Glamor Shots!!!

After our 1 & 1/2 hour drive to Idaho for a baby shower this is what I found on my camera!!!

Maridee Lynn Schroeder

need I say more?

haPpy biRthDay maDeE!

Yesterday was our Madelyn's 10th Birthday! We are so proud of her. She is a great student, a great friend, a great sister, a great piano player, and a great soccer player! She even made her first goal in her soccer game last saturday...then about 2minutes later she made another one!

We don't know what we would do without her! We love her so much!

Madee U roCk!!!

I bought these cute socks for madee for her birthday...they were too small and fit rylee!

I ran to the store today and got Madee bigger ones...wow she is getting big!

Too cute to have twin socks! Rylee was so happy to have her "wittle" ones!

Ode to You!

I just wanted to share how grateful I am for the FriEndS I have made throughout my life. Some have been very close fRieNds at one time (I often feel very nestalgic for those times) and some where neighbors or acquantances through other people. No matter how they came into my life they had a great impact. At times I may have failed to let them know how much I appreciated their friendship, I hope not. Some of my friends out there are going through some very difficult times. They are an Inspiration to me. They handle their trials with such grace and gratitude to Heavenly Father. So HERES TO YOU! All of you lOvEly laDieS and fRieNds who read my blog. I am so gRatEful for you, your FriEndsHip, and your eXaMple.

thAnK yOu for sharing your blogs(&lives) with me!

tiS tHe seAson!

MMM...being PTA president, Primary President and having my computer crash is proving to be a little much! I am sad to say my Christmas cards will not be going out this year. So I wanted to wish you all a Happy Holiday. I hope my card will be missed and you will look forward to next year! (i know my cards are not that spectacular...i am just saying)

Here is our family snap shots this year so you can all see how some of us have changed and some have not(maybe a little wider)!

We made our annual trip to Salt Lake for my birthday. We started the afternoon off with a yummy lunch and TGI's. Thanks to Maridee they even sang Happy Birthday for me. We then rode the train to Salt Lake. Rylee kept saying dis fun...mommy dis fun? daddy dis fun? broder dis fun? It was fun I would recommend it! We then went to see A Christmas Carol, it was quite scary, but we enjoyed it! We then went to temple square. We look forward to it each year! It was beautiful as always! After riding the train home Roger and the kids made gooey hot fudge brownie sundays! What a great day!

I am so grateful for my wonderful family and friends! Especially this time of year I am reminded of how blessed I am!

I hope your holiday is filled with the peacefulness of that special night, the fun of good food and presents and a prosperous New Year.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

WOW! A busy 30 days!

We loved Halloween and enjoyed the warm weather! Here are some pics of our zombie Cheerleader, Little Red Riding hood & the cutest Tinkerbell ever!


Rylee had her 2nd birthday November 2nd. We can't believe she is two already. We love her so much we had no plan to have her so late in life(we are old you know), but we wouldn't know what to do with out her!

These pictures were taken after her nap...


Rylee moved into her big girl bed today! I am not sure she is ready and I am deffinately not ready, but Madee has hated sleeping downstairs and could not wait to get the bunk beds back. Rylee seems very excited so hopefully she will adjust and be able to stay in bed!

I can't believe how fast October flew by...I wish November would slow down! I am having a hard time keeping up. I hope you all had a fun filled Halloween!

hA ppY biRthdAy mAdEe!

October 6th was Madee's 9th birthday! She is so awesome! We had a great week before celebrating all the October birthday's in our family in Disneyland! What great fun!

We are so proud of Madee. She is a great sister and friend. She is so smart and such a joy to have in our family!

We Love ya Madee!

Wow! Back to School time is busy! I can't believe we have been back almost a month! I thought I would show you where I spend a lot of my time. I have definitely seen a drop off of students thanks to the economy, but I am so grateful for the kids that I do have. We are having so much fun!

Little Preschool on the Corner!








Here is a picture of Rylee in her backpack, it is as big as she is! She is too young for preschool, but loves it! She likes to act like the big kids. Luckily she hasn't turned into a terrible two monster yet(maybe she won't!)



I had planned on doing preschool for about 5 years, now I am in my 12th year! I feel so blessed, it is great to be able to do something I enjoy and that is so good for my family!
Hope you are all enjoying back to school!