 26. I thought for a post today I would tell you all some reasons why I love my husband!... These are just a FEW! :)

Just look at this face. How can you not love a face like this! He's just super handsome!!

He loves to have a good time. (This picture was taken at our bear lake trip with a bunch of friends and Mark and Kyler grew staches- I think its fun)

He loves to cook. He's constantly experimenting and trying new things with food. I'm such a lucky wife!!

Hes a hard worker. He works so hard to provide for us. He's willing to jump right into any project, even if he doesn't quite know how to finish it. He will learn how to do anything and I love that quality in him!

Last but definitely not least, he loves the gospel. I'm so glad we can be together forever! Happy Birthday Babe! I love you and I hope you've had a great day today!

Mix 107.9

2011-01-17T17:30:00.001-07:00

I entered a gift card giveaway on Mix 107.9's website for a $200 card to Best Buy last week. What they do is call a name at 5:10 every day and then the person they called has to call in within 10 minutes to win the card. Well I entered on Wednesday and they didn't call my name so I made a mental note to listen the next day. Thursday rolled around and I had thought about the contest after work and just kept doing whatever until 5:00 rolled around. My sister in law called and asked me to come over and help with her kids for a bit. I went over there and totally forgot to listen to the radio at 5:00 that day. An hour later I got a voicemail on my phone from my friend Nikki saying she heard my name on the radio. I was so upset at myself. (just ask Kyler) I must not have had service on my phone or else I could have gotten Nikki's phone call. Anyways today I decided to try again and enter Kyler in because he wasn't working and could call in for himself. I set my alarm (I know I sound like a weirdo) and turned the radio on to listen. They called some random girls name and she didn't call in so I kept listening. After ten minutes they called a different name and guess who it was.... Kyler Smith! I screamed and made Kyler call in immediately. We won that Best Buy gift card! Totally awesome!!

The Past 2 Months... Finally

2011-01-10T16:42:00.000-07:00

I've been a terrible blogger... Here's a few pictures from the past couple months.

Along with being a terrible blogger i've also been a terrible picture taker. Don't have any pictures from Christmas except for our main present. Kylers been wanting a new tv ever since we got married. I have too, but I couldn't keep Kyler away from the tv section at every store we went in. So here it is. We now can avoid the tv section at Walmart and Best Buy. :)

Along with Christmas I got a picture from our Sisters Day with Kylers Mom, Grandma, Aunts and Cousins. Kylers sweet Grandma bought us matching pajamas!
This is random but Kyler and I decided we like Winco- Especially their bulk food section. Hopefully our food storage won't struggle so much this year!

Kyler and I took our annual time off of work for our January vacation. We stayed home, went to do a session at the Ogden Temple, went to Park City and snowboarding at Brighton! It was amazing to just chill for a week together.

We found these awesome hats while shopping in Park City... Pretty sweet! Kyler made me wear that headband...

Snowboarding

Yep I was struggling by the end.. Totally out of practice.

Before Kyler and I dated we always went to Chevron for hot chocolate. They have the best hot chocolate!

Kyler made me dinner on Friday night. It was a Gordon Ramsay recipe. He did a fabulous job. And he helped me make my first Rosotto (I don't know how you spell it) He's such a sweetheart. Thanks for the fun week babe! I had a really good time!!

New Website!!

2010-12-05T22:27:00.000-07:00

Stylin Stems

My amazing husband has revamped my website! He had to do a final for school and build his own website so he did one for my flowers. I think it looks pretty darn cool!! Check it out and give us some feedback... and maybe spell check it for us too! Thanks Babe! It looks amazing!!

Pumpkin Patch and Hayrides

2010-10-31T23:03:00.000-06:00

We went to a pumpkin patch with Kyler's family for a family home evening in October. We took a hayride into the pumpkin patch and got to pick ourselves a pumpkin. Of course Kyler had to get a huge one. It was really fun to go with all the kids. They are always so excited about the holidays!
Kyler and his pumpkin!

