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So...I have to give myself a bit of break after having to do Christmas all by myself this year, giving a talk in church, giving a lesson in church, Scott giving a talk in church, hosting company twice and teaching my online class. However, I have been a very bad blogger. Who does not post about two birthdays and two holidays? So here you go, my vomit update (for lack of a better word). Proceed with caution.

National Christmas Tree

The first snow of the year here we decided to go into the city and see the National Christmas Tree. People are afraid of snow so that meant small crowds. It was great. We went to the national arboretum and say an incredible train display in fairy forest made all out of plants.
Then we went and say the tree. It was a great time.

Arlington National Cemetary

Each year a company in Maine makes wreaths and drives them down to be placed on older sections of Arlington National Cemetery. They ask for volunteers to come and help lay them and remember our veterans. This year, we got to participate. It was awesome. Going to Arlington is always an overwhelming experience. This time it was nice to say thank you in a very small way.

God Bless Us Everyone!

Our Christmas this year was great. We were more than a little sad we would not be celebrating it in Idaho but we had a great time out here. I had all of the shopping done before Monday the 21st so the last week was spent just having fun. We made snowflakes and cookies, and chocolate covered pretzels. We went to a party for the BYU bowl game. When went to a live nativity at a baptist church up the street and to the Christmas lights at the temple. We sipped hot chocolate and read Christmas stories. It was just so fun.
I think what I have like most about this Christmas is being able to read the stories, from a book my mom gave me a few years ago, by the light of Christmas tree each night before the girls went to bed. When you don't have places you have to be, you have time to do little things like that.
Scott and I spent weekend before Christmas finishing up homemade gifts. He would burn videos on the computer while I made the girls baby carriers. It was just so fun. And we listened to Christmas music and talked about past Christmases. I know it sounds lame but we really were straight out of movie.
On Christmas Eve we did a Nazareth night, Scott's families tradition. Kayt was Mary, she has been prepping for the role all month. Ella was a Sheppard. I was the angel and Scott was Joseph and the Wise men. Kayt was insistent that we act out the Christmas story as Scott read it. I am glad she was. It was so nice and calming and really helped us focus on Christ.
Then it was opening up Christmas P.J.'s and off to bed. I still get excited to open the present on Christmas eve, even though I know exactly what it will be. Scott's grandma gave us our Christmas p.j.'s this year and they were perfect.
Kayt was so excited she could not sleep. Every sound she heard shot her straight up in bed, peeking out the window. She was so concerned about going to sleep she couldn't go to sleep. Scott finally had to go in a lay by her and rub her hands to get her to calm down.
Much to Kayt's excitement Santa came to the Smith house! Kayt and Ella were so excited. It was so great to watch their eyes pop as they saw what Santa had left. They are both so pleased with the simplest things. I wish we didn't loose that along the way. Every little detail was the coolest things they had ever seen. They were extra kind and sensitive all day. Ella literally did not stop hopping around until she went down for a nap around 3pm. It was so sweet.
Later that day Cody and Skye Beckley our good friends that live in Maryland came down to spend the day. They had Christmas dinner with us and spent the night. We played games and ate treat and watched movies. It was great.
Saturday we went to Annapolis, Maryland. It is the coolest place I have been out here for sure so far. I loved it, even though it was raining the whole time. It is so old and right on the harbor and so quaint it was awesome. We ate a place called Sofi's crepery and checked out the navel academy and boats on the water. It was so fun. After Annapolis we sadly parted ways. We love the Beckley's. Again, they are our family away from family!!
We finished our Saturday at the Frost's home, one of Scott's mission companions and good friends of ours. They invited us to the big Christmas feast with his whole family. It was great to see them Ryan and Alie again.
Finally, Sunday was our ward Christmas program. I started singing we the ward choir and have loved it. I really like to sing. It has helped me get to know more people as well. The music was beautiful, the spirit was strong and the meeting was made perfect by Scott's fabulous talk! HE was bit intimidates being the only speaker on the Christmas program and coming after, Jenny Baker a super accomplished Violinist played Ave Maria and the choir sang and wonderful vocal solos and....But Scott did fantastic. His message was so simple; each of us needs to decide each day to let Christ into our lives. We each get to decide if we are going to get caught up in the details of running our lives or if we are going to step back out of the wind and feel the love of God.
All in all, it was a fantastic Christmas, filled with the glow of Christmas. We had time to do the little things, visit some widows in the ward, go to nativities, read good stories, sing the Christmas songs, talk with family, watch Christmas shows. Just enjoy each other and remember Jesus. We are so blessed.

