Merry Christmas everyone!!! Wishing you and yours a very joyous New Year. Just close your eyes for a moment and remember Christmas at Grandma and Grandpa Smiths. What fun! Hugs and Kisses,
Rene

Emerson Update

Little Miss Emerson now weighs 9 pounds! She gained 3 this month! You go girl. No longer preemie sized...she is showing her hilarious personality now. Loving being her Mommy, like nothing else.

Love, Tamara

News from marilou

Happy 25th anniversary to Ken an d Michelle-----43rd -G. M. and Rosie------AND----WE ARE CELEBRATING -------Happy Birthday to Michelle Denise --40---Rene 50----soon. Did you all get Tamara and Jay's birth announcement of our precious Emerson Grace? They are doing great and are sooooo happy.To those off to college Dan and Geri-also Jessieon her MBA -good year and much success- to all others beginning school-make the most of it--it is a great time in your life--to all of those healing and working on heir health-- keep it up Donnell and I hope to see Jersaey Boys for our 54th. Let Tamara and Jay know you saw Emerson's pictures-they are anxious to hear from you and keep th blog going-------See ya Mp j

Mommy waiting for baby in hospital....big ol belly....you must scroll down for full effect.

more pics

Emerson is ready to go home from the hospital.

Hello all

Mommy and baby are doing well....sleepy, sleepy, sleepy!

Hey Smith Family,  Eli accidentally posted two things that were suppose to go on a blog with his friends.  So sorry.  I hope you are all well and Tamara that you are enjoying the sweetness of your baby girl.  (I'm hoping to see pictures, can someone send some)  Summer seemed to be sauntering (is that a word) along until this last week.  Now it's coming to an end way too quickly.  We have two boys from Florida coming to visit this weekend.  Eli's in Basketball camp and Nathan began his first season with football last night.  Zach's loving his guitar lessons and looking for other artistic expressions (cartooning) to gain skill in.  David and his brother have torn up our front yard (with the help of the boys) to try their hand at landscaping... I'm praying it gets put back together in a reasonable time-frame (and that this is not a Tim Allen experience).  I'm up in the middle of the night with allergies and looking for watermelon to eat, of which we have none.

Oh well.  Now I know all of you out there (esp. you women) have a point of view or something to say about "Something".  What's goin on with yunz?  Let us know.  Much love,  Jennifer

Movie Stuff (yeah i'm already moving on)

Ok everyone here is a sneak peek on the newest script. This is the first scene in expanded form. Any question's or comments are welcome

                                                                                                            Script

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Introduction

(During the pre-movie credits show the two ambassadors traveling)

Scene 1

(Maldrorian Great Hall, King Branson and councilors in a meeting)

Councilor 1:  ...so you see, sire, we must make this trade with the Rymber's. Nothing can go wrong, it will only serve our countries purposes. (Sits down)

King Branson: Very well. You have convinced me. We will make the trade and you will oversee it. Meeting adjourned! (Everyone exits except King and servants) Please bring me a drink,_____.

Servant: Yes sire. (exits)

Servant 2: (enters) Sire, there are two men here who will not give their identities yet demand that they speak with you. I wanted to ask your permission before letting them in. They seemed very suspicious. They are in the courtyard.

King Branson: Hmm...(stands up and walks over to window and looks down on the two ambassadors) They look like they are of noble birth... somewhere north of here. Do you think they could be from Rymber? 

(Servant enters with drink, and king takes it, servant exits.

Servant 2: No, they look like nothing of what I know of Rymber's, and I traveled all through that land.

King Branson: Well, let them in. But make sure that they are accompanied by guards. 

Servant 2: Yes sire. (exits, King Branson sits)

Queen Elyssa: (entering holding baby and with another maid holding other baby.) Branson? 

King Branson: Yes come in. You may sit here with me while I meet with some ambassadors. (Queen sits)

Servant 2: (enters along with guards and ambassadors.) Sire. The ambassadors are here.

Ambassador 1: Sire. (both bow) We have come to treat with you about certain matters.

King Branson: And those matter's would be?

(Ambassadors whip out some knives and kill all guards. Then knock out the maid and hold king and queen and knife point.)

Ambassador 2: Now, you will give us the babies. Or we will kill you and all the nobles which have just been summoned.

King Branson: What do you mean they've all been summoned?

Ambassador 2: You summoned them (laughs). So what will it be? The babies, or letting your country go into mayhem, and we will still get the babies.

King Branson: Fine, take them.

Queen Elyssa: No! You cant take them!

King Branson: Shh! I dont like it any more than you do. But it's for the good of the people. (Hands over babies)

Ambassador 1: Thank you. Well, time to go! Glad you made the right decision. (Ambassadors exit)

 

    

 

    

Movie Stuff (yeah i'm already moving on)

Ok everyone, here is a sneak peek at what I have of the script so far. It is just the first scene. We do also need to think of a title for this movie. So if you have any ideas PLEASE speak up!! Hope you like it.

Introduction

(During the pre-movie credits show the two ambassadors traveling)

Scene 1

(Maldrorian Great Hall, King Branson and councilors in a meeting)

Councilor 1:  ...so you see, sire, we must make this trade with the Rymber's. Nothing can go wrong, it will only serve our countries purposes. (Sits down)

King Branson: Very well. You have convinced me. We will make the trade and you will oversee it. Meeting adjourned! (Everyone exits except King and servants) Please bring me a drink,_____.

Servant: Yes sire. (exits)

Servant 2: (enters) Sire, there are two men here who will not give their identities yet demand that they speak with you. I wanted to ask your permission before letting them in. They seemed very suspicious. They are in the courtyard.

