Smith Family

The kids and I went out for a nature walk to find a rainbow. It was a good time looking around really closely to spot the colors. We're about to complete our 2nd week of homeschooling and I would say for the most part we are doing pretty well. We've been keeping up with the suggested assignments and go pick up lunch at Audrey's school which has a very quick system. I just find that our motivation to be active seriously falters when there aren't any scheduled events to plan for or get to. Elliott jokingly asked if I would ever consider home school after this experience. I told him I don't think we are getting a fair representation since I hope we would go to museums, have extracurricular activities and classes to attend. Being stuck at home all day is rough no matter how creative or positive our attitudes may be.  I am so thankful that we are healthy, we have food and Pete has a job. I wouldn't change that, or risk anyone else's health to change our circ...

We celebrated Melanie's 8th birthday this last week. Unfortunately due to the Corona Virus we have had to postpone her baptism and her birthday party at the trampoline park. We were given instruction that stake baptisms have been canceled but we can perform a small baptism with less that 10. My parents really want to be here for her baptism and traveling isn't really possible so as of right now we are just waiting for things to calm down before decided on what to do.  We did our best to make her birthday special under the circumstances. We were able to find her favorite breakfast which is eggo waffles with strawberries and whip cream. I was shocked there were any Eggo's left at the store! We had planned an outdoor scavenger hunt, but it basically rained all day! She still went out with an umbrella to find a few things. We played hide and go seek, had pizza for dinner, watched Frozen 2 and had an ice cream cake from DQ.  On Saturday Pete had the day off of work so h...

It brings me an unbelievable amount of joy that I am all caught up with the ol blog! I can't believe it.   Elliott had the entire week off of work so we could spend spring break and our anniversary together. To celebrate our family birthday we headed to the zoo but it was insane! We knew it would be crowded because of spring break but not that crowded. There wasn't one place to park and tons of cars circling like hawks waiting to snag a spot. The museum is really close so we opted to head over there and had a wonderful time. It's one of the coolest museums I've ever been to. We ended up getting a membership so we can go more often which I'm really happy about. Somehow we all ended up coordinating with Dodger colors which I thought was kinda embarrassing but Elliott LOVED it! Elliott and I went to see the Cirque du Soleil show that's in town. We headed to BJ's for dinner which is one of our favorite spots. The show was incredible! It blows my mind th...

We found the most beautiful baptism dress for Melanie. It may be a bit much for a baptism but I knew there was no convincing her otherwise that the most beautiful dress she's ever seen wasn't going to work. We are really concerned that with the corona virus that her baptism is going to be delayed. We are beginning to wonder if we should do it in AZ so all our family can be there this June, or maybe do it in Galveston at the beach. I had just gotten invites made before everything happened and we are still awaiting news. These pictures were just shot with my phone so we could get an invite made but I'm looking forward to getting some professional ones done. Then I can finally hang all 3 of their baptism pictures on our wall!

Zwink has a spring celebration the Friday before Spring Break where parents are able to come and be apart of their kids classes. I must have accidentally deleted Brandon's picture. His teacher has the most fun class parties with different stations and games at each one. He had to use a straw to get jelly beans from one bowl to the next, placed a peep on his forhead and using by scrunching his face get it to his mouth and some other fun games. Melanie made a little rainbow and had a rice krispy treat. I took them out of school a little early. We are excited for Spring Break!

Go Texan Day must have escaped me last year because I don't remember it, but this year we were ready. I don't know exactly what it all entails but from what I understand it's honoring Texas history and the first day of the Rodeo in Houston. It's a big deal! The elementary kids were asked to dress as cowboys and they had little activities all day to celebrate. I happened to be at the school to do the BoxTop store and was able to watch Brandon participate in the ho down with his class and some other 4th graders.

Elliott was gone on another work trip so I had to take matters into my own hands. I was so sick and tired of the bikes always in a heep in the garage. So I ordered this little bike rack from Amazon for about $30 and went to work. It has made a huge difference in our garage.