Simply the Smith's

Happy Friday!!!! Linking up for Friday Favorites with Andrea ONE My Mom deliverd these placemats to me on Monday night and I about cried These are from my Grandma's house and she gifted 2 to me and 2 to my sister. I remember seeing them on her table every year when the holidays rolled around and am honored to have them in my house now. My Grandma will be 90(!!!!!) in October and she is still as spunky as ever.  TWO I have been working out this week (ok I did it 2 days) and I'm sore and in love with this workout.   Jillian Michaels Shred It with Weights It takes me 30 mins from start to finish and it goes by so fast and sweat like crazy. I also can't walk straight so there's that too THREE I'm still loving my yougurt but it was getting expensive buying 12-15 individual cups a week since Michael and I both eat them. So now I buy the big container at BJ's it's $6.00 and that gets us about 10-12 ...

We had a fun weekend. A relaxed weekend. And a weird weekend. And I'm re-capping on a Wednesday because #rebel #lazy #iforgottodoitmonday Before I start the weekend I realized that I have started talking in hashtags and I kind of love it. I text in them I end sentences with them it's just fun. My husband thinks I'm insane but he still loves me. #healreadyputaringonit. Okay onto the weekend Friday we had Grayson's parent teacher conference. While they told me that he is very advanced for his age (in fact she kept repeating very over and over again like she would say he is very very very advanced in his language #weird) in his speaking (he uses full sentences) and the words he knows and attempts (my kid can say hippopotamus and octopus clear as flipping day) he has a problem with personal space and sharing. Okay here is where it took a turn for the worse. I'm all about constructive criticism. I think it's healthy and it's what makes us grow. But she ...

When I read through the topics for Mom Talk Tuesday with Stephanie I knew this one would be hard to write about and I wasn't sure what I would say. But I decided that honesty is the best policy and so here it goes. Have a kid is hard. I love love love Grayson but becoming his Mama tested a ton of things about me. From second one they test your heart. And they win because they make it grow a thousand times bigger and ache because you love them so much. They test your patience, your sanity, how many hours you can go on 3 hours of sleep, and how many cups of coffee is needed to be able to "function" for the day. They also test your marriage. Now this is my experience and no I'm not saying Grayson is a strain on our marriage but who we became after we had Grayson changed our marriage. My sister-in-law gave me the best advice the day after I had Grayson and that was that Michael and I were both trying to figure out our new normal and that it was ok...

Linking up with Andrea today for Friday Favorites One I got my hair cut last week and my hair dresser really got on me about washing my hair everyday and how it's a big no no. But I swear that some times you could fry an egg on my head it gets so greasy. Well this is my new saving grace and FAVORITE. I can now wash every other day and my hair stays fresh looking and smells fresh looking all day! I love it. I have already ordered 2 more cans because I cannot run not! Two I ran into TJMAX on Monday just to see what they had and man I got some good stuff! Plus I spent $32.00 so that's a good trip for me.  I got these coffee mugs. They had 3 each $1.99. I scooped up all 3. Tall coffee mugs with big handles our my FAVORITE. I grabbed this "S" for $6.00. Having an "S" in every room is my FAVORITE I few other things I grabbed that I didn't take a picture of. A new coffee mug for work it's ni...

It's freezing here like -30 with the wind chill except on Monday when it was -14 just because. Horrible horrible cold makes me cranky and just want to be in sweatpants all day with coffee and chocolate! Grayson has a head cold as with every kid right now. We are just blowing our nose a ton and running our cool mist. One month from today I will have a 2 year old. I'm in shock it seems like yesterday I was getting a nursery ready and eating my way to my due date. Now I have a very sweet smart lovable toddler who blows my mind every day. He spent the night at my Mom's on Monday since she is off school this week and I always just send one bigger bag rather than a million little ones. When we got home Tuesday he insisted on helping in pack. And then he proceeded to pull it around the whole house. Needless to say that bag is still out and still being pulled around. I have not been on the work out train at all this month and I'm hoping to change that soon. I...

I love this series show and tell. Sometimes prompted writing is nice and easy on the brain. Linking up with Andrea! This August Michael and I will have been together for 7 years and married for 6.  Yes we only knew each other for a year before we got married. It worked for us. So how we met. Well we both grew up in a small town and went to the same school and only lived two miles from each other so we did grow up together just 9 years apart. He was a senior when I was in third grade and when you put it that way it sounds really weird but we met many years later at the local bar. I was 21 he was 29 (just two month shy of 30) My best friend was bar tending and since I was in town for the weekend between traveling for work I stopped in to see her. I was outside catching up with some people from high school when I saw this guy walking in the bar. I thought he was cute so I yelled to him something super cheesy like "Have a good night!" He looked at me like I...

