Category: News
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Swimless Summer
While the summer was marked with the milestone of Evya turning 16 and getting her driver’s license, a shoulder injury meant no swim team this year. We enjoyed a lot of family time, doing summer things! Check out all the new pictures!
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Tanti bei viaggi
The first five months of 2025 were packed with travel – for vacation, for work, for recreation, for swim meets, for college scouting, and for Tyrian to propose to Hayley in her hometown. We have nine new albums, going back to January!
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From Canada to California: a father-son pandemic roadtrip
Tyrian was in Vancouver, Canada – and after a number of months went by where his only in-person interactions were with DoorDash employees and the staff at the local grocery store, he decided that being in solitary confinement in his apartment was not the experience that he was looking for. He decided to come home,…
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Mediterranean Meanderings
Summer 2015 began with 3 weeks exploring Istanbul and mainland Greece. We have 15 albums to share the trip. We have also posted the travelogues we were sending to loved ones as we recounted our day to day adventures. The photos and tales in the kids’ journals often give a different perspective from the main…
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Summer 2013
After we returned from Alaska, we had three more big summer events — Evya’s fourth birthday, a stellar swim team season, and a trip to NYC! Check out all the pictures from our packed summer…
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Sensational Summer
In the ten weeks of Summer 2012, we traveled to Europe, Evya had a Pirate Party for her third birthday, we spent a week at Eel River, the kids did swim team, we had a visit from the Engelbrecht cousins, and Tyrian spent a week at Stanford. Five cameras and 7756 pictures later, we have…
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Welcome, Evya Rose Smyth!
At 11:37 pm on July 14, 2009, Evya Rose joined the Smyth family. She was 8 lbs 9 oz and 21 inches long at birth. Her name is pronounced Eh-vee-yah. Rose like the plant.
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Hello, Summer!
The baby is coming! Last post before our new co-star makes an entrance…
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Happy New Year 2009!
While the world was topsy-turvy in 2008, our lives actually had more stability than in recent years. The kids continue in their beloved extracurriculars, and more amazingly, Matt and I both have the same jobs we had a year ago, albeit both with more responsibility and challenges. Generally, we’d have to give 2008 a good…