Having fun with my camera onboard Kuan Yin.

Get a few cousins together and you never know what will happen.

Yar Matey!
Papa and Uncle Doug instruct Andrew on the fine art of sailing. Sailers go way back on the Smith side of our family. In fact we have cousins that grew up on ships in the South Pacific. It was a beautiful day of sailing out of St. Andrew's Marina into the Gulf of Mexico.This was the start of a really fun family reunion.

Aww aren't they cute?

I call this post New Do's.

Nicoletti's Visit!!! That's always fun. We did a lot of swimming, visited Universal and rode horses. Of course excessive eating was part of the plan

It's Official:

Ligoretto is part of the family now. (We call him Retto for short.)

Barn News: Ashley and Jig place 3rd novice in their first show and the kitties turn 1. One month that is.

Let the summer begin!

News from the Hill:
Nermal and Abby are 2 weeks old. Their eyes are open and they are starting to motor around.


Ashley and Jiggy are having a good time together. She likes him because he powers forward. (She calls him powerhouse.) He likes her because she doesn't hold him back.

The bears have crossed the bridge to the webelo side! It's been a fun year in scouting. Check out the Den 5 blog to see some things they have done.