Thursday, April 2, 2009

Kennewick, WA

OK, I will really try hard to condense this because I have SO MANY cute pictures, but Lily and I had a wonderful time visiting the Smiths!! Andrew was at his annual company meeting, and Lily and I went out to see her newest baby cousin!!
Here's the three amigos having fun! As you will see, many of my pictures are of these three cute girls. Stanford called Lily "laugher girl" cuz she was always giggling! Obviously, she had a blast!!

One of Lily's favorite spots, other than outside, was on top of the bunkbed....much to my dismay! She could climb up by herself, but then would yell for "mommy" because she couldn't get down. Thankfully, the girls would join her occasionally, and play with her for a little while.


Today was "tutu" day! I wish I had a picture of her and Abby both in their tutu's...it was Abby's request, of course!


Lily and Benson.


The famous front porch, where many Smith pictures have been taken. Here with Hannah, Stanford and Abby.


This picture cracks me up. She was quite fascinated by the lawn mower. I found her just sitting here on the front step watching Adam mow the lawn.

The playground in their awesome backyard was definitely a favorite. Between the slide and the swing...she was in heaven!! She also enjoyed the trampoline, when the big kids would be careful and jump lightly. She wasn't as good at jumping as Hannah, who bounces all over the place! She mostly just liked to run around on it and bump in to the net wall. Thank goodness for those things!!

She really thought the rocks were cool!

Lily adored her new cousin Rachel. She always wanted to know where she was, and if she could find her (we would hide her sometimes!!), she would be at her side touching her head or bringing her things like toys or blankets.

I captured a "dream smile"!! What a cute babe!

Lunch time with Hannah!


Sweet Hannah, what more can I say?

Bathtime is so much more fun with company!!

Stoytime with the girls before bed. This night Lily wanted to wear some of Hannah's pajamas...

At their cool park with all the kids (Rachel was bundled up in the stroller)

Me and Tam.


We had such a great time, and I know Lily already misses her cousins. All of them were so sweet and kind to her; the boys were so helpful with her outside and the girls just played and played. What a fun house! Thanks for letting us come and visit!!!

4 comments:

Brittany said...

what fun! i'm sure lily was in heaven. wish so bad they were closer huh? i love all the pics. the girls look so cute and happy. baby rachel looks adorable!!! i'm so jealous you go to see her!

Tami said...

Wow, what a fun post. Some of your pictures really turned out great and you really captured some of the fun moments. We are sooo glad that you guys came out to visit us! We loved having you and getting to know cute little Lily's fun personality better! Thanks!

Grandma Sharp said...

The little one with the biggest CHEESE smile was Lily, that is for sure... obviously she had a blast, and the cousins look like they were having some memorable times with her as well. Tami does have a GREAT kids backyard, and to be able to go out and play outside whenever... no wonder her smile was soooo big! So cute!

Meagan said...

How fun! I'm so jealous you got to visit the Smiths. We always love visiting them. It looks like Lily was in Heaven. I know she loves other kids, but it seems that she has a very special bond with her cousins. How cool is that!