daily Smith fashion

February 2013... wayyyy behind, but too good not to share

Drew (2):
Shirt/Legging set: missing in action...guess. ;)

Drew humors us sometimes and lets us try ridiculous things. This was a wig from one of our wine nights. Funny every time!

birthday surprise

Our favoritest most favorite neighbor of all times celebrated a very large birthday a couple weeks ago and of course, her daughters, sons, and most favorite nephew and niece-in-law threw her a surprise birthday party in the field. Food and bags and gifts included :)

Her most favorite part of the evening mayyyy have been the tilling of the garden. I think she was pretty excited about this ;)

sorry for the shortage of photos... forgot to take my camera

Because she is our most favorite neighbor and we decided to step it up a notch from last year's Rubbermaid gift, we made her some signs for the garden. And here's a little DIY for all those interested out there. Many thanks to my mom for cutting all the parts and putting them together. Really... I didn't do much ;)

inspiration photo via weekendingblog.com

I changed it up a bit so they were more durable. I used thicker boards and dowels. Black paint instead of chalkboard paint. And white paint markers instead of chalk markers. Figured it would just wash off in the rain so these should last... forever. :)

Materials used:

* 3 - 1x4x6 boards (link as close as I could find)

* 3 - 1" square dowels

* screws

* black paint

* white paint marker

I put 2 to 3 coats on just to make them nice and pertee. Worked slick!

Due to the current abundance of rain, we haven't been in the garden in a few days but when things start coming up and looking more... garden-y... I'll be sure to get some more photos of these signs in action!

24/52

"a portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013"

Peyton: exploring.
Lia: still not a fan of the camera.
Austyn: chug-a-lug.
Tayt: learning to whistle with grass.
Nash: pit stop.
Drew: browns.
Meg: teeth.

Ooohhh what a difference my camera and SUN make! love it!

These weeks are seeming to run together. I'm getting terrible with my daily weekly monthly posts. I'd like to say we have a lot going on, but day-to-day activities have been keeping us quite busy. Trips to the park. Birthday celebrations. Bags in the field until dark. Spending the day at the park while the dog has his manhood removed. Father's Day. Weekends with friends. So much happening that I forget to sit down and document it here. Casey does a *great* job over at her blog. So go there for a Father's Day update. ;) 

brand spankin new (almost)

both SOOC (straight out of camera) shots

My camera did a good number on me a few weeks back. I was at a family photo session (luckily with a friend...hopefully still a friend...haven't heard from her since...eeeeekkk!!!) and it wouldn't work. I couldn't get it do do ANYthing. I was/am still SO embarrassed. I couldn't get the lens off. I couldn't take a photo. The screen was dark. It was a mess. Knowing I have a wedding to shoot next weekend, I sent it in as fast as I could crossing my fingers it'd make it home in record time. Thankfully, she made it home in just over 3 weeks and is like brand new. I'm so impressed with Nikon's service and how quick they are! Of course right away I had to go outside and play with it. Now I need to catch up on the 52 of 2013 photos :)