You read it right...I have baby fever. I don't want another child really, BUT there are so many people out there having babies right now. Now I know people have babies everyday, but not people I know. Seriously in the last 2 months I know at least 4 ladies who have babies and I know 6 more that are expecting in the next few months. All 4 that have had babies...all are boys! At least one that is expecting is a boy, but I'm not sure about the others! I guess it's just all the "babieness" (made up word) in the air that gives me baby fever. Randy thinks I'm crazy, but then again I've never denied being crazy!
I'm just so excited for the many of you with new little ones. Children truly are a blessing. I love my girls, I love their age, their smiles, their laughter and even their noise they make! I'm truly blessed to be a mom!
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Weekend update
We have had such a WONDERFUL weekend. Aunt Sarah and Uncle Jack are here. Uncle Terry and Aunt Sandra along with Rachel were here last night and will be back tomorrow for the day. We've had such amazing weather, so we've been able to just have such a great time.
Friday we started the day at the park. The girls enjoyed a lot of play time while Randy jogged and Terry got a good walk in. I just enjoyed watching the girls play. We had snowcones for lunch - have to live here to understand the significance of this. We played softball at the church for a little bit - Kristin doesn't play this year, but does enjoy batting and learning to catch. Maybe next year she'll be ready to play, but if not that's ok too. We ended the day with a fabulous meal at River Point - great sea food, or at least that's what they tell me. (I don't eat it).
Today, I started with a jog - it was just so nice to be outside. Then the girls went to a birthday party at the Tae Kwon Do school. It was a LOT of fun. We headed to the mall after that and now supper is on the stove. It's been another beautiful day.
Tomorrow Randy will be ordained as a deacon at our church. That's why the family is in town. I'm SUPER proud of my husband and how God is using him. It's quite an honor for him since there is only one other man being ordained.
Once I have a chance to upload pictures I'll add some from the weekend.
Friday we started the day at the park. The girls enjoyed a lot of play time while Randy jogged and Terry got a good walk in. I just enjoyed watching the girls play. We had snowcones for lunch - have to live here to understand the significance of this. We played softball at the church for a little bit - Kristin doesn't play this year, but does enjoy batting and learning to catch. Maybe next year she'll be ready to play, but if not that's ok too. We ended the day with a fabulous meal at River Point - great sea food, or at least that's what they tell me. (I don't eat it).
Today, I started with a jog - it was just so nice to be outside. Then the girls went to a birthday party at the Tae Kwon Do school. It was a LOT of fun. We headed to the mall after that and now supper is on the stove. It's been another beautiful day.
Tomorrow Randy will be ordained as a deacon at our church. That's why the family is in town. I'm SUPER proud of my husband and how God is using him. It's quite an honor for him since there is only one other man being ordained.
Once I have a chance to upload pictures I'll add some from the weekend.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
I'm back
I guess I'm back. I don't really have must to write and don't really have much time to write, but I'm bored with Facebook, now that there is a new format - I don't like it at all. When there are important things or good pictures to post I'll be back in the blog world!
Monday, March 16, 2009
Mommy-Kristin Day
Finally something to blog about! SPING BREAK!!! I know for those of you in the real work world there is no such thing, but for those of us with teaching jobs it's a great week to look forward to!
We aren't going anywhere this year, so today I told Kristin it would be a Mommy-Kristin day. Now that she's in kindergarden I don't get to spend much one on one time with her. Today made up for some of that.
We started with lunch at Taco Bell. Then we went to get our hair cut, we actually got it cut almost the same. Mine is a bit shorter, but her's sure is cute! We then headed to the nail salon. I'd been promising her for awhile that I'd let her get her toes and nails done. She got a full pedicure and just her nails painted. I of course got a pedicure too. The cutiest thing was she kept laughing when they were scrubbing her feet - she's really ticklish. She loved it and wondered when she could go again. We then headed to the mall. She got her ears pierced back in February for her birthday and at the end of this week she can change her earrings, so we went to buy her some new ones. We also got a cookie and pretzel while we were there. Then our last stop was Target. She got a couple presents that we already had so we returned then and she wanted to buy something new. She found a hula-hoop and she's REALLY good, so we got that. It overall was a VERY good day.
