Can you believe that it's already November?

We certainly find it had to believe. Halloween is over and the stores have already started decorating for Christmas and the music is playing. We are about 3 weeks away from Thanksgiving... that is crazy!

Where has the year gone?

So far the year in the Smith Household has been interesting. Within the last 10 months we have:

~ gotten a new puppy: he goes by the name of "Mister G."





~ completed the annual Smith move, this time to the 78704

~ I finished school (and finally we hung our degrees up on the wall in Stu's office)

~ we had developed a great love for french pressed coffee every morning. (I have slowly turned Stu into a coffee monster!)

~ Whole Foods had become 'our grocery store' and we love it!

~ we have passed the three year marker in marriage, and it has been such a blessing to be married to my sweet Stuart!


~ Stu's business only continues to grow :)

~ we have taken our first real vacation to San Fran and the wine country... yum


~ we had the chance to go to Turkey, to see and experience, to love on and pray for the Turks




~ we have found a home church that continues to challenge us to be better

~ Stu has been blessed to play in a band with some really great guys

This is the guys playing in Bodrum, Turkey with Umut, in September.
Kendall, Andy, Shaun, and Stuart

Andy and his wife, Anna, Kendall, Shaun, and the Smiths in Antalya, Turkey

~ I have finally found a job just down the street at West Elm, a fun and dangerous store for us


I am sure that there is more, but I can't really think of them right now.


I am excited to say that Fall has finally reached central Texas! The temperatures are no longer in the 90's and 100's but in the mid-70's. It's a beautiful thing when you can walk outside in the early morning or evening and you can (most of the time) feel the cool air slowly starting to appear. I love the fall. By the end of November or the middle of December I hope the the air is chilly. We'll see what happens, Texas weather is so odd at times and never really predictable.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies that I made last week.... really yummy!

Now it's time to gear up for the holidays, the season of the 3F's (family, friends, and good food).

~n