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I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas

We experienced the first white Christmas in 20 years in Washington D.C. this year. The week before Christmas the snowstorm of the decade hit the D.C. area and dropped 3 feet of snow in 24 hours. It was incredible. We couldn't get in or out of our parking space it was so deep. The Smith family was giddy with excitement. We put the snow gear we had on the girls and headed out for a night time stroll. Kayt could not stop tromping through the deepest snow she could find and yelling the few Spanish words she knows at the top of her lungs. Ella just shuffled along, proud of here trial she was making. It was so much fun. It was so quiet, a real rarity around here, and peaceful. It just put us in such a Christmas mood.

Thankfully the snow stuck around until the Saturday after Christmas. The girls and I took the time to build a snowman out on our porch on one of the warmer days. It was pretty fun. Ella still is not sure what she thinks about snow but Kayt would play in it all day given the chance. She was so cold after our walk we had to put her feet in cold water before we could put them in warm. But she was upset she had to come in. Crazy girl!!

Happy Birthday Dear Scott....

Scott has a poorly positioned birthday! I don't think it is any secret. This year however, I did not want to just remember it was his birthday but to make it kind of special for him. So.....I made him a cake and invited friends over to share it with us. I know, I know this was going above and beyond. (what a poor wife I am) This is a major improvement from past years though.

It was a great time. We have some great friends out here and it was so nice to have people around that really care about him. Our home teachers stopped by just before the party got rollin' and stayed for cake and ice cream. It was so nice of them. We have great home teachers for the first time ever. I think we have had more visits here than in the past 5 years combined. They are fantastic.
The highlight of the party however was Kayt's gift to Scott. She has wanted to get him a prince costume for a year now. I thought the need would die down but every time I asked what she wanted to get him it was a prince costume. So, we headed to the thrift store and came up big!! Kayt was so excited. I would pull a few options off the rack and she would carefully decided which looked the best. After we purchased the costume she exclaimed, "daddy is going to look so handsome." Handsome and fancy are the latest additions to her vocabulary.

Scott is such a good sport. He tried the costume on for everyone to see and has worn it several times since to play with Kayt. Does a dad get any better than that?!


Scott and I went out on his official birthday for our first date in 3 months. By the time I got to his work and he got out of his meeting we were able to grab some cheesecake at cheesecake factory. It was as good as we had both remembered!!! It was so nice just to be with him. I think Kayt was as excited about me going out on a date with Scott as I was. She sat in the bathroom with me and gave me hair and makeup pointers and told me what shirt I needed to where. She had one all picked out the looked "fancy". As I was leaving she said, "mom you look beautiful." She is such a sweetheart. She has gone on many dates, with her "prince" since.

It is a little scary how much kids follow what you do.

Anyway, all in all a great birthday!!! I love you Scott.

Happy Thanksgiving to us

Thanksgiving was slated to be great this year as we planned to celebrate with out good friends the Chaffee's. However, we were super suprised when we got an early morning phone call telling us Scott's mom, dad and cassi we coming out. Our first visitors!!!!!! And they were going to make it in time for Kayt's birthday.

We had a fantastic time. Kayt's birthday was great. They treated us to a great restaurant just down the street called Artie's that has the best Creme Brulea I think any of us have tasted. Then we have Kayt's birthday cake and presents afterwards. This a great way to end the day for me. I had previously locked myself out of the house with no keys to get back in. Fortunately a good neighbor helped me out. (watch for a "my own worst enemy" post soon)

The next day was Thanksgiving and we had a great feast. It was fun having a lot of hands in the kitchen and puttering around as we put on the big dinner. I love the details of Thanksgiving. The homemade cranberry sauce, dough leaves on top of the pumpkin pie, cranberry salad. All of the little details make the dinner I think. Once again Scott did a great job cooking the turkey. It is a good thing her can cook meat because I sure can't. The Chaffee's, our family away from family, came over and celebrated with us as well.

That night we went in to the city to see the monuments. They are the best at night!!! The next day we went and did a little touring of the city. I think the crowds were a little overwhelming for some in our group so we cut it short. It was just too much.

Saturday morning we headed to the great park up the street. It was so fun. I love that my mother-in-law loves to play as much as the girls do. They always have so much fun playing pretend, swinging on swings, chasing each other around. I like to just sit back and watch them all play. Scott was able to dust off the old basketball shoes as Cassi gave him a run for his money on the court.

