Summer Blockbusters

This has been a pretty decent summer for movies! It began early with the release of "Sex and the City" - my personal favorite :) - and more recently continued with "The Dark Knight" (AMAZING!!!) and "Mamma Mia!" (pretty impressive!). Some predictable cinematic moments, others... not so much. But all in all I've loved every one so far! We've also added a bunch of movies to our home collection - both new releases, old favorites, and a few necessary sequels. Here are just a couple of the additions:

"Oceans Twelve" and "Oceans Thirteen"
"27 Dresses"
"Juno"
"National Treasure 2"
"300"

Last night we also watched "21" - a movie about a team of students from MIT who have been coached by their college professor to beat casinos through counting cards. Pretty decent flick! As you can tell, we like our movies! We welcome any and all suggestions for other films worth seeing - any ideas?

Back-to-back weekends in NY

Yes... it's true. We drove to NY 2 weekends in a row - the first weekend for Tyler's graduation, and the second for Kristen's bridal shower. We also had the opportunity to spend 4th of July with Shane's extended family at his grandma's cottage on the lake. Gotta love reunion time! Kristen & Dorian are getting married on September 27th and my mother-in-law hosted a shower for Kristen at the church. Mom D., Danielle, and myself all took part in planning the event and it turned out really nice! Everyone said they had such a fun time and it was certainly a treat for them to learn more about Kristen. We are more than happy to welcome her to the family and initiate her into the "DeHaven Way." :) While we're still trying to catch up on sleep from these busy weekends, it was all completely worth it to spend time with family!! These are just a few shots of the shower set-up, though more pictures will be coming.


The table set-up (can you tell our girl likes pink?!)

The cake table

Close-up of the cake
And who can resist Princess Hannah?! I LOVE this baby!!

Tyler's Graduation!

This post is LONG overdue... especially considering this happened 3 weekends ago! But it's taken a while for me to get pictures to post - and what's a blog posting without pictures?! Tyler, my youngest brother, graduated from Webster Christian High School on July 27th and was the class Salutatorian! Needless to say, I couldn't have been more proud of him. He's had quite a year with his diagnosis, treatments, sports, college applications, and many more things. I am thankful every day that God has healed Tyler and has blessed our family in such amazing ways. He deserves all the glory!! Here are a few of Jordan's shots from the big weekend:

Here's Tyler making his way to the stage
Tyler giving the Salutatorian Address
And here we are... all 4 Smith kids!