Simply the Smith's

5 years ago today I was blessed with this little (big) nugget Grayson, You are so sweet. That is the first word that comes to mind when I think of you. You are kind to everyone you meet. You get shy but you always give people a smile. When we had our parent-teacher conference your teacher told us that everyone in your class and the other class wants to be around you because you always say hi and offer encouraging words. My heart just about burst because those are words every Mamma wants to hear.  You are so into sports. You just finished your first section of hockey and you loved it so much we are signing you up for the second one that starts in April. You also wanted to play t-ball and so we have you signed up for that as well.  You are still an amazing big brother. I think you have gotten better because they can play with you now and so you just want them with you all the time. It s really cute and wonderful.  You are obsesse...

Happy March!! February marked a huge milestone for us we are offically done with credit card debt!!!!! We have paid them all of and closed them. WE ARE CREDIT CARD FREE!!!!!! That is so nice to say... So this month we paid of $2,224.56 in debt We also cash flowed $535 for oil And then we had to use our emergency fund......(insert the womp womp sound here) We had a huge hot water tank debacle. So at the beginning of the month we noticed that we had a small leak on the seam of our hot water tank. We decided that we would finish paying off the credit card and then save up for a hot water tank. Well we paid off our credit card and paid for the oil and then the small leak was not so small anymore. So we used our emergency fund to pay for the emergency and got a new hot water tank. We shopped deals and found a good brand for a great price and a pretty hefty rebate. Michael and my Dad installed it on Sunday. On Tuesday it was leaking. Yes the new one was leaking. On...