It was such a great holiday. Thank you for taking the time to come and see us. I know it was not convenient but we loved having you here.

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Happy Birthday my Little Princess

Kayt Sherrie Smith turned 4 on November 25th. I can't believe how big she is getting. She can do everything now "because I am 4." It is like magical switch was flipped. I ask her to go and get dressed and she does, tights, shoes, hair brushed, sweater- The whole nine yards. And...she usually matches. She puts her dress up on by herself, plays by her self, goes to the bathroom in the middle of the night without waking us up, plays at friends houses. I could go on and on. I have to say I am very excited about her new found independence. Especially since she is still just a sweetheart! No new attitude, just independence.
When I take the time to just sit with Kayt and listen to her sing and have her ramble on to me (a quiet minute is a wasted minute in Kayt's book), I just want to squeeze her. My heart is so full of love for this little girl that I just feel overwhelmed, if that makes sense? I never new I would love my children this way. There are times a lay in bed at the end of the day and feel so sad another day has passed, they are another day older and I won't get this one back. I almost panic when I think of sending her off to Kindergarten. Thank goodness it is a year and half away. The thought of not having her talk my ear off all day with tales of pretend really makes me sad.
Kayt is seriously the sweetest thing I have encountered. I don't know anybody that feels as deeply as she does. Every emotion comes form the deepest corners of her heart. And she has no troubles sharing it.
Kayt has blossomed into a little socialite. She loves to perform and will sing primary songs anywhere, anytime, to anyone or not to anyone. It doesn't matter, if she feels like she will sing. She loves to make up songs of her own, usually about Jesus and her family. She loves family home evening and won't let a Monday pass without it. Anytime we go to a park or play area she instantly scans the area for potential friends. When she finds them, she marches right up and introduces herself and the fun begins.
The other day we had a friend over for dinner. She sat down by him at the table and frankly asked, "so how is your work going?" Then waited for a response. She told me dad "congratulations on having your own car work, that is amazing." It cracks me up. She loves people, the camera, princesses, family, babies, pretend everything. The world is truely her oyster. She asks so many questions I can't keep up some days. Kayt is truely my little angel. I can't imagine a world without her and I am thankful everyday that I get to be her mother.

BIRTHDAY DETAILS
Kayt had her first friend party this year. She had 3 friends over for a tea party. It was great. We had little sandwiches, pink lemonade and cupcakes. The girls came all dressed up and made crowns and jewelry. Kayt loved it.

We had Scott's family come in for Thanksgiving and they got here just in time to celebrate her birthday with her on the night of the 25th. It was so great to have family here. Kayt loved playing with grandma and grandpa and Cassie.

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The holidays are here....

This is an earlier attempt at getting caught up but it has the locking myself out story so enjoy!

Well it is that time again. The most wonderful time of the year?! No this year it truely has been, Thanksgiving anyway. Scott's mom, dad and sister Cassi decided to make the cross country trip to spend Thanksgiving with us. I am not exaggerating when I say tears come to my eyes when I hear the news. I have been so homesick this move and having family around was just what I needed. It was a great 4 days.

Getting ready for company is always such a chore but I only locked myself out of the house one time, so things went well. I dropped Scott's car off to have the window fixed and quickly walked the mile home so I could finish Kayt's birthday cake before Scott returned from the airport with his fam. I was doing so well on time I thought I might even get all the beds set up. I got to the top of the stairs, looked in my purse, and realized "hmmm" the house key was on Scott's car keys which is back at the shop! AWESOME!!!!

Now this is the second time this has happened to me/us. The first time Scott was home and he charged at the door and it opened. So I thought, I am a good size girl, I could pop this door open. After 4 attempts at ramming myself into our door, I reaigned myslef to the fact I needed a key.
Thank goodness our kind neighbor, rode his bike to the shop and got my key for me. Thank goodness for friends!!

I got the cake done just time for everyone to arrive. Kayt had a fantastic birthday!

This and That

So it has been awhile since I have been on here to update. I find most of my free time on the computer has been spent trying to find just the right present online and how to get free shipping. It is a lot harder doing Christmas from across the country. I am finally getting into the Christmas spirit however, which is very nice. I am so excited about Christmas for the girls. This is the first year either of them is really going to get into I think. Ella is just wild and Kayt finally understands what is going on. That being said, the sneaky factor is much harder than before. We actually had to move all of the presents out into the trunk of Scott's car because we caught Kayt trying to sneak a peak. (We have several boxes that have been shipped from grandparents already.)

