haircut day!

Today we went into town to get our haircuts, Brady was really due for a clean up, Emma needed to have all her fine thin baby hair cut off, so it can grow in thicker & fuller, & I wanted to get mine trimmed up & got a few layers around the front of my face. I CANNOT BELIEVE THE PRICE DIFFERENCE FROM GETTING HAIRCUTS HERE & IN CALI, ALL 3 OF US WALKED OUT PAYING 43.00, BACK HOME IT WOULDA BE LIKE 90.00! So while we still can get it cheap I wanted to do so!

I love my hardworkin' man!

Yesterday after a long days work Brian decided it was a nice still evening to burn our huge pile of wood from our pool deck. I had fixed taco's for dinner, he did manage to come in for a 5 minute quick bite to eat, then back to work, he started the fire & withing seconds it was blazin'!! It looked so cool, I've never had such a huge bomb fire:) Those are the kinda fun things you can do here in Iowa!

Austin's 1st Birthday Cake

With the busy road ahead for the Smith family traveling back to California, I decided to take Austin's Cake portraits a month or so early. We just have so much to do the next couple weeks, & The mommy I am, would never want to not have pictures of my baby eating his first Birthday cake:) Enjoy the pics, I really enjoyed watching him lick the frosting & detroy his mini cake. He demolished it down to nothing!

HALLoween Party

Our good friends The HALL'S always throw a big Halloween bash in there Mortan building, it's so much fun to see all the kids & adults dress up. People really get into it, It's great! This year Emma was Hannah Montana & Daddy dressed as her Dad..BILLY RAY CYRUS..HAHA! And Brady was Dumbo & Lil Austy was a Spider. I was the party pooper who did'nt want to dress up. But at the last minute I did..so I wore Brians old Police uniform. We really had a good time playing games, visiting with all our good friends here. We will really miss them all...

Family on a beautiful Fall day

Well we will be leaving our home in Iowa in 2 weeks to begin our new journey back home In California. And one of the things I wanted to do before we leave is take our 2nd annual Fall picture at Lake Aquabi. I will miss 4 seasons, I just love seeing the beautiful colors on the trees in Fall, I love the snow in winter seeing the white powder hit the grassy fields out our french double doors & watching deer run through the fields, is a beautiful site to see:) I have really enjoyed our experience of living somewhere else, It will be a memory made to last forever!

My kids & I - week 17

There is nothing better than seeing your 3 smiling children looking at you at once:)

Austin loves...

When his Gran-PA Smith comes to visit him. He always like to play peek a boo with his hat. It's absolutely adorable! Also this weekend Brian has been in California for some testing. So his Aunt Margie came to stay with us. She is so sweet, she adores the kids & We adore her! She helped me so much this weekend with packing, the kids. And I enjoyed her company & our favorite thing to do is drink tea together & chat:)

Lovin's on my bubba's

YAY!!

Just wanted to let fam & friends know that Brian did pass the tests this weekend:) I'm so proud of him! He has worked so hard & I hope things really work out & he gets this job!

My kids & I - week 16

Ready for a snack???

Ok so it just dawned on me how much our kids are grwoing up. They all sat her waiting for a snack...too funny! I just love them all so much! They bring so much joy to my life as their Mommy, I thank the lord everyday for blessing me with 3 beautiful healthy children:)

It's Fall y'all ...

So share the harvest...




We're never too busy to take kiddos to the pumpkin patch:)

Date night with the Stuarts <3

We enjoyed a date night with our good friends Justin & Tina. I am going to miss them so much when we leave! They have been wonderful friends to us. We hope that they will come see us soon for a vacation in Sunny California!


Me & My man, I love him so much! And so proud he has lost almost 50LBS!! Awesome babe!

My kids & I - Week 15

And all SMILES :) Makes this Mommy proud!

NaTuRal BeAuTy!

I love this picture I snapped of Emmy, she just looks flawless! She is such a sweet little girl & of course has alot of Sass! But we love her!

Best Friends ARE WE MY BROTHER AND ME!

Our lil' digger is 10 months

Brady & Emmy splishin & splashin

Big Sis loving on Lil Bro

I have to say Emma has grown up the last year, she is really a good lil helper:) Mommy is so thankful for all her help with the boys:) Love you Emmy!

My kids & I - Week 14