In Loving Memory of Larry Alfred Smith

It is with great sadness that I post this message.

After a five year battle with kidney cancer, my beloved Dad is finally at peace.

He passed away very peacefully at home, surrounded by family at 2:30 am on Saturday, 2/21.

He was 58 years old, and an amazing husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle & friend. We will all remember him for his dedication and love to his family, gifted wood working skills, LOVE for Harley motorcycles, black leather vest, & kind, gentle nature.

Though we will all struggle to figure out how to live this life without him in it, his love and memory will never be forgotten.

Memorial Service was held at Strike Funeral Home in Cambridge, MN on Tuesday, 2/24/09

Long Awaited January Updates.....

Yes, we are still alive and well.....just WAY behind on blog posts! :)

Let's see where to even begin.....we have spent most of January at inside venues because of the frigid cold temps, and we are BEYOND ready for Spring to come, but that is beside the point.

This is what Hayden has looked like for most of the month of January--really ever since Santa delivered this gift under the tree:

Our very own Clone Trooper...the kid is a Star Wars nut!

We have officially recovered from Christmas, and finally got the tree down a few weekends ago, but didn't get the boxes down to the crawl space until yesterday! Nothing like being timely.
I like to think we are just really festive people.

We enjoyed a trip to the MN zoo--always a hit with H&E--thank god for our membership. Even fun to go in the winter and do the Tropics Trail and Discovery Cove. They LOVE the aquariums.

A hog pile on daddy helped to burn some steam....

Many, many trips to Cambridge to spend time with Nana and Papa Smith:

We love, love, love these guys....

...and Nana always manages to spoil the kids with treats--on this particular day, she had popsicles, which were a HUGE hit!

Another fun family outing we had was to the St Paul Chamber Orchestra's 50th Birthday celebration. Jon's parents got us free tickets to a kid-friendly concert, with festivities before hand by Creative Kids Stuff to celebrate their birthday. We went to Cosetta's before the concert for pizza, and just had a great day together!

Making birthday hats for the concert...

Mesmerized by the percussionists, our kids didn't make a peep the entire concert.

Some video footage for your enjoyment:



Other than that, the kids (and Jonathan) had some fun experimenting with dry ice
from our grocery delivery:

Next Up....Swimming Lessons, and other exciting developments in the Sharpe household!!

Stay Tuned.