We are in the frozen tundra right now. No really my car was -8 this morning and that is without the windchill making it a grand total of -30. Fun Fun! I really almost called in the morning. My bed was so warm and my boys were snuggling and it took everything I had to get out of bed and get ready for work. Onto the weekend. Friday I ran to the store for our Valentine's weekend supplies. Then I went to grab my Sweet baby from school. His new thing to do when I pick him up is run from me and flop into this little turtle ball pit thing that they have. He laughs and laughs and laughs and then I have to go get him and he laughs some more. I swear his teachers think he hates me because when Daddy picks him up (which is like once every 3 months) he runs right to him and hugs him. Anyway we came home and I lugged in all the grocery's and bags and the wiggling child of mine. I put on my comfy clothes and sat on the couch for 2 seconds to try and warm up. And just as I was about to...

It's Valentines Day tomorrow and I'm beyond excited.  Linking up with Andrea for a few of my Favorites! My first FAVORITE is our yearly tradition of staying in and cooking. We started this 4 years ago and I just love it. We swap years cooking (it's my year this year!) and the other person who is not cooking gets to pick the meal. It's so fun.  Which leads me to my next FAVORITE of pulled pork. I love love love a good pulled pork sandwich and that is what Michael picked for our love day dinner. I make it in the crock pot and guys it's to die for. Maybe if I get myself together I will write it down ( I just kind of wing it!) and take pictures (hahah we will see) My next FAVORITE is the dessert that goes with the dinner. Brownie Sundae's! We have these every year and oh my yum delicious! I make the Brownies (from a box) and then we get vanilla bean ice cream and peanut butter sauce and whip cream. Yum Yum Yum Since we have ha...

It's Valentine's this weekend!!!! Michael is off on Saturday and I'm beyond excited to have a day with no plans (we had plans for Winter Fest it got cancelled due to NEGATIVE temps!!!!) to just spend as a family. We don't get this very much with out work schedules so it's a wonderful thing when it comes around!!! I grabbed G from school yesterday and just happened to look at the bulletin board and noticed that his Valentine's party was Thursday (today) not Friday! The teacher handed me the list of all his kids in his class just in case Grayson wanted to give out Valentines separate from his treat for the party. So we ran to tops and prayed that there would be some sort of Valentines left well we found packs of M&M mini's that had a space to write to and from and called it a day. We got home and had dinner and then Michael left to go to band practice (it's his hobby and he plays with 2 other guys whenever they can). We had a ton to get done ...

I had an awesome weekend so awesome that I thought about calling in today but being a grown up won out. Friday- We did our normal pizza for dinner and just relaxed. I was (and still am) battling my head congestion so I just lounged and watched some TV. Saturday- My sister came to pick up Grayson to head to the bring you kids to the library day. Halli works there so she asked if she could take him and I said of course because then I could get some things picked up and a shower. Once they got home it was lunch and nap for the little guy and wine about winter for us girls! My Dad came and sat with G until Michael got home. We had the best time! for $20.00 we got a wine glass, early admission, and 30(!!!!!) wine tastings. Plus free food and a ton of fun little giveaways. We had a ball. We walked probably close to 2 miles to get to all the stops but once we were about 10 tastings in you didn't notice it. The weather was good for winter in WNY and we found out that they sold over ...

I see the light at the end of the tunnel 7 hours separate me from the weekend! I'm linking up with Andrea today for some Favorites!!! One Grayson is full of words lately. His FAVORITE is chocolate which he says very clear and anytime he tells you he is hungry. Think 6:00 in the morning this nugget is asking for "chocate" Two It's wine time! The next town over has a "Wine about winter" where you purchase tickets (we got the VIP which gets us early admission) and then go around to all the cute little shops and taste wine and food. I'm so excited to do this with my cousin, sister and mom tomorrow. Spending time with those 3 girls is for sure a FAVORITE Three This picture melts my heart and was a FAVORITE moment from the week. I was doing laundry and he climbed up on my lap and said "snuggie mama" and I dropped everything and snuggied that baby of mine. Then he asked for picture so we did that t...