Joy to Everyone

I love Christmas! I love the cool weather, the hot coco, the music, the smells, the gifts, the lights and basically everything about it! This year I am even more excited about it because of Katie. Katie is such a joy in my life and she has been such a cutie this Christmas season. She can say "Merry Christmas", "Santa", "baby Jesus" and "ohhh pretty" whenever she sees the lights at night. She is such a beautiful little girl and I love Christmas that much more because I get to see the joy of Christmas through her bright blue eyes! I get to see the excitement and joy that Christmas brings for someone who is experiencing it for the first time. (Even though she had Christmas last year. This year she is much more involved). This video is such a great video that helps remind me of the reason for the season. When you watch it make sure your sound is turned on because the music is beautiful. I wish to all a very happy holiday season and as the video exclaims," Joy to Everyone!"

Thanksgiving

Wow time flies! It has been a long time since I have updated the blog! Despite the amount of time that has passed since I last updated there is really nothing new to report from the Smith family. Katie is talking all of the time and is constantly amazing her daddy and I, in fact we still can't believe that she is ours! Thanksgiving was great! My sister hosted the family in her new beautiful home and we had a lot of fun. Sadly Stephen and I forgot the camera at home so we don't have any pictures to post of Thanksgiving. One quick thought on Thanksgiving I just wanted to thank the Smith family for introducing me to the pretzel jello salad (which I discovered from past Thanksgivings with the Smith family). The Pehrson family had never had this salad before and it was such a great hit that my brother Russell claims and I quote, "I will never eat Jello again without pretzels in it!" Stephen and I especially missed all of the Smiths this Thanksgiving and we can't wait to see you on Christmas Night! In the mean time here our some random and recent pictures so at least I can blog something.


Her first attempt at making a fort


A preschool lesson on Thanksgiving!



Katie when left alone to feed herself pudding!