Happy Mother's Day!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day. It was nice to have a healthy husband this year who allowed me to nap & do my own thing while he took care of dinner & cleanup. Thanks hun! Justin rocks! I never relized just how difficult motherhood is until I became one. So shout out to the moms who raised us! Seeing my weaknesses as a mom, & a person for that matter, I wonder how I can possibly do it all right. I am certainly blessed to be the mother of 2 such sweet, amazing children. Although being a mom is tough at times, these prescious children bring so much sweet joy into my life, "I scarce can take it in."

A week of firsts for all!

We still can't believe it's May! Where'd this year go?? Here's a snapshot of the kids' bath. They love to bathe together. It ends up being quite the splash fest!

A lot has happened in a super short time, here in the Smith home....

Our sweet Sophie gave her first Primary talk in church yesturday. She practised all week, and she was amazing! She told about the story of Jesus' baptism all by herself (with the rare prompt from Mama). Just in the past couple weeks she has opened up in her church class & come to really understand Jesus. She now says the sweetest, most heartfelt prayers that we so love to hear, whether they're about how grateful she is that she can "feel Jesus even though [she] can't feel him," or if she's asking to be able to go the "new playground" with her friend, KennaDee "later." We love it!

Couldn't resist sharing a pic of Ryan's Sumo wrestler legs. This doesn't do it justice, but they are so chubby!

Ryan has had a week of many firsts. He got his first TWO teeth in, began army crawling one day, followed by rocking on his hands & knees with one crawl step the next, then going from tummy to sitting position all on his own! He is ridiculously curious about everything (we're talking, this guy has to touch the wall or post you are next to, just so he can touch it & explore!), which has motivated him to move! Here's a video of when he started army crawling. He's going to be crawling around this place non-stop any day now, so, needless to say, we're on the hunt for a baby gate.

We're all keeping busy & preparing for summer & pre-summer activities: swim lessons, YW's activities galore, beach trip preparations, etc.