Collin’s grandfather died this past spring. One month shy of his one hundred and first birthday. He lived an incredibly FULL life and obviously, at age 100 we knew the end was near, but it was still pretty tough for all of us. We loved that man so much. For all of our marriage, Abie...
I’ve been the worst about blogging our family stuff this year. Again, I blame Instagram. But there are a few things that I really want to get on the blog so I don’t forget, and our annual Lakewood trip is one of them. This was way back at the beginning of the summer and we...
Ten is apparently the year for the Surprise Party in the Smith house, and this past Friday night was Clara Beth’s turn. I was pretty confident that she knew what we were up to and that there would be no surprise. Turns out she knew a party was headed her way (she saw the pink...
I have about a thousand photos of our family that are sitting neatly in folders on my computer waiting to be blogged. 2016 has been pretty great up to this point and we’ve done some fun things. And I just KNEW I would blog it all because MEMORIES, yet there they sit, never making it...
Seeing as how Valentine’s Day is Sunday, I should probably get the Cousin Gingerbread contest from 2015 blogged. 2015 was a pretty great one. The girls started planning weeks in advance and came up with a shopping list of extra candy and stuff that needed to be purchased. The boys started planning a day in...
