Family Pictures

My good friend Chelsea took some family pictures for us last weekend. It was a cold 45 degree morning but we were quick and the sun was shining beautifully so we got some good shots in.

Here's my favorite.

We took a few of the girls alone. Avery and Camryn did ok. I love Lily's.

 And isn't this one of Merrick and me pretty snazzy? My brother saw it and called me immediately to tell me that we both look 10 years younger. Haha, I'm not sure if that's a complement or not! ;)

These were fun. I'm sure you'll be seeing them in a Christmas card coming your way sometime soon! :)

Minions Assemble!

Halloween is here at the Smith house!

Fall arrived late in Tennessee but it felt a lot colder than I remembered, so I'm kind of grateful our September was hot!

This summer we went to see Despicable Me 2 in the theaters and we also bought the Despicable Me (#1) on DVD. At some point in our craze for minions we decided to be the Despicable Me family for Halloween. 

I started by making minion buckets for the girls to use as their treat pails for trick or treating. 

Then I used this picture as a guide to assemble the girls costumes. 

I got everything at Good Will, ebay, Once Upon a Child, and also our own closets. Here's what we came up with:

Pretty cool right? I sewed Avery's skirt out of a size 14 skirt I found at Good Will. And I sewed her shirt a little too. Camryn's hat was a pink snow hat we already had and I just got glued on some pink felt stripes. 

I got Merrick a black and white stripe scarf so he could be Gru. He refused to shave his head!! :) And after tonsss of deliberating I decided to be Agent Lucy Wilde (from the second movie. "Lipstick Taser!!"). I was tempted to cut bangs just for the costume but Merrick talked me out of it. 

Here we are at our neighborhood Halloween Party. 

Pretty cool right? I was pleased with our costumes. We entered the costume contest and won First Place in the Group/Family Costume category!! Oh yeah! {Insert Vector's victory dance here}

Here we are minus Merrick after we won. 

If you haven't seen Despicable Me, I highly recommend it! It is fun for kids and adults. And the second movie was also very good. It comes out on DVD in December!!

Happy Halloween! 

Brownies and Soccer

Avery joined Girl Scouts a couple weeks ago! She is now a Brownie. It seems like it will be fun and a nice way for her to make some friends. 

We also signed her up for a soccer team with the County Rec Dept. She is having a great time and has learned a lot. She has played three games already and is getting better every time.

Lily and Cam have been good sports, hanging out with me during her practices and games. :)