Disneyland with the Smiths October 2010

Lance, Wendy, Avery, Thomas and Kate Smith drove down from Utah to be here during UEA, when their kids didn't have school, and it happened to fall on "baby Kate's" 2nd birthday. So naturally we all went to Disneyland. This was the first day there, Wednesday October 7th, 2010.

Thomas, Heidi, Avery and Naomi

Naomi sat and posed herself and asked me to take this of her sitting in front of the Castle!

Kate pooped out after a long Birthday day, as we headed back to our cars on the tram.

Day Two, Friday! Wendy and Lance took thier kids earlier than us since I wanted Naomi to go to School for part of the morning. We met them @ California Adventure and then walked over to Disneyland. One of the first rides we went on was Cacey Jr's Train. The kids always want to go in the "wild animals" cage. Avery, Heidi, Naomi and Thomas

Audrey May Rossiter, 2 months old!

What and amazing face. Kate Smith! I wish I could say she belonged to me, but she is the adorable, yet naughty, daughter of Lance and Wendy. She and Heidi could be twins at some moments, in looks and mischieviousness, but I can't claim her. :(

Avery, Thomas and Kate Smith

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Dr Velkuru with Audrey May

Dr Hyma Velkuru with Audrey @ her two week check-up. Dr Velkuru was my pediatrician when good old Dr Brown (most of you will know who that is) retired. I love her to death. I have this same picture with both Naomi and Heidi. She really hasn't aged.

School Begins for 2010

Naomi's First Day of First Grade @ Mayflower Elementary School. August 30, 2010

Heidi's first Day of Preschool @ First Presbyterian Preschool. September 2nd, 2010

Blessing of Audrey May Rossiter: 10-17-10

A beautiful morning, slightly raining, but a wonderful morning to bless Audrey. This Sunday morning wasn't a traditional fast Sunday on which a baby is blessed. We changed it to the 3rd Sunday of the month (the first was General Conference.) My parents couldn't be here the second Sunday due to my niece being baptized in Utah. So we asked if it would be o.k. to have it on the 17th of October. Our bishop agreed, so we invited a few family members and friends to be a part of our daughters special day.

Ryan invited a few men to be in the blessing circle: Ron Rossiter, his dad, Steve Worsley, my dad, Lance Smith, brother in law, Mike Miller, family friend, Ricky Ingram, cousin, Jason Stringfellow, cousin, and Joel Henriod, friend. We felt privilidged for having the friends and family come support our family and little Audrey. It's not easy to be to a 9 am Sunday Sacrament Meeting, but we appreciate our family and friends who came. A special thanks to my parents, Steve and Cheryl Worsley, who made the drive from Utah. It was a stressful time, but they came anyway. Thank you Dad and Mom.

Ryan gave Audrey a wonderful, sweat blessing of strength, spirit and guidance. I took notes in my journal and my mom jotted a few down on the back of the program. Not sure if we'll be able to make sense of our short hand, but we did our best to get as much of what Ryan said so Audrey can read it some day.

Audrey one month old: September 2010

Even @ 1 month old, Audrey was very alert and very serious. We kept trying to get her to focus on our faces and smile back. However, she really couldn't see full images, or she's looking @ us thinking, "these people are crazy."