Five.

Linking up for 5 on Friday to share some of the great things from my week! 

1.  6 day weekend! Yep, you read that right. Missouri got pounded with snow and ice and since the school I am teaching at is in a rural community we had 4 snow days. I got lots done, but by the end I was going a bit stir crazy!

 2. Family photos were taken. The Hubs basically hated it the whole time but it had been a REALLY long time since we had taken some nice photos together. Plus it is our first Christmas in this house and that needs to be documented! 

3. With so many snow days I got to sleep in and have quiet mornings drinking coffee, blogging and snuggling with the cats! Speaking of snuggling here are a few adorable snuggly photos from this week! I am so glad to have these little guys, they kept me so warm in the freezing cold temps!

4. The blog got a new look and I am loving it! This is the fourth time I have redone the blog. I do it all on my own and it takes hours of work and googling how to do things, but it is really satisfying to see the end product!

5. There is no laundry in this house right now because with all my days off I just did laundry over and over and over. Feels good to be caught up, but also sad that this is a highlight of my week ;)

Christmas Family Pictures

Had a fun little afternoon taking family pictures. One of us enjoyed it more than the other... bet you can't guess who!

Some Things Happening Lately... Worth Mentioning

Since I haven't blogged in a while I have a few pictures to share or interesting things that have happened lately in The Smith world!

Maybe the coolest of them all is that I got to meet my celebrity crush... Ben Affleck! He was in my town for about two months filming the movie Gone Girl and after stalking him for quite a few nights, my friend Courtney and I finally got to meet him and get a picture! He is so nice and even more handsome in person!

I over soaped our dishwasher, which I have never done before. And this picture was taken after I sopped up the huge puddle of water and suds that was ALL over the kitchen. Oops!

I decided to try some new recipes and actually use the recipe books we got for our wedding! I will post some of the good ones I find! Of course the cats were there to help!

Got to spend some time with The Hubs' family to celebrate our nieces 2nd birthday! Here we are getting our feet massaged! Only the best treatment for the birthday girl!

My parents handed down some of their furniture to us and we got our hands on this awesome shelf! It is now a part of our coffee bar area and I absolutely love how it turned out!

Just a couple of "exciting" things that have happened recently that I wanted to share! Have a happy hump day!

Weekend Happenings

I enjoyed a very relaxing weekend with no plans! Here is a short recap!

I first have to mention that Thursday evening I rushed home from work since it was The Hubs' day off. I walked in and he had deep cleaned the entire house and was almost finished with the laundry! I mean talk about sexy! We had a $10 off coupon for Red Lobster and enjoyed a delicious meal, their Talapia is to die for! Then we went grocery shopping together, which is one of our favorite things to do! What a fun evening!

Friday night The Hubs and I went and got our favorite Chinese food (China Wok) and rented the movie Now You See Me. Both were good and we had a nice date night in! We watched our movie while we ate so it ended around 7:30. I go to bed around 9:00 every night since I get up so early, and Collin goes to bed around 2:00am because he gets off work at midnight. He wanted to "spend more time with me" so he bet me I couldn't stay up past 10:00. This might not sound that hard but I pretty much shut down completely at 9:30 and CAN'T go on. If I won however, The Hubs said he would do all he laundry next week. He had no idea what I would do to get out of laundry... I made it to 11:00!!!!

Saturday I was laying in bed when I got a call from my brother. His wife was due with baby number 2 December 15th but Jaxon Parker Raney decided to come a month early. He is doing great, has to stay in the NICU for a while to be monitored but should be going home tomorrow or Wednesday! I already love the little man and can't wait to meet him when we spend Christmas in Texas! P.S. this makes niece/nephew #6! I am one lucky Aunt! P.P.S. I would be lying if I said this didn't make baby fever kick in a little!

Saturday The Hubs had to work all day so I literally laid around the house all day! It was great! I snapped a few pictures of our precious new addition throughout the day! He is such a great addition to our house, he and big brother Melvin are even beginning to like each other!

Sunday The Hubs and I woke up and had a nice quiet morning together. We had coffee and relaxed (we missed our church service oops). We then made calzones, caesar salad and breadsticks for lunch and then took a nap! Also captured a few more precious pics of Mr. Theo! (yes, I am that person, just wait until we have a precious puppy!)

Being the homebody that I am, I love weekends where I can just lay around and relax. This weekend was just what the doctor ordered! Now onto a week of school including my first field trip with my class! Can't wait to tell you about that! ;)