Lamph Family

Summer Fun

2010-07-13T15:31:00.000-07:00

We had a very busy start to our summer. We went to St. George for Father's Day. And can I say that they have the coolest parks ever. They have built in water parks. The kids had soo much fun. Even Nate!

Here is a picture of Travis playing with Nate. He loves his dad soo much...Daddy's little boy!

Even of Vacation to St. George - It is hard for me to get the boys to stop playing video games.

Sam Loves playing with the puppies at his Great Uncle Kirks house.

Here are our new puppies - yes I said puppies. We ended up getting 2 little girl boxer pups from Kirk - Princess and Lilly, so now I am not so outnumbered by boys. Just out numbered by babies.

Here is Nate meeting Grandma Moffitt for the first time. He like her house. And I sure enjoyed visiting with her. Sure wish I lived closer to her again.

Here are the rest of the boys with Grandma and Grandpa.

Oh and here is a picture of what started our weekend last weekend. Sam decided to entertain his brother by running and jumping into a pile of blankets and sleeping bags. Well he ran just right into his silky Army sleeping bag and right into the fire place. He hit his head hard enough that it split open. Looked really cool until I saw the blood.

So here is the staples that he got in his head - yup there are 3 of them. He was so brave though. Didn't cry once. He even saved his sucker to give to Lucas because he knew that Lucas liked orange suckers!

Here is our first trip in our pool. Nate really loved it - I actually had a hard time getting him out of the pool. Until he got cold that is.

Isaac was out there too - he just really hated the pool.

Oh and did I mention that Nate is my screamy kid. He screams at EVERYTHING!!

And here is Fred trying to get warm.

So, so far it has been a way fun summer. I think we are going to start camping, so I might be posting a few more pictures on here.

St. Patty's Day

2010-03-24T08:26:00.000-07:00

Yup - we made another Leprichan trap this year. Wasn't the most imaginative one that I have thought of, but at least the boys had fun. They really like painting. Plus they got some cookies when we caught the Leprichan this year.

Even Nate got in on the action - at least watching the action.

Like I said - not much, but it made great memories for the boys (I hope)

Lets catch up

2010-03-04T13:52:00.000-08:00

Okay - so I haven't been blogging for a while...but in my defense it has been a busy 7 months. We moved from Washington to Utah, found a place....Travis just found a job last month and now we are getting ready to move again (15 times in 9 years - but whose counting). At least this time we plan on buying.

Okay - so lets catch up. I want to introduce you to the newest member of the Schmidt Clan - or as his Parents lovingly call him Itty Bitty - or Isaac. These are the pictures I took the day they were sealed to this little miracle. He is so cute and is 3 weeks younger than Nate. Too Cute.
This is Bret with Isaac - they were looking at the same thing -then well - kids will be kids. They were sealed at the same Temple Bret and Lori were married in (Bountiful)

Here is the Cute Family - walking out of the temple right after the sealing. And of course Grandma Tonya loving on the baby (as always)

We celebrated Sam turning 5, Lucas turning 3 and my mom turning (well I leave that blank) right around the 19th of December - then Christmas - then in February Fred turned 7.

Here is an updated picture of Lucas - plus I was playing with my new lense for my camera.

You rarely find Sam not loving on Nate - he just loves this baby. And yes he is still wearing Army - just not as often (thank goodness for growth spirts)

Cute Baby being held by Handsome Daddy.

Fred playing with Nate - they are such good big brothers

Just a close up of the little guy - then again - he aint that little (already over 22 lbs.)

All 4 right at breakfast time - had to take a picture - they are just too cute

Fred blowing out his birthday candles at his party (and Yes Sam is trying to help)....he is getting so old

And this little number I made for my Aunt Brenda's Auction - go to www.brendanovak.com click on auction. It is an auction to raise money for Juvenile Diabetes. It will fit a baby around 0-3 months (I think).

Okay - so a bunch of pictures and little information - but what do you expect, I have a cyring baby at my feet (how he rolled over here - I'll never know)

TTFN

Nathanael

2009-07-18T15:11:00.000-07:00

Well on July 15, 2009 at 2:15 p.m. we welcomed Nathanael Travis into our family. He weighed 8lbs 13 oz and was 19 1/2 inches long. His brothers are soo excited to have him home. They are always asking if they can hold him and feed him - and they even ask if they can throw away his diapers. So cute.

This picture was a few hours after he was born.

this was after his first bath

just a cute picture

he rested his foot like this - I couldn't resist

Proud papa

and last - but not least a bunch of excited big brothers

4th of July

2009-07-06T16:13:00.000-07:00

Well for the 4th of July we had Travis' friend Peter come over and we had a bbq and we lit fireworks. It was really nice. And yes - we let the kids light off some of their own fireworks (under close supervision). They thought it was great and had a lot of fun!

We should find out later this week when we are going to have this baby (I hope). I am so done being pregnant! As soon as he is born - I will post pictures. Until then TTFN

Anyway - enjoy the pictures!

