Summer vacation

One of the highlights every summer since Ty was 6-months old is our trip to Gulf Shores.  It has kind of become a tradition for the Smith family!  This year was especially fun because the boys were like little fish in the water!  (Luke swam all over the pool with his life jacket on.  He did NOT want help and even thought he didn't need the life jacket!  But we convinced him to wear it, and everyone was happy!) Ty and Drew absolutely LOVED the pool--swimming underwater (not holding their noses), jumping, diving, and swimming under our legs.  It's sad that they'll have to wait again til next summer to practice swimming.  Perhaps it's like riding a bike?

 boogie boarding in the pool

"I'm floating!"

brown little biscuits

dinner with Mimi and Grandpa at Lulu's

Drewmiester

 Lukiepie playing put-put

 

a year in review

 Highlights from last year:

Our city hosted the Superbowl

 Ty and Drew are at the same school! (They finished Kindergarten and Pre-K, respectively)

 

My baby turned 2

the two BFFs became three amigos

 

 I started running mini-marathons again--I hadn't run since before having children!  I ran one in November with my old, St. Louis friend, Emily--so fun! We were freezing in this pic!

We celebrated Christmas with these three Santa cuties

I trained and ran the Indy mini in May 2012 and 2013--this one was from this year with some great friends!