Happy Birthday Daddy!

We are so thankful that you were born 28 years ago so we could have the most wonderful husband and father in the world! Love you!

5 Years and Counting!

January 6, 2006

How do you sum up five years of marriage? I wish I had some amazing pearls of wisdom to write here, but we're still learning. And I know we forever will be. But, when you get married, and you say your vows, "for better or for worse," no one really knows what "better" or "worse" is really going to look like. Already in five years, life has brought trials that we couldn't have predicted, and joys that were more than we hoped for. And through all of it, I've stepped back and thought, "God really knew what we would need when he put us together!"

Brad, I love you even more today then I did back then! Thank you for being you!

Honduras

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itE-k7hChWM
Brad got to go to Honduras last week on a mission trip with three other guys from our church. God did amazing things in and through the team. I won't even begin to try to recount the stories second hand, and hopefully Brad will write his own post eventually about the trip, but above is a link to a video from the trip!

And they had a little fun too! :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tobFdxXw030

Another Year Older

Tomorrow (July 27) is my sweet husband's birthday! So, if you're reading this and are his friend and not just a blog stalker :), don't forget to text/email/call him to wish him a Happy One!

We were discussing our birthdays this weekend (since we turn 27 within 2 days of one another)and how we can tell we're getting old because....

-We are actually starting to take it as a compliment when people think we're a couple years younger than we actually are. But, not too old that we don't still get offended when people think we're 19/20/21 :)
-We can actually now be classified as "late 20s" instead of "mid 20s"...scary
-11pm actually qualifies as a "late" night for us
-Redbox is an exciting date night for us (or maybe that just classifes us as cheap, I'm not sure)
-It takes a second to remember how old we are when someone asks

Historically Brad's birthday is not a really big deal to him (unlike me) and rarely does he actually want something. But thankfully today Brad got on a shopping kick (which happens maybe once a year) and actually went out and purchased himself a new fishing pole and pair of chacos (from me of course) for his birthday! I think maybe I've been a bad influence on him in teaching him how to be selfish and milk his birthday for all it's worth! :)

Anyway, Happy Birthday my Love! I hope you have a Wonderful Day!

Daddy's Day

A Father/Son Sunday Afternoon Nap

Grayson was so proud to give Daddy his Father's Day gift that he made

Gray wants to be just like Daddy (even when Daddy is being a goober)

Coloring Father's Day Pics for Daddy

One says "I Love You Daddy" and the other says "Happy Father's Day"

Homemade book marks made with the Williams fam for Brad
(Carrie is encouraging my crafty side)

Gray likes to wear the bookmarks around his neck :)

Proverbs 20:7 "The righteous man leads a blameless life; blessed are his children after him."

Smith Family Fashion Show

We were getting ready to go out the other night and Brad was getting dressed. For whatever reason he decided to start trying on all of his random clothes in the closet. Despite my calling him a girl (since I'm the one who usually changes clothes 15 times before making a decision), he continued to mis-match all sorts of outfits on both him and Grayson. Maybe he was trying to stumble upon a new fashion trend of something...I don't know.

Happy Birthday Brad!!!

In honor of my wonderful husband's 26th birthday, I have dedicated this blog post as a tribute to him wishing him a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Because our birthdays are only 2 days apart, Brad likes to give me a hard time that his birthday sometimes gets overshadowed since girls like to have birthday weeks :) So, this year as to not let the day slip by without making a big bang out it, I declare Monday (July 27) NATIONAL CELEBRATION OF BRAD DAY!

For anyone who knows Brad even a little bit, you know that he has a little hobby of taking pictures of himself by himself making the most goofy and sometimes sickening faces. As a public birthday message, I have taken the liberty of putting a few of those photos together to share with anyone who might be reading this! You are welcome, Brad :) For those of you thinking I have entirely too much time on my hands, I assure you as sad as it is, there are SO many of these pictures that I was able to compile them in a matter of minutes! So, please take a few minutes out of your day to wish Brad a Happy Birthday!!!

































As goofy as he is, I know I have the most wonderful husband in the world. Happy Birthday my love!!!

P.S. I'm glad you don't look like this all the time :) And I will never understand how someone so skinny can have a double chin in photos