My pumpkin :)

Some cute shots of Nixen and Bode

Kyler and I! and Tanner too :)

Smith Family Pictures

2010-10-31T17:10:00.000-06:00

We took our Smith family pictures this last month- They turned out really really nice! Thanks again Craig!
Steve and Camille

Dave and Michele's Family

The Girls

The Guys

The Smith Family

Montana

2010-09-27T20:47:00.000-06:00

We got to go visit my parents this month. I was really excited to go up. I haven't seen them since July- I know I know it hasn't been all that long but its seemed like forever for me. We were able to walk around town a couple times and visit the park for a little bit. It was a nice get away.

Yep I was this close to a buffalo...

Kyler took this picture on our way out of town. I love it!

Gotta love girls night. Thanks for putting it together Amy and Bry!

Acappellastock

2010-08-22T10:48:00.000-06:00

We went to Acappellastock last night. My brothers group T-Minus 5 heads it up every year. Last night T-Minus 5, Mosaic, and Face performed. The concert was super fun. Kyler and I had a good time! Awesome job guys.

T-Minus 5- my brother is the first dude on the left.

Mosaic-

Face-

Kyler and Dan wanted to get a picture with Mosaic and they were nice enough to oblige!! (or they didn't notice- one or the other)

Check out all their music on itunes & mark next years Acappellastock on your calendars! :)

Bear Lake!!

2010-08-16T15:52:00.000-06:00

Kyler and I got to go up to Bear Lake and hang out with our really good friends. Bubba and Traci's family just built a cabin in Garden City and we all got to stay there for a few days. Kyler and I couldn't go up until Saturday afternoon, but it was nice to go away for a little bit. Thanks Bubba and Traci for the fun weekend! We had a great time!

Kyler and Mark grew mustaches just for the occasion... :) Makes me laugh!

Bry and I building a sand castle.

The Girls!

Bubba's Stach...

The group! Minus Lyle and Rachel. We missed snagging a group picture with them.

On the way out of town we snagged shakes... You have to buy a raspberry shake when you go to bear lake! Yum!

Pic of the day!

2010-08-01T16:27:00.000-06:00

Kyler and I went to a matinée showing of Inception yesterday.. When we left the theater this is what we saw... Pretty darn cool!

Busy Week

2010-06-28T12:11:00.000-06:00

I feel like i've been running my head off this past week. I thought I'd show you all what I've been up to. Its been a lot of fun doing these weddings. :) I did on on the 18th one on the 24th, and one on the 26th. Its definitely been keeping me busy!

And another picture of our cute garden! :)

Ritz Poppy Seed Crackers

2010-06-09T20:37:00.000-06:00

So... we noticed that our June recipe was titled "ritz poppy seed crackers". For those of you who may have noticed and didn't think that it sounded too tasty, we've got it fixed! I must say also that this recipe is super good. My mom makes it quite often for family dinner. Give it a try!

Stylin Stems

2010-06-06T23:40:00.000-06:00

Its Official! I'm a new business owner in the floral industry. How exciting right? I'm really glad to have that city and state stuff all finished. Its taken me a bit to get it all done too. I've been to 3 different city buildings to apply for my license- one of them twice- and finally got things figured out. I've also started doing a few weddings for the Victorian reception center in Layton this summer and that has helped me quite a bit financially to get started. My brother made me up some business cards and Kyler's been helping me with my website (its still in the works but its up if you want to check it out you can- stylinstems.com). I'm so glad I have family and friends to that can help me get this up and going! Thanks to all my friends that let me do your weddings! I know learning to run a business is going to be a big learning experience for me, but I'm totally ready for it!!!--- I think?! :)

Getting my long awaited business license

My flower fridge... This thing is going to take away lots of stress!

Speaking of stems- This is our corn... Its Growing!!!

Glitter Toes

2010-05-18T20:33:00.001-06:00

I threw a Glitter Toe party at my house tonight. Kyler's sister Michele came and did our toes for us and it turned out really fun. Thanks to all who came and for those who didn't, maybe next time! If you want to throw your own Glitter Toe party let me know and I'll get you the info. (Bry) :) Thanks Michele for coming and doing that for all of us!
Michele doing Jenny's toes

I made some cookies to go along with the glitter theme.

Glitter Toes!!

