And She Danced!!

Oakley has really enjoyed Dance this year! She has been taking a hip hop class, a technique class and her regular class with the girls her age! She has really grown a lot in her ability to dance and move this year! I love to go watch her preform and so does Kara, she is heard over the loud music shouting "GO SISSY GO!! and "SHAKE IT SISSY!!" It makes me so happy to know that they do love each other and enjoy watching each other, because somedays I really wonder about it! Here are a few pictures of SISSY SHAKIN' IT!![{wink}]

Guess What!?!?

I guess it's time to let the cat out of the bag!! This is straight out of Kara's mouth MY MOMMY IS HAVING A BABY!! She tells every one very where we go, at the post office, grocery store and even the drive through at McDonald's, so I thought I would beat her to it!! So there you go!

Bucket List

I took this off my friends blog and I thought it was a fun idea so you all should try it out then I can learn some of your wild and crazy pasts too!!

The Bucket List
place an X by all the things you've done.This is for your entire life!
(x) Gone on a blind date
(x) skipped school-Shh don't tell my kids!!
( ) Watched someone die
( ) Been to Canada
(x)Been to Mexico
( ) Been to Florida
(x) Been on a plane
(x) Been lost
( ) Been on the opposite side of the country
( ) Gone to Washington , DC-hopefully I will soon though.
(x) Swam in the ocean
(x) Cried yourself to sleep
(x) Played cops and robbers
(x) Recently colored with crayons
(x) Sang Karaoke
(x) Paid for a meal with coins only-Good Times!!
(x) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't
(x) Made prank phone calls-I still do with my YW! LOL
(x) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose.
(x) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
(x) Danced in the rain
(x) Written a letter to Santa Claus
(x) Been kissed under the mistletoe
( ) Watched the sunrise with someone
(x) Blown bubbles
(x) Gone ice-skating
(x) Been skinny dipping outdoors
( ) traveled on a train
( ) Gone scuba diving
( ) gone on a cruise
( ) gone skydiving-It is on my list to do before I die
(x) speak a foreign language If you count french class in 8th & 9th grade!

1. Any nickname? ....Rig
2. Mother's name? .... Joyce
3. Favorite drink? .... ?
4. Favorite vegetable? ....Carrots
5. Body Piercing? ..... Just in my ears.
6. How much do you love your job? I love my job it is the best I set my own hours and everything!!
7. Birthplace? .... Salt Lake City, UT
8. Favorite vacation spot? ....Disneyland!
9. Ever been to Africa? ....Nope but maybe in 2 years!!
10. Ever eaten just cookies for dinner?.... I am sure I have.
11. Ever been on TV?.... yes
12. Ever steal any traffic signs? ....yep
13. Ever been in a car accident? ....yes
14. Drive a 2-door or 4-door vehicle? ...... 4
15. Can you drive a car with a standard transmission (stick shift)? .... Why yes I can it is a must when married to Gregory Smith you never know what he needs help with!
16. Favorite pie? .... pecan and apple (warm with ice cream)
17. Favorite number? ....5
18. Favorite movie? .... well I have a lot of favs but the last old one I watched was Forest Gump!!

19. Favorite holiday?....Halloween!
20. Favorite dessert? .... Cheese Cake
21. Favorite food? .... ALL!!
22. Favorite day of the week? .... Saturday-I guess.
23. Favorite brand of body soap? .... The Soap Lady ( Swiss Days!!)
24. Favorite toothpaste? ....Colgate-or whatever we have.
25. Favorite smell? ....Rain
26. How do you relax? .... take a bath.
27. How do you see yourself in 10 years.... Happy!!
28. Furthest place you will send this message...It depends on who reads my blog!!

December review!!

December was here and now its gone!! I can't even believe how fast it goes!! We have had a wonderful Holiday spent with our friends and family! So I thought I would give you the short sweet version of what happened this December!

We had Family parties to attend! But it never fails that when it's the Bailey family Christmas party Kara gets sick so Greg and Oakley go with out us!But we all made it to the Family tree in Santaquin for Greg's family party! It was such a blizzard and the roads were awful but everyone made it safe and sound!! I forgot my camera for My family party so I will need to get some pictures from someone!!

Greg always has some sort of cows that need to be moved form one spot to another! It's just like in the Old Westerns all you see is cows going down the road followed by men on horses but in stead of covered wagons they do use trucks and trailers!!

Then came Christmas Eve! This year Christmas was a little different! We were able to have my brother in law Jayson spend Christmas with us, it was so much fun to have him around! Even Santa found him! We had to leave out the cookies and milk and Kara made sure it was good milk for Santa! Oh... and you can't forget the carrots!!

