The Mike and Katy Story

The story below was in mine and Mike's wedding program and I thought it would be a fun addition to our blog!  Mike is saying I shouldn't add this to the blog, but when have I ever listened to him?!!!

Love History of Mike and Katy

Mike and Katy began dating while they both attended Kingston High School.  It all started when Katy decided she needed a date for the 1997 prom.  After talking with friends it was determined that Mike Smith would be the perfect date.  Mike and Katy ended up going to prom together and dating for 8 months.  At the time Mike was a senior and Katy was a sophomore.  When Mike graduated in 1997, he moved to Kansas to attend college, therefore ending their relationship.  Katy went on to graduate from Kingston High School in 1999 and then continued her education by attending Oklahoma State University, to the dismay of her Sooner born family.  During this time Mike had returned to Oklahoma eventually continuing his education at the University of Oklahoma.  Mike and Katy would see each other at various times in Kingston, always flirting but never dating.  After 5 years apart, Mike finally convinced Katy to go on a date with him.  After their second first date it was all over.  The couple has now been dating for over two and a half years. On January 12, 2004,  Mike proposed to Katy on the canal in downtown Oklahoma City and they were married August 14, 2004.

Teamwork- July 2010

Jake and Ella always sign this song about "teamwork".  It is from Wonder Pets on Nick Jr.  It says..."What's gonna work, Teamwork!"

Anyway, we got some cute photos of their teamwork over the fourth of July weekend.  This is at Grandpa Burrell and Grandma Joyce's house.

Ella Is Talking

Ella has really started talking...she is two-years-old now and will repeat anything you tell her to say.  She is even putting together words to make sentences.  Before we know, we will not be able to get her to stop talking.

She says to many words to record all of them, but here are my favorite things Ella says:

• Pee-A-Boo!  She leaves off the K.
• Jake hit me (even when he didn't)
• When she gets hurt, she will tell the floor or wall or whatever hurt her "No-No!"
• If you ask her what shoes she wants to wear, she will say "My Princess Shoes!" These are silver mary jane shoes.
• Piderman she leaves the S off of spiderman.  She also makes the web shooting noise and puts her arm out like she is shooting a web at you.
• She is really good at saying thank you and knows when to say it.
• And she just started saying Bless You when you sneeze, even though it sounds like S You
• And the best is when she says I Love You...you have to tell her to say it...but it melts your heart.

Jake's Recent Sayings

Jake is now 4-years-old and is becoming smarter every day. He says the funniest things all the time.  Here are some of his more recent sayings.

• When asking if he could have a dog, I told him he would have to take the dog outside to go to the bathroom every day.  I said are you going to do that...he thought for a minute and said, "Well I guess if he doesn't want to go to use the potty!"
• When he was siting on our breakfast counter, I told him he better get down because if the counter broke, we would both be in trouble.  He replied "you mean like if Caca (aunt Chrisit) sat on here an broke it, then her moma would have to spank her ass?"

• When he got his windpants caught on the pool table, he was asking for help getting unstuck.  He kept saying I am stuck, I am stuck...we were all laughing and he put his hands on his hips and said..."yeah this is real funny....I am stuck!"

Starting Our Blog

I have decided to start a blog for the Smith Family!  We are not very good memory book keepers and we thought this would be a good way to track or record some of the memories we make together.

The first few posts will probably be things that I have been thinking I need to record such as things the kids say or do or even big events we should have recorded from our past.  Hopefully this blog can redeem our slacking for the last 4 years of our lives.