1 Year

2010-05-16T18:12:00.000-06:00

Kyler and I celebrated our first anniversary yesterday. We can't believe its already been a year. We've loved every minute of being married and we're excited for an eternity together!

For our anniversary we went to do a session at the Salt Lake Temple. It was a perfect way to spend the morning. We were able to spend the rest of the day together. Thanks Kyler for a great day!

And he bought flowers for me and arranged them all by himself. He thought it would be fun since I do flowers. He's a pro!

Boondocks

2010-05-16T17:40:00.000-06:00

We spent Friday with Kyler's family hanging out at Boondocks. We mostly played with the go carts doing quite a few laps. It was pretty fun!

Corbin and Kyler

Angie

Steve

Nixen
Kylers nephew Corbin earned a ton of points in the arcade and spent his tickets getting this...

A pirate hat... Hilarious!

Gordon Ramsay's Fajitas with sour cream and guac

2010-05-06T08:48:00.000-06:00

It's not often that I (Kyler) get on here to do a post. I usually just make requests to Angie for monthly recipes, etc. I really enjoy cooking and trying new recipes, so for christmas I got 3 cookbooks. 2 of Gordon Ramsay's (one from Dave and Michele and one from Joe and Jen) and Angie bought me a Rachael Ray. I've been trying to make new things out of my books whenever I can and there are a few that we've made a couple times. The fajitas are one of these. Angie has never been huge on Fajitas because they tend to be a little to "saucy" and overbearing, but she loves these ones. As with most of Gordon's recipes, there's no extra fluff. They're very fresh and simple, but super good. Not much in terms of sauce with these. Just well seasoned meat and veggies. I definitely suggest making the guac though. It really adds to them. Also, make sure not to skip over the part in the recipe about adding your veggies and meat when the pan is very hot. You don't want the meat to sit and dry out or become tough. Get them in a hot pan, and get them out fast. To make them even better, we buy the uncooked tortillas (Costco or Harmons is where we get them) and cook them as needed. The Salmonds have been buying them for a while and I love them!

Enjoy...

Gardens & Gamers

2010-05-03T20:52:00.000-06:00

I asked my Mom a while back if we could use her garden this year while they are in Montana and she said yes. I've been really excited to do my own garden. I used to hate gardening and doing yard work but doing it with Kyler has been a lot of fun. We went over there a week ago and Kyler mowed, aerated, and power raked the lawn while I cleaned up the strawberry patch.... He was there a little bit longer than I was :) We went back today to get the garden ready to plant. Its been a couple years since my parents have used the garden so there was a little bit of work to be done to get it ready. We are almost to the point to put some veggies in the ground!

Before

After

5 & 1/2 (42 gallon) bags of weeds!

The Strawberry Patch!

We also had a BBQ at our place on Saturday! Jenny & Mitch brought their Wii for everyone to play. This picture is one I caught at the party. Definitely some serious gamers! Thanks to all who came!

Recipe Board

2010-04-16T22:22:00.000-06:00

I've been meaning to finish this project for a while and finally got it done. I'm not very good at finishing crafty projects I start. We're excited to have a spot to see our recipe's while were experimenting. :)

My Collection

2010-04-07T16:27:00.000-06:00

A while back I told Kyler that I wanted to collect ALL the Disney movies someday. I grew up watching all the Disney movies and I want to have them for our kids to watch someday too. Turns out that Kyler has started my Disney collection for me. He's given me them for Christmas and Easter and I'm so excited to have them. What an awesome husband! He does all the collecting for me *wink*

We babysat Bode on Monday... What a cutie... Look at those blue eyes!! We had a good time together!

Also my lil sis is moving in until she can get herself hitched. I'm pretty excited to have her around... If she's even going to be around. I spect she'll be hanging out with the fiance a lot. Oh well I'm sure we'll have some fun together too!

Sugar Cookies...

2010-03-25T17:02:00.001-06:00

Does anyone have an AMAZING sugar cookie recipe? If you have one and you don't mind sharing it could you send it to my e-mail? thesmittys09@gmail.com...Thanks!

Happy Birthday Kyler!

