Simply the Smith's

I think it is an awesome day when you can see a prayer answered.  For the last 7.5 years Michael and I have had zero days off together. His schedule was Wednesday through Sunday  Mine was Monday through Friday Once we had children we realized the blessing it was that he had those two days off so that our babies could stay home with him and saved all that money on daycare.  Once the twins came it became apparent how much we needed some consistent family time. And some consistent adult time. We needed a date night and bad. Only problem was one of us always had to work the next day and our bed time is pretty early like 9 at night. And very few people can handle the bed time routine (it's not called power hour for nothing) so we went without. At the beginning of this year I started a prayer journal. I started writing in it pretty often. One of my first entries was guidance from God about Michael's job. He had an offer from another company that was...

TGIF Linking up with Andrea I'm so thankful it's Friday we have had a few crazy weeks between losing power, the whole house getting the flu and then the big fourth birthday I'm ready to get my house in order and put away all the laundry Here are a few things I'm loving this week One  This blender bottle . I take some vitamins and I have the hardest time remembering them in the morning well this bottle has a pill section on the bottom of it so I just pack them all in there at night and bam I have them for the next morning at work Two The babies are obsessed with these right now. They make for an easy something to throw on their tray for lunch or dinner. They just gobble them up Three Grayson got Trolls for his birthday and we watched it together it's so so cute. The music is pretty great and it's just a sweet movie.  Four I'm in full on first birthday party planning mode for the twins. How are they goin...

For the last week we have been battling the flu. It lasted 6 days in our house SIX DAYS It started with Marshall randomly throwing up on Saturday I didn't think anything of it but then he drank water and that all came up too. He seemed fine on Sunday except it switched to the other end, know what I mean? Then it hit Charlotte Sunday night she threw up all in her crib it was a mess. Then I woke up at midnight to the sound of poor Michael losing his dinner Monday afternoon I got it Then Monday night Grayson Ugh Thankfully my Mother came over after work Monday and let Michael and I sleep for a few hours I woke up Monday night to Grayson getting sick again in his bed, so after that he slept on the floor in our room.  I had Tuesday off anyway so I got that day to semi rest. Well rest as much as you can with 3 kids. Grayson and Michael had it the worst. Michael's lasted until Thursday and so did Grayson.  So happy that Fri...

Dear Grayson, This weekend you turn 4. My sweet boy how did that happen? I mean let me sound like every other mother in the world I feel like I just had you  I don't know where to start there is so much to say to you. So let me start with this.  I love you. Those words don't seem enough but Grayson I love you something fierce. You made my heart a Mama heart and for that you will always be special to me. I'm writing this with tears streaming down my face because I don't know if I can put into words how much I truly love you and how much you have changed me. I sometimes feel bad for you because you are the first. So we make all of our mistakes with you, and baby boy we mess up a ton. I just hope the extra snuggles make up for it. Well that and the chocolate. You have the kindest heart. If someone is upset or you feel like you hurt someones feelings you are quick with a hug and I'm sorry. We got some super sad new a few weeks ago a...

So I have been MIA.  Our world has been a little crazy. We found out a few weeks ago that my sweet sweet (great)uncle has lung cancer.  The original consultation is not good and so now we are trying to make plans and see our options.  With cancer being so wide spread on my mom's side of the family (seriously every single one of her siblings and her mother and aunts and grandparents have had a form of cancer) it is really hard to even hear the word. Having my own grandmother taken from me so soon after her diagnosis is something I still struggle with and so we are trying to avoid that if possible.  In other news We had one crazy wind storm here starting on Wednesday and the damage is crazy. We lost power for about 32 hours this week and so that was interesting. Our family was spread out everywhere because most of our family was without power as well. We lost it Wednesday around 12:30 pm. So Wednesday night the twins went to stay with M...