Smith Family

I got the recipe for laundry detergent from the little birdie secret's blog. It was really easy and SUPER cheap. Honestly it works just as great as the store bought kind, but costs about 10 bucks cheaper and lasts twice as long. For about 5 bucks it makes almost 5 gallons. How cool is that? I feel so domestic :)  http://littlebirdiesecrets.blogspot.com/2009/02/make-your-own-laundry-soap.html

The other night I had the option to either plan my primary lesson OR have a Wii Night. I think we all know what the obvious choice was. After we put the Peanut to sleep these rad people joined us for a night of fun!

I am in love with this time of year, for many reason. 1.) The weather is perfection. Today's forecast is a high of 78 degrees and sunny can't beat that. 2.) The smell outside 3.) Conference is coming soon, one of the best weekends in the year 4.) Easter and all the candy that comes along with that 5.) Easter dress, which I'm having the hardest time finding for Audrey. I want smocking and a slightly puffed sleeve. Why oh why does this cost $78. I want it!!  6.) Leaving the windows open at night, and hearing the birds chirping in the morning and feeling the cool air 7.) All the pastel colors. I want to make this along with my list of million other things I want to make.... 8.) I loved the excitement of a child knowing Summer was fastly approaching, which meant FREEDOM. 9.) Easter Pageant, although I don't remember the last time I actually sat down and watched the whole thing.  10.) All the beautiful flowers In the celebration of Spring I made sugar cookies. Which turned o...

Audrey has taken a liking to cleaning. I think it's so cute, and I hope she always likes it because I need the help :) Not much has been going on around here. I feel like my baby is turning into a little girl and it's killing me! If only she would grow some hair... it is coming in though, slowly but surely. She will only drink milk from a "real" cup. She thinks she needs to hold it herself and most of the time it ends up with a huge mess and a change of clothes. I just thought this picture was cute, with her little fairy wings :) She already loves dressing up

We took the plunge and got gym memberships. We originally had planned to stay the night at a hotel for our anniversary but our friends talked us into getting a membership. The money intended for a hotel went towards this. Soo... we vowed that we would whip ourselves back into the shape we were when we met. Tanya and I went to the gym tonight and we learned a few things 1) We are VERY out of shape. 2.) George Costanza works out at our gym 3.) It's a good idea to follow around fit, skinny people because obviously they know what they are doing 4.) Pretending and getting creative on the machines is fun and very entertaining. Maybe one day we will figure out how to do them.

These past couple of days have been so fun. Our actual anniversary day we went to the zoo. It was the most perfect weather for a zoo day.   Audrey had a great time! She was off running to the next thing :) The tram ride is so nice, I love the relaxing ride around the park. We finished this day with dinner The next day we went to a Spring Training game. It was Dodgers vs. Diamondbacks and I told Pete whoever won I would become their fan. So... apparently I'm no longer a D-Backs fan which is the best news Pete has ever heard.  Our seats were very close! I was terrified anytime a ball came near us, which was a lot, because I got hit HARD one time at a game. The only bad thing is it's out in the sun and my skin and the sun don't mix. We had a really good time anyways Today we did NOTHING till about noon, it was beautiful :) I don't remember doing that for a long time. We just lounged around and hung out, I loved it. It has been a perfect anniversary. I don't want P...

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    Tomorrow is our 2nd year anniversary. It's so crazy we have only been married 2 years because it seems like forever. Not in a bad way, we both just feel like we have always been together. My friend posted their story of how they met on her anniversary and I'm stealing her idea (thanks Tanya).  My best friend Darcy desperately needed a roommate at NAU during the summer, and I desperately wanted to get out of Mesa for a little while so off to Flagstaff I went to live with this sexy lady! (sorry Darcy this is the worst picture EVER, it's the only one I had on my computer) I remember the first time I saw Pete. We were at church and he was sitting in front of me with his friend, they were laughing and messing around. I probably should have been turned off by the fact he wasn't listening, but instead I though he looked like a cute, fun guy.  We both ended up at a party the next week and really hit it off. His guy friends were all planning a group date and he was planning ...

Audrey has had quite the week this week. First she got her finger stuck in the VCR Then she fell pretty good.   Yesterday she was holding something and wasn't able to catch herself as she was falling and did a face plant.  Her nose and mouth were bleeding all over the place, but I couldn't figure out what was wrong with her mouth. I finally discovered she cut up that piece of skin in front of your top teeth connecting the lip to the mouth. OUCH! I tried to get a picture of it but she just thought I was was playing with her. Hopefully this will be a better week. Poor lil' peanut!

What do you do when you hair looks good in the front But trash in the back? Do you A) Pretend like you don't know B) Hire a hair stylist to do your hair everyday so this will no longer be a dilemma C) Fix it, even though 45 min has already been spend straightening it and at this point I want to pull out the hair from my head Should I have Audrey wear a bow that is twice the size of her head A beanie, which I'm not sure is allowed to be worn to church Or nothing at all, since either one will end up on the floor after 15 min of church anyways?

Anybody who knows me, knows I adore children. They make me smile. I had to pass this on, I hope it makes you smile as well Teacher: Maria, go to the map and find North America Maria: Here it is. Teacher: Correct. Now class, who discovered America? Class: Maria. Teacher: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor? John: You told me to do it without using tables Teacher: Glenn, how do you spell crocodile Glenn: K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L Teacher: No, that's wrong Glenn: Maybe it's wrong, but you asked me how I spell it Teacher: Donald, what is the chemical formula for water? Donald: H I J K L M N O. Teacher: What are you talking about? Donald: Yesterday you said it's H to O Teacher: Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we didn't have ten years ago? Winnie: ME! Teacher: Glen, why do you always get so dirty? Glen: Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground than you are Teacher: Millie, give me a sentence starting with 'I' Millie: I is Teacher:...