Rylans Trike A Thon

Rylan participated in a Trike-a-Thon at her school last week. She was raining money to go for homelessness. It has actually been a wonderful experience. Her teacher talked to her about how some people have no homes, and how they were raising money for these people. So since then, many of our conversations begin, hey mom...yes Ry...you know some people don't have houses....yes Ry....they live in the yard....and so on. It has been a great experience to talk about how fortunate we are! :) I also heard Rylan and Logan in a deep conversation about it the other day. It was a fun little race. She tried really hard to make it to 20 laps, but she cried, mom, it is just too hard to make this thing (bike) go. I was proud of her anyhow!

Belated Easter

Here is the only picture of me and the kids on Easter. We were so wiped out from the weekend and being sick that this is what we ended up as....tired Smith's!

CHANGE OF PLANS!

Well, I am not leaving for California until Saturday. It is all good. Sidenote: Congrats to Paul for passing his test! You deserve it! :)

WHO AM I?

HAVE A GUESS??

Look What the Easter Bunny Brought Me!!!!!

Is he not the cutest thing ever? I can hardly stand not holding him in my arms!

A baby is born....

I'M AN AUNTIE!!!! I am so excited to announce the arrival of a precious new baby boy. Nolan Shay Powell was born on Tuesday, finally! Congratulations Pammy and Jared. I know you are going to be wonderful parents! I will put up a better picture when one becomes available to me....it's all I got folks! :)

Egg Making

This past week was spring break in Indy. We did not have anything to do, no family in town.... :( We made our own fun anyhow. We decorated a centerpiece for our table. It is a paper mache balloon. Let me tell you, way more work than I expected. Layer after layer! GOOD TIMES!

Finally, the colors are going to go on!

Rylan and the finished project. She is the only one that stayed with me for the whole project. Way to go Ry!