100 Photos of Christmas 2008

I posted a slideshow below of 100 photos from the many taken during Christmas. Click on it for a view of them in larger format. In looking at the photos, this one is the one that makes me laugh most for some reason. It is truly bonzerlicious and snastacious!

Apologies for these Christmas Photos

I know it has been cold where you are. We had a beautiful Christmas with all 9 of use together at our home in Kona! We went surfing, standup paddle boarding, ocean kayaking, bodyboarding, swimming, walking, running, touring, fishing, and best of all, we were all in the temple together for Mitchell's first visit to the temple in preparation for his mission. It has been a dream Christmas for us as parents. Yet, we feel a bit guilty to have had beautiful weather. So, we have included this first photo above, taken yesterday when it clouded over and the wind chill factor brought the weather down to 73 degrees! We started bundling up, as you can see.

Family

Having just seen all of my children at the funeral for Michelle's father, Jack Smith, I can observe that some of the finest people I know on this planet are my own children. And I can add the same for our daughter-in-law and sons-in-law. That's one example we have from Mom and Dad Smith- in-laws are as much children as non-in-laws! We are so fortunate to have all of us. Michelle and I are looking forward to having everyone here at Christmas, including the 1/2 bun-in-the-oven Rachel is cooking.