King Branson: Hmm...(stands up and walks over to window and looks down on the two ambassadors) They look like they are of noble birth... somewhere north of here. Do you think they could be from Rymber? 

(Servant enters with drink, and king takes it, servant exits.

Servant 2: No, they look like nothing of what I know of Rymber's, and I traveled all through that land.

King Branson: Well, let them in. But make sure that they are accompanied by guards. 

Servant 2: Yes sire. (exits, King Branson sits)

Queen Elyssa: (entering holding baby and with another maid holding other baby.) Branson? 

King Branson: Yes come in. You may sit here with me while I meet with some ambassadors. (Queen sits)

Servant 2: (enters along with guards and ambassadors.) Sire. The ambassadors are here.

Ambassador 1: Sire. (both bow) We have come to treat with you about certain matters.

King Branson: And those matter's would be?

(Ambassadors whip out some knives and kill all guards. Then knock out the maid and hold king and queen and knife point.)

Ambassador 2: Now, you will give us the babies. Or we will kill you and all the nobles which have just been summoned.

King Branson: What do you mean they've all been summoned?

Ambassador 2: You summoned them (laughs). So what will it be? The babies, or letting your country go into mayhem, and we will still get the babies.

King Branson: Fine, take them.

Queen Elyssa: No! You cant take them!

King Branson: Shh! I dont like it any more than you do. But it's for the good of the people. (Hands over babies)

Ambassador 1: Thank you. Well, time to go! Glad you made the right decision. (Ambassadors exit)

 

    

One more add request

Hey Dan! Camilla would like an invite to post. Camillabuckingham@hotmail.com Thanks!

New Family Member

At 8:21 pm this evening Tamara and Jay welcomed Emerson Grace into the world and the family.,

Emerson weighed in at 6 pounds, being born extremely healthy at 35 weeks.

Hey Ya'll!

Hey everybody,

Sorry we missed you all at the big reunion. Just sitting here in my hugeness waiting....only a few weeks to go to see baby! Jay is going to take some pictures, finally, so I can post them for all the world to see. It's a sight, for sure.

Hope all is well with your world's. Will keep you informed of our progress.

Love, Tamara

Add request!

Hey Dan...Allie said she never got the email to sign on as an author. Can you send it to her again? tastryd@gmail.com Thanks!!!

Finally

I've finally had the chance to check the blog.  Woooohooo!  

Just wanted to take the opportunity to express my love and 

thankfulness for the fam.  It's so good to see you, hug you and

chat with you...and even after 4 or more years, there is a 

kindredness that continues to live on.  Amazing.

Much love to you all,  Jennifer

(this is our dog Maggie reading before bed...

She's reading her regular dose of "Far Side Gallery".  )

I am posting a post so that there is a posted post so that you people's can read the post that was postably posted..

Umm, hi. Blogs are cool. We are at home celebrating the 4th of July on the 5th. Umm, that's fun. Yeah. OK. I like summer. It's a lot of fun to go to the pool. I went for a run today. Umm, yeah... Let's see... We are going to see fireworks tonight, so that should be cool. How are you guys?  

Recommendation

Hey guys! If you haven't seen Wall-E, I highly recommend it. Loved it!

Happy 4th of July

Have a happy 4th of July everybody!

Marilou's News

Had a great time-so did Elle and Nate --thanks to all responsible- and thanks to Jessica,Nick, Olivia, Rene, Chris, Geri, Cody, Haleigh for making the effort, spending oodles of $ for gas, rental car, hotel stay on the way,airplane tickets, and with Rene-loss of a day's pay as their airplane did not fly until the next day.etc. With the price of gas, we thank all who came--G. M. and Rosie in charge in 2010 June 24 to 27-put on your calendar asap. Congrats again to Michelle and Ken who are in Europe now celebrating their 25th--Pats and Gary--their 45th--G. M. and Rosie their 43rd, Rene's 50th b'day Aug 30th ( Rene, you sure look nifty to be fifty)Tamara and Jay are looking forward to welcoming Emerson Grace early Aug. (Know they will need diapers-Ha.) THANKS, DAN, FOR SETTING THIS UP.
Love, MARILOU

(Edited by Dan to remove the "--" from Jessica's name).

How to post

For anyone not sure on how to make posts, here's a handy how-to.
When you first login, press "New Post" on the left hand side to create a new post.












Give the post a title in the "Title" text box, and add text in the large bottom area as desired.
Place your mouse cursor over all the options underneath the title box to see what you can do. To add an image to a post, click the image that says "Add image" when you mouse over it.
You can also change your font, bold and italicize your text as well as change the font color.
There's even a spell checker. If you've ever used Microsoft Word or anything similar, you should instantly grasp what the icons are for.

At the bottom of the box you can put a label on the post to organize it into a genre of your choosing (though I never do this). To publish the post to the website, just click the "Publish Post" icon on the bottom left.

If you want to get really advanced, you can add posts via the "Edit Html" tab, which allows MANY more options, but you have no helpful icons, and everything must be written in the HTML coding language. I suspect no one will use that option, but it's there if you want to use it.

goi the hook up now

Wow! Dan that was quick. Thanks so much. We FINALLY got home Mon. about 11 am. Had such a great time seeing everyone and especially Olivia. Not biased! Love to all and hope to see more postings. Jen, don't go too crazy. LOL

Reunion

It was so good to see everybody this past week. Hopefully this blog will allow us to spend less time at reunions "catching up" and more just spending time together. Talk to you all soon! :)

First post

Set up complete. Adding accounts.