tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150869189295273012011-09-30T04:22:06.275-06:00Lauranoreply@blogger.comBlogger521100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15086918929527301.post-90164211610049302202011-01-02T17:06:00.001-07:002011-01-02T17:07:14.324-07:00

http://www.lbsmoot50.blogspot.com/

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Baby Sophie Ellen is here.  She is beautiful!  Take a peek!

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So things are zooming along with everyone. Here's a quick update: Sam is working harder than ever in summer school with Miss Brynne and me in reading and math. I have found some really exciting materials to help with children struggling in reading and have taken classes to understand how to teach it. It is so exciting to see his progress. "Slow and Steady", but he'll get there. It's my goal

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December was a fun month, lots of changes, family and friends. I love you all!!!Sister Smoot, aka Synthia only has 6 weeks left on her mission. We are excited to be able to go and visit the people she has gotten to know, taught the gospel to and been touched by. What seems to happen in situations like this is that these wonderful people teach us so much about life, humility and God. Synthia

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HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!!!!

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The month of December has come bringing miracles. Most important was the birth of our beautiful grandson, Russell Runyan. He was born on December 10th, made a "short" visit to the NICU with breathing problems, an infection of some kind and a heart murmer. He is better now and is home and healthy. Shana and Justin are so grateful and happy. He is absolutely adorable and has been a great baby

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Here are some great pictures from the last 3 months. Eliza and her cousin Faith are ecstatic to see each other.

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It's been forever since I have blogged. I guess life has been moving too fast. Really, right now, all of my thoughts are centered around this little baby boy that is soon to make his apprearance into this world - Shana and Justin's little baby. He is due on December 23rd, but weighs over 6 lbs right now. We find out this week when Shana will be induced, probably 2 weeks early, due to her

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I thought you might want to see what I was talking about!!! :)

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Today is Eliza's birthday! We love that cutie so much!

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Okay, so I have to confess that I have been pretty hooked on a blog that Shana told me about called Little April Rose. It was basically about a 20-something year old girl who is Christian, got pregnant out of wedlock, found out that her baby had Trisomy 13, a fatal illness, etc.... Anyway, I followed it for about 2 months until the baby was supposedly born and lived. Then the blog shut down

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So Skylar turned 16 years old on Tuesday and now he's decided he wants to be a cowboy. LOOKIN' GOOD SKY! (By the way, this is one good "heck of a kid.")

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Unbelievable, I know, but I went to bed one night and the next day, Shay had completely grown up! It just goes to show that miracles do still happen!Actually, I thought this was a pretty cute shot of her, at age 13, all dress up for "Night of the Notables", as Princess Diana! :) She did a great job on her class project!

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This is such a wonderful letter from Synthia and her companion, Hermana Stokes. It's a must read - 2 stories of miracles!Hola Familia!> Okay, so we're going to try something new and we´ll both send you our letters...so you can have the Stokes-Smoot Piriapolis letter....my companion is really funny and so you´ll be able to see a bit of her personality! We really feel like we were friends in heaven

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This week Mary and Baden went to London and France for a long awaited trip. They came to Centerville first though to drop off my Easter gift - our little Lizzy, (Eliza), who is 2, but almost 3. They took William, our chunky 9 month old grandbaby with them. He's still nursing!!! They had a great time, but believe me when I say, I had the greatest time of all of us. I got to know my absolutely

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We got a dog!!! I know, I know, you can't believe it. Neither can I, but he is Skylar's. He's border collie and golden retriever and adorable. He's 4 months old now. Our neighbor had him and their son couldn't really take care of him like he thought he could, so they asked us if we wanted him, at the exact time we were looking, so it was perfect. His name is Sawyer and he is so sweet.

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Synthia sent these pictures this week. I absolutely love reading her letters every week. She seems to always say just what I need to hear. This week she said that she's trying to remember to pray when she's not so tired at night so that she can really have good communication. I think I'll give that a try. :) Enjoy the photos! (I sure miss this cute girl!)

