someone is playing tricks on me

My baby can't be two yet....can he?

good mornin' spud! we've got a busy day planned for you!
who doesn't like waking up to presents?

yummy breakfast

off to go shopping (at ikea. mostly for mom & dad's list, but the boys got to run around and climb on couches, open cupboards, etc. definately a birthday activity.)

Lunch at Rosa's. We haven't seen one of these since Midland! I don't love the food, but the tortillas are great.

Eli enjoyed the day as well.

Auntie and Greg joined us for dinner and cake.

"Happy Birthday to you." Don't be shy, spud.

There's a smile.

Is that ALL mine?

Ahhh......

And, of course, the cake.

Happy Birthday to the cutest two year old I know!

Happy Fourth

I had way to much fun with the boys' shirts this year.
Hope you had a happy fourth!

Smith Grandkids
July 2008

July 2011

We've doubled the brood in just 3 years. Good work, y'all

What is it they say about rabbits? j/k

That time of year again

Fresh Strawberry Jam. YUM!

Two little fishies...

my little fish in the bath - i just love their tan little backs.

(sorry if bare bums offend anyone...)

Lamp project

After making a headboard for our bed and re-painting our room (off white walls with a chocolate brown accent wall), I decided my ugly brown burlap lamps needed a face-lift. So I covered them in fabric roses. Each lamp took over 120 roses, large and small. (That's 7 yards of fabric, by the way.) Now to convince The Man that the nightstand should be painted white....

**notice i don't have an alarm clock. every time i rolled over or woke up, i would look at the clock, just curious about what time it might be. so i took it away and i sleep much better now. fyi.

A weekend at the Beach

I can't seem to figure out how to get these in the order I want. Whatever....

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We went to Galveston for the weekend. It was a great family vacation.

Eli was so excited to go to the beach. We had to make a count-down so he would stop asking me 6 times a day!

We all got pretty burnt the first day, even though we packed on the sunscreen.

our last morning on the beach...the tide was still in and there was lots of new seaweed.

eli informed chris that the beach misses him...i guess we'll have to go back. :)
Happy Father's Day! We went to the Galveston Ward (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) Sunday morning. I was surprised at how large of a ward it was.

Sunday afternoon we rode the ferry to a very pretty beach and had a wonderful day there. And guess where my camera was? On the table in the Hotel. Dang.
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We went to a fun confectionery place. Talk about a kid in the candy store.

my boys

Thank goodness for DVD players!