2010-03-18T15:15:00.000-06:00

Kyler just celebrated his 25 birthday. We had some fun the last couple of days celebrating. We had a BBQ at Steve and Camille's on Monday night. I'm getting so excited for summer. It was a little bit cold, but fun to be outside. Kyler got a new race car from his parents. His dad got one for Christmas so now they can hit the tracks together. Dave and Michele got Kyler a knife sharpener to add to his kitchen accessories. I didn't have the camera so I missed the pic- Sorry Michele and Dave he loves it! We also went to dinner with our best friends and had a really good time eating and getting slurpee's. (Thanks Mark & Bry)

Happy Birthday Kyler!

Operation Jeep Engine

2010-03-10T21:04:00.000-07:00

Kyler and I have been carpooling for 5 or 6 months after his jeep broke down. Luckily it was after he got transferred to the Ogden Station with FedEx. He would ride the bus to school and to work and he would take me on Saturdays. We ordered a new engine and Steve, Mark, and Kyler spent the weekend fixing and putting it together. Now it runs like a gem! Thanks Steve and Mark for all your help... and thanks to your wives for letting us steal you for a bit!

Oh Yeah!!

2010-03-01T22:23:00.000-07:00

Look at these little beauties...

So Excited!!

Hadley's Motel

2010-02-17T14:56:00.000-07:00

We went up to the family motel this past weekend. Normally around Presidents day my extended family would go up and do some snow removal. This year it was mostly my family who went. Its been a good 6 years since I've been up there so it was fun to see it again. Theres a lot of plans in the works to fix it up a bit and we're really excited about it.

Kyler workin hard

Jenny and I messing around. That icicle was huge!

Sunday night we baked sugar cookies for valentines day. Kyler decorated mine and I did his. Everybody else made some too.

And more fun at the motel on video. Please ignore my stupid "yeah" at the end of the clip!

And here's our latest experiment! A Gordon Ramsey Cheesecake! Not too hard to make either once you get the hang of it!

We Love Primary!!

2010-01-20T21:25:00.000-07:00

Kyler and I got put in the primary a couple months after joining the ward. We love it. We just got a new class with the new year. We loved last year, but we're having a great time this year too! Just thought I'd show ya how cute they are!

Last Year

This Year

Recipes and Experiments

2010-01-17T11:37:00.000-07:00

For a while now I've been working on typing up all my recipes so I could have them on cards. My sister in law made me the cutest recipe box and i've been really excited to fill it up. I'm getting closer! :)

Also Kyler wanted to try to make these caramelized bananas that Gordon Ramsey has in his cookbooks. The only problem was that he needed a cooks torch. (Don't have one) otherwise Gordon says you can broil them till they caramelize. We tried that and it was okay but it made the banana's pretty mushy. So we went to visit Kylers parents the next night and borrowed Steve's blow torch. Worked like a gem. (Kind of nervous about that thing being in the garage for I don't know how long ;))

The end result! Delicious :)

Katie's Awesome Skills!

2010-01-08T20:26:00.000-07:00

My little sister Katie and her mad Pizza skills! Awesome!!

New Years Vacation!

2010-01-07T17:45:00.001-07:00

We had the chance to go to Vegas again this year! It was a much needed vacation. Kyler and I had just gotten done with our busy seasons at work and were excited to go somewhere for a break! We wanted to make it down to see the fireworks because we missed them last time. They block off the streets and tons of people come down to watch. I just want to say one thing- People of Vegas.... You're all a bunch of Crazy's!

The people of Vegas--Yes they were crazy!

The Luxor

Inside view - You can see the elevators in this pic. They go up and down at a slant. It was definitely a different feeling.

The Forum Shops at Planet Hollywood

The other Highlight of our trip was that we got to go see the musical Lion King. It was so fun! They did a fabulous job!

Rafiki and Nala were our favorites

Some videos of Fireworks and Fountains to come :)

Happy Holidays

2009-12-26T21:50:00.000-07:00

I'm a bit behind on the blog! It's been a busy season for us. Here's a kind of long update. On Thanksgiving Kyler deep fried a turkey for our family Thanksgiving party. We borrowed Steve's deep fryer to cook it. After a few technical difficulties that thing worked like a gem!! It was delicious! Nice apron eh!

