recap in pictures.. i know it's been awhile..

first of all, happy anniversary to my sweet husby, these past three months have been an adventure every day and i still think your the greatest even though you did kick my sweet mila out of the hizzity, but we will get to that later.  i love you, most.

alot has happened since i last took time to actually write down "the smith family happenings" so instead of throwing paragraphs in your face, i decided to throw pictures.. because they are.. worth a thousand words, right?  so let me begin by saying....

a deer hit us

the jeep beep got a new grill
thank you, deer

husby booted mila out
i'm still a little sour but i'm getting over it

husby found the barney worm that stung me
a few weeks ago. we googled him and found out
he is a saddleback worm and he's poisonous

mila is happier outside, but between you and i
i sneak her inside when husby isn't looking

distressed my first piece of furniture and i think i
did pretty dang good

the hizzity is getting some much needed TLC

picnic tables and all

and my little babies are blooming

it's the little things that make us beautiful

some couples may not think much of celebrating their first month of marriage

but we did!

i surprised him with my clever artwork to which he saw when he came through the door

and a hand-written letter taped to a fresh brew of iced tea which he saw after i asked him

to open the fridge to lay out the wings so that they could thaw out

i told you i was a clever one

he surprised me with a single red rose with an attached card

he expressed one rose of many to come

sweet he is

and of course we couldn't celebrate such a special occasion without

our famous hotwings

so we fried some bad boys up and they were the best breaded wings

we had ever made yet

one month

today marks exactly one month since we made our special vows

 before God, the preacher, and everyone that we love.

it was such a beautiful day filled with many happy tears

i was overwhelmed with how lovely our wedding was and i'm 

grateful to my parents and every single person who helped make it so.

im glancing down at the time on the computer and recollecting

what it was i was doing at this exact moment in time on our special day.

the photographers were taking their last few shots of me and my bridesmaids

in a hurry before garrett and his groomsmen came to start getting ready.

see, garrett and i decided that we would wait to see each other that day as i was walking 

down the aisle toward him. everyone tried their best to convince us to

 "have our special moment" before the wedding so that we could go ahead 

and take our pictures beforehand but to us

it takes away the anticipation and the beauty of the moment

so we waited

and we were glad we did because

 the ceremony could not have been any better than it was

it was so intimate and emotional for both of us

we both cried of course

& it was bittersweet

and our together photo's turned out just as good as if 

we would have taken them beforehand.

so word to the next wise bride:

have your special moment when you want

because it is one of those beautiful moments in life

that you will look back on in years to come

and you want it to be everything you ever dreamed it should be.

it is hard to believe that a month has already passed since the wedding

but the day still plays heavily on our hearts as we think back.

i pray we always look back on it often and smile just as we did then.

our stay at the hard rock

rock on

gotcha

eating in the casino

birthday breakfast

so we settled for a bowl of cereal

i can bet you can guess whose steak and potatoes is whose?


it's good to have a husby who can work the grill
 husby -because i told him "hubby" makes me think of
a chunky man who wears over-all's and a red bandanna around his scruffy un-kept head
so husby it is
the other night he decided to impress me with his famous steaks
and he did!
he even marinated it over night
it was delicious
oh, those potatoes.. i did that
..score..
i've really enjoyed cooking for him
he told me
"babe, i think you like to cook!"
and i thought about it for minute and to my suprise
"hey, i think i do too!"
he thinks i'm good at it
but i really haven't cooked anything drastic
it's all simple
but he doesn't have to know that!
for all he knows i slave away in the kitchen to feed his sweet face

our first meals together as newlyweds:

1. bbq pork loins
mexican rice

2. buffalo quesdillas
mac and cheese being the back-up plan
(you know me with my made up recipes)

3. chicken roll-ups
string beans

4. chicken shit

5. steak and potatoes

not so bad, huh?

well pretty good compared to this:

so i decided to make him breakfast
while he was in bed
my pancake (meaning one) in turn looked like a burnt chicken breast
and the eggs smelled like a stale fart
the house was a complete smoke bomb

i guess i can't impress him every-time i cook, huh?

so i offered him french vanilla pudding
but it's a good thing he didn't eat it because it was brown
which meant it was out of date
out of date meaning the year 2007
i didn't think much of it at first, it's french
maybe french vanilla is darker than vanilla?
nope
needless to say, tobey sopped it up with a biscuit

so we settled for a bowl of cereal

[destin]ed to be together

our condo
pelican beach resort

hey boo

sandcastles

he loved it

our cartoon drawing that looks just like us

of course he had to bring his remote control car..

and his kite.

: )

honeymoon time!

it's true

pictures are worth a thousand words

we'll look back on these moments in years to come

and we'll smile..

and think back to..

when we snuck the plunger into the condo
because you claimed "someone fouled the toliet up" before you
..hmm..

..when i stole the magnetic fork and knife set at jim -n- nicks

leading you to pay with cash because you were scared they would track us down
if you used your debit card..
"walk faster, babe let's get out of here!"
when i broke the wine glass in the dish washer and you called me
mayham!
dragging me out past the waves with me on your back like a cat in water
because i couldn't stand up to even attempt to swim
playing my first time at the slot machines and making an extra ten bucks
making me call the front desk at the hard rock hotel because you
accidently checked us out early on the tv..
eating my birthday breakfast with me
and holding hands on the drive
 home

these are the moments we live for

wedding pictures (cont.)