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How could I be more blessed than to have these two as my mom and dad! (You're the best!) I am continuing to work on my personal history and this page will be a part of it. I've written about 12 pages so far. I'm sure one day it will likely be an "Oprah Book Club" pick. I'll send you all autographed copies. It's lots of fun to document my life when I can add photos to go along. "A picture is

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Shayla turned 13 on Friday!!! I love this page that I asked Natalie to do for her! Shay loves it too! What do you think? GREAT JOB NAT!

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So last night Sharm and I went to a dinner/dance at BYU. Long story as to why we were even there, but that doesn't even matter. A man, about 28 years old, came over to greet our friend who we were sitting by and explained that he had just resigned from his job in Arizona, because of an accident. When he turned and sat down at the table I could see that one side of his face and neck were

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This one's for you Mary! :) Enjoy

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Here are a couple of layouts of Will and the fam! :) Enjoy!

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Hi all, Valentines Day 2009Just wanted to add an update. Today I attended the funeral of my sweet friend Kim Madsen, who has been battling ovarian cancer now for 4 years. She was such a remarkable example of living life to its fullest. She was a master gardening, and very talented in directing, acting and choreographing theatre productions of all kinds. She loved dance, computers, writing and to

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a gift from grammato: Little Lizzy and William Fox

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Synthia has had some pretty amazing experiences while in Uruguay the last 2 months... She's helped a man who was stabbed and bleeding to death, had a biking accident, went to the hospital yesterday because she couldn't stop throwing up, (she's okay now), had lots of investigators to teach and has helped teach and seen baptized one or two families. Check out some of her photos here!

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Happy Halloween!I woke up this morning and the sky was pink. I always think that maybe that means Christ is coming today. (I know, that's weird.) Just wanted to wish one and all a happy day and hope that Erin has her baby today. It would be fun to have a Halloween baby. Good luck Erin.Sam is going to be a skeleton with dripping blood, I'll have to post a picture of it, cause it's pretty cool

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Just a bit of news. Ummmmmm Hmmmmm Not much has happened really, except what you already know. Synthia is in Uruguay and is doing great. Stan is having fun at Utah State. I don't know about his grades. His hearing is improving a little bit, but next week he is going to go to get steroid shots, right in his ear. Ouch. Shana and Justin have adopted my first grand-dog, as Shana called her

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I'm sure most of you know this, but I've discovered that if you Google in my name, or any one else's name, that everything that I've blogged is there for anyone in the entire world to see or read. When I googled Shayla's name in, all the stuff that is on my blog came up too. I don't know, call me crazy, but I don't really like having all of Shayla's life, or mine, all over the net. The photo

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Hi family,Just a few photos to update you on what's going on. June 18, 2008 Stan took a trip to Mauii with friends.In July I went to Girl's Camp with 30 girls and a black bear. He lingered around the entire time girls and land numerous and numerous eaders saw him.Then, Mary had her cute little baby, William Bradford Fox, 8 lbs. 2 oz. I booked a plane the minute they went to the hospital and had a

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Happy to be going!

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Okay, I love this....off of Nat's blog."People don't want to hear the information you want to give, until they need it."Valerie Bradford (I just love this quote, because it is soooooooo true.) Thanks Valerie.Plus, Nat's quote: "Kent is not my girlfriend." Good one to keep in mind, but with Sharm, not Kent.

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It's the 4th of Jusy and instead of following tradition and going to the parade, we went on the coolest hike today up the Sessions/Holbrook Trail, right above the Bountiful Temple. We crossed the river over and over and it was overcast and windy and even cool. We found out on our way down that Stan had been above us the whole time, "scouting" us out like an Indian, even though he was supposed

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Just a fun digital scrapbook page of Shayla I did. We had a great time, but it was 98 degrees! Utah get awfully hot. I guess that's what happens in the desert in the summer!

