Category Archives: family

We’re Family

I was looking through some pictures on my phone in preparation for a different blog post, and came across some great ones of Caleb and my parents. They invited the boys and I over for dinner last night since Nathan … Continue reading

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Counting My Blessings

I’ve really been counting my blessings lately. It’s hard to feel down on a beautiful sunny day anyway, but the weekend was a great one. By Sunday evening we had had a lot of family time, gotten chores done around … Continue reading

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Baby Kisses

Sometimes slobber is pretty gross (ok…most of the time it’s pretty gross). But, there is nothing quite like baby kisses. Caleb has really started to lay them on us in the last couple of days. It’s so fun.

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Wings and Waves Water park

My mom loves water parks, and every since she heard that Elias and Simon loved the water slide at a rec center near us I think she has been secretly grooming them to want to go to a bigger water … Continue reading

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Weekend Rejuvenation: Hard Work Style

It’s no secret that sunny weather is my favorite. Something about the sun just makes me feel more alive. I’ve been soaking up as many rays as I can the last few days. We’ve been to picnics at the park … Continue reading

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Easter Celebrations

Easter season is 50 days, but we kicked off the celebrations the day before Easter this year at the Smith home. As an Easter tradition last year we started giving the boys Easter baskets and doing an egg hunt the … Continue reading

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Of Little Boys and Forts

Since we were all home sick today with strep throat (thank goodness we all have antibiotics!), we took it easy. We stayed in pajamas. We had surprise chicken noodle soup delivered to our door from a friend. We watched Disney’s … Continue reading

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Spring Break – We Can’t Catch A Break!

Our spring break started out great. We had a couple of fun play dates scheduled, we had lots of time at home to play and relax, and I had some fun activities planned. When Simon was a baby, I did … Continue reading

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Taking Advantage of the Sunshine!

I tried to take advantage of the little bit of sunshine we’ve had in the past couple of days. It was so nice to get outside. Yesterday, I spent an hour or so finishing up the pruning of our hydrangeas. … Continue reading

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Brothers Just Make Life More Fun

Caleb has been doing much better with tummy time in the past two weeks or so, but I think I’ve unlocked the secret to a successful tummy time: brothers! Brothers just make life more fun. Both Elias and Simon like … Continue reading

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