Smith Family: 2008

Monday, December 29, 2008

Typical Christmas time breakfast for dozens

Christmas 2008

Me and Drew

Santa ate cookies (one with 40 red hots, ...go Santa) and reindeer ate oats.

Grandma and Grandpa's table

It Snowed! .............................a little bit.

Truman playing in the "snow"

Paul's handiwork

Brotha Bob and Eli

Busy Kitchens at all times

Tru

Christmas Family

Monica and Atticus

Brian and Atticus

Moriah and Kaylee

Bryan, Paulie and Me

Horseback Riding at Kim and Matt's

Unidentified chick on a horse. (Danny wrote that)

2006, and 2008 NFR World Champion Matt Sherwood, Paulie, Brian and Will

Greg Smith as photographed fighting with coalition forces in the northeastern province (of Afghanistan)

Paul and Monica

O Holy Night!

My sister Barbara Carpenter organized and pulled off a fantastic Christmas Eve production complete with characters, song and the Christmas story

A wiseman and a shepherd

A wiseman bringing gold

angels from afar

shepherds and angels

The crowded stable

Friday, December 26, 2008

Christmas 2008

Atticus

Benjamin and Kaylee

Andrew, Grant and Ben

G Unit, and G Smoothie

Monique, Kaylee, and Monica

This year we had all of my family on my Dad's side in town beginning on the Dec 21st. We had a great time with all brothers, sisters, nephews, neices, uncles, aunts, cousins in attendance and of course Ben Smith. We had around 40 for dinner on the 22nd, 40 on the 23rd, 60 on the 24th and 72 on the 25th. We had family sleeping everywhere possible. Safford, Gainsville FL, New York City NY, Pima, Queen Creek, Mesa, Santa Monica CA, Healdsburg CA, Columbia MO, Rancho Santa Margarita CA, Encino CA were all represented. It felt like Christmas!