Christmas morning is always so fun! to watch the everyone open their gifts!

Shortly after Christmas it was my Grandma Parry's 95 Birthday! The girls and I were able to take her out to lunch and spend the afternoon visiting with her and my parents and sister Mindy! My Grandma is my HERO!! She is an amazing woman!! She is always so happy and has handled what ever life has thrown at her the best way she could with out any complaints! (that's something I need to work on!) She raised 12 children on her own after my Grandpa was kill in a rail road accident, I have always loved to go my grandmas house! She always has a huge smile for you when you get there and she would always watch you from the window as you left waving till you couldn't see her anymore! And to this day it is still the same and my girls have the same fond memories!! Oh how I love her!

Kara LuLu is now 4

My little LuLu is now the big age of 4!! All Kara wanted to do on her birthday was to have "BBQ chicken and a cake like the one that Bruce eats on Matilda, you know the one the Trunchbull makes him eat"(Chocolate Cake) she told me that morning! So all day when family would call her and wish her a Happy Birthday her would she she was still 3 because she hadn't had cake yet! That just reminded me of something she said this summer. She was sad that Oakley and her friend were playing and she wasn't big enough to do what they were, she came to me crying and told me to just go make her a cake so so could be big!! I wish that was the answer to not ageing then I would ban birthday cakes forever for me!!{[WINK]}Kara also had her day care Christmas party on her birthday, what more could a kid ask for then to see Santa on your birthday! As we were leaving the party, Kara kicked something on the sidewalk on the way out it was a jingle bell off of Santa's suit! Her face lit up and she turned to me and said Mom I just got my secret wish!! Then we had to make a mad dash back inside to tell everyone what she had found!! Then we had to call Dad, he didn't understand a word she said because she was so excited!! It defiantly was a birthday to remember!!
Kara LuLu,
I want you to how grateful we are to have you in our family!! I love all of the funny little things you say, and do! You are so special! I love how you get so excited to go help your dad at the dairy, so you can ware you poop boots! I love that you like to be home and no where else. I love that you miss Oakley when she is gone. I love how you try to wiggle you ears, but only your eyes blink and your nose gets all crinkled! But most of all I love you!!
Love MOM

Change is always Good!

Well I guess I can share this with everyone, Greg quit his job! I can't even tell you how excited I am!! I know you all are thinking that I must have lost my mind with the way the economy is and all. But yes, this is a great thing! Greg is a work-aholic! He was working for a man raising Holstein heifers for the local dairies around Delta, that is what he called his day job. Greg also does the AI work for a few dairies, runs our hauling business, and manages our Mama cows, to name a few of the side things that occupy his time. So when Greg said he wanted to cut something out, I was so happy and when he said it was his day job. I was bouncing off the walls with joy! Greg and I will have been married for 11 years tomorrow Greg has had to go to work on Christmas all but one of those, it was our first Christmas. We still lived in Draper at the time! So to have Greg home for all of Christmas morning, we wont know how to act!! So now Greg's main job is doing the AI work for the dairy, which will only take till early afternoon to do. Now he will have time for all of his other side job's and still be able to make it home for dinner!! With change always comes sacrifices, but what we have give up is very minimal to having my Greg around more!!

"Who Needs Snow"

So today was decorating day for the Festival of Trees! My Family and I have been working on our Tree for a few months now, so it was fun to see it all come together! This year Our theme was a beach or tropical kind of tree. You have to name your tree, so we gave our tree the name of "Who Needs Snow!" We have done this in the memory of my niece Ashley. She loved the summertime and always wished that she could go some place warm during the cold winter, I imagine the cold was hard on her but she never let you know how much it really bothered her! This was our second tree and we plan on doing it every year, we enjoy it so much and it helps ease the hurt and heartache a little, knowing that our time and effort is going to help children at Primary Children's Hospital, the same place that our Ashley spent weeks at a time, receiving great care and hope! Ashley My Angel
By Randie Smith

I have a guardian angel now,
She was sent to me from above.
With eyes so warm and caring,
They showed me of her Love.

Her laughter I will always hear,
The fun times we had I hold so dear.
We had a friendship that was so strong,
I know her love will go on and on.

A smile she would always wear,
Even when life, seemed to be unfair
She would always give me that sweet look,
And in no time she was off the hook.

Her heart was full of music,
A song I could always hear.
It told of her joy and love,
And so often she would share.

She has taught me of so many things
Like what it means to fight,
And live for everything.
I don’t know who I would be,
If my guardian angel, hadn’t been sent to me.

I read this at her funeral. We were more like sisters then anything else! I will miss her forever until that time comes when I get to hug her once more, till then all I have are fond memories that always bring a smile to my face and tears to my eyes! Love you Ash!