Our 10 year Anniversary!

Rob and I are leaving tomorrow for a weeklong trip to New York City! I am getting extremely excited. The boys are all staying with family. We are really looking forward to some time away, just the 2 of us. It's been a REALLY long time since we have gotten some of that.
I got tickets to Letterman yesterday! I was so nervous because they ask you a trivia question in order to let you get tickets and we haven't stayed up to watch the late show in like 10 years. Well, they called on Monday and I wasn't home to get the call. I conference called back with Rob to answer the question, but it was too late in the day. They called back the next day and I had to take the call and I asked if I could conference in my husband, but they said, "Maam, have you ever watched the show?" I said "Yes, of course,". "Then you will probably get this answer."..."What is the color of the announcer's hair?" Duh...Well we got tickets! Anything for free is exciting!
We are also going to see "Wicked" and the statue of liberty, the hop-on/hop-off bus that takes us everywhere and eat all ethnic foods we can find. Is there anything else that is a must see?

Happy Birthday Brenda

So I forget to post my family's birthdays so easily, but I could never forget to post a SPECIAL Birthday sendout to Brenda, my dear friend...One who forces me to blog, even though I have a pretty mundane life compared to her.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRENDA!

I really hope you have a great day! I am so blessed to have you in my life! I just wish Jenna was here to make one of her beautiful cakes for you!

Birthdays!

I am so bad at remembering birthdays! My dad had a 75th birthday 5 days before my Mother-in-Law, but I forgot to post! Happy very Belated Birthday Dad!



My brother had a birthday on Monday. I never forget how old he is because he is the same age as Rob...44 this year! Happy Birthday David!


I should probably post my nephew's birthday wishes now, because I will forget, more than likely, and he is turning into an adult! Scary thought! I remember him being born 7 week premature, at 3 lbs 8 oz. He was a tiny thing! He was in the hospital for 3 weeks. I went down to see him after I got off work at 11:30 at night. He was the first nephew born, so he was pretty special to this 19 year old! Happy Early Birthday Doug!

If I don't remember to post a Birthday wish for you in my post, please forgive me. I am really bad about birthdays!

Nolan's Eye Surgery

Nolan had recently started developing a bit of a lazy eye. Of course, no one else noticed it except for mom, because Mom has those baboon tendencies! But mom took him to the eye doctor every 4 months. Finally at the last appointment, the Dr. saw what mom saw and said Nolan needed eye surgery! Last Thursday, Nolan had the surgery.
Well, I am now regretting my decision because I have no patience and want his eyes to be perfect. As you can see from the photo, his eye is extremely red and I am having a REALLY hard time with it.

Rob's Aunt Toots

Last night, we found out that Rob's Uncle Jim passed away yesterday. We found out on July 27th that he had a large malignant tumor in his stomach that had been preventing him from eating for a long time. When he found out it was cancerous, he didn't want to do anything about it. Mind you, this is a man that had 4 teeth in his mouth, total! (2 on the top right and 2 on the bottom left--and he ate steak all the time!!!) He never wanted anything artificial in his body. He was notorious for wearing overalls with no shirt! A couple years ago, he started losing his eye sight to macular degeneration. He and his very devoted wife, Toots, moved to Tucson shortly after that to live with their daughter, Dorcas.

A couple weeks before they found out that Jim had cancer, they buried their son, Bill, unexpectedly. He was only 53.

Rob's Aunt Toots came out for Rob's mom's 75th birthday on Saturday. She was hoping to stay at our house Saturday night and go home Sunday morning, but something was tugging at her to go home Saturday night instead. About a month after burying her son, she is having to bury her husband.

We love you Aunt Toots!

Happy 75th Birthday Jan!

Today is my Favorite Mother-in-Law's 75th Birthday! We had a surprise birthday party for her. All 7 of her sons were there and her sister, Toots, who will be saying good-bye to her husband of 50+ years any day now and put him in hospice the day before, came from Tucson. We had a huge waterslide in the back yard that the kiddos got to play on and one of Jan's favorite things in the whole world, Karaoke, was also there!

The party was catered by someone Greg (Rob's oldest brother) knew and it was so good! I have never tasted catering this good before!

Rob's middle brother, Ken, proposed to his girlfriend during the party.

The party was a great hit, and Jan had the time of her life!

Happy Birthday Mom! We Love You!

Scattergories

SCATTERGORIES...

I got this from my friend Brenda's blog. It's kind of fun!


It's harder than it looks! Use the 1st letter of your name (that you go by) to answer each of the following. They have to be real places, names, things, nothing made up! Try to use different answers if the person in front of you had the same 1st initial. You CAN'T use your name for the
boy/girl name question.

Leave your answers in the comment section or do it on your own Blog!


WHAT IS YOUR NAME: Cathy
4 LETTER WORD: cash

VEHICLE Chevy

TV SHOW: CSI
CITY: Cheyenne
BOY NAME: Carson
GIRL NAME: Carrie

OCCUPATION: Car Salesman
SOMETHING YOU WEAR: Cape
FOOD: Cherry Cobbler
SOMETHING FOUND IN A BATHROOM: Conditioner
REASON FOR BEING LATE: car won't start
SOMETHING YOU SHOUT: Crud

First Week of School

Welcome to the Smith family Blog! Hopefully this stays updated and I have interesting stuff to share with all of you!

The boys have started school and that means I have to go back to work! Very depressing as I have never been able to have time off during the summer since I was 16 years old! This year was the first time I ever took time off, and got to spend every day with my boys. It was fabulous! They even liked me by the end of summer! Last year, I worked 40+ hours and my husband was on sabbatical. It was, by far, the worst summer of my entire life. I would hear everyone in the other end of the house as I would be sitting at my desk.

The Dog Days of Summer

We had the opportunity to go on a cruise this summer. My parents took everyone in the family. There were 21 of us in all. Rob and I were able to have our own room, which was great. The kids stayed in rooms with their cousins. We went to the Mexican Riviera. It was a blast. Thanks Mom and Dad for a great trip!