I often wonder how my little girl has gotten to be 6 already, but today was a day I'll remember and hopefully we'll get to spend many more like that. She's a wonderful little girl, but she's getting very big very fast!!
We aren't going anywhere this year, so today I told Kristin it would be a Mommy-Kristin day. Now that she's in kindergarden I don't get to spend much one on one time with her. Today made up for some of that.
We started with lunch at Taco Bell. Then we went to get our hair cut, we actually got it cut almost the same. Mine is a bit shorter, but her's sure is cute! We then headed to the nail salon. I'd been promising her for awhile that I'd let her get her toes and nails done. She got a full pedicure and just her nails painted. I of course got a pedicure too. The cutiest thing was she kept laughing when they were scrubbing her feet - she's really ticklish. She loved it and wondered when she could go again. We then headed to the mall. She got her ears pierced back in February for her birthday and at the end of this week she can change her earrings, so we went to buy her some new ones. We also got a cookie and pretzel while we were there. Then our last stop was Target. She got a couple presents that we already had so we returned then and she wanted to buy something new. She found a hula-hoop and she's REALLY good, so we got that. It overall was a VERY good day.
I often wonder how my little girl has gotten to be 6 already, but today was a day I'll remember and hopefully we'll get to spend many more like that. She's a wonderful little girl, but she's getting very big very fast!!
Friday, January 23, 2009
Taking time off
I will be taking a break from blogging for awhile. I will continue to read other's blogs, so be looking for my comments. I just don't have time to sit and write anything meaningful. Once in a while I'm sure I'll post pictures, but even that takes time that I just don't seem to have right now!
Maybe again in the future I'll have the time...just not sure when!
Maybe again in the future I'll have the time...just not sure when!
Monday, January 19, 2009
Randy's Results
Randy finished the half marathon in 2 hours 30 minutes! I was so proud of him. His back held up just fine. He's pretty sore today, his legs more than his back actually. He decided, much like I did last year, that it was a one time event in his life. I'm so proud to be able to say I did a half marathon, but can honestly say I have no desire to do another one! 5K and 10K races are more our style!!
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Half Marathon time
Half marathon time has come around again. This year it's Randy who's put in the many many miles and lots of time on the road. He's been doing so well, but last Saturday he threw out his back. He took this entire week off, so he's feeling better, but not 100%. He's going to go for it anyway. His race starts at 7:10 am (Houston time), so if you are up, say a prayer for him. I'll let you know how he does!
Monday, January 12, 2009
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Why? That's why!
There are some nights I leave Awana and wonder...WHY? Why do I do this, why do I spend time planning things, why do I work so hard at making this program work, WHY?
TONIGHT!! That's why...5 young kids accepted God's WONDERFUL gift of salvation!!! It was a beautiful thing. That's WHY I do what I do because GOD is still at work saving lives!!
Praise the LORD!!!
TONIGHT!! That's why...5 young kids accepted God's WONDERFUL gift of salvation!!! It was a beautiful thing. That's WHY I do what I do because GOD is still at work saving lives!!
Praise the LORD!!!
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Weird feelings
I'm feeling kind of weird today. My ex-brother in law, Steve, passed away this morning. Almost a month ago he was sent to the hospital. My mom called me and was pretty sure he would pass away that day. He recovered a little bit, but was under Hospice care since then. Well this morning he passed on.
My sister and Steve were divorced awhile back. I haven't seen him in at least 5 years. He wasn't a good husband or dad to my niece Sarah. You see, 18 years ago today he chose to drink and drive and wrecked his van so badly that he was brained dead and in acoma for 6 weeks. He survived that, but was never OK after that. He tried to get better for awhile, but was never able to hold down a job. In fact he got to the point where he wouldn't even get out of bed. My sister was pregnant when the wreck happened, so Sarah never knew her dad as a "whole" man.