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Well, we all did it, we got Stan graduated. lol Actually, he did most of the work with some prodding from us over the years. Honestly, he ended with a great GPA and an ACT score of, drum roll please............ 27. He was so excited about that one. He got accepted to BYU Provo and Idaho, UVSC, and Utah State. He's decided to go to Utah State. His cute cousin Lacey (shown in the photo), will

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Take a look at this! Shay had fun luring this hummingbird out of the garage with honeysuckle, while I had fun photographing it! I took my turn with the flowers as well and this gorgeous bird got within an inch of my face. I could hear the humming and feel his wings like a fan, all thanks to Shay Shay! Get out in nature this summer and enjoy! :)Laura

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Hi to all,This is our Bradford luncheon group who got together 2 weeks ago for a wonderful time at Applebees. It was so fun to see everyone. Below that is the wedding cake that Synthia made for Adrienne and Scott's reception. She wanted it to be really simple. It turned out really nice and the reception was beautiful, for all of you who didn't get to come. Love to all, (I'm headed off to

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Just a heads up that I am learning to create my own header and so excuse the constant changes. It's kind of hard! :)

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Stan and Marcy Bryson going to Senior Prom

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Just a note about the Recovery spots on the right...they are simply quotes from Dr. Abraham Low's book, "Mental Health Through Will Training." I posted these for me and for anyone who knows about Recovery and could use a "spot" now and then. They are not all exact quotes, but are very close, if not exact.

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I wanted to add a note about these Recovery Spots that are on the right side of my blog and down a little ways. They are teachings from Dr. Abraham A. Low and contain many great mental health ideas. I wanted them on here for myself and anyone else who knows about Recovery and may need a Spot! Frankly we all need one now and then.

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Wow, I really am amazed at life. You have a baby and then you blink and they are married, going on missions and graduating. Sharm and I will be down to 3 kids at home in only a couple of months. Stan graduates on May 29th and is headed up to Utah State University right after Synthia goes into the MTC on Aug. 20th. Stan is doing really well and is very ready for school to be done. I don't blame

Lauranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15086918929527301.post-10161201521793835812008-04-26T14:37:00.005-06:002008-04-26T16:25:07.167-06:00

Hi guys,Just a small update on our family. We have been in Las Vegas all week and YES, Synthia did receive her mission call. In case she hasn't called you personally, I'm sure she has tried, because she's been on the phone day and night since 10:30am Wednesday. So... for those of you she didn't get a hold of..."Drum Roll Please", she is going to the Montevideo, Uruguay Mission, (Spanish speaking

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Dear Friends and Family,Just a "heads up" that Synthia has turned in her missionary papers and can be receiving her mission call anytime now. We are all sooooooo excited for her and will let you know when she hears. She would love a Spanish speaking mission, because she has practiced and learned it pretty well, but she doesn't really care where she goes! The bad news is that it may come when we

Lauranoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15086918929527301.post-66343052410352679662008-03-19T20:40:00.003-06:002008-03-19T20:46:02.490-06:00

Shayla and Lori, (her best friend), are celebrating their 12 birthday together at the Bountiful Rec. Center. Their birthdays are only 2 days apart. They both are really having fun attending Young Women and I'm so lucky, because I am the Beehive Advisor, so I get to play with them too!

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Shana and I just went on a walk together. It's amazing all that has occurred since Thanksgiving Day. Shana was due to give birth on Jan. 17, to a little girl, but Lily was born a month early, on my birthday, Dec. 12, 2007. Lily had passed away a couple of days before. Shana couldn't feel her moving any more. Both Shana and Justin's cars had broken down and so they called me for a ride to the

Lauranoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15086918929527301.post-17221539648113238052007-11-23T08:43:00.000-07:002008-01-03T10:50:07.330-07:00

Hi Eliza,I love you!!!Love,Grammy

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