Category Archives: family

We’ve had a lot of fun with family over Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, but I think it’s safe to say that everyone in the Smith household is ready to get back to the ol’ routine. We spent Christmas Eve … Continue reading →

This afternoon we had our first “Christmas” with Grandpa Smith. We all went to Advent 4 church service, then we came home, had a little lunch, and exchanged a few gifts. Elias was happy during Sunday school because he got … Continue reading →

Today was a day of rehearsals! In the morning, Grandpa Smith babysat Elias while Mommy and Daddy went to a bell choir rehearsal at church. It sounds like they had lots of fun together from what we found when we … Continue reading →

Now that sickness has pretty much left our household, we’ve been able to get out, have some fun, and enjoy Grandpa Smith’s visit a bit more. Thursday we pretty much took it easy in order to let everyone get rested … Continue reading →

It’s been a rough couple of days for the Smith boys. But we’ve had some really good things too. Sunday evening we went to our church’s annual caroling event. Elias was super excited about using his jingle bells….that is until … Continue reading →

I heard about the Holiday Express a few weeks ago from a friend. As soon as I saw it, I thought it would be something that Nathan would like to do, so when he got home from work, I showed … Continue reading →

After a fun morning at church, and a relaxing afternoon while Elias napped (I have the best husband ever who went grocery shopping so I didn’t have to!), I had quite a busy evening. I cooked a triple batch of … Continue reading →

We got our Christmas Tree today…and we didn’t even get that wet! It sprinkled a bit on us, but we missed the worst of the rain. That is probably because we are bad people and skipped church…well…not totally. We took … Continue reading →

We had some beautiful, relatively cold, yet dry weather today. Therefore, Nathan and I thought it would be fun to make our first annual trip to see zoo lights at the Oregon Zoo. We got there shortly before opening, and … Continue reading →