December was a month full of holiday cheer! We kicked off the month with a beautiful snow and Grant experienced sledding for the first time at Grammy & Pop’s house. He loved going down the hill with Dada! The next week Grant headed to work with me for the Hallmark family holiday party and got to pick out a snoopy lovie at the Hallmark store and eventually decided to briefly visit with Santa. He loved the Christmas cookies best of all. We also celebrated at the Indian Hills family holiday party and Winnie and Grant especially loved the moonbounce. December also included year two of the Hallmark Christmas Experience (and leading several lettering workshops), making pipe cleaner ornaments with the studio at work, celebrating EB’s 60th birthday and of course Christmas Eve and Christmas festivities. Amongst all the festivities I dealt with a few colds and wasn’t able to attend Kriskindlmarkt at Church, decorate gingerbread houses or visit Union station but I am so grateful for all the memories made in a crazy holiday month! Merry Christmas!
November Memories
In early November we kicked off the month finding out that Baby Smith #2 is another boy and that Grant’s prediction of “it’s a brother” was correct! We can’t wait to meet this second little buddy next Spring. After that we headed on our trip to California, and then I immediately hopped on another plane to Nashville to visit Grace! I got to spend a few nights with her in the dorm, eat in the cafeteria and we went to Kamala’s “107 Days” Nashville book tour stop. The end of the month was full of Thanksgiving festivities and getting our Christmas tree/starting to decorate. Here’s to the holidays!
October Memories
October was a month full of celebrations and spooky activities! There were major milestones: we celebrated Granny’s 99th birthday, Sophie’s 30th birthday (at Tailleur!) and Dale’s 34th birthday. Grant and I walked to and from school as much as possible to enjoye all the Halloween decorations around the neighborhood, we made it to the pumpkin patch with the Hanlins, spent time at the zoo, I participated in a nutcracker workshop at work, and we had the BEST time at Indian Hill’s kids Halloween party. On the 30th we once again carved pumpkins at EB & GPa’s house after a spooky themed dinner. Grant picked out a sad pumpkin face this year (which Dale did an amazing job carving) and Sophie and I enjoyed dressing the boys in matching pumpkin shirts. Happy Halloween!
September Memories
September was a big month! We started the month with the VERY exciting news that we were expecting baby #2! After that the rest of September included watching a KU game with friends, Adeleinn’s 2nd birthday party, time at Humanette, celebrating Baby Joyce, and attending KC’s AIGA A20. The month ended with a special weekend in Lawrence for the Chi O House’s 100th birthday and a mini Chi-O reunion weekend! It was so special to spend the month with so many wonderful friends!
August Memories
August was full of sweet end-of-Summer memories! The month of course began with Winnie’s First Birthday festivities, and we had lots more fun cousin time visiting The Rabbit Hole and Grant got to spend time with Aunt Sophie on his school break. They went to the Thomas the Train exhibit at Crown Center and visited me at work! We also spent time at the zoo, hang out with the Hanlins, enjoyed the pool, and celebrated Grant’s first day of school in the Twos room! Here’s to Fall!
July Memories
After a LONG travel experience coming home from Europe, we were ready to be home the rest of July. Some highlights included lunch at Billie’s Grocery, time at the pool (where Grant enjoyed many grilled cheeses), I attended the Art that Blows auction and got a beautiful piece for our dining room by my friend Lauren, a splash pad birthday party, we had to say goodbye to Grant’s teachers Miss T & Miss Riri at the end of the Summer daycare session, we went blueberry picking with the Hanlins, and I enjoyed tea at Tailleur with some Junior League friends.