It is fun though. We got a surprise call the other week from Scott's parents telling us they wanted to come for Thanksgiving. I almost started doing backflips right there. FAMILY!!!!! YEAH!!!!!! It will be so nice to connect to something from home.

Our friend Tiffany Linford has been getting us out of the house this past bit. She let us come to the stable where she rides horses to see, pet and feed the animals. All we had to do in exchange was watch her adorable little girl Kylee. It was a so much fun. Kayt loves horses. She could have stayed all day.

She also got us out to go and see a place called Great Falls. It is a set of waterfalls on the Potomac river. I was very impressed. It was a beautiful day and getting out into nature was fantastic as always. There were a few people there but for the most part it felt very open and fresh. A nice little repreive from the crazziness that never ends here.

It is our turn to plan something now. There is just so much to choose from it is hard to know where to start. I think we may head Tiff's way and check out old town Alexandria. It is supposed to be really decorated for Christmas! Woohoo.

All in all we are doing great. We have managed to keep ourselves out of trouble which has been nice. Scott is getting some great experience at work and really getting to know some people there. He is starting to feel more like a person instead of a cubicle number.

Kayt is loving preschool and has made some really sweet little friends there. Ella continues to make us smile always with the funny things she does. She is mover and shaker, it is hard to keep up. We are happy and excited for the holidays.

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Happy Halloween

Halloween was great his year. All went according to plan except Ella's last minute refusal to be a lady bug. Good thing we had last years witch costumes on stand by. Kayt was so excited. She got to have a preview at preschool for the Halloween party there. She was given the most lovely princess award! She also got to make mummy fingers. Ohhh Spooky!
We celebrated our Halloween on Friday because it was the ward Trunk or Treat. Scott was a real sport and let me dress him up. It was fun getting everything together for a real costume! He turned out pretty good!
I was my old standby, a witch but it was fun. I still can't make myself feel 100% comfortable showing up in fishnet tights and blackboots at a ward function, but it was a costume party right?
On Saturday, actual Halloween, we headed out of the city and went hiking in the Blue Ridge Mountains. It was a lot of fun and the difficulty of the hike made us respect the Appalacians a bit more. We were not expecting it!
That night we had a fun spooky dinner of eyeballs, mummy fingers and baked brain. Kayt was concerned about the blood on the brain at firts. It was pretty funny. We also went to a friends house and watched a great Halloween film, "wait until dark". All in all, a great time!

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This is how God shows his love...

How to start this post, I usually don't blog about all things religious, for better or worse,. However Kayt came in to the bathroom to tell me she had a new favorite song she wanted to sing me. She proceded to sing right on key and very clearly

God gave us families to help us become what he wants us to be.

This is how he shows his love, For the family is of God.

I just had to smile. It was such a simple song but bore such a powerful testimony to me. I have felt the love of my family this week and the love I have for my own little family. As I was enjoying one of the rare moments where Ella will fall asleep in my arms while rocking her, I ran Kayt's song through my head. This is how he shows his love, while my week started less than stellar, it was impossible to be upset for long with Kayt and Ella around. I love being a mom. I love being their mom. They are so special.

I also got a phone call from my Dad, my brother Jared, my sister Emily, and web cammed with my fam all bymyself for about an hour. Family is so key. I know this, God new they were the only way we could truely be happy. I am so blessed for the family that I have and for the strong testimony of my four year old to remind me.

