Thursday, November 27, 2008

You Know You're a "Smiles and Trials" Groupie When...

  • You wake up at 2am and think to yourself, "Oh, no! I didn't check on the Reeds today!"
  • You can name all 11 of the Reed children
  • You have gone through all of the Smiles and Trials archives
  • You can name all 11 of the Reed children AND put the faces to the names!
  • You go to the store and see a Hannah Montana barbie and think to yourself, "It's Anna Montana!"
  • Every time you see a Groovy Girls pet, you immediately think of Sveta and Zha-Zha
  • Every time you see a llama you start to giggle
  • As sitting down for dinner, your husband asks, "So, what'd Christine cook up today?
  • When someone is having problems with their children, rather than referring them to a parenting book, you refer them to the Reeds

Okay, so not ALL of these have happened, but the ones in bold have!
I may add more later, but I just had to share! I guess you could call me a Smiles and Trials groupie!
Thanks to the Reeds for "keeping it real"! You are an inspiration! I know I'm not the only person who's been helped by Christine's blog, and I speak for many when I say, THANK YOU!!!

Here's a big "hurrah!" (yes, I actually say that!) to-

Christine............John

Adam..............Rachel.............Caleb

Sveta...........Annalyn.............Julia

Anna............William..............Andrew

Jonny.............Dennis

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm DEFINITELY a Smiles and Trials Groupie! ;o)
Cute post Alex.

Annie said...

I do know what you mean... I sometimes feel as if Christine was one of my friends from church and I'll probably run into her on Sunday. I sometimes forget that I've never seen her OR her family in person!

junglemama said...

You are so sweet. Thanks--I'm blushing. You're pretty terrific yourself! Rachel and Julia just started blogs and it would be so wonderful if you could stop by and say hi. I showed them your blog and they think it is the absolute cutest! http://thecutecrocheter.blogspot.com and http://thenicenknitter.blogspot.com

Mom2Many said...

I know what you mean too!
First thing at 5:30 am after my email is to check out what's happening with the Reed family and almost always I either learn something or am uplifted in some way!
Thanks to Christine for sharing your blog too!