Stacy's Wedding

My sister Stacy got married this week in Salt Lake City. I decided to take the week off and spend it in Utah. The Wedding and reception were on Wednesday, 09/09/09.

They had a three layer cake. The top was carrot cake, I believe the middle was chocolate, and the bottom layer was vanilla with raspberry filling.

It was a good excuse to try out the new telephoto lens for my camera. If nothing else, it looks cool with the lens on and the lens conversion turned off.

And take some pictures of the nieces and nephews.

For those of you that have seen the show Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives on the Food Network, this food is from Pat's BBQ in Salt Lake City. Not the best food style for a wedding lunch, but it was good food. I think the pulled pork was the best with their hot BBQ sauce. The briskit wasn't bad either.

In case you wondered what Vanilla wedding cake looks like on the inside.

Sadie's Birthday

Today was Sadie's fourth birthday. After dinner, we had cake and ice cream.

Sadie decorated her own cake with Samuel's help. It was a pink cake with pink frosting.

Everyone enjoyed the cake and ice cream, but William got really excited when he found out we were going to a Pirates game for Sadie's birthday.

PNC Park is a great place to take in a Pirates loss... I mean game.

You can enjoy the view...

...the boats on the water...


...the Pittsburgh Renaissance...

...or the perogie race.


Sarah tried to send Sadie a message while we were there. She didn't quite get it right, but she was pretty close with the one at the top of the blog. I also liked the one below.

I decided to get in on things with this one.

Detroit

We took a trip to Detroit last weekend to visit Robert's family. We spent an afternoon downtown while we were there. Henry and Samuel enjoyed the water fountian, but Sadie wouldn't go near it. Notice the pictures of Sadie? Neither did I.

Since it was Saturday, Samuel decided this would be better than taking a shower at the hotel that night.

We didn't see any Red Wings fans there, but I did spot a Penguins fan. I guess the Red Wings fans were still celebrating the departure of Hossa.

We didn't make it to Canada, but I did get close.


We also went across the street to Ren Cen (Renaissance Center) where Samuel and Henry had some fun running around.

William aka Runty aka Mr. Spew aka Spew Man

William is always a captive audience when you get the camera out. At our house he is more commonly known as Runty or Mr. Spew.

Trip to Palmyra

Last weekend we took a family trip to Palmyra, NY to see the Hill Cumorah Pageant. The drive wasn't as bad as I though. If we're still here next year we will definitely make the trip again.

We were going to spend Friday in Niagara Falls, but Henry wanted to see some more sights in Palmyra, so we spent the day there instead.

Smith family frame home

Sacred Grove

Smith family log home

I still think this is the best view of any temple I've seen: