Friday Favorites

Happy April 1! 

April is one of our busiest months in the Smith house. 4 birthdays, one anniversary (10 years!) and something going on every weekend. 

But before we get to the craziness of this month let me recap this last week in photos. 

Per usual I'm linking up with Erika, Andrea and Narci. 

Gettin my hair did...

Last Friday I had a hair appointment with my girl and I was so excited. Why we girls get so excited to get a fresh cut I'll never know but we do. I'm keeping my hair shorter these days and every time I start to grow it out I see someone with a cute cut and I chop it. 

Bestie mamas with bestie girls...

Last Friday afternoon we went to one of our best friends parties. Ally turned 6 and had her party at this really cool park in Southlake. I just love all these girls and their mamas. I hope these girls always have a special friendship. 

Me and my boy...

On Saturday we went to the Easter egg hunt and petting zoo and there was this beautiful path that we walked down to get there. My mom took this photo. I love it because I never get candid photos anymore. Everything is staged or a selfie. I absolutely love this boy of mine. I know he won't hold my hand forever so I'll cherish it. 

Swing low...

My parents have this great swing set in their backyard. Saturday night was so nice outside so after dinner we sat out there and Tim swung with the kids. They loved it!

Her little baby...

Landry loves Brody. We don't see him a lot but when she does she wants to sit by him, feed him, hold him, you name it. I can't wait for the day to come when she can babysit him. I was always a lot older than my cousins and babysat them a lot. 

To Canton we will go...

I love Canton. It's this small town about two hours away that has a flea market type feel but is so much better. We try to go once a season and whoever can go, goes. Yesterday it was just Hilary and I. I love this girl. We've been friends for 13 years now and have been through a lot together. We had such a good time chatting about everything. Such a great day!

Alright April, let's do this!

Easter 2016

Here we are, another Monday. 

This weekend was so fun I didn't want to get up when my alarm went off this morning. 

We had such a great Easter weekend. It was beautiful here this weekend so we spent a lot of time outside. 

On Friday we went to my parents house and played putt putt. Landry earned an activity and she picked this. I haven't played this game in so long. It was so fun though. Even Hayden got in on the action!

After putt putt Landry got on the go carts

On Saturday we went to a friends neighborhood in Southlake for an Easter egg hunt and petting zoo. Both kids had such a good time. 

On Sunday we got up really early to make the 8:30 worship service. I'm so glad we did though. Although getting up early might have been a small factor in the next pictures. Hayden was not having family pictures. He just wasn't in the mood. I've figured out that when kids don't want their pictures made, they mean it!  

So, here is our family pic this year. 

At least 3/4 of us are happy :)

And the next one I'll be laughing at for the next twenty years :)

Haha. Omg. He just was not having his picture made. Lesson learned. But other than that we had a great Easter. 

Remembering why we celebrate this day was something I was reminded of over the weekend. Landry had lots of questions about what Easter means and I loved explaining it to her. She's at such an impressionable age right now and absorbing everything around her. Telling her that Jesus died on that cross for us and rose again three days later just made me so appreciative to be a Christian. That he did it all for my sins and that he did it for hers too. I love that she's starting to have questions about this. 

Happy Easter! 

Friday Favorites

Happy Friday! Today, Landry is out of school and we have some fun things planned for our three day weekend. 

Today, I'm linking up with Erika, Andrea and Narci for my favorite pictures lately. 

Choo Choo...

A few weekends ago we met up with Dani and Brody and my parents at a local mall and had lunch and shopped a bit. The kids wanted to ride a train and Brody was too young so Dani rode with him. I just love seeing his cute face and both my kids are obsessed with him!

A beautiful day...

Last week the weather was so pretty outside so we spent most of the week outside. This girl of mine is really into hugging lately and I'm not complaining!

My boy and his pink car...

Hayden gets all of Landry's old toys and he has no clue that some of them are pink. He doesn't care. I just love this little man of mine. And the way he puts his hand behind his back when he stands. 

Yummy yogurt...

Last week on spring break we tried to do fun things with Landry and we all love frozen yogurt so we headed to our favorite place. 

Sweet treat...

Ever since her birthday party, Landry has been asking to make Rice Krispie treats again. I thought it would be fun to add in fruity pebbles as well. The only spring cookie cutter I had was a butterfly and we love our butterfly's around here. They turned out super cute and yummy!

True that...

I saw this on someone else's Instagram last week and laughed out loud in the car. When I read it to Tim he said yes, very true. I know you other moms can relate. 

Make new friends but keep the old...

On Monday, one of my oldest and dearest friends Shay, had her cookbook signing at my good friends store. In case you live under a rock, Shay wrote two cookbooks with more on the way. I could not be more proud of this girl. She is such a high achiever and always has been from the day I met her. I can't believe it's almost been 20 years that we've been friends. #imonly21right?

Mini Picassos...

I found these cardboard cutouts at Target a few weeks back and the kids loved them. We painted them Tuesday afternoon and dyed eggs. 

The best lunch date...

I went to the mall Wednesday to get all our last minute Easter clothes and Hayden and I ate lunch in the food court. I love my little lunch date. He's pretty much like having a meal with Tim. I talk the whole time while he stares at me and eats. 

It's Easter weekend! We have egg hunts planned but more than that we celebrate the real reason for Easter. Christ is risen! 

Weekend in Austin

On Friday our Smith four headed to Austin for the weekend. Tims cousin and his wife and son have lived there for a while and we usually only see them at the holidays so we thought it would be fun to go visit them.

Loaded up and ready for our short road trip

One hour into the road trip...

#justliketheirmama

On Saturday morning we are breakfast and then Cindy and I headed to yoga. After we got back the kids did this for a while. 

On Saturday afternoon we headed to the aquarium. It was a great aquarium. You could pretty much feed all the fish. Landry loved that. 

They had this great playset at the end and it was like pulling teeth to get them to leave. 

After we got back all three kids had slept in the car so they were ready to play some more. Except this boy. He just wanted to watch Chuggington and chill in my lap

Chase had some great toys that my kids both loved

We went to bed pretty early because we were so tired! 

Sunday we headed home after getting our Round Rock donut fix. 

It was such a great weekend. So nice to just get away for a few days.