Lunch Date with Mom and Dad

This was about 4 months ago (hey...I'm making progress!). Anyways, M was with Grandma, so Josh and I took the boys out to lunch. They were so good and it was actually a nice lunch out!

Cooper

Carter

Tucker

Village Inn is one of our favorite restaurants for family outings. We've gone several times. Other family-friendly, fast, and semi-loud restaurants we like are Buffalo Wild Wings, and Machine Shed (because they take reservations).

Thanksgiving 2015

Last fall, Thanksgiving was pretty low-key for us. We simply had Grandma Tracy and Grandpa Dave over. Josh smoked a turkey. Tracy brought some desserts.

Madison made a special thankful turkey for school.

Grandma and M made small pumpkin pies, and a pumpkin bread roll for dessert.

Carter

Cooper

Tucker

Madison

This makes me hungry. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday...I LOVE the food!

Calvary Fun Run

Every October since Madison was 2, she has participated in a small local charity Fun Run. Last October, we signed the boys up for their first Fun Run.

Love these munchkins SO much. They were all ready for their run!

Grandma and Madison helped the boys at the starting line.

I'm pretty sure they had no idea what was going on.

They even got medals at the end.

Then, it was big sister's turn to run in her age bracket!

We will probably be back later this Fall as well!

Kayaking!

Josh and Madison have been kayaking for a few years now. Josh was eager to get the boys out last summer. So, last Labor Day weekend, we went to West Lake and had a blast!

I'm just gonna post a ton of pictures. And, I'll be honest, I'm not sure which little guy between Cooper and Carter is in most of the pictures if the life jacket is covering their shirt. Whoops! I just know that all three took rides with Dad and had a blast!

This is Cooper!

I'm gonna go with Carter in this one now.

Tucker!

Carter, Madison, and Cooper

Madison did some fishing, too!

Aunt Wanda and Dave happened to show up for a bit, too!

Little cuties all had a blast! It was an awesome day! Tucker in red, Carter in orange, and Cooper in blue.

Josh has recently told me that he's waiting for M to be able to paddle her own, and then apparently I have to kayak, too, so we can each have one of the boys with us...we shall see.

Grandpa Dave!

Grandpa Dave with his grandchildren. Both pictures were from December of 2015.

Celebrating Grandpa's Birthday. M insisted on the number five candle. He's a little older than that. ;-)

The boys (Tucker, Carter, and Cooper) with their Grandpa.

 I can't even begin to tell you how much we love this man, and how much we know he loves us.

Donut Day on Sundays

Every Sunday is Donut Day in the Smyser house.

These pics are from December. But, were too cute for me not to get on the blog!

Cooper!


Tucker

Carter

Love these li'l guys. And, they love donuts!

Foto Friday - Dinner Madness

Sadly - right before dinner still looks like this. That's Tucker and Cooper at the counter, and Carter on the table - this picture was snapped about 7 months ago.

Babies in Bins

So this happened last October - so about 5 months ago. Silly boys.



Carter

Tucker

Cooper

They didn't do this often. I guess the novelty wore off. Now they just like to pull out the bins and dump all the toys so they can get on their tractors and ride their tractors all over/through a massive pile of toys. BOYS!