A Week Late - Happy Easter!

I know this is a week late, but Happy Easter from the Schulze's!

Summation of Life These Days

These two pictures sum up life these days.

Sweetness

Sass

Sweetness and Sass...  Man I love these two kids!  Being their Mom is the absolute best job in the whole entire world!  Too bad hugs and kisses do not pay the bills, because I'd be monetarily rich, not just rich in love!

It is going to be so hard to go back to a full time job and have these kids back in childcare!  I am having the time of my life hanging out with them more often!

Update

Life has changed a bit since the last post.  I have a little more time on my hands right now as I am currently not working, so I figured I would pick this little blog back up on occasion!

Eddie finally lost both front teeth!  Libby was pretty excited about it!

I lost my job at the beginning of February and am now working on finding a different job that will allow me to spend as much time as I can with these two little kids!

William is working a little further away from home than previously, so I hope that I can find something close to home and that works with their school schedule.

I know the right job is out there for me!

Flowers or Weeds?

Eddie picked me some "flowers" on Sunday from around the outer garden.  I kept telling him that they are weeds, but he was adamant that we put them in the house on the table because the "flowers" were beautiful.


Shortly after, both kids picked my two remaining tulips and brought them in as well. And it turns out, I think the "weeds" are prettier than the tulips...


I guess I needed to be reminded of how we judge things based on society's standards - and they are not always right.  I hope he picks me some more "flowers" this weekend!

Clothesline Fun

One of my favorite things to do when I was little was run through the damp sheets on the clothesline when I was a kid. 


Now my kids are getting to enjoy the same.

October 23, 2015

Checking out the low river

October 21, 2015

Crazy Eddie!

October 19, 2015

Bowling with the family!

October 14, 2015

Edward loves hummus!

September 30, 2015

Edward (or Elmo?) and Elizabeth playing nicely together.

September 22, 2015

Eddie had a tantrum during Sunday School class, so he got a little one on one time with his Mom. 
Probably just what he wanted.  He has been going through an "only Mom" phase.  Only Mom can pour a glass of water...
Only Mom can change his diaper...  Only Mom can put him to bed... 

September 17, 2015

Edward in his favorite place - on a tractor!  Annual Fall Festival at church.

September 12, 2015

Happy Boy!

September 11, 2015

It's hard to come home from the lake... 
Edward had a really tough time and cried a lot!

September 2, 2015

No more thumb sucking for Edward!

Donut Friday

Not sure why I buy him a donut when this is all he eats of it!

Ice Fishing & Eddie

We spent the afternoon out ice fishing on Saturday. 


The first lake we headed to didn't seem to have any fish, so we headed to another one that was close.  Set up some tip-ups and then put up the portable shacks and started fishing. 


I was in our shack when I heard someone say my name and so I headed over to Bryce's shack thinking Eddie probably needed a diaper change.


I was wrong.

Eddie and Uncle Bryce - February 7, 2015

Turns out, he stepped into the hole and got wet!


Uncle Bryce and Auntie Leah had already stripped him out of his jacket, snow pants and boots and were trying to dry out his sock in front of the heater! 


Eddie was of course okay so I headed to find out if we had some spare clothing in the diaper bag and grabbed his extra pair of boots we had brought along.  He got to spend the rest of the day in the truck watching a movie or sitting in one of the heated ice houses helping us fish!


We did (well, William did) catch some pan fish, so last night he made up a big batch of fish for dinner with some fresh green beans and broccoli.  A delicious dinner made even better by the fact I didn't have to cook it!

Ice Fishing

Took a chance and went ice fishing this past weekend with the family. 


I haven't been ice fishing in YEARS...  But, I did have a fun time even though I didn't catch any of the fish. 


We met up with our Chiropractor and some of her friends on a little lake where the Rainbow Trout were huge!  And they were so fun to try to catch.  William caught two large ones (in addition to the three he had caught the day before!). 

William helping get a fish of the line.

Getting ready to put a waxie on the hook.

The delicious rainbow trout!

Elizabeth's snowman - named Strawberry Shortcake!

Eddie fell asleep on the way to the lake and so he stayed in the truck for the first hour or so and napped while Libby and Grandma Sue build an awesome snowman named Strawberry Shortcake!  Once Eddie woke up, they both had fun with their shovels and looking at all the fish that had been caught. 


It was such a fun afternoon.  Almost makes me want to go again...


And the trout was delicious!

Christmas Ornaments

A glimpse into our Christmas tree this year.  Nothing too fancy, but beautiful anyway.

The real tree - in our upstairs living room.

An ornament capturing the moment William asked me to marry him.

Homage to A Christmas Story

Elizabeth's high heeled shoe ornament. 

Elizabeth's Cinderella shoe ornament - it plays music...  And she likes to hear it often.

Ornament from William's Step Mother back in 2001 when we had our first home together.

Eddie's first ornament

Miss Elizabeth at 1 year old.

Mr. Edward - less than one year old.

One of William's ornaments from his childhood

Elizabeth's first ornament - made by me when she was less than a month old.

Me as a kooky child - so far the only ornament I have from my childhood.  I need to raid my Mom's tree for more!

Elizabeth's 5th Birthday Party

What a wonderful celebration we had this past weekend in honor of Elizabeth's 5th birthday. 


It was so good to gather with family and know that everyone there truly loves and cares for our beautiful little girl!  She is such a joy to have in our lives and I am so blessed to be her Mom!

Singing Happy Birthday

Our homemade carrot cake - with carrots from Auntie Stacy's garden this year.

We smoked a couple chickens and some ribs and had scalloped potatoes, roasted mixed vegetables, baked beans.  Simple yet delicious.  The best way to have meals.

Auntie Leann with the kids

Presents were thoughtful and she loved every single one of them!  Especially everything Frozen themed!  She is a huge fan and has seen the movie many times.  She is such a fan of Elsa that when I was listening to Idina Menzel's Christmas album in the car the other day, she heard it and said Queen Elsa was singing Christmas songs to us!  Now that is a devoted Queen Elsa fan to know her voice!
  



Opening one of her Frozen themed gifts!

Grandpa, Libby and Auntie Leann waiting to open gifts

Libby and Eddie relaxing after the party.