The reason I'm feeling so weird today is that I'm really sad for my niece. She's so precious to me and she's hurting today. Steve was never a "good" dad, but he was still her dad. Sarah is VERY close to her dad's mom (grandma), and Grandma is really struggling. On the other hand of being sad, I'm not sad at all the Steve has passed. He just wasn't a very nice guy at the end of his marriage to my sister.
There are a few things that happened that did show me that God is totally in control. First, Sarah is not in school right now. She'll start college classes next week. Also, her half brother Jason has come back into the picture so to speak. When Steve went into the hospital Jason came to visit. I think it was good for him and for Sarah to be able to reconnect. Another amazing thing was the Grandma woke up about 1 am this morning and realized she wasn't going to be able to fall back to sleep. She started to pray. At 2am she got the phone call that her son had passed. She said that God was preparing her for this. I know God was in all the details today, but it just still seems weird.
My sister and Steve were divorced awhile back. I haven't seen him in at least 5 years. He wasn't a good husband or dad to my niece Sarah. You see, 18 years ago today he chose to drink and drive and wrecked his van so badly that he was brained dead and in acoma for 6 weeks. He survived that, but was never OK after that. He tried to get better for awhile, but was never able to hold down a job. In fact he got to the point where he wouldn't even get out of bed. My sister was pregnant when the wreck happened, so Sarah never knew her dad as a "whole" man.
The reason I'm feeling so weird today is that I'm really sad for my niece. She's so precious to me and she's hurting today. Steve was never a "good" dad, but he was still her dad. Sarah is VERY close to her dad's mom (grandma), and Grandma is really struggling. On the other hand of being sad, I'm not sad at all the Steve has passed. He just wasn't a very nice guy at the end of his marriage to my sister.
There are a few things that happened that did show me that God is totally in control. First, Sarah is not in school right now. She'll start college classes next week. Also, her half brother Jason has come back into the picture so to speak. When Steve went into the hospital Jason came to visit. I think it was good for him and for Sarah to be able to reconnect. Another amazing thing was the Grandma woke up about 1 am this morning and realized she wasn't going to be able to fall back to sleep. She started to pray. At 2am she got the phone call that her son had passed. She said that God was preparing her for this. I know God was in all the details today, but it just still seems weird.
Saturday, January 03, 2009
Packed and unpacked
Today was unpacking day and clean up Christmas day. I got all of my stuff and the girls stuff unpacked from our trip, but Randy's stuff...well he's on his own for that. I started the laundry and hope to finish it tomorrow. I also decided to take down all the Christmas stuff including all of my snowmen. I usually keep them up until February, but decided to get it all done at once this year. Now given today was 80 degrees and the girls were playing outside in their bathingsuits...just because they could. It was crazy warm here! I'll post pictures of our trip and today when I get a chance...over 100 to load and edit...maybe next week!
Thursday, January 01, 2009
Goals for the new year
Happy New Year - 2009!
I've decided not to make new year's resolutions this year, but to set some reasonable goals! Here are a few:
1. Get back in shape...this time last year I could run over 10 miles easily...not I can't hardly run a mile without passing out. That's what happens when I let Randy train for the half marathon this year. I don't want to run 10 miles again, but at least 2 or 3 without feeling like I might die would be nice.
2. Try to send birthday wishes to all of my nieces and nephews on or at least NEAR their special days! I used to be really good about sending cards, but now TEXT messages or emails will have to suffice!
3. Be better at STUDYING the bible. I mean I read my bible on a regular basis, but how much time do I spend actually STUDYING it? Not nearly enough. Randy got me a Chronological bible for Christmas, so now I have a new tool to use. I'm very excited.
4. Read more Nonfiction books. Actually this last year I didn't read as much as I used to, but this year I want to read to learn and not just for fun. I mean fiction every once in awhile are good too, but for every fiction book, I need to read a nonfiction one too.
5. Spend more time playing with my children. Don't get me wrong, I play with my kids, but as time goes by I realize they are getting bigger more quickly... or at least it feels that way. I want to spend time playing, reading, and just enjoying this time in my kids lives!
