New Year, New Post

Our little family has certainly grown and changed over the past 7 years. After 3 miscarriages, God blessed us with our little rainbow baby, William Andrew, on September 8, 2014. In February 2018, God opened a door for us to move to a much larger home in Olive Branch, Mississippi. We renovated our Cordova home and placed it on the market in March. We sold it in 15 days and moved into our new home on May 3.

December 29, 2018

Smithhart Home - Columbus, MS

(Will-4, Elizabeth-10, Sam-13, John Martin-19)

All of the kids began at new schools in the fall of 2018. Will began at Lewisburg Primary School 3 days a week in the SPED program. Elizabeth began the 5th grade at Lewisburg Elementary School. Sam began 7th grade at Lewisburg Middle School. John Marin began his freshman year at Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia commuting 3 days a week.

Marty had a 7 week vacation between his I-Screen Visions position and his job with TruGreen. That was an unexpected blessing in disguise. Thanks to that extended time at home, we were able to clear out the garage and office. He is also preparing to be examined by the Orthodox Presbyterian Church Presbytery in March. He is in the process of being bi-vocational.

My mom, aka Honeygram, also moved into our Olive Branch home on that day. John Martin graduated from high school on May 12. Honeygram had multiple strokes on June 10. She entered a Rehab facility and was also informed that she had been misdiagnosed with Parkinson's Disease three years prior. She was told that she had Small Vessel Dementia and potentially Normal Pressure Hydracephalus.Honeygram had a VP shunt placed in her brain on November 16, after a confirmation of the NPH diagnosis. Due to complications, she was transported to Rehabilitation where she stayed until December 1. She was very unhappy to miss out on Thanksgiving with the Brueggers, Hammetts, and Smithharts. She was able to spend time with family during Christmas. Hope flew in on Christmas Eve and was able to stay until December 30.

John Martin was hired by Crew Pros over the summer of 2018. He was a plumbing apprentice. He had a great first semester in college! He will be taking several Criminal Justice classes this next semester. He is still undecided in his major but has mentioned Criminology as a possibility. He is also debating whether or not to join the armed forces once he graduates from NWCC. He has gotten in excellent shape and is very health conscious and committed to working out 3-5 times a week.

Sam has really enjoyed his first semester at LMS. He was a bit uncertain about returning to the public schools after being homeschooled his 6th grade year. He is growing to be a compassionate, strong, brilliant young man. He has also joined the LMS Chess club. Sam is also beginning to train under John Martin at the gym.

Elizabeth is enjoying LES. She has made several good friends. She is very helpful, artistic, loving, and hard-working. We haven't gotten her back into gymnastics at this time but home to return her to that passion very soon.

Will is a WILD man!!! This kid has all of us wrapped around his little finger. He is the king of the castle and he knows it. He LOVES the color RED, trains, cars, puppies, and dinosaurs! He grazes throughout the day and probably drinks half a gallon of milk a day. He is very smart and keeps life fun for all of us.

God is good all the time! I am having a very difficult time accepting all of the changes in our life over the past year. Living with my mom again after 21 years has proved more challenging than I could have ever imagined. I pray for grace, patience, and compassion as I try to be an encouragement to my family. I am desperately hoping to return to the work force in the next few years. At this time, however, mom's needs as well as Will's schedule demand me to stay home.

December 29, 2018
Smithhart Family - unfortunately Anna Kathryn was out of town

First Post

Smithhart Family
February 2012
Sam (age 6), Elizabeth (age 3), John Martin (age 12)

Hello Blogging World! This is my first attempt to join in on the blogging fun!!!

Marty and I celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary this past March. For those of you who may not know our history, we met in the fall of 1991. We had our first date in the summer of 1992. We had our second date in July 1995. I knew on that second date that God wanted me to marry this man. We got engaged in March of 1996, planned a wedding, took a short break, got re-engaged on February 2, 1997 at How Joy in Greenville, and were married at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Greenville, MS on March 29, 1997.

We have lived in the Memphis area our entire marriage. We joined St. Andrews PCA in Cordova in April 2001. Marty is a godly husband and father and I thank God for him daily.

God has blessed us with three beautiful children here on earth and two precious babies that went to heaven last year. John Martin is 12, Sam is 6, and Elizabeth is 4. Bailey Evans we lost to miscarriage on May 2, 2011 and then we lost Sarah Nell on October 12, 2011 to our 2nd miscarriage. We are so thankful for the many blessings he has given us and even for the hardships. We don't know the plans he has for our family yet but are certain His plans are perfect!

The summer break from school for the kids officially begins Friday afternoon. I will be curious to see how productive we will be. We have scheduled a family reunion, swimming lessons, Vacation Bible School, and a trip to the coast all before the end of June. I am also attempting to begin a Summer Tuesday playgroup for my girlfriends that would like an extra outlet for the summer.

I am averaging 3-4 cake orders a week which I feel is about all Erin's Cake Creations can handle right now. God continuously provides for all of our needs! 

Marty has been with his company for over 5 years now and feels so blessed that his childhood hobby has more than provided for our family. Who would have ever guessed that a Bachelor's Degree in Biology would lead to an IT profession? God knew.




John Martin was our only child for 6 years. He is loving, compassionate, thoughtful, artistic, loves to build Legos, and math and science are his favorite subjects. He is completing his 6th Grade Honors program as we speak. John Martin and I will begin the homeschooling journey this fall with the assistance of Veritas. We are really excited about this new adventure.

Sam is our Wild Man! He came into this world a little early and hasn't stopped yet. He is energetic, artistic, loving, charismatic, loves to read, draw, and run! He is completing his Kindergarten year and will be in the optional 1st grade program in the fall.















Elizabeth aka Snow White
4th Birthday Princess party

Elizabeth Hinton is our princess. She is loving, helpful, busy, loves to play with her baby dolls, and recently has been asking for a real baby for her birthday. I have told her that she needs to talk to God about that.















The 3 Musketeers

Easter Sunday 2012
John Martin 12, Sam 6, Elizabeth 4

Let's Go Summer, Bring it on!!!