Boo!

Happy Halloween!

We are pleased to announce our newest member of our family,

His name : Ghost!

As you can see we have grown quite attached to this little guy....I am not sure how Layton is going to take it when we have to put in his big blue coffin and send him away to the garbage heaven.....I'll let you know how it goes!

P.S. Funny how he loves him now but when we were scooping the seeds out he almost threw up!

Ottawa

GROSGRAIN MINI STORE OPENING NOVEMBER 6!!!!! AND BIG PREVIEW GIVEAWAY!!!!

GROSGRAIN MINI STORE OPENING NOVEMBER 6!!!!! AND BIG PREVIEW GIVEAWAY!!!!

4 generations!

Hey there peeps!!

Boy oh boy it has been a long time since my last post...Just a quick update before the pictures.

Ethan, the little boy I watch part time, has now gone full time with his sister now coming before and after school too. I also might have another casual little boy coming soon as well. And from my last set of trips...ha ha. I have probably 1000 pictures to edit and file..lol oh dear! I'll be busy until Christmas for sure!!

This is one from Prince Albert. Mom decided that she wanted a four generation picture. I think it turned out great.

My Grandma,

isn't she stunning!

Ottawa!

Here we are at grandma and pops house. we have made it this far and it was great, the flight...actually everything. I leave today to go to Ottawa. Sam has not had her baby yet, but soon. She (when I talked to her last night) was 3 cent. dilated and contractions were hard and consistent. Lots of back labour though. So hopefully soon she'll have this little one and I'll get pictures up as soon as I have them, via Lindsay's laptop! Grandma is going to take care of the little ones while I am gone and that should be interesting!! I can't wait to hear what she has been put through!! ha ha. The kids didn't sleep well at all last night...maybe her years of experience will come in handy and they will be perfect when i get back!!! Hopefully. Well until next time! I'll catch you on the flip side!!

P.S. The food here is so much better than home!!! The kids are going to have a fit when I cook again!! ha ha

Too FUN!

Happy Thanksgiving! well belated! I am back from the farm on a short layover at my home going through what I figure to be about 500 pictures from the week-end! Here is just one of those taken this week-end! Hope you enjoy!

before and after

So I went to get my hair done yesturday and 3 1/2 hours later it came out great...ha ha. I have before and after pics. I know they are not in focus it's not your eyes they were just quick as I don't have a lot of time today and wanted to get these up. Things are crazy here at the smith house and are going to get worse before they get better!

To give you an Idea:

Things I have to do: Prepare a talk for a fireside, pack clothes, do laundry, prepare my house to be left alone for 2 weeks, Go to edmonton pick up my cousin then drive to P.A., give the talk, take family photo's, eat thanksgiving dinner (not so much a chore!), drive home (probably picking up my cousin on the way) do laundry pack fly out to regina, pack again, fly to ottawa, visit lindsay and sam and gabe and maybe the little boy!!, fly back to regina, take more family photos, fly home, edit photos, make calendars and mail off this month, oh wait the month is already over, Oh and then lindsay gets home, super saturday at church, the little boyt I watch part time goes full time.......then oh wait what's next.....oh ya christmas!! aaaaaaaah. ha ha.

Hope your having a great day! Happy Thankgiving!!

Red Riding Hood Jacket GIVEAWAY !!!!!!!

Red Riding Hood Jacket GIVEAWAY !!!!!!!

I want This soooo bad! Tana would love it. She loves to wear little jackets like this!

Sidenote

Okay, I realized after writing yesterday's post that it came off, like I didn't need Lindsay and that is simply not the case. I NEED Lindsay. He is what keeps me Spain. He is the Ying to my Yang, my Chubbackah to Hans Solo, My...well you get the idea! I LOVE this man and am so happy that he is in my life.

P.S. Lisa's Pictures are done on the photography website.

Forced Confidence

Since Lindsay has been gone I am feeling very confident in my abilities as a mom, photographer, Friend, and woman. I was curious why, when the man I love more than anything is gone, I feel more confident. Then I thought well It's simple...One less ball to juggle. It may sound rude, or maybe feminist. But it is the truth. Since Lindsay is gone I don't have to spend the later portion in my day on making a big meal, then cleaning that up. I also don't rely on him taking the children I just deal with the fact that I am the only one here to do it. ( I am going to have to remember that for when he is home!!! ) I only spend 1 hour TOPS on the phone with him at night (mostly cause he hates talking on the phone). Then after the kids go to bed, I clean up and do some editing maybe and research some stuff on the Internet for photoshop. I practise with my camera and then say my prayers read my scriptures then off to bed. It is sad to say but I am quite enjoying the time I have to myself at night and when he gets home.....well I have a feeling there will be an adjustment period we'll have to get through!! ha ha.

P.S. Just minutes after this photo was taken the popcorn bowl was overflowing with popcorn and Layton freaked out and pulled the plug out and accidentally pulled the whole popper onto Tana sending 4 little kernels down her shirt giving her 2ND degree burns. All before I could put my camera down and get them out of her shirt. She is okay and the burns are healing quickly.