I've also set some goals for the children's ministry at work, so I have a lot of work to do this year. Just goals...no resolutions!
I've decided not to make new year's resolutions this year, but to set some reasonable goals! Here are a few:
1. Get back in shape...this time last year I could run over 10 miles easily...not I can't hardly run a mile without passing out. That's what happens when I let Randy train for the half marathon this year. I don't want to run 10 miles again, but at least 2 or 3 without feeling like I might die would be nice.
2. Try to send birthday wishes to all of my nieces and nephews on or at least NEAR their special days! I used to be really good about sending cards, but now TEXT messages or emails will have to suffice!
3. Be better at STUDYING the bible. I mean I read my bible on a regular basis, but how much time do I spend actually STUDYING it? Not nearly enough. Randy got me a Chronological bible for Christmas, so now I have a new tool to use. I'm very excited.
4. Read more Nonfiction books. Actually this last year I didn't read as much as I used to, but this year I want to read to learn and not just for fun. I mean fiction every once in awhile are good too, but for every fiction book, I need to read a nonfiction one too.
5. Spend more time playing with my children. Don't get me wrong, I play with my kids, but as time goes by I realize they are getting bigger more quickly... or at least it feels that way. I want to spend time playing, reading, and just enjoying this time in my kids lives!
I've also set some goals for the children's ministry at work, so I have a lot of work to do this year. Just goals...no resolutions!
Monday, December 29, 2008
SURPRISE
Have you ever tried to surprise someone and it actually work!? I'm not a very good secret keeper from my mom. I mean I can keep a secret, but I pretty much tell my mom everything. Well, this time I kept the secret as did my brothers and sisters, sister in law, and my nieces and nephews! I started looking into flights for my family to go to Indiana for Christmas. It was crazy expensive, so I just decided it wasn't going to happen. Then I found out my brother Brad and his family were coming, so it made me want to be there even more. Then I decided to go through cheaptickets.com and realized if we fly the day after Christmas the tickets would be $700 cheaper. TOTALLY worth it. So I decided not to tell my parents, but I did tell my brother and his family. Then it became even more exciting because 2 of my nieces from Florida were coming too! So...low and behold the day after Christmas, with MUCH flight hassle - won't even get into all that - we surprised my parents at 11:30 at night. I SO wish I would have had a camera on my mom's face when we walked up to the front door! We are having a wonderful time, it's super cold, but no snow. We've enjoyed a couple trip to Ivanhoe's already (you have to know Upland, so there is no reason to explain), TOPPIT tonight for supper, and I've even seen a couple high school friends! What a treat to spend so much time with my family and my girls are just having a blast getting to know their cousins a little bit more. I do wish all of my family would be able to be together, but maybe next year!
I do love a good SURPRISE!
I do love a good SURPRISE!
Thursday, December 25, 2008
CHRISTMAS
FOR UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN, UNTO US A SON IS GIVEN AND HIS NAME WILL BE
WONDERFUL COUNSELOR,
MIGHTY GOD,
EVERLASTING FATHER,
PRINCE OF PEACE!!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE
WONDERFUL COUNSELOR,
MIGHTY GOD,
EVERLASTING FATHER,
PRINCE OF PEACE!!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Christmas County Spelling Bee
Tonight was the Christmas County Spelling Bee muscial at church. They kids have been working since September and tonight it showed! They did such a great job. It's so great to work with children!! I'd love to say I have lots of video or pictures even, but when you are one of the directors....not possible!
Kristin had a couple speaking parts and even a solo. She did such a good job. She said she got a little nervous, but she still did great! Olivia wanted to be on stage too, but still has a couple years before she gets to participate.
Tonight just confirms again how much I LOVE working with the children of our church. I had WONDERFUL help and just overall had a great experience putting the musical together.
I have a super crazy week coming up, so this will be my only post this week!!!
Kristin had a couple speaking parts and even a solo. She did such a good job. She said she got a little nervous, but she still did great! Olivia wanted to be on stage too, but still has a couple years before she gets to participate.