My family celebrates Thanksgiving the day before so when the actual holiday rolled around Kyler and I spent the day together. Like i've said before, I couldn't wait to put up our tree. I got it all set up while Kyler was studying and when I was all done I made him put the star on top! He did a fabulous job!

We had a FHE with Kylers family a couple weeks ago. We went to see the Ogden Christmas Village over on 25th street. It was freezing. Once we were frozen we were okay. We even got to talk to the Big Guy! Sweet!!!

We spent Christmas Eve with Kylers family! It was so fun. Kyler and I did a couple of musical numbers at the party but I didn't have anything to record it with. I'll redo them so you can all see. I played Silent Night on the accordion and then we played Baby its cold outside on our iphones! After that was all over everyone got a present. They turned out to be nerf guns and we had a huge gun fight with them. It was a blast :)

Merry Christmas Eve...
It was a tradition in Kylers family to open gifts on Christmas Eve. I loved it!

I got this one from Kyler and Craig. Craig designed it up for me. Its a wedding album that looks like a book box. It holds 4x6 pictures inside. I love it!!

Heres a couple more of some of our favorite gifts! I also got a new camera from Kyler! He is so sweet! Now hopefully I can update our blog a bit more. We're also very excited for a couple of cook books Kyler got! Thanks Michele and Joe!

We got this mixer from my parents. Its been broken for a really long time and my Dad fixed it for us! So SOOO glad!! No more handmixer

Steve and Camille bought this one for me. I've wanted this for years!! Really years!! Thanks so much Camille and Steve. I am so excited!

We had a fun first Christmas together. We are so grateful for all the love and support we've had this year, especially from family and friends. We are so blessed to have you all in our lives! We love you and we hope you all had a very Merry Christmas this year as well!

Take A Vote...

2009-11-30T20:14:00.001-07:00

We made gingerbread houses on Saturday with Mark & Bry and Bubba & Traci. It was a lot of fun and they turned out really cute too.... So we've posted them so you can vote for your favorite. Leave a comment and let us know what you think!!

Oh Christmas Tree!!

2009-11-10T11:05:00.001-07:00

As most of you already know, I'm so excited for Christmas this year!! I'm excited for one because its mine and Kylers first Christmas together, and for two, I have all these Christmas decorations that I've collected that I cant wait to put up! On Saturday we bought our first Christmas tree! I had to make sure the lights worked on it so I put it up when I got home. Kyler was laughing at me because I was so excited to get it up that I didn't stop to read the directions (which I did read, I just couldn't figure out what layer was which) It took me a few try's but I made it!!

Oh and Joe finished our wedding video's for us. They wrapped it up all cute and gave it to us on Sunday! I'm so grateful to everyone who helped with our wedding. We were so happy with how it turned out all together and we know it wouldn't have been so great if it weren't for our Family and Friends!! Thanks again for all you do for us! We love you all!!

Tutu's, VHS, and Accordions

2009-11-02T20:55:00.000-07:00

Every year on Halloween we get to dress up for work. We aren't allowed to go too extravagant on our costumes so we always decide on a simple costume. Letecia and I started doing the same thing 3 years ago and now its kind of a tradition for us. So this year we decided to be ballerina's, and we got some other Front End girls to do it with us. It was really fun when we all got together. They turned out really cute. We just cut an elastic band to go around our hips and tied on strips of tulle. And the finished product.... Ta Da.... Four really cute ballerina's!!

On Sunday we went to Kyler's parents house. It's been a while since we've spent some time with them (We've had lots of family things going on last month) so we went over to have dinner and hang out. We started talking about this video interview that Steve and Camille had with Kyler when he was around 3 yrs old, and I really wanted to watch it. We ended up running over to my parents house to grab a VCR so we could watch it. It was really fun! We had a blast watching a couple different home videos. Eventually though we stuck in a tape of some of Kyler's old High School football clips. I learned a couple different plays they used and heard a couple stories they all remembered about his Senior year playing. I actually have to admit that I hardly ever went to the football games. I didn't even go to his state game my Sophomore year. I wish I would have. Those games looked like so much fun!

