pictures in the cottage!!!

One thing Jord and I liked about the condo when we looked at it for the first time was how the Crabb's had pictures everywhere!!! It made the place very homey! So Jord and I have finally (after a month and a half of living here) hung some pictures/frames!

This is the small wall in the dining room between the kitchen and living room. these are shadow box frames with displays of buttons i made from my great-grandmother's button collection- over 90 years old- most likely.

my sailboat paintings

to brighten up the stairway, i decided to go with white frames all the way up!! I want to add more frames as the years go by, but here's our start! (no pics yet.) I'm thinking of doing black and white pictures of us and our families!

we love our little home, and are thankful for the Lord's blessing us by letting us live here!

(coming soon.... my 5 months shot!!)

My cute fisherman and his sweet lures

This is my fisherman! He is very hot and is good at catching largemouth bass (most of the time!).I love posting pics of him, but I wanted to post some pics of his little bait lures that I think are so pretty:)ha ha (I'm a dork I know....sometimes I catch myself thinking about buying a lure to use as a necklace charm, wierd I know..if anyone catches me with one on, please yank it off)

these remind me of the song on Little Mermaid "Poor Unfortunate Souls" :)

this is my fave


that's all!

WILD BABY GIRL!

She kicks a lot!!!!

This is our little girl...she weighs 7 ounces, measures at 10-12 inches long,and has a strong heart beat!
We love her very much already and can't wait to meet her.

four more months to go!
thank you Lord for a healthy active baby so far.

baby track no.6

"I give you sleep"


Hands up
almost to weak to surrender
let your eyelids drop like your tears
and your pretty toys

the curtains
make the sun so blind and
then your mind is made up
when you realize - you can't fight

So sleep. I give you sleep

Your lashes
flutter with your baby dreams
oh I wish I could be there
singin' at your side

I'm so tired
yet I could sit and stare back
at your beauty all night
but I let you go

So, sleep. I give you sleep

gone for a little while
sleep in your baby style
hands flat like stars
up by your face
Cradle at my hand
your cry's like my command
when you break
out of your peace

So, sleep. I give you sleep.
but if you wake I'll comfort you and hold you till you fall back
asleep. I give you sleep


Music and Lyrics written by J'Nelle W. Smith May 27, 2009 (all rights reserved)

prego shots and more

hello everyone, obviously i have not posted in forever, so who knows when i will again...prob on the baby's first birthday or something:) just kiddin, but enjoy looking!
i hope you all are enjoying the your day and basking in the Savior's love for you!!2 months prego in the apartment!!!

4 month shot in our new and lovely condo!!!

date night with my hottieboy!!

five tracks down!

I was listening to some more Alicia Keys tonight and was inspired to write this song. it's a little slower with heavy classical undertones but still a little raspy bluesy feel. it begins with a G6 chord, then goes into E. so I'm veering off the a minor theme for a little while here, but I feel this one directly flows with song no.4. So it still fits in!

lovely scene February 19, 2009

"fast little heartbeat
in his hand
the sweetest rhythm
matched up with my man

bright little eyes
flutter around
so wide-eyed
in this big town

And all you need to know
is love will never let you go

Soon enough
you'll know
the sound of a bird
and how to cry when you're hurt

and you'll crawl
out of our fingers
and take your first step
as the sunshine lingers

and all you need to know
is -baby love will never, ever let you go"

music and Lyrics by J'Nelle Wenhardt Smith (all rights reserved)

so, i don't think I'm totally finished writing this track, but I'm happy with the sound of it if I left it as is! Thanks for reading!!!!!!!!

TRACK #4!!!!

Hello... this is my Alicia Keys track of sorts!! a little smooth R&B sound / lullaby feel. It also almost feels like a waltz. the idea for the song was inspired when Mom Smith said "you want your children to be dazzled by the Lord". so, this song starts in a minor (of course) but is actually in the key of G, so it resolves to a major chord for a sweet, uplifting, almost cheerful tone!
please enjoy!

Dazzled By You Feb.15, 2009

"I want to be dazzled by you Lord
not by anything in this whole world

Let my eyes light up at your grace and love
Let my heart skip a beat when I hear your name called

and Let my longings and strivings and cravings be for you
and then my happiness will all be true

I want to dwell in your house, O Lord
always, always
Dance in your courts, O Lord
i want to stay, always
Safe in your hands, O Lord
and satisfied in your love"

Music and Lyrics by J'Nelle Wenhardt Smith (all rights reserved)
Can't wait to teach da little baby this one! (well, for jord's sake---Babies)
night! thanks for reading!

3RD TRACK

Okay, I finished this track last night. 

This song is simple to. A man is observing a family gathered together for a holiday from his window. although they are enjoying time spent together to the fullest, there is always an awareness of how fleeting time is, even alluding to the fact that they have to keep track of how many more days they have left till they all must return home. This has more of a classic Frank Sinatra/crooner feel and is in the key of G major, although still utilizing a minor chords in the prechorus. time sig. is 8/8. (I think)

Something to break the clock February 15, 2009

 "they all feel it on the inside

but they don’t say it

Cause it’s just too obvious

In their laughter

From the window

Even I see

That they all know

 

They can’t slow it down, or beat it

Bury time and wait for it to come back around

When it’s good, or when it’s needed.

There eyes sparkle with sighs from deep down

 

Oh give me something to break the clock

Give me something to break the clock

Something just to make everything stop

 

Nothing's happening

 but right here

they’re wearing down

the carpet dancing altogether

they love their family

but they waste

 their vacations

keeping track of days

 

They can’t slow it down, or beat it

Bury time and wait for it to come back around

When it’s good, or when it’s needed

There eyes sparkle with sighs from deep down

 

Oh give me something to break the clock

Give me something to break the clock

Something just to make everything stop"

 

Music and Lyrics by J'Nelle Wenhardt Smith (all rights reserved)

 thanks for reading!! enjoy your sunday.

SECOND TRACK!!!

Happy Valentine's Day Everybody!! Well, Jord and I just celebrated our last Valentine's Day without children (Lord Willing!:) It was so much fun!! the day started with a wonderful baby shower for my sis Kate at Mom Smith's, then we went to Mag's game and got to sing the National Anthem. It was great till the end when I totally messed up the finale note. Not Cool. But good playin' sis!! then me and Myboy got Carrabas take out, and ate at home. then he surprised me at the mall and told me i could get a whole work out outfit and running shoes!!  we ate some dark chocolate, ran into kate and clay at the mall, then headed home. we were going to record soundtrack no.1, but are too tired.SOOOOOOOOO.....

......I will have to just keep you interested in the lyrics to these pieces for now! please enjoy reading the lyrics to track no.2!! This song was finished today. I guess to sort of keep with the theme for the soundtrack, it's in a minor again, although it's the a minor harmonic scale so I play with E major quite a bit in this piece.in 2/4 time signature.

                             We're Shipwrecked (Feb. 14, 2009)

"Keep, keep lovin away

cause love never fails

Storms blow through, love stays

cause love is the wind in our sails

We're shipwrecked- you know that, right?

midnight sounds the alarm

But something, tells me we're alright

Still wrapped in eachothers arms"

simple, poetic, old-timey, and strangely light-hearted, this is sort of a breather from the first song, which is a long one. Jord and I think this one is perhaps best suited for guitar and his voice, but we shall see. 

Lyrics and music by J'Nelle Wenhardt Smith (all rights reserved)

hope you have a wonderful night!

soundtrack no.1

GREETINGS LONG LOST BLOGGERS WHO HAVEN'T GIVEN UP ON ME!

for those of you who enjoy viewing my facebook, I have already hinted that I am working on writing an entire soundtrack that is in my head. Completely instrumental with words to fit the melodies, here is the first song of it. It is in 3/4 time sig. in the key of a minor. and yes this will be for the baby (or as jord likes, the babies) to fall asleep to.

Please enjoy my song lyrics. meanwhile, jord and I are working on recording to be posted of it soon.

"Caged above" February 12, 2009

One hundred and fifty doves wanting to fly free
loudly beating caged above, something echoes their plea

What do you do when the bright sun bleeds and drips all over you
water moves in salt and leagues, but you let her love burn you through

and no one gets hurt
while the cage holds the bird
warm and confined and amused
a brave song is exposed
when the cage won't close
so it's free, fullfilled, and confused
Love doesn't promise
a white picket fence
but, boundaries grow pleasant with years
Love is a gift
undeserved, undefensed
with a fire to build or to burn in tears

what do you do when a heart like mine, refuses to give her up
you run and run till your heart explodes, and you sweep your one chance up

one hundred and fifty guns pointing straight at me
if all I do is beat the cage, too proud to be set free

And no one could know
or even care
while we sing or laugh or fight
but a heart long ago
so confined to a tree
bled and died then took flight
Love wasn't born
here with you or me
although it's truer than any
Love was the one

who could set himself free

but stayed caged to shed love on so many

Music and Lyrics by J'Nelle Wenhardt Smith (all rights reserved)

thanks for reading and goodnight

I've been TAGGEDDDDDD!!!!! AAAAAHHHHH!!!

this is a pic from our honeymoon... we ate Carraba's on the beach this evening!! so fun!

I tag Liz, Kate, Jap, Mag, Luke 

(Thanks Reagan for tagging me!!) 

October family fun

A couple family nights ago, it was Jap's turn to make the meal...well, she had a little more than that planned!! Even with a busy schedule, working full time, she put much thought into the evening by buying pumpkins for us to carve after dinner!! it was such a blast making memories with the fam! (sorry the evening is in backwards order, I'm too lazy to try and move all the pictures)

Dad and mom invited this weird orange guy to our family night...so, in order to make him feel more comfortable, Jackie got some pumpkins to carve so he'd have some friends that look like him.

