Simply the Smith's

I like the idea of a new year. It's a fresh start (even if it's only in my head) to do things you want to do. My goals this year are of a variety. My mind frame has changed since last year. I'm working toward a different goal than I was 365 days ago. So with out anymore blah blahing here is what I'm focusing on in 2015 Soaking it in. I want to take in every little thing. I want to remember how G's nose scrunches up when he fake laughs at a joke he doesn't get. I want to remember it all. God willing we will have another child at some point and so I want to get all of these special moments burned in my brain of just Grayson. Write in a happiness journal. I bought a 5 year happiness journal a long time ago. It sits in my drawer untouched. So I want to write every night before bed. I have moved it to my bed side table and put a cute pen with it. I'm going to write one memory or thought of happiness. Get healthy and fit. I'm still lugging around...

There are less than 24 hours left in 2014? I mean how is that possible? This year was full of ups and downs but it was really a wonderful year January We changed daycares and watched our sweet little boy flourish at his new home away from home.   February We celebrated Valentines day and survived some pretty cold days, and had a few birthday parties.  March My fat boy turned 1!!!! We celebrated with a party (that I never blogged about oooops!) We also had a great time just watching this little man grow   April Birthdays,Art Shows and Easter (Oh MY!) May Wedding fun and spring weather! We ate ice cream and played outside     June We celebrated my birthday and Father's Day Oh yeah and my husband went and bought a 4-wheeler on a whim.     July  Was a whirlwind and we made huge strides with our Spring to-do lis...

Friday Favorites and this list includes all of my favorite holiday traditions and products!!! Happy Holidays and don't forget to link up with Andrea for today! One Cookie Exchange We did this this two weekends ago and I love it. The kids really get into decorating and it's nice to only have to make one or two kinds of cookies but get 6 different to take home. Plus I'm a sucker for good memories and anytime we are with family that is what happens. Two Two Christmas' Okay so this started when my niece was born but we do Christmas with my brother and his family the Sunday before Christmas. This gives us a ton of time with them and it is just more relaxed. Plus we have so much yummy food. I love this time with them and the kids getting there gifts and enjoying them because they don't have to rush to the next place is the highlight for me Three Just the 3 of us.  Once we had Grayson we decided to do Christmas morning at our house and...

So it's been one month and I'm so proud of where we are in our debt journey. I laid it all out here and if I'm being honest that post was hard to write. I didn't know how people would react. But I really just wanted to have a way to check in, keep myself accountable and be able to look back and say look at what we did! So just a quick refresh we are in Baby Step#1 and well we are doing great. We have saved $650.00 towards our $1,000.00 goal.Over half way there!!!! I'm beyond excited. This month though was not without challenges. We had a car repair that came up and had to be done, as in Michael had no heat in his car and well it's winter here! Thankfully my company owns a repair shop so we got it done for just the cost of labor. Now old us would have charged that baby and made plans to pay it off over the next x amount of months. This time? We used out emergency fund. We were well over $750 in our Emergency Fund but chose to use that cash to pay...

This weekend is what holidays are made of. It was amazing and I had the best time, plus spending all of that time with my boys makes me beyond happy. Friday it was grocery shopping (which I will NOT be doing on Friday's anymore. It was awful I'm switching to Monday's), take out and movie watching. Saturday- Grayson and I got up and then once we finished breakfast we went right to the kitchen to make cookies. We had our cookie exchange the next day so I had 6 dozen to make. I ended up making 8 so that we had a  few dozen for our house. We made M&M cookies. Grayson was so good and after 2 hours in the kitchen,making 8 dozen cookies, eating a few handfuls of M&M's, eating a cookie and getting all the dishes done we relaxed until lunch time. Once G ate and went down for his nap I ate really quick showered and got ready for the Michael's work party that night. They have it at this awesome restaurant and it is decorated so beautifully for the hol...

First thing's first my November Progress 1- Have a date night with Michael.- We don't go out to dinner just the two of us very often so I'm hoping that we can venture out for an early dinner the day before Thanksgiving. - Done and Done!!! We went to the gun range and then out to dinner at Olive Garden then home for ice cream and a movie perfection! 2- Bake Pies- I love baking and I love making pies. This one is kind of a give in because I'm in charge of dessert for Thanksgiving but I'm still working on what ones to make - I made a chocolate and lemon meringue pie!!!  3- Get Grayson's picture taken for our Christmas card. I always take this myself. I plan on getting this done this weekend - Got this done and love it! I will be doing a whole post on our cards since most people have already received them!!! 4- Start T-25. I'm hoping to start this program this weekend and keep it going 5 days a week all month. - Fail just plain fail 5-Send out m...

I'm breaking my week long break from the blog to talk about our mini-Thanksgiving vacation. It was glorious Wednesday I left work an hour early headed to Home Goods and snagged a few little Christmas decorations. Then I headed to pick up my sweet boy from daycare. He was still sleeping, must have been the big Thanksgiving feast they had that day. Then my Mom came and picked him up for an overnight. Then it was date night for me and the hubby. We don't get to go out just the 2 of us very often but when we do we enjoy every second. It was nice one on one time. We went to the gun range and shot a couple rounds and then went to dinner at the Olive Garden. I stuffed myself so full but I enjoyed every bite. Then on the way home we stopped and got ice cream and headed home for a movie and some cuddles. We were out by 10:30. Thursday we got up I made breakfast, Michael got down the Christmas decorations and out tree. Once we finished eating we got our house all decorated and...