This picture below is one of my absolute favorites! Love it!!

Oh yes... you guessed it... I'm going to learn to play the accordion! Kyler's Great Grandma Smith played this accordion (actually my great grandma played an accoridon too), and now I'm going to give it a go. I found out today I was holding it backwards though. I'm already off to a great start! :)

The Gateway

2009-10-26T19:52:00.000-06:00

We went on a date on Friday to go see the new iMac's at the Apple store. I think this iMac has jumped to the top of Kyler's wish list.... He is super super excited about it. I do have to say, they are pretty snazzy!!! The screen is 27" big (its huge!!) and its got a cordless keypad and mouse. Someday we hope to have one!! :) We also ran into this kitchen store right off to the left as you come out of the Apple store. It was pretty fun to see all the gadgets people use to cook. Kyler got to play around with a $200 Japanese chef's knife. That thing is impressive too. He's chopping a potato in the pic. We had a really fun night just hanging out together!

The Carving of the Pump-a-kins

2009-10-22T17:08:00.001-06:00

Bet you can't guess what that is....

So we had a date night at our place last week. We had Jenny and Mitch, and Craig and Jackee over to carve pumpkins with us. It was a blast. Its been a long time since i've carved a pumpakin! We went over to Macey's (like 2 seconds from our house) picked out pumpkins and headed home to carve em. We also made caramel apples. (Don't they look pretty).... yeah uh..we couldn't eat them.... I heated up the caramel too hot and it made them hard as rocks. So learn from my lesson and don't heat caramel to the boiling point when making caramel apples. The pumpkins turned out well as you can see. When we were done we watched the Secret Window with Jonny Depp. That's a great scary movie, if your lookin for one. Thanks Jenny, Mitch, Jackee, and Craig for coming over! We had a great time.

Like I said inedible - but pretty!

Craig & Jackee Pumpkin is Marzipan and Strong Sad from Homestarunner

Jenny & Mitch Pumpkin is Jack the Pumpkin King from Night Mare Before Christmas

Angie & Kyler Apple Nerds!!

Peaches!!

2009-09-23T20:26:00.000-06:00

This last week we were able to get peaches from Camille & Steve! We had to figure out something to do with 2 5 gallon buckets full of peaches. So we decided to try our hands at canning them. Kyler was much more excited about it than I was. He canned a lot more than I did. When I grew up canning was the worst chore. My mom canned almost anything and we were put to work. We had to have planned days to get all of my siblings and I outside to shuck corn, or days that we had to sit in our kitchen and pluck grapes and pick tomatoes. I never looked forward to canning season-- until after it was over of course and then I was glad. But like I said, Kyler was super excited (I love being married to someone who gets so excited to cook) :) We canned quite a few jars of peach jam and made about 28 jars of regular peaches. We also got a bit creative and made a peach pie- all by ourselves. Definitely a lot of work, but I'm glad we canned!

Here's Kyler "dotting" our pie with butter... Whatever that means...

I think we did a pretty good job!

We went to Kyler's parents on Sunday and we all brought a peach dessert. Camille made a cookie kind of crust out of macaroons and coconut and topped it off with peaches. Michele made a peach pie that you put into a graham cracker crust and top with sweetened condensed milk. We loved dessert that night!!

Finished Project

2009-08-26T12:04:00.000-06:00

Alright so here's the pic's that show the finished paint job. I know I promised them a long time ago. Sorry it took me so long and there are a lot of pictures. Hope you like it!
BEFORE

AFTER

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AFTER

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Limited resource cooking...

2009-08-19T23:11:00.000-06:00

So... I started doing this weight loss thing that seems to work pretty well for a lot of people. (actually, I've lost about 7 pounds since Monday, so it seems to work) Anyway, it's super limiting on ingredients that I can eat. I am still able to eat things out of most of the basic food groups, but not anything in the group. For example, I can eat tomatoes, onions, lettuce, cucumbers, etc., but not just any vegetable I want. I have a list of about 12 or so. Same with Fruits, etc., etc.. You know how it goes. They all starve you in some way. (even though this one isn't "supposed" to do so. I'm actually finding it kind of exciting to try to make good food with such limited resources though. Today I made Tomato and Olive Stuffed Portobello caps. They were so good! I had to leave a few things out, like the olives, but overall they weren't bad.