 

Kate's with the smug smile

Jap's "phantom of the opera"

Dad's shrek dude with carrot ears

Jap was a little embarrassed cause mine kept winking at her...that is so dumb I know, but I had to put it

Clay's catch

A serious moment

sissies...

kissies

our lovely hostess

Thanks Jap for making such a yummy meal for all of us... Philly cheese steak sandwiches... they were so delicious. then we ate homemade caramel apples with mini chocolate chips on them!!!

Pa and Ma!!! they are so cute together!!!!!

you may wonder...where are Jord and Liz....well, Jord was doing homework inside on the couch (thanks, Cutie for being so diligent even though you would have liked to carve!!)and Liz...well, yunno, she had to talk with her boyfriend!! HE HE HE!! we miss you Luke!!

when the bridge closes...well, we kiss

the bridge closed on us after lunch a few Sundays ago.....

so, we kissed!

little chugga choo

you probably can't imagine how excited we are til we get to see little baby chugga choo (as jap calls baby Van). i just had to post this pick of Clay n Kate!!! This is a pic of them when they hung out at our crib recently!!! we love you guys! (soon it will be 5 of us when we double date)

baseball bat and a movie about a rat

yes indeed...we had a double date with Matt 'n Mag! it was so fun. we went to a tides game with some free tickets that we had been blessed with...They watched the game... while i watched people. (guessing from this picture, the guy in the background had resorted to watching people too after the game turned into a typical Tides game.) We laughed a lot in the car, and the two in the front talked and talked and talked!!!! ;) then we went to the Smith's and watched Ratatouille...

Jord crackin up about something...he is always joyful!

Thanks kids for goin out with us. Lets do it again soon!!!

love language

can you guess what myboy's love language is???

gifts!!!!:)

A tune that only caged birds know...

a precious sister in the Lord went to heaven this morning after a hard, caging battle with cancer. I am so sad she is not with us anymore, so sad...but, she is wrapped in the arms of the Lover of her soul... she has fought the good fight and has finished the race with vigilance and joy. She rejoiced in the midst of thick trials, leaned on the Savior as if her husband, loved her son sweetly, trusted God's word, surrounded herself with godly friends, and truly laughed at the days to come. This is what I remember her like...She knew the song of a caged bird as a disease overtook her body....now she knows a song only the throng in heaven can know fully...

anniversurprises

myboy and i have been married one whole year!!it was the best year of my life, and went so fast... here's how we celebrated!

The festivities began Thursday night when we ate one of our fave meals together... chicken Marsala and mashed potatoes! MMM! Friday morning we had a yummy breakfast together, and chewed our fave gum that we chewed on our honeymoon. We worked 1/2 a day (thanks boss!!!),Jord surprised me with my fave...lemonade! then headed home to get our things together for the beach! here's where it gets interesting...(jord had asked me what I wanted to do for our Anni so, I had told him I wanted adventure and PF Changs:)... He told me to pack whatever I wanted to wear to dinner, like some make up and hair stuff...and we were off!!! while we laid out on the beach, jord told me we could change in this family bathroom on floor 9 of some hotel... he kept telling me "you said you wanted 'adventure'"...so, I didn't buck the plan, just smiled nervously and kept laughing at the thought of us washing off our oil with a boardwalk shower, then lugging my hair straightener, high heels and everything up to a random bathroom and try to look decent for dinner...so, as we headed to a REALLY NICE hotel with our stuff, I was gettin nervous, "Jord, let's go to 7-eleven!!!Please!!!!! how are we gonna get past the guys at the door?? i feel like we're gonna get caught or something!"...I had Kate's floppy straw hat hanging way low over my eyes so i didn't have to look people in the eye...then we got to floor 9.........and Jord pulls out a key to room 908!!!! can you beleive it! I was SHOCKED!!!!!!! he had this whole thing planned! the room was perfect and cheerful! our view of the beach was so fantastic that it didn't feel like we were at home! we got all ready, and he told me that there was another adventure! YAY...he led me to the boardwalk....it felt like he was gonna propose to me again or something :) and shocked me again with a pair of beach cruisers!!! we love to ride bikes together! Then we went to dinner MMMMM! then rode bikes on the boardwalk till really late!!! It was such a fun and romantic getaway! 

our bikes are on the left

our fortunes

my hot  boy

Thank you cutie, for your thoughtfulness on our anniversary. It was the best! Most of all thank you for your faithful friendship, zealous love, passion for God, humble leadership and for providing for us so well!! I am so thankful to God for allowing us to be married one whole year so far and for His provision for this weekend. His Grace is amazing! I look forward to years more of anniversaries and adventures:) ....and thanks to "everyone" who helped make our adventure very special;)