Merry Christmas!!!

We had a wonderful Christmas. My sister had her baby on Christmas Eve at 1:13 pm. His name is Talin Justice Smothers. He weighed 7 lbs, 10 oz and was 19.5 inches long. He is so cute!! Jenny is doing well too. She is really sore from her cesarean section. The boys got new bikes. They are so funny to watch. Logan looks so big on his big boy bike. I would love to post new pictures but my camera broke. Matt and I are now in the middle of cleaning the house and putting up new blinds. Well I have to go. Logan needs help going potty. I'll post more later.

It's Christmas time!!

This weekend it hit me. We are so close to Christmas. It's next week. It's crazy how time flies by!! This weekend we went to my Grandfather's Christmas party. He is so cute. He seemed so happy to have everyone come to his party. However, I have to give a lot of the credit to my Aunt Kathy because she is really the person who put it all together. It was lovely and the food was great!!! Today we went to my Grandmother's house in Winter Haven. We always get all of my mom's side of the family together the Saturday before Christmas to celebrate Christmas. We eat and eat, then open gifts, then eat some more. The kids were so good. They had such a wonderful time. They played outside and rode their bikes all afternoon. It was a beautiful day!! On our way home we went to my Uncle Gary's house to see it. He just moved there and his house is gorgeous!! I am really happy for him.

Tomorrow Noah is going to be an angel in the church Christmas program. I will post pictures if I can later. He is so excited about it.

On a different note, tomorrow is exactly one year ago that Matt had his biopsy of his chest and was diagnosed with cancer. We didn't know what kind of cancer it was or how severe it was, we just knew it was bad. But God brought him through it and now he can stand here and say that he is CANCER FREE!!! He has been clear for four months now and doing EXCELLENT!!! I am so incredibly thankful to God for giving me a second chance with my husband and for providing for us in our time of need. I thank all of you for your love, support, and friendship this past year. No words could express how grateful we truly are for each of you!!! Merry Christmas!

Long time no post...

Well where do I start. The weekend before Thanksgiving we went camping with the boys for the very first time. We went to Kelly Park which is right down the street. Thank goodness we chose to go there because we went with Richie and Rachel Grubb and the first night Friday night the temperature got down to 38 degrees and Rachel and I (being the wise people that we are) took the boys home and took nice hot showers and slept in our nice warm beds. We went back to the campsite the next morning and ate breakfast and hung out all day. While the boys were napping, Rachel, Matt, and Richie went and bought space heaters for the tents. We actually slept out there the next night with the heaters, 4 blankets, and our body heat. It was 44 degrees. Yeah, it was cold. I worked on Thanksgiving. It was my only holiday to work this year. Matt and the kids went to my parents. Friday after Thanksgiving I went shopping with my cousin Angela. We had a great time. Matt went shopping on his own. Saturday we went to Seaworld with the Akers. The boys had a ball!!! They are still talking about that experience!! This weekend, Matt took the kids to his parents to visit them. I helped set up my sisters baby room for her. She is getting really close to having her baby. I am sooooo excited!!! Yesterday Matt and I went to Dolly and Jason's house and painted 2 rooms, washed all of the baby bedding, and painted a book shelf. We were trying to help them get their house ready for their new baby. Anyways, I am at work and I have to go now. I will write sooner next time.