The sides kind of split out, which I didn't like, but I guess they still tasted good. That's what I get for stuffing them too full. Just lost presentation points. Angie wasn't too thrilled about them. She said that if I wanted to give her a kiss or anything, I'd better do it before I eat them. (She's not a mushroom fan).

The next thing I'm planning on making is Ratatouille. I'm excited about it. It has always looked like an interesting dish and the only thing I have to leave out is the eggplant. We'll see how it goes...

Busy Week

2009-08-11T16:15:00.000-06:00

So the beginning of last week Kyler told me that his tooth had been hurting. Medicine didn't really help it feel better so he called Scott and Rachelle (his Uncle and Aunt in Vegas) to see when he could go down to get it fixed. He ended up leaving Wednesday night around 7:30.... without me.... I had to work so he dropped me off at my parents and started out. I would have driven the Jeep to my parents, but I couldn't reach the pedals. How lame is that! I was all excited to drive it too. I think I might go buy some of those chunky flip flops so that I can reach them. Kyler thought that was funny. Turns out that this was our first night apart since we got married! :( I was pretty sad. He got there around 3:00 in the morning and then went into the office around 10:00. He had to get a root canal done so once they finished that he took a nap and then started home (around 6:30) He got to my parents around 2:00 Friday morning. Yay! He was proud to say he started on a full tank of gas before leaving Vegas and had 1/4 tank left when we got home. (I have to mention that the needle was above the line)
(pardon the dust)

And it was Traci's Birthday... So we went to the drive in Friday night to watch GI Joe. It was the first time we've been all summer!! We took the Jeep. It was sweet! We folded the front seats forward and folded the windshield down and it was perfect. Maybe next time we'll bring a few more blankets. We do need to figure out a way to make it so we don't cover the speakers though. They were right under our seats. We made it work. The next night Bubba threw Traci a surprise birthday party. We had a BBQ and hung out. We had a lot of fun. Thanks for the invite!! & Happy Birthday Traci!!!

Speaking of Birthday's, We are excited to announce the arrival of two new Nieces! Lily Jane and Madison Jean. Super Cute. Now we have three new babies in our family and one more on the way! He should be here soon but hopefully not too soon. Here's some pics of all of them!

Jacob David

Madison Jean

Lily Jane

We're Back!!!

2009-05-29T16:10:00.000-06:00

Alright I know we've been distant from the blogging world, but we had a good excuse right?! Here's some of the stuff that I didn't blog about and wanted to! We started renting our apartment in April because we found such a good deal we didn't want to let it go. We were so excited!! We heard about the opening from Kate and Russ (our friends from the branch who now live downstairs from us) and decided to look at the place in March. We loved it and we had only seen it on the outside :) We talked to the landlord and sent in our application the same day. There were only two things we weren't thrilled about #1 The wall paper.... awful stuff!! #2 The Brown Carpet....

Awesome Right?! I really wanted to paint and tear down the wall paper, so Kyler talked to our landlord and he agreed to let us do it. (he seemed a little bit nervous) So Kyler came over with his mom and nephew and they started tearing down the wallpaper. Thanks so much Camille and Corbin!!! After that was done, we started trying to figure out what to do with the paint. My brother

paints professionally so he came over and primed the walls and gave Kyler a few hints on what to do. (Thanks so much Jason) After that was done Kyler started painting. Steve came over and helped a bit and together they did the living room, the kitchen, the hallway, and the bedroom and it looks Fantastic!!! They did and awesome job!! Thanks so so much to everyone that helped out!! And Kyler, You are the best husband ever!! Thanks for working so hard!! I love you!!

New Recipe!

