Haircuts

Saturday was haircut day - times 5.

I went with Brian and all of the boys (except Peter) to Sports Clips.

Ready to begin.

Jon is done.

Brian, Andrew and James in the hot seats.

Its tough getting your hair cut.

But it can also make you sleepy if it takes too long.

All done!

Treats for good boys.

The crew.

Stay tuned for more!

Alyssa wanted a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup birthday cake this year.  So, I made a very good chocolate cake and some peanut butter buttercream icing for the top.  Then the girls chopped up some peanut butter cups and we added those at the end.  

It turned out like this!

The birthday girl and her little brother.

Daddy came home for lunch that day and we had cake and presents!

Then they dressed up and went out to dinner that night.  They went to a place called French Market Bistro.  I think they had a good time!  

Thank you everyone for the cards and presents!!  

On Saturday James had to practice for his part in the Christmas program at church.  Then we drove down to Sorrento, LA to have our annual family picture taken.  I've yet to see them but hopefully they turned out good.  It was really fun.  

That night we went carolling with some friends of ours through their neighborhood.  Only three of the houses had people home.  Probably had something to do with it being the last Saturday before Christmas Eve.  Oh well!  We still got to hang out with friends and have yummy treats.  

My talented friend Jessica made these snowman cake pops.  I didn't want to eat mine.  But when I did, it was very good!

James had a few lines in the Christmas program at church on Sunday.  He recited some scripture.  He had been practicing last week and did very well during the performance. 

Stay tuned for a sneak-peek of our family pictures!

Happy Birthday!!

Today we're celebrating two birthdays!  Brian is 37 - although he told someone he was turning 38.  I guess we always want to be 'older'  Ha!  Alyssa is now 11.  

These pictures are from last year.  They are going out to dinner tonight and we'll have cake and presents later.  I'll take some new pictures and put them up soon!

14 years...and counting!

Next week Mr. Smith and I will be celebrating our 14th anniversary. I wanted to share some of the video from our wedding day, so I brought it out at lunch time to watch it with the kids.

The kids watched for a little while and then said, "can we fast forward?" I guess they thought it was boring. It reminded me of that part in that movie when Prince Humperdink is trying to marry Buttercup and Wesley is at the gate. Prince Humperdink says "SKIP to the end!"

So I skipped to the end...

Watching it with them was funny.  They were all like "I wasn't even BORN yet!!" and things like that.  It was also fun for them to see some of their relatives. 


I showed them our cake cutting...

Mr. Smith bit my finger!

After cake we had lunch at the church - I think I ate all of two carrots - and then back to my parents house for a party.  It was a crazy day. 

I showed the kids some of the dancing.  Bubba said "I want to go to your wedding and dance with Grampa!" Hahaha!

The next day we left for our honeymoon in Florida.  We did the Disney thing and the beach thing.  We were gone for a week and I think I called my parents every night, but I don't remember.

We swam in the hotel pool every day, visited the parks, ate at the worlds largest McDonald's, watched gators eat chicken at Gator Land, and swam in the Gulf of Mexico.

We have lots of pictures of our trip, but I cannot find the ONE of us together.  Bummer. 

After we returned Mr. Smith secured us a small apartment on Bluebird Street while I ate mini donuts at the State Fair with my sister.  What a good husband!