Wow, it has been awhile. I don't know who all reads this but I like doing it. So Scott is back in school - it is midterms actually- the leaves are all falling off of the trees and we are trying to figure out what to be for Halloween. Time flies!! It just seems like we were doing this. I finally purchased a ladybug costume for Kayt and Broulim's grocery store. Nothing like the homemade costumes my mom worked on tirelessly, but kayt likes it.
I am enjoying being a stay at home mom again after following a wild thought I had to drive truck in potato harvest. It is a lot different as a mom and wife than a high school kid. Somehow it is more tiring and you feel a lot more responsible for anything that goes wrong. Even when it isn't your fault!! But it is over and I will probably never do it again and that is okay.
Scott is doing well in school. He loves that internship he is in right now. He likes it so much he sometimes forget about his classes he still has to pass to graduate but I kindly remind him as do his teachers. He has had a couple of job interviews and been in contact with a few graduate school people and will be flying out for further interviews in the next week or two. It is kindof crazy but very exciting. It is hard knowing that we will be somewhere else come August of next year and at this point have no idea where. We'll get it figured out I guess. Scott is way more stressed about the situation than I am which probably isn't good but I can't say what he should do for the next 10 years of his life so I just sit back and give me support. It is an exciting time though.
Kayt is lounging in her babies stroller right now watching Monsters Inc., her new favorite show. I hadn't seen it until three weeks ago and now I have it memorized. It's kindof how things go around here. Luckily, we don't have cable so she only gets to watch the movies I let in the house. No obnoxious nick-toons random stuff. Kayt is getting so big and so smart and I just can't believe she will be two in 1 month!!! I took her to the park with my mom yesterday and she just played on the toys all by herself. Climbed the stairs, went down the slide ect ect. It was great but kindof sad. She needs me less and less everyday. Of course with all of her new skills comes new management techniques. It takes more and more to keep her entertained and stimulate her but it is so much fun. The other day she started singing the ABC song with me. she only know ABCPMS but hey it's a start. She is so fun!! I love it.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Getting back to normal
Well, our summer adventures have come to a close. We have one extended family reunion to attend in September but other than that it is over. I can't believe it. August was a month we have been looking forward to since January and it seemed like it would never come and here it is the 19th!!!
Jared returned home from his mission to the Phillippines and it have been crazy to hear about life on a poor island. But he had a fabulous experience and has grown up so much. It is hard to adjust to the "new and improved" Jared that has come home. He's not the same so you can't treat him like you did but is the same old crazy goofy kid with his "unique mind". If has been so fun having him around again.
I have found that adjusting to real life after three weeks of vacation is a little hard. I can't procrstinate the housework anymore because I am not leaving it behind anymore and the dishes just don't disapear like thay do at the restaurants. But at the same time it feels good to be back home. Kayt is especially enjoying being back in her element, her own little domian. She couldn't stop smiling the day we were finally home for good. She is not so sure she like being home alone with me all day verses being with her dad all day, but she'll adjust!!
Life is good. We are so blessed. What a crazy summer!
Jared returned home from his mission to the Phillippines and it have been crazy to hear about life on a poor island. But he had a fabulous experience and has grown up so much. It is hard to adjust to the "new and improved" Jared that has come home. He's not the same so you can't treat him like you did but is the same old crazy goofy kid with his "unique mind". If has been so fun having him around again.
I have found that adjusting to real life after three weeks of vacation is a little hard. I can't procrstinate the housework anymore because I am not leaving it behind anymore and the dishes just don't disapear like thay do at the restaurants. But at the same time it feels good to be back home. Kayt is especially enjoying being back in her element, her own little domian. She couldn't stop smiling the day we were finally home for good. She is not so sure she like being home alone with me all day verses being with her dad all day, but she'll adjust!!
Life is good. We are so blessed. What a crazy summer!
Saturday, August 4, 2007
ALOHA!!
Hello Hello
This is my first attempt at this whole blogging thing but I have been very impressed with the ones my friends have done and have loved reading them so here I go....The Smith Family blog.
I am also on vacation in Hawaii right now with Scott's fam and thought it might be a good time to get it rolling.
THe vacation has been fabulous, just what we all needed. It is the calm before the storm (the last year of undergrad) and so we are enjoying it to the fullest. Kayt loves the water and playing in the sand and going down the slide and all the juice she gets to drink and junk food and... she is having a great time. Scott loves the water as much if not more than Kayt. It is a chore to get him to come in at the end of the day. Good thing he has his brother Jeff to endulge all of his crazy ideas and contests in the water. I still don't understand the fun in body surfing and getting slammed into the sand (which goes into crevices you didn't know existed) but he loves it and how often to you get to Hawaii?! I am having a great time as well. It is so chill and there is a lot of family around to help with Kayt and I love seeing Scott and Kayt so happy and I will admit, the waves can be fun too. I am not so good at the whole body surfing thing however and usualy end up getting churned over and over again until I can hardly breath and Scott realizing my potenital drowning and comes to my aide. I keep telling him it's the hight difference but really I am just not that good at playing in the ocean.
We went surfing today and my theory was reaffirmed. I did get up and actually surf in Hawaii but I am not a natural!!!! Our surf guy was the craziest/coolest 50 year old beach bum, surfer dude I have ever met. But he was fabulous he taught all kinds of things about surfing not just how to get up but how to push people out of your way, how not to get on a board, how to paddle properly ect. The fact that he demonstrated it all made it hilarious. Our instructor is the skinny one on the picture!! The bigger one is the surf school owner George Opelo who is a "God" in the surfing world. It was great.
Anyway, we are doing fabulous. Jared comes home from his mission is exactly one week and we can hardly wait!!! We found out Emily is having a baby boy and life is just GOOOD!!!
This is my first attempt at this whole blogging thing but I have been very impressed with the ones my friends have done and have loved reading them so here I go....The Smith Family blog.
I am also on vacation in Hawaii right now with Scott's fam and thought it might be a good time to get it rolling.
THe vacation has been fabulous, just what we all needed. It is the calm before the storm (the last year of undergrad) and so we are enjoying it to the fullest. Kayt loves the water and playing in the sand and going down the slide and all the juice she gets to drink and junk food and... she is having a great time. Scott loves the water as much if not more than Kayt. It is a chore to get him to come in at the end of the day. Good thing he has his brother Jeff to endulge all of his crazy ideas and contests in the water. I still don't understand the fun in body surfing and getting slammed into the sand (which goes into crevices you didn't know existed) but he loves it and how often to you get to Hawaii?! I am having a great time as well. It is so chill and there is a lot of family around to help with Kayt and I love seeing Scott and Kayt so happy and I will admit, the waves can be fun too. I am not so good at the whole body surfing thing however and usualy end up getting churned over and over again until I can hardly breath and Scott realizing my potenital drowning and comes to my aide. I keep telling him it's the hight difference but really I am just not that good at playing in the ocean.
We went surfing today and my theory was reaffirmed. I did get up and actually surf in Hawaii but I am not a natural!!!! Our surf guy was the craziest/coolest 50 year old beach bum, surfer dude I have ever met. But he was fabulous he taught all kinds of things about surfing not just how to get up but how to push people out of your way, how not to get on a board, how to paddle properly ect. The fact that he demonstrated it all made it hilarious. Our instructor is the skinny one on the picture!! The bigger one is the surf school owner George Opelo who is a "God" in the surfing world. It was great.
Anyway, we are doing fabulous. Jared comes home from his mission is exactly one week and we can hardly wait!!! We found out Emily is having a baby boy and life is just GOOOD!!!
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