Hello Grand Canyon -South Rim

Yesterday was a long day all around between the flight to Vegas and the drive to the South Rim. It was successful in just about every sense except that I realized on the flight to Vegas that I had forgotten my National Park Pass that we bought in Death Valley. Much drama ensued trying to…

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Death Valley – Day 2 (Mt. Perry)

We started our death Valley hiking adventure yesterday with a hike up to Mount Perry. Before starting the hike we took some sunrise photos from Zabriskie point. The hike itself was absolutely amazing. It was a ridgeline hike of about 4 miles (1 way) with death Valley on one side and another set of mountains…

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Red Rock Canyon Rocks!

Christine added her 40th state, Nevada, today with our trip to Red Rock Canyon. It was a beautiful 13 mile scenic drive. I think we averaged about 40 pictures per mile (maybe more). We brought Helena’s friend Welly with us and he enjoined the drive too.

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Happy Halloween 2012

Helena absolutely loved Halloween. She went as a ‘Fire Girl” and if her enthusiasm is any indication of what Christmas this year is going to be like, then we are in for a lot of excited screaming. So much fun!!! Enjoy the pics!

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Goodbye Grandpa Smart

G. Arthur Smart – 9/12/1920 – 10/21/2012 Grandpa Smart, aka Uncle Arthur, passed last week. He lived to be 92 years old, which is as much as any of us could hope for. Even though it’s sad when someone we love leaves us, there were lots of great memories along the way. Below are the…

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Swinging For The Moon

Great daddy daughter date with Helena this afternoon. First stop was the Chili Festival for a treat and then the park.

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Columbian Style

I realize that I am a little behind the times by blogging about our trip to Columbia over a month after returning. But in my defense, April was a very crazy month in the Smart household. But I won’t get into that here. I’m sure the pictures from our phones don’t quite do the trip…

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Happy Mother’s Day

Ended a fun Mother’s day with a trip to the beach, which included putting our feet in the ocean, the playground, ice cream, and of course posing for a few pictures taken by “the mother”. This was one of my favs!!!

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Body Double – I’m in Trouble!

When we asked Helena which of these pictures was her, she pointed to both of them. Kind of amazing how similar Helena and Christine looked as toddlers. I myself did a double take when I saw the picture on the left. Granted, I knew it was not Helena since it was part of a larger…

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All Aboard the Potty Train

Before I talk about potty training, I just had to share a couple pictures of Helena from Christmas. This year she really really enjoyed Christmas! When she came downstairs though on Christmas morning it took her a little while to warm up to the idea of opening Christmas presents because she was just so incredibly…

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