Dentist

Carter LOVES the Dentist! This was his 3rd time there but the 1st time I brought the camera. He did so good and I am so glad we caught some pictures and video of it.He is such a Flirt with the nurses!! She even let him use the "sucker" as I call it. It's the thing that sucks all the spit out. He loved it!! And the Dentist was Great! You did so good Carter :) Here is a video of him using the "sucker"

Happy Thanksgiving...And GERMANY

It has been awhile since we have posted and that is mainly do to the fact that Carter and I are in Germany right now :) We came out here to visit some friends, who just had a baby, and to enjoy more of this beautiful world that we all live in. Unfortunately Gordon couldn't come with us but we are taking tons of pictures and video so we can share our experiences with him. It is so hard to be away from him this month but because technology is so awsome right now we have been able to communicate often. So, here are some pictures of this wonderful trip that we are on...This is some Great food we had....it is a Doener and it was way yummmy! Here is Carter on our walk through the neighborhood. He loved the crane in the background. It was moving and he wanted to see it closer :) So it seems that wherever we go we have to go upstiars...we are Always climbing the stairs! (great workout though)We had a chance to visit the aquarium in Hamburg...that is where we are visiting...and it was really cool! They had a great shark tank! Here we are at the Rissen zoo. Rissen is a little town in Hamburg and they had a fun zoo where we could get up close with the animals and feed them. Here we are feeding the pigs. And the goat that got out of the cage This deer was very very friendly! You'll see how friendly in this video. We could touch him but didn't dare to ;) Here are some cool buildings that I got a picture of. This is the Rathaus...also known as City Hall...we got to go inside too :)This is the LDS ward building where we have church on Sunday. It is very pretty inside too! Here we are in front of the San Diego ship that we took a tour through. The kids enjoyed being on the big ship! This is Jana and Katelyn, her daughter, we met them through the ward and it has been so much fun hanging out with them :) And here is Carter playing in a gymnastics class with Katelyn. It was great that he could get some wiggles out!! So there are some fun pictures...and a video.... of our fun time so far here in Germany. This has been such an experience and we are enjoying every minute of it!!!! We hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving and we will post more in December :)

Our First Video!!

So Gordon has been saying to me that it is so easy to put video up on the blog but hasn't shown me how to do it. We are lucky we even have a blog because I had no idea where to start and Gordon just doesn't have the time for it. Thanks to my friend, Joy, for having a blog and to blogger for helping you set up a blog for yourself when you make a comment. Anyway, we finally have video up here and you can bet there will be more to come. I chose this video because of the "Ghostbusters" song. Don't look too close though, this is at our Corbridge family reunion and we had been camping for about 3 days. Carter's got some great dance moves on here too :) He loves, Loves to dance!

Halloween is coming...

Carter has decided that he wants to be a Tiger for Halloween. So we were experimenting with the face paints. He had a blast getting all painted up :)We used water color paints and they worked great! No need to buy Halloween face paint. Oh, and now Carter is chasing Gordon around the house yelling...WWWWWWWRRRRRRRAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!

Baby Abby is Here!!!!

Baby Abby was born yesterday at 12:05pm :) And she is Adorable!!!! Here we are with Grandma Smith and Abby. Congrats Holly, Dave & Joseph!! She is such a sweet blessing!!

July Fun Times!

I have been wanting to do a tribute to July for quite some time now so here it is.... First off, Carter's coloring skills have grown a ton. Look at all those circles We had 2 family reunions. This is the Corbridge Famiy Reunion (Cindy's Mom's side of the Fam) We camped at Cisco Grove, Ca and here we are playing Water Balloon Volley Ball My Mom and I made the Pinata And it sure was a HIT Four-Wheeling Fun Some more then others - Go Uncle Kelly!! And late night Scum games. We had 3 tables of scum with another table on the side...what a blast!We had so much fun hanging out and visiting with all the Corbridges!! Then we had the Smith/Hamilton Family Reunion... Almost everyone was in town and we had a lot of fun! Jeff & Brenda and Girls came from Houston, Tx Jody & Brooke and kids came from Delta, UtAnd the rest of us clowns had fun hanging out! Here's Holly, Dave & Joseph with baby Abby on the way Then during the Hamilton Reunion (Gordon's Dad's side of the Fam) Carter got to tour Cousin Jason's Police Truck!! Thanks Jason, Carter loved it!! Another fun thing that happened last month was that we got to take care of Matt & Janeece's kids while they were in Alaska. Carter had so much fun playing with his cousins Zach, Tyler & Katelyn Plus pool time is always a blast! And last but definitely not least...We hope you all had a great 4th and 24th of July!!!! We sure did!!

Post from Carter

Tonight as we were getting Carter ready for bed he did this...We then said prayers and soon after he asked if he could be a "magnet". I had no idea what he was talking about until he said "lets do it again", meaning this... So if you or your kids want to learn how to be a magnet here are some tips from Carter :)Sometimes he just makes us laugh :D

Camping

Here are the pics of our camping trip we took the last weekend in June. I am finally getting them posted. We had so much fun and our camp site was full of caterpillars. There were only 2 sites left and so it was either deal with the caterpillars or drive an hour to find other camp grounds, that may be full. So we decided to befriend the billions of caterpillars and the boys enjoyed it. We camped with some friends from our ward and we all had a blast! Carter loved roasting marshmallows but didn't like eating them...more for me, hehe He did a great job too :) The next day we decided to hike to Stewart Falls. (From Left to Right: Mike, Grant, Emily, Art, Naomi, Hyrum, Cindy, Carter and Gordon) Carter and Grant liked hiking and "doing it themselves" but soon got tired of it and hitched a ride on their Dad's shoulders. The falls were beautiful and it was a great way to cool off after the hike. On the hike back both Carter and Grant fell asleep and we switched off holding Carter. Here he is with Art towards the end of the hike. Wow, his legs are long!We all had a blast hanging out and getting to know each other better. We will definitely do this again soon. Maybe next time without the caterpillars ;)