The first report of the morning is that Stella no longer needs the lights. Whoo-hoo!
So much love!
A Little Hottie!
Breakfast in the mountains
Laughing So Hard!
Yogurt face
Visitors Since January 13, 2008
Henrik
My personal driver, translator, tour guide and travel campanion and friend. Thanks for some goodtimes!
Grammie LaLa and Stella
Harley Rides and Sunburns
Silly Girls
Grammie Lala and Stella
Jason and Stella
Can you tell they are related?
Yes, that is her tonsil!!
Could you say NO to this face?
Henrik
Ooohh, pick me! Pick me!
11 months old
Magical!
Our Little House Mouse
More Shooting Fun
Craig and I target practicing
Craig and Mei Pozek
Group Hug!
Getting Cuter Every Day!
Cort and his Fav Sister In Law and Niece...
The Bluest Eyes EVER!
Bee Mine!
Mr & Mrs Smith
I love to laugh!
Cafe Rio
See my New Hat!
Mongolian BBQ
Cort shows Patrick the Ropes!
Temper? What Temper?
Where did everyone go?
A bookworm already :-)
Surely, this isn't supposed to be fun!
Here They Come!
Cute in Brown Too!
Pretty In Pink
After Bath Giggles!
Stella Baby
Cracked Me Up!
Who is that famous face behind the sunglasses?
Cowboy Up!
Fact: The guy who made that saying popular, patented it and moved here to Coral Canyon!
Flower Power!
My New Ride
I'd rather sleep in a house than a car so I downsized a bit but love it!
My Girl
Precious...
The Eyes Have It!
This pic cracked me up..
Saying Goodbye For Now
March 7, 2008
I hope to see Stella again this weekend. I've been working my tail off so haven't seen her since Wednesday. My new Townhome/Condo is going up fast! It's been fun to watch as they build it. It's a good thing I'm watching though as they decided to remove a wall that I was actually quite fond of! Needless to say the wall is back and this week I will be busy choosing cabinets, carpets, tile, counter tops and paint! It's so much fun yet I don't feel like I'm very good at choosing that stuff very well so I have recruited Tawni's mom Sharyl to help me. She is an amazing decorator! I'll post Stella photos soon but can tell you she is still doing great! Her two month birthday is March 11, but the doctors consider her age to be minus 3 weeks as her due date is still in the future! Love you all!
2008 Nascar Sprint Cup Las Vegas MotorSpeedway
Monday, February 18, 2008 - PRESIDENTS DAY
Meet Buddy, my new Best Friend. I had a wonderful day in Kanab, Utah at the Animal Sanctuary. I picked Buddy up around 11:00 a.m. after spending some time at Madison's final resting place in Angels Rest. The snow on the ground here made everything look very different, but the snow had receeded on each marker just enough to reveal all of the items that have been gently placed at each marker.
Buddy and I went out into the cedar trees and walked a 4-wheel drive access road. Although wet, muddy and snowy, the temps were perfect and the sun was shining. We pushed out a group of 10-12 deer and some wild turkeys. We then walked along some of the other Octagons which house hundreds of dogs at Dogtown. A couple of pictures here are of the Clubhouse Octogon but it is hard to see the Vicktory Dogs. There is one red Pit Bull laying on a cot that you might be able to see. We aren't allowed to photograph them yet so this was a covert operation that didn't work to well. The picture of Buddy and I together was taken in the Best Friends Clinic by Michelle, one of the caregivers. She is from Long Island New York and moved to Kanab to work at Best Friends a few years ago. At the end of my day I drove home through Zions Park. Those are the photos at the end of of slideshow. You'll also see a couple of pictures I took of what we always called the Pink Cliffs when I was growing up. This exact location was where my family reunions took place for many, many years at the home of a grand-aunt. It's in Glendale, Utah. It was bitter-sweet to see it again as the ranch house has been replaced with very modern cabin and the ginormous oak tree has died and has been cut down to just a big stump on the side of the road.
The last stop I made was in Grafton, Utah which is just West of Zions Park. It was where the original Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid was filmed. I couldn't get all the way back into the canyon as the road was impassable in my Maxima. I'll head over again after the Spring melt is over. My family claims that my great-grandfather used to provide horses to Butch and his Gang, what a rebel!
All in all, it was a fabulous day in a spectacular area. I hope you enjoy!
63 Degrees of Hiking Fun! Sunday, February 10, 2008
Meet some of my friends from work. We all got together to hike Johnson Canyon in Snow Canyon State Park today and it was beautiful! This area is just outside St George about 10 minutes and has everything from Lava Rock flows to Red Rock Sandstone Bluffs. The hike was probably 5-6 miles in total. It is so nice to be enjoying the great outdoors in February!! First we hiked up to an arch near the end of a box canyon then took another trail up to some caves that were amazing. Everyone was laughing that it reminded us of the movie Goonies from a zillion years ago! Although you see some snow up in the higher elevation and even some on the side of the trail, it was short-sleeve weather out there today. Simply wonderful!
A Piece of Heaven - Best Friends Animal Sanctuary
About Me
- Glenda
- After living in Portland, Maine for the last 10 years, I have returned to Utah, more specifically St George, to be near family and friends and to enjoy the beautiful Red Rock country of Southern Utah. Previously I lived in the Salt Lake area, but was ready to live where it doesn't snow! Jason and Cortney Smith are my sons and Jason is married to Tawni. They are expecting their first child Stella in mid-march. Cortney is a bachelor-for-life it seems, at least for now. Living in Southern Utah offers so many outdoor adventures for us to enjoy. Year-round Golf is a major part of the community here. I like to hike in many of the State and National Parks that surround this area. I volunteer at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary as often as possible. You'll hear and see more about BF later in my Blog. If I really want to feel city life, Las Vegas is 2 hours to the West and Salt Lake City is 4 hours North. Vote below if you can guess which of the three little girls above is Me! Click on the photo for a larger image.
A Frequent Flyer Fish Tale!
Our nemo fish came about while all of us were visiting the boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey a few years back. We made a pact you had to keep both fish and that the only way you could get rid of them was by taking them to visit us. Once you are "tagged" by the nemo fish, you immediatly start planning your vacation! Of course we all live in different states. Since then they have traveled to Maine several times, Pennsylvania several times, Texas several times, Utah and Montana. I thought they were safe in Texas when Cortney and I stopped in Pennsylvania to see Kip and Gail during our cross-country move to Utah. NOPE! I couldn't have been more wrong. Karli had brought them from Texas to Pennsylvania the week before just so Gail could send them to Utah with us! They sat in the back window of my car for the duration of the trip. Realistically, our Nemo buddies have also been in every state I-70 travels through between Maine and Utah as well! With help from Kips brother Kirk, these little fellas made an appearance at Kip and Gails wedding rehearsal dinner in Billings, Montana!! They are now living in Austin, Texas but I know I haven't seen the last of them!
Tiger Lily Captured!
Billion Year-old Petroglyphs!
HA!!
Perkins Cove - Ogunquit, Maine
One of my favorite places