Now, here are a few reasons, I love Kayt and Ella

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tows, tickets and taxes

Aren't those lovely words. Three words I have had personal experience with in the last 4 days. You read that right. I have always considered myself a law abiding citizen, done what I can to follow the most important rules, recognizing that some can be bent a bit. I am here to tell you rules don't bend in Virginia and there is a rule, multiple rules to everything. I am breaking rules I don't even know exist. The consequences are not small either we are talking to the tune of a $150 tow bill, TWICE!!! Now I know by posting this I am admitting to years of sheltered living, riding on the good name of my father and getting away with way too many stupids things in Rexburg but I am here to tell you Virginia is rediculous.
Since moving to the wonderful state of Virginia, which they claim was settled by Jamestown, so I am living in the oldest state in America, in case you were wondering; (i am not sure the punctuation on that sentence. A little help Chels?) I have had my car towed twice, sat at the DMV for 4+ hours and still have to go back, had a parking ticket in my own parking spot, replaced a muffler, been told my car was too noisy to pass a saftey inspection, my bank statement to a local bank with my address on it couldn't count as proof of residency, and on and on all so that I can pay a tax to drive my car in this wonderful state.
By moving to Virginia I have had to give up every outward appearance of Idahoness I have, my licsence, my plates, the title to my car, you name it. Of course all of this comes with a significant price tage attatched. I think I am just having a hard time being forced to pay money to become a resident of a state I don't care to be a resident of just yet. But I must or my car gets towed....
Allow me to explain, today I was having a great day. Getting the last boxes put away, fixing the stroller, cleaning out the car. I was checkin' off the list. At about 4 pm the girls and I headed to the gas station to vacumn out the car. On our way home I noticed a yellow/orange envelope under my windsheild. "That is not a ticket? How could I have a ticket? I have been in the house all day." Sure enough ticket for not having plates on my car and parking in unauthorized off street parking. This was in my complex parking lot!!! Apparently, the state was just kidding when it said you had 30 days to register your car in VA. To their credit the temporary registration we had expired on Friday. I was planning on putting our new plates (that took us three tries to get) on our cars tonight. Apparently I was too late.
After spotting my ticket I immediately looked around for Scott's car. It was gone!!! No where to be found. The car that still had a valid permit was towed because it didn't have the proper parking sticker in the window, because the 4 times we had attempted to get the temporary one, during office hours, the manager was not in the office. We couldn't get an acutal permit beacuse we have to have proof we paid the property tax on our car which we can't get until our cars were registered which we couldn't do because, both of us had to be there (1st attempt - no community property in VA) and we didn't have proper proof of residency (2nd attempt-see above) What do you about that. So, the first day, Scott doesn't have his car at work, it is gone.
Scott is in Chicago mind you, I have Kayt and Ella and know nobody within 20 minutes to help me out. Thank goodness, the tow company was only two miles away and I have a stroller.
I am so tired of all of the hoops you have to jump through out here. My only beef is this, if you are going to have a billion laws, make it possible to follow them!!!
I am at the laughing phase now because you can't be mad about it. It gets you no where and you have no way to stick it to them. You just have to take it up the tale pipe. It is a very helpless feeling to say the least.
Anyway, that was a sufficient rant. Stay tuned for mores tales of hard knocks by the country bumpkins. Until then love to all!

We miss the Lowary's

These are just a few pics of our good friends from OSU. They now live in Sacramento and we live in D.C. but I came across these and it made me miss them. Our only regret with the Lowary is that we didn't hang out with them more.

They were ones who came to Kayt's birthday last minute because she wanted friends there, the ones we tricked the missionaries with multiple times, the ones we got addicted to Spirano's pizza with, the ones we stressed about school and CPA exams with, our secret high school musical buddies, Katie was my craft buddy and everything else buddy and on and on.

We miss the Lowary's!!

Settling In

Scott started work yesterday!!! How crazy, for the first time he is working for someone other than family. It is going to be interesing. He is very excited about it thought and is looking forward to really getting started. The commute is a little longer than we were expecting but still very managable, especially for D.C. There are people who commute a few hours each way. CRAZY!!! It was pretty easy to learn the traffic patterns as well. If you want to get anywhere in a decent time frame your have to be on the road after 9:30 and off before 4. That is your window. The metro is about the same way. The place runs like clockwork. We learned that to avoid massive amounts of people on the metro you have to be off by 2:30. 3 is when the early commuters start commuting. If you follow those basic guidelines it is not so bad. So far anyway?!

Tuesday before Scott started work we went to the D.C. Zoo. It was such a great time. However, Ella decided that for the first time in her life she should puke. As we were wheeling her off the metro, like the stroller doesn't draw enough attention, she throws up all over herself. I felt so bad for her. We were certainly a spectacle. I have decided however that most places we go out here we will be that way so I am getting used to it.

Our apartment is feeling more and more like home. We have things on the walls and everything is put away and it still feels roomy. We really like it. And those third floor stairs are going to be my new work out!!

Kayt and Ella are settling in as well. We have a little playground on the other side of the complex and they love it. We go there once a day at least. It is the perfect size and usually isn't crowded. Kayt has spent the last three days pretending to be the queen of Eypyt with Baby Moses. I am not sure where the fascination came from but there are worse things to pretend I guess. Ella's latest love is Elmo. I never thought I would have a child that loved the red furry guy but she does. She says it so cute, it comes out more as melmo which makes it that much better. Today while at the best thrift store in the world!!! she spotted a giant one on a shelf. She started yelling "melmo, melmo!" I let her play with it while we shopped, big mistake. We left the store with a "melmo" doll that is as big as Ella is. She has been dragging it around all afternoon.