2009-02-28T20:00:00.000-07:00

Chicken Carbonara:

(in the right column)

Valentines

2009-02-17T16:32:00.000-07:00

So this is the first year that Valentines has rolled around and I've actually had somebody to celebrate with! Kyler and I were planning on going snowboarding, but that storm came through and threw off our plans for that. We didn't really have a back up plan so we ran up to Michele's salon and I got my hair cut and colored. (Thanks Michele!! I Love it!) We went and had lunch at Cafe Rio and later went to dinner at Taggart's Grill. We spent the day just hanging out together, and it was all so fun, but the thing I was most excited about was my present from Kyler! He made me a coffee table and an end table for the apartment we don't have yet. :) We saw the design when we went looking at furniture and he told me he could make it, but I had no idea he had started them. He spent the whole week before making them, and they look awesome! I'm really really excited to decorate our new place!

Diners, Drive-ins, & Dives

2009-02-09T20:25:00.000-07:00

Kyler LOVES the food network!! He watches it all the time. We got together last Saturday with one of Kyler's mission companions, and decided to go to dinner and a movie. Kyler was watching Diners, Drive-ins, & dives and saw Moochies on one of their episodes. (Anyone ever heard of Moochies?) He wanted to try it, so thats where we went for dinner. The food was AMAZING! We loved it. If you like Philly Cheesesteak sandwhiches give it a try, we think you'll like it too!

2009-01-15T20:16:00.000-07:00

We just wanted to thank everyone so much for all the love and support we've gotten!! We are so excited and wanted to share the when and where's of what our current plans are. We scheduled our ceremony time on May 15th at the Salt Lake Temple, (9:00 in the morning) and from there we plan on doing the rest of the festivities at Tuscany Gardens Reception Center (www.tuscanygardens.net) We are gathering addresses so if you would shoot me an email that would be fantastic!! (thesmittys09@gmail.com) Love you all and thanks again!

Vegas!

2009-01-06T23:01:00.000-07:00

Its Official!!!

2009-01-04T20:33:00.001-07:00

So I have to say what Kyler did was so awesome! He planned this by himself. Here's the fun story!! Kyler and I took some time off work to take a trip to Las Vegas to see his Uncle Scott and Aunt Rachelle bless their new baby. Saturday rolled around and that was the day I was going to experience a Vegas Buffet (Kyler was sooo excited about the buffet's) Anyway, that morning I was informed that we were no longer going to a buffet. We were going to one of those fancy restaurants that you have to get all dressed up and snazzy for. It sounded like a lot of fun, and I thought "what the heck... we're in Vegas!" so we got all dressed up and off we went to the Eiffel Tower Restaurant.

This restaurant was awesome!!! The elevator to the restaurant was right in the middle of the casino. After we checked in, they sent us up and the elevator let us out in the kitchen. We had reservations to dinner at 8:45 so once we got there they took us right to our seats. Our table was way off to the right side of the restaurant, right by the window looking over the Bellagio fountains!! (they went off every fifteen minutes)

We sat down and I didn't even notice that there were rose petals on the table until after a couple of minutes. I was looking around at everything and noticed our table was different. I asked Kyler if he asked for that, and he said "I might have". I didn't think too much of that because I thought he was just making it a fun night for the fact that we were dressed up in Vegas. (really I had no idea what was up next)
Doesn't that look romantic!?
We were figuring out what to order (which was difficult because everything was in french) and asked the waiter about an appetizer. He recommended snail... disgusting.... So we decided on "Couscous Morocain, Pistou à la menthe, Petit Pois et Amandes Grillées", which looks like this...

Kyler ordered a Fillet Minion and I ordered Chicken (The menu said chicken and I felt that was a safe bet!) The food was fantastic and so was the service. Kyler kept trying to help clear room for different things and the waiter told him to stop and relax. It was funny. We were talking about a whole bunch of different things and one topic that came up was my ring... (we have talked about this before so it really wasn't new. I had no idea he had it, and I was expecting it in March) Kyler told me he really couldn't wait anymore to give it to me and while he was saying that he slid out of his chair onto his knee and asked me to marry him! (No question there) I was totally surprised. He did such a good job hiding that from me! The waiter congratulated us with a dish of chocolate mousse. We finished up with desert and took a few pictures. The whole night was amazing!
AND THERE IT IS!!