Each year I put together a calendar for my family. It is a bunch of work I tell you to gather a picture of every member of my enormous family. Let's see that's right about 70 of us. Good thing I take lots of pictures. "The Smith Family Calendar" comes out in January. See, I just don't have time in December and January is a boring month anyway. So, it is a 13 month calendar, from January to January. It has all the birthdays and anniversary dates for each family member, a full calendar! This year I decided to do a collage page each month featuring one of my siblings. Yup, 12 siblings for 12 months. The above collage of my family got the 13th month spot. Here's a quick rundown on my brothers and sisters. Not in any order.
Tyson, born my senior year of high school, I came home from college every weekend just to see his smiling face. He is still one of the nicest people on the planet. He is in Arizona finishing his first year of medical school. If you even need to know anything about plants, he is the one to ask!
Sarah, one of the twins, was born when I was still 4 years old, giving my parents 5 daughters age 4 and younger. That's the year I learned how to change diapers, cloth ones with pins! Sarah is such a kind and wonderful sister, good at remembering special days. She is married to Mike (who loves Buell motorcycles) and they have their sweet little girl, Serena.
Valrie was born when I was a Junior in college! Twenty-one years between the oldest and youngest of my parents kids. She is still working on college and jobs and is married to Cody who is in California doing the college thing too. Valrie's great love and knowledge is horses, especially hers, Bently.
Rebecca is an woman of great inner strength. She has four beautiful girls and lives with her hunting and fishing loving husband, Travis, in Rigby. Only 4 of us live in or near Idaho Falls so it is nice to have her close enough to see regularly. Her green thumb is much more developed than mine. Flowers flourish so beautifully for her.
Nathan has always been energetic and fun. I was 8 years old when he was born, making 8 kids for my parents. Keeping busy with pediatric dentistry lets him have lots of fun as you can see by the pictures. I love his wife, Tiffany! I really enjoy visiting and hanging out with her. We wish they lived closer because their five kids are so terrific!
Ohio is too far away! Tharon and Alicia live there now with little Dakota and soon a new baby girl. I've only got to meet sweet little Dakota once and since they are moving soon to Chicago for Orthodontic school, we won't be seeing much more of them anytime soon. Tharon has always had this special way of flashing his charming smile and getting everything he wants. It has worked out very well for him, after all he has Alicia!
Adam and his talented and amazing wife Tina were just here for a visit. I sure wish I could cook like she does. Adam is a physician assistant in Eastern Washington, close to the Idaho border. He and Kerry can talk doctor talk and swap ER horror stories when they get together. Their five adorable kids are a hoot and are so so cute!
Thank goodness Jamie lives nearby! She helps me out so many times watching my kids after they get out of school. It is great to have sister-friends! Her three little girls have fun with my kids. We get to see them the most of any cousins. Virgil does our taxes for us which we really appreciate and lets face it, he is just an all around nice guy!
Golden and his beautiful and talented family live only 15 minutes from us! Yea! Shelby is just like a sister, I just have the best sisters-in-law!! I tell people all the time what a wonderful optometrist brother I have right here at the local Wal-mart. If you ever need some spur of the moment fun or games or acting skills or just some help, they are always willing and are only a phone call away.
DaNell and her great family just live entirely too far away. My kids match up in age with all of her kids but reunion time is just not enough to satisfy the need for cousin play time. It is not enough time for sister talking either. I love to visit with DaNell, she is well read and smart and a great writer too. Mark is the one person in the family who likes to talk about cameras and photography with me. I am glad someone else likes it!
Well, Rachel, Matt and their family only live 2.5 hours away now but, it seems farther. I am so glad her girls have been friends with my girls! Garren and Kason are friends too. Matt his hoping to take the two of them fishing someday soon and he took Kieran bird hunting last year too. I'm not keeping up with her though, her younger kids just won't have cousins their ages at my house. I am so glad that Rachel and I get to have phone visits. She is my great friend too!
Shelly spent more time at mom and dad's this past summer, it was great to see her more! She has accomplished a lot with school and is my only sister with a Masters Degree, way to go!! She is the oldest of the twins and I have always thought it was cool to have sisters that are twins.
This is the cover of the calendar with pictures of Mom and Dad. They got home from their mission almost a year ago and I have been so grateful to have them back! They are such great examples and parents for me! I am glad they taught me about the gospel and about hard work and about service. I am glad they gave me so many wonderful siblings. My brothers and sisters and my parents have been a huge blessing in my life!!