We are alive and well and happy. We miss family a lot but have plenty to try and distract us.

Love to all. More pictures are to come!

We made it!!

So this is my turning over a new blogging leaf. It is time to get started again. Although this won't even begin to skin the surface of futher makeup posts, it is a post!

After our five day cross country journey, we have landed in Virginia! We are living about 20 minutes outside of D.C. in Fairfax, VA. We spent 6 hours moving our stuff into our third floor apartment yesterday. Needless to say we were alittle too tired to do much of anything else last night. Scott and I even took the couch up all by ourselves. I wish I would have had a camera and a means of taking a pictures because I am sure it was pretty funny to watch my face get smashed between the wall and the couch as we were rounding the corner. It was an adventure but we did it.

Today, we start unpacking boxes. With each move it seems that we just want to get ride of more and more. After yesterday we have decided an IKEA home each time we move is the way to go. I am sure we will change our minds but not for awhile!.

Anyway we are settling in a bit. We give each other random updates on what we are thinking about this adventure throughout the day. They have gone from "what were we thinking?" to "we don't really belong here?" to "okay we got on the road outside the complex maybe we can do this?", "alright it is starting to feel a little better." And that's about as afar as we have gotten.

No, really we are excited just realy intimidated and really far from home. We will keep you posted.

In the mean time, love to you all.

Hawaii Vacation

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Lost in Transition

Hello to all of you who like to keep up on the happenings of the Smith's. We are currently in the middle of the most crazy (only behind tax season 2008 I guess) of our lives to date. I am currently sitting in the Boise airpot waiting for my flight and wanted to let you all know there may be a slight Smith hietis. We are going touring with my family tomorrow and then will be packing up and moving back to Idaho for the summer. We should be landing in Rexburg in about 10 days. How CRAZY!!!

The following is for my purposes only but feel free to read on.

Barnum and Bailey Ringling Brothers Circus- Amazing, how a circus should be!!

Ella walking around with spoon on her nose- funny, funny girl

Zoo with the Crockets

Visit from the Smith's

Scott's graduation from The Ohio State University!!!!!

Kristen Ed conference in Boise

My AMAZING HUSBAND!!!

CONGRATULATIONS SCOTT!!!!!!!

The following post will be in honor of my smarty pants husband Scott and the beloved OSU!!

Sunday Scott joined 8,000 other graduates (the largest class in the nation) and graduated with his Masters in Accounting! I can't believe our five year education journey is over. Scott truly has a gifted mind and had done such an incredible job being a student, husband and father. He struck a balance that is truley admirable. Thank you all for your love support and prayers throuhgout this whole process.

Also, I want to give a happy anniversary shout out. What a way to celebrate five years. The day we got married Scott had 25 credits to his name. Now 5 years later he has a masters degree from one of the best accounting programs in the nation! Way to go Idaho boy!

I was recapping the major events of our last fives years and realized why it has been a little crazy. In five years we have moved 3 times gotten 3 bachelors degrees, 1 masters and had two beautiful daughters. Always on the move, just the way we like it.

Thanks also to Scott's fam for coming out to celebrate with us, it was so great to have you here.

Scott's Graduation

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Funny Ella

Ella came waddling out of the kitchen the other day with this measuring spoon on her nose. After we started laughing at her, she started laughing at herself. I thought it was so cute. She kept it there for quite a while.

Strawberry Fields Forever!!

There are some fabulous pick your own produce places in Columbus. So, on one of Scott's says off we went strawberry picking with Sarah and Adam. I have never tasted a better strawberry. We could have stayed in the that field all day! Ella especially loved the berries. She just wandered up and down the rows looking for the biggest ones. We threw the onsie away! It was toast.

Sarah and I then got very ambitious and made some freeze jam. It was so good. I thought it was so pretty too. The bright red strawberries. You just can't beat fresh. It was such a fun afternoon.

Barnum and Bailey Circus

We went to the best circus in the world!!! The Barnum and Bailey Ringling Brothers Circus came to Columbus and we got to go. It was so much fun and truely what a circus should be. It was like watching a broadway musical with live animals and crazy tricks. The whole family was entertained the entire time!!