Tonight just confirms again how much I LOVE working with the children of our church. I had WONDERFUL help and just overall had a great experience putting the musical together.
I have a super crazy week coming up, so this will be my only post this week!!!
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
"Snow" much fun
It SNOWed here! Yes, you read that right....we have SNOW!!!
Tonigh at Awana the kids didn't even do regular game time, we all headed out side for a snowball fight. YES...we had enough snow to have a snow ball fight. It was SO much fun. Here are a few pictures...my camera was acting crazy, so they are the best I could do.
The girls making snow balls
It was like a blizzard...at least for South Texas!
Our mini snowman
Monday, December 01, 2008
Smith update
Do you ever get so overwhelmed you aren't even sure where to start? That's me!
I'll say we have a very nice Thanksgiving with Randy's family. We were in Floresville from Wednesday to Saturday. We enjoyed a wonderful meal, family and lots of football. When I get time I'll post some pictures. The guys in the family always have an annual game...it's pretty funny to see the "old" guys gimp around when it's all over!
School is going fine, but I'm really looking forward to being done. I won't be teaching preschool next year. I decided even though Olivia has one more year at the preschool, I'm going to focus my work time to the children's ministry at church. I have some great ideas of things to do, but really don't have the time to accomplish them all when I'm working 2 jobs. Just a few more months and then it will be all church.
My brother Doug started radiation today. Just praying for a good results and that he gets through it without too many side effects.
Christmas shopping for the girls is done! I'm grateful for that, but still some to do for Randy and a few other people. I have something almost every weekend this month, so I'm a little overwhelmed. Not sure what I'm going to do for Christmas cards and don't even have the girls Christmas dresses yet. I'm really trying to commit to not letting the "stuff" of Christmas overwhelm me. I do have the house decorated, now I just need to get the boxes put away.
Randy is still training very hard for the half marathon in January. I miss working out everyday, but am so proud of him. Maybe I'll take on the challenge again next year.
The girls are doing well! They are excited about Christmas. It really was a lot of fun decorating with them, they loved it. Kristin loves everything about the lights, the music and just Christmas in general. She's so aware of the true meaning of Christmas too!
That's about it for the Smith Update....pictures soon!
I'll say we have a very nice Thanksgiving with Randy's family. We were in Floresville from Wednesday to Saturday. We enjoyed a wonderful meal, family and lots of football. When I get time I'll post some pictures. The guys in the family always have an annual game...it's pretty funny to see the "old" guys gimp around when it's all over!
School is going fine, but I'm really looking forward to being done. I won't be teaching preschool next year. I decided even though Olivia has one more year at the preschool, I'm going to focus my work time to the children's ministry at church. I have some great ideas of things to do, but really don't have the time to accomplish them all when I'm working 2 jobs. Just a few more months and then it will be all church.
My brother Doug started radiation today. Just praying for a good results and that he gets through it without too many side effects.
Christmas shopping for the girls is done! I'm grateful for that, but still some to do for Randy and a few other people. I have something almost every weekend this month, so I'm a little overwhelmed. Not sure what I'm going to do for Christmas cards and don't even have the girls Christmas dresses yet. I'm really trying to commit to not letting the "stuff" of Christmas overwhelm me. I do have the house decorated, now I just need to get the boxes put away.
Randy is still training very hard for the half marathon in January. I miss working out everyday, but am so proud of him. Maybe I'll take on the challenge again next year.
The girls are doing well! They are excited about Christmas. It really was a lot of fun decorating with them, they loved it. Kristin loves everything about the lights, the music and just Christmas in general. She's so aware of the true meaning of Christmas too!
That's about it for the Smith Update....pictures soon!
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Happy Thanksgiving
We are heading out of town in just a little while, but I wanted to say
HAPPY THANKGIVING
to anyone who reads!!
HAPPY THANKGIVING
to anyone who reads!!
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About Me
- Anne
- I am happily married with two wonderful daughters! I have two part time jobs - Children's Director at Second Baptist Church AND Preschool teacher at the Methodist Day School. I also am a FULL TIME mom! I love it all!