Each year I put together a calendar for my family. It is a bunch of work I tell you to gather a picture of every member of my enormous family. Let's see that's right about 70 of us. Good thing I take lots of pictures. "The Smith Family Calendar" comes out in January. See, I just don't have time in December and January is a boring month anyway. So, it is a 13 month calendar, from January to January. It has all the birthdays and anniversary dates for each family member, a full calendar! This year I decided to do a collage page each month featuring one of my siblings. Yup, 12 siblings for 12 months. The above collage of my family got the 13th month spot. Here's a quick rundown on my brothers and sisters. Not in any order.
Tyson, born my senior year of high school, I came home from college every weekend just to see his smiling face. He is still one of the nicest people on the planet. He is in Arizona finishing his first year of medical school. If you even need to know anything about plants, he is the one to ask!
Sarah, one of the twins, was born when I was still 4 years old, giving my parents 5 daughters age 4 and younger. That's the year I learned how to change diapers, cloth ones with pins! Sarah is such a kind and wonderful sister, good at remembering special days. She is married to Mike (who loves Buell motorcycles) and they have their sweet little girl, Serena.
Valrie was born when I was a Junior in college! Twenty-one years between the oldest and youngest of my parents kids. She is still working on college and jobs and is married to Cody who is in California doing the college thing too. Valrie's great love and knowledge is horses, especially hers, Bently.
Rebecca is an woman of great inner strength. She has four beautiful girls and lives with her hunting and fishing loving husband, Travis, in Rigby. Only 4 of us live in or near Idaho Falls so it is nice to have her close enough to see regularly. Her green thumb is much more developed than mine. Flowers flourish so beautifully for her.
Nathan has always been energetic and fun. I was 8 years old when he was born, making 8 kids for my parents. Keeping busy with pediatric dentistry lets him have lots of fun as you can see by the pictures. I love his wife, Tiffany! I really enjoy visiting and hanging out with her. We wish they lived closer because their five kids are so terrific!
Ohio is too far away! Tharon and Alicia live there now with little Dakota and soon a new baby girl. I've only got to meet sweet little Dakota once and since they are moving soon to Chicago for Orthodontic school, we won't be seeing much more of them anytime soon. Tharon has always had this special way of flashing his charming smile and getting everything he wants. It has worked out very well for him, after all he has Alicia!
Adam and his talented and amazing wife Tina were just here for a visit. I sure wish I could cook like she does. Adam is a physician assistant in Eastern Washington, close to the Idaho border. He and Kerry can talk doctor talk and swap ER horror stories when they get together. Their five adorable kids are a hoot and are so so cute!
Thank goodness Jamie lives nearby! She helps me out so many times watching my kids after they get out of school. It is great to have sister-friends! Her three little girls have fun with my kids. We get to see them the most of any cousins. Virgil does our taxes for us which we really appreciate and lets face it, he is just an all around nice guy!
Golden and his beautiful and talented family live only 15 minutes from us! Yea! Shelby is just like a sister, I just have the best sisters-in-law!! I tell people all the time what a wonderful optometrist brother I have right here at the local Wal-mart. If you ever need some spur of the moment fun or games or acting skills or just some help, they are always willing and are only a phone call away.
DaNell and her great family just live entirely too far away. My kids match up in age with all of her kids but reunion time is just not enough to satisfy the need for cousin play time. It is not enough time for sister talking either. I love to visit with DaNell, she is well read and smart and a great writer too. Mark is the one person in the family who likes to talk about cameras and photography with me. I am glad someone else likes it!
Well, Rachel, Matt and their family only live 2.5 hours away now but, it seems farther. I am so glad her girls have been friends with my girls! Garren and Kason are friends too. Matt his hoping to take the two of them fishing someday soon and he took Kieran bird hunting last year too. I'm not keeping up with her though, her younger kids just won't have cousins their ages at my house. I am so glad that Rachel and I get to have phone visits. She is my great friend too!
Shelly spent more time at mom and dad's this past summer, it was great to see her more! She has accomplished a lot with school and is my only sister with a Masters Degree, way to go!! She is the oldest of the twins and I have always thought it was cool to have sisters that are twins.
This is the cover of the calendar with pictures of Mom and Dad. They got home from their mission almost a year ago and I have been so grateful to have them back! They are such great examples and parents for me! I am glad they taught me about the gospel and about hard work and about service. I am glad they gave me so many wonderful siblings. My brothers and sisters and my parents have been a huge blessing in my life!!
loved reading the post on everyone and the pictures too!
ReplyDeleteYour calendar looks really good. What program did you use to make the tops? Is it the same program you have used it years past? I like to see pictures of your family and see all the new grandkids.
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