Samantha in B&W

Lori did a bunch of photos of the new family.

Ansel Lori

Lori has discovered that having a great subject makes it easier to take pictures. Here are a few pictures that include the visit of great-grandma Hart. My mom is in Logan visiting my brother John and his famil for Thanksgiving. Since Idaho Falls is less than a 3 hour drive, John, Lexie, and Juliette took her up to see her first great-grandchild. In the last picture, Mike is really not sleeping..Anneka is playing her cello and he is just relishing in the sound.

Thanksgiving

We have so much to be thankful for. We have been bless with abundance and chances to share it. Living here in Sitka is great. I have a great job, we have a nice place to live with wonderful scenery, and we have the Gospel of Jesus Christ in our lives. We also have family and good friends all over the world.

Anna is experiencing her first Thanksgiving. She has learned that this is the beginning of the "holidays" with the start of all the Christmas stuff. She is looking forward to a turkey(which is in the oven as I type). She isn't crazy about eggnog...oh well, more for the rest of us, but is looking forward to a nice 4 day weekend.

Our weather is rain free today and not cold so Anna and I went out in the kayaks for a while. We have a friend from church coming for dinner today as his wife and little girl are in Texas visiting family.

Anna gets to go to Seattle tomorrow and Saturday. Her boyfriend's(Sean) mom is taking her for a couple of days of shopping and pampering. It is really nice of her. Anna is really excited.

We are missing Lori, but we're glad that we have been blessed with the means to have her go down to Anneka's and that her job at Weber State is on-line so she can do it from anywhere... if she get the time.

Missing Mom

No Lori is not being looked for by law-enforcement....we are sad that she isn't here with us. Yes, she is doing wonderful work at Anneka's by helping with the baby and easing AJ's adjustment, but we would like her here. Anna and I probably won't get salmonella from the real turkey we have(Charles and Meg for sure won't get it from their vegan Tofurky loaf), but Lori could ensure that wouldn't happen. We really look forward to having her here "mothering" us again. We
love and miss you Sweethart!!

Pictures of the GrandKid-Samantha

Lori took a bunch of pictures of little Samantha and posted them on a Kodak website. Lori is showing a good eye for cool pictures. Click on the link above to view.

Time for a Break

I have finally finished two weeks of work/travel. Not all at once though... Last week I was in Yakutat for 3 days... starting with a 6 am flight and a 4 hour layover. This week I just got back from Klawock. Generally we fly a local airline in an 8 seater plane. This is iffy with the variable weather in the fall and winter. In September we lost a whole day of clinic due to not being able to get the small plane landed. So for the fall and winter(and probably spring) we will utilize Alaska Air to Ketchikan and then the Inter-Island Ferry to Prince of Wales Island. The down side is that we have to be gone 2 extra days. Monday and Friday end up being strictly travel days withT-Th clinic days. The B&B were we stay is really nice and the owner is great. I get internet wifi and great room. However, it is always nice to get back home. I will get a little break before going back to Klawock in 3 weeks. The Yakutat trip is only 2 times a year and Klawock is 8 times.

Rug Rat

Samantha sure spends a lot of time on floor. Oh yeah, she can't walk yet!! Besides it is a good place to get people to notice you!!

Samanatha MOYA Smith

Many may be wondering where Samantha's middle name came from. Well, it is a Zulu word. My son-in-law Mike served an LDS mission in the South Africa Durban Mission. He learned some Zulu and grew to love the culture. He has since wanted to use Zulu words as names for his children. Anneka liked the idea and they plan on using a Zulu word as middle names for their kids. MOYA is a word for Holy. Kind of a cool idea.

Photogenic GrandKid

These pictures are from Anneka and Mike. The obvious star is Samantha. Enjoy.

Meet Samantha--Granddaughter!!

Thanks to Anneka's sister-in-law we now have a picture of the newest member of the family. For a little 6lb 9oz kid she sure has nice fat cheeks.
Lori will be there this evening and maybe we can get some pictures of the new mom and new grandma

Grand Daughter: Samantha Moya Smith

Welcome to our family Samantha. She was born tonight at 6:58 MDT in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho to our eldest daughter Anneka and her great husband Mike. Anneka has been back at work since her week of bed rest and Lori was convinced that she wouldn't make her due date of 29 Nov. Especially since in the past week AJ has had lots of energy and has done a bunch of things around the house... Can you say: "nesting"?

This does put a bit of a twist in all the traveling that we have planned for the next month. Lori was scheduled to go down there on her due date and stay until 16 Dec(Beethoven's B-Day). Now she is leaving tomorrow and staying to the 29th...mostly because of the holiday it would have cost a fortune to come back before Thanksgiving. So, Lori and I leave tomorrow(I have a clinic in Yakutat) at 6am, then I go next week to Klawock and the kids will be orphans for a while.

Stay tuned for the further adventures of SMS!!!