Smith Family

Pete's sister and family came down the other week and everybody met for dinner at Olive Garden. By the time we got there Audrey was asleep! I missed dinner because I took Audrey home so I was happy we were able to meet up with them for lunch at IKEA. I had never eaten there before. They had a fun little play area with Audrey's favorite... a play kitchen. She had fun playing with Elizabeth even though it was short. Brandon had fun climbing on top of everything the little monkey.

These girls are always in dress ups. I wish I took a picture of them everyday for the last month, because it's always something different. I get a kick out of these 2. One min they are screaming at each other, and the next they are the best of friends.

Our kids don't sleep in. If they make it past 6:30 it's an extremely rare occasion. The problem with this is that Pete and I are not exactly morning folk. We make goals that say we will be in bed before 10pm, but after a week or so we are back to staying up way to late. Having Netflix is not helping either. We love watching documentaries and could watch them all night long. Every morning looks a little something like this. Our kids full of energy and ready to conquer the day, while Pete and I are wanting to kill ourselves.

We are fortunate enough to live down the street from Bashas . Some people argue it's over priced, but by shopping the ads I don't think it's that bad. I spend about $70 a week and that's about what I would spend at Fry's. Here's what I love so much about it. They have a kids club! AMAZING! Brandon isn't old enough for it, but it is extremely convenient to have Audrey in there. She asks to go to the kids club often. Who doesn't love samples? They offer about 5 samples a day. I'd never tried a clementine before and I was able to discover that I don't really like them. I never would have known if it wasn't for Basha's Their doughnuts are so yummy. A lot of stores have doughnuts, but they don't taste like these. I'm attempting a new diet so I may have to skip the doughnut window for a little while :( Just a random picture of Audrey ready for church. I was thrilled she asked to wear a bow and kept it in all 3 hours.

This little guy is climbing all over things, and this scared me to death! He was so proud of himself.

After not having a camera for several months, I can't seem to put it down! A few things I found picture worthy. This is how we vacuum now-a-days Audrey liked the idea of breakfast in bed on Mother's Day so much, she enjoys bringing me cuisines from her kitchen.... she's a GREAT cook. My little girl, who's growing up too fast It makes me so happy seeing these two starting to play with each other. This past year has been crazy, but moments like these are a payoff. We got Netflix, and it's amazing. It takes the sting away from not having cable, we had no idea how many things we could watch online. Let's pretend Audrey's hair doesn't look as such and she is clothed... but who am I kidding, her hair just looks silly a lot and she prefers to be in the nude. We had corn and watermelon for dinner and it officially felt like summer It's hard to get pictures of Brandon because he mostly just wants to grab the camera which results in a blurry picture of ...

I had a lovely mothers day. I got a CAMERA! I'm so thrilled :) I'm also very blessed to be a mom to these little nippers. Audrey got her feelings hurt when we told her she isn't aloud to play with with the camera. Poor Audrey. A beautiful end to a beautiful day. It makes me so very happy when the kids fall asleep on the way home. Bed time is always exhausting after a long day, so that was a nice gift as well! I sure love these 2, and am proud to be their mom.