Our First Valentine's Day DINNER

Austin & I have been together since October of 2004.  Since then, Austin has worked somewhere in the Food Industry making it hard to spend the "normal" holidays together.  So this year we were actually blessed to spend the evening together.  I was able to go to the gym while he and Caleb worked on dinner.  When I got back, Caleb wanted to show off his amateur photograpy skills.

He then brought me outside to show me what him and Dad had been working on for the past couple of hours.  They were so proud of themselves! And yes, Caleb is wearing an apron!  He wouldn't have it any other way.
 

Then we had to get all my boys together.  This was a feat in itself!

And what do little boys learn when you leave them with their Dad for too long?  Apparently how to open a beer!  I believe his EXACT words were (and imagine this with a Texas twang), "I opened a beer by myself!  That's AWESOME!  I'm a GENIUS!"

Finally, the main course was served.  A juicy steak, grilled veggies and sweet potato mash served with a perfectly chilled glass of red wine.  DELICIOUS!

HAPPY 1ST VALENTINE'S DAY!

Little Moskowitz Boys

So those of you who have kids know that every day brings something new.  Well over about a week span, my boys have just done some crazy/hilarious things to just show off their personalities.

For starters, Jacob is enamored with his Big Brother Caleb.  He's pretty sure he hung the moon and he's going to take him there one day.  And now that Jacob (20 lbs) weighs almost as much as Caleb (35 lbs soaking wet), they both think they can "hang" with one another.  So just to show his brotherly love, Caleb will pick up Jacob and put him on his fire engine...hold onto the handles and race through the house while Jacob is giggling his big 'ol cheeks off.  It's to the point now that Jacob almost expects his brother to put him on there every time he sees his fire engine.

Now let me tell you about my little cowboy.  Ever since Christmas, Caleb has been in full blown cowboy mode.  He would wear his boots, cowboy shirt, pants, handcuffs and anything else cowboy EVERY second of the day if he had enough clothes to repeat that often.  So when our friend Kele came over with his daughter, we knew we were in a world of trouble when they looked like a cowboy and cowgirl together.  It did take us a few shots to get this much personality, but this is one to save for the High School Senior Yearbook or their future wedding (sorry Kele).  Caleb was the perfect gentleman to her as she was the perfect high maintence cowgirl to him.  They play well together and never cause us and grief.  We are truly lucky to have Skyelar in our lives.

And finally, we have mostly completed Jacob's room.  I am still waiting on infant - 2 year old pictures from the family so I can hang in small frames, but until then...there is not much left to do on his room.  It feels so nice to have a complete room!  Thank you to all who contributed.

Super Bowl Party XLVI - Smith Style

Yet another year that we have celebrated the Super Bowl "Smith Style"  The party continues to grow and so does the company.  We started the celebration with some great food: crudites, Aunt Sharon's stuffed mushrooms, grilled chicken wings & brisket.

Then we played a great game of squares.  Uncle Jay setup the board and even helped Caleb fill in his name.  And I do me HIS (Jay's) name...Caleb only ended up with 6 out of 10 squares.  Guess who had the other 4??

And the rest of the party was exactly that...a PARTY!  We all enjoyed ourselves dancing and hanging out by the chiminea. Thanks again to THE SMITH'S for another great celebration.  WAY TO GO PATRIOTS!  OOPS!  I mean WAY TO GO GIANTS!  (I was having such a great time I didn't even know who won the game...until the next morning)

Jacob's 1st TOOTH!

IT'S FINALLY HERE!!! Jacob's 1st tooth broke through today and we never would have known (had we not stuck our finger in his mouth).  We have been noticing his bottom gums slightly turning whiter so we knew he was going to get a tooth sooner than later.  By the time we had picked him up from school, we could feel his rigid little tooth had broken through his gums.  It only took us 8 months, but his first tooth is FINALLY here!  Now just a few more to come ;) 

BTW, this was NOT an easy picture to capture!