Poor Rudolph Eli

Eli was getting out of the van at the same time I was pulling Harrison out of his seat. He fell and I didn't catch him in time! The sound of his head hitting the pavement was bad. :( He did one of those not breathing cries. Poor sweet boy!!!! After a little bit of sadness, he perked up pretty well.

We now call Eli Rudolph as his nose shines so bright. Poor little boy really took a spill out of the van. It was really sad but now we all kind of laugh about it. I think we should probably get some steps for the van so this doesn't happen again. 

Geoffrey So Sweet

Geoffrey saw my necklace from our wedding all tangled up (it happens SOO easily and is SO difficult to untangle) and decided to untangle it for me. HE DID IT! It took a while. It actually was tangled on our wedding day when I was trying to get ready. It is what held me up for photos lol.

Mommy and I were cleaning up our room and bathroom and she pulled out this necklace. I quickly recognized it as the necklace she wore for our wedding. It has beautiful pearls and she looks so good in it. I asked why she hadn't worn it and recognized it was badly tangled. I spent the next hour or so trying to untangle it. I thought for sure I would give up a couple of times but I persevered and was able to untangle it for her. I insisted that she wear it the next day to church but it just so happened that Harrison was sick and she got to stay home from church so she wasn't able to wear it. ;) no worries though cause I still love her!

Family History Sunday

 Our ward changed time from 8:30am to 12:30pm. That gives us plenty of time in the morning to do our family history reading. I have been reading out of Grandpa Smith's memory book to the kids.

While eating Breakfast, Tiaura decided to read some in Grandpa Smith's memory book. The children always love hearing about Grandpa Smith and enjoy mommy sharing the stories from her youth. I made breakfast burritos so they would at least try to be quiet while mommy shared stories. The younger boys don't seem as interested but at least they are hearing the stories of their ancestors. :)

Moving Kids Around Again

We put Greggie in Watson's room, put Perry in with Harrison

We moved Watson and Eli downstairs. They get up the earliest and are a bit loud so we wanted them seperate for the sake of the other children. So far it has worked all right!

It seems to be a constant juggle trying to get the children where they need to be so everything works out. Eli and Watson both wake up early and are noisy so they wake up the other children who aren't as happy in the morning waking up early. We have tried several arrangements and decided to give this one a try as well. It seems to be working out nicely so far. Greggie was downstairs in his own bedroom secluded from the rest of the family. We decided to move Watson and Eli into the same room as they both wake up early anyway and by putting them downstairs secluded from the other boys, it doesn't matter that they make noise. Eli is still getting out of his bed more than we would like him to, but they seem to be sleeping better. We also put up a curtain in their room that I actually drilled to the wall so they can't play with the curtain or the blinds. This helps keep it darker longer in their room which seems to be helping. 

We moved Greggie upstairs into Watson and Eli's old room and he absolutely loves it. It seems to be a better fit for all his stuff and he likes having a little more room as the furniture layout is much better. Moving Watson downstairs allowed Calvin to have his own room which he too was very excited about as now no one will play with his toys or get into his stuff. We did however have to take apart the bunk bed and make two twin beds from it but no one seemed to upset about that. Perry and Harrison are sharing a room and seem to be doing very well together except during nap time which we are still trying to figure out. So far, this new arrangement has been very nice for all of us and we are hoping it stays that way. 

Date to Olive Garden

So salty and yummy! haha, I crave it right now as I write. It is not good for Geoffrey though, too much salt!!! lol

Prior to going to the Temple with Momma Smith for her birthday, Mommy and I went to go and get her birthday/Christmas present. We went to the Best Buy near our house but they didn't have it which got us a little worried as we were on a time crunch. We looked online and found the fastphoto printer at another store in McKinney so we quickly got the car and traveled to make the purchase. We spent a little time trying to figure out which hard-drive to purchase with it and then made the purchase. As we left, I knew that Mommy would need to eat before going in the temple. It was 4:15 so I thought we had 45 minutes to eat before we needed to be on the road again to make it to the temple in time. We were driving to leave Best Buy when we saw Olive Garden. Mommy's eyes grew so big, I knew that was where we needed to go. We walked inside and were seated right away. This was good so we knew it wouldn't take too long. We ordered two drinks. One was a raspberry lemonade with sugar on the rim. The other was a sparkling cucumber melon. That was DIVINE. The raspberry drink was not nearly as good and the waitress could tell so she asked if we wanted to have it replaced with another cucumber melon drink which we agreed to. Unfortunately we still ended up paying for the raspberry lemonade even though she made it seem like we wouldn't. Anyway, Mommy ordered a Chicken Marsala and I ordered Meat Ravioli. We both enjoyed our meal but felt a little rushed as it took so long to cook we only had 10 minutes before we had to get on the road. Although we finished eating in time, it took the waitress a really long time to bring the check so we could pay which made us not leave until 5:10 even though we needed to leave by 5. Although we felt a little time crunch, I loved this wonderful date with my beautiful bride. I love spending time with her and building our relationship and continually falling in love with her. She is truly amazing and I am so grateful God led me to her. 

Mom's 68th Birthday

We went to the temple with mommy

Then we went to treat her at the cheesecake factory and give her presents. We got her a photo scanner that scans a group of photos onto your computer super fast. We are hoping that it makes her job so much easier for her life history she is going to be doing this next year. We love you mommy!

After much discussion we decided the best gift for mom would be the photo scanner. When we went to go get it, the store didn't have it! We drove to another store about 30 minutes away to get it for her and we are so glad we did. She does so much for us and we wanted to do something nice for her! It was so much fun being in the temple with her and then going to get some dessert with her. I am so glad we live close and can celebrate with her. 

Texas Roadhouse Date!

The food was Soo good! We were craving some yummy food to eat. We went to a store called At Home before we called it a night and looked at Christmas Decor. I wish I had taken a picture of some of the nativities because the faces on them were poorly done. When I thought it couldn't get any worse, I found another with which the faces looked like they were melting off and baby Jesus had a giant red nose.  haha. We found a scary clown decoration on sale and took a funny video for his friend that is terrified of clowns. We always have a great time playing.

This was such a fun date! I love spending time with Mommy! She is so wonderful! We had a delicious meal at Texas Roadhouse. Those ROLLS! So good. Although mommy would say that I love anything that is food so I reckon my opinion isn't all that valid. We had so much fun at the store At Home. I love spending time with mommy. We always find something fun to do and enjoy being together.