Just an Update

2009-06-23T08:39:00.000-07:00

Well, alot has happened that past little while. I decided that being pregnant was not enough. So on June 9th I decided to have the doctors take out my apendix too. Not kidding. I woke up in the middle of the night with a strange pain in my side that did not go away all day. It really hurt to touch it - so I decided to call the doctors office and go into the hospital to see what was wrong. Sure enough appendicitis. So they cut a nice 6" incision in my side and took it out. They left the baby to finish growing (after all I was only 35 weeks pregnant). Then they told me to go home and heal. I kinda laughed at them - but we are doing much better.

My mom was soo wonderful. She flew up to help me out and we spent a week sitting around and enjoying each others company. I felt kinda bad because I wasn't up for much more than going out for lunch. But it was sure nice to have her help. Even if Lucas wouldn't let her do much more than give him kisses. Travis, Fred and Sam flew down to Utah for his brothers wedding (as planned) especially since mom was here we figured it would be okay. And it was. The baby is still growing stronger and stronger everyday. Trust me, he is kicking right were the incision is. We should be finding out soon when they are going to take him. The doctors said that since I have had the surgery and that I won't fully recover until the baby is out that they will take him about a week early.

Oh and Fred graduated Kindergarten!! I am soo proud of that kid. He is so smart!

Anyway here are pictures from last week. Sorry that I haven't posted any for a while.

Fred and his grandma.

Sam with a cookie in his mouth with Grandma

Little Lucas with Grandma

Fred getting his Kindergarten Graduation paper.

Fred wearing his Cap for graduation.

Is it Sour enough?!?

2009-05-15T19:45:00.000-07:00

Okay - Fred Loves - I mean absolutely LOVES Sour things. So for Travis' birthday he bought himself some of those Sour War Heads. Fred begged and begged him to try one. So, Travis let him... Well the pictures speak for themselves.

At first it tastes good and then...

The sour kicks in...

Then the reaction of what the heck did Dad give me...

Then get it out of my mouth what am I supposed to do with this thing...

Water please!!! Almost a look of pain - but it was too funny not to make sure that I got pictures of it. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did watching his face, priceless!!

Mothers Day part 2

2009-05-13T09:25:00.000-07:00

We did stop up in the canyon and let the boys play throwing rocks into the river. They had a lot of fun. Plus, what kid doesn't like throwing rocks into water.

Mothers Day

2009-05-13T09:18:00.000-07:00

For Mother's Day we decided to Drive up to Mt. Rainier. It was a very long drive - and the pass that we took was still closed - so we turned around and found this drive-in got a shake and let the kids play in the park behind it. It was sure a perfect Mother's Day!

Here is Fred - being the little monkey that he is!

Sam and Lucas playing on the slide.

Next to the park was this musuem with railroad stuff - the museum was closed - but the kids could play on the railroad stuff they had out front - they had fun walking on the lines.

Just a perfect picture of Travis - I couldn't get him to smile so I took this one instead.

Just some cute pictures

2009-04-27T10:11:00.000-07:00

I got Fred and Sam sharing a swing - it was very cute. Fred and Lucas were doing the same - but I couldn't get out there fast enough with the camera to take a picture - maybe next time.

My Monkeys

2009-04-19T13:13:00.000-07:00

The kids have a tree that they try to climb - this is as much as I let them - so they turn into monkeys.

They Have fun!

Day at the zoo

2009-04-19T13:00:00.000-07:00

Well, we still had a pass left from when Mom and Dad Lamph came to visit us - so we went to the Seattle Zoo. It was an okay zoo. It is a 90+ acre zoo - but had more trees and shrubery than animals. I think I like the Hogle Zoo better. But we did at least get to see a Hippo.

Oh and we got to see a Dragon - a komodo Dragon that is!.

They had 3 hippos.

Oh and a blue frog too!

More from seattle - and Easter egg hunt

2009-04-15T11:59:00.000-07:00

Well, I did get a picture of the view - nice view.

The boys had way fun looking for eggs. Fred had to help Lucas get the hang of it though. Sam just had fun picking up the eggs - they were even more excited when we went in the house and they found out they were full of candy and toys!

More from Seattle - and Easter

2009-04-15T11:53:00.000-07:00

Here are 2 of the boys at the top of the space needle in Seattle. It was raining - alot. But it was fun. I was going to get a picture of Fred - but he was off playing with Grandma and Grandpa when I was taking pictures.

Here are some pictures of the boys from Easter Morning. Fred was soo excited - he got his own watch. He loves it - he even sleeps with it.

Sam thought it was cool that he got another spider man guy.

Lucas was excited about the Batman and Superman pj's - infact I haven't been able to get him out of them since Monday!

more from our trip to Seattle

2009-04-15T11:41:00.000-07:00

Well we went to the Sci-Fi museum. I got 2 pictures of some of the cool stuff they have until I was told that you can't take pictures of what they have displayed (lame I know) - But I got 2 cool pictures.

Yes - I got Captian Kirks chair - this was about the time I was told no photography.

This is a picture of Fred at the aquarium - they had an area for dress up - he is the only one that wanted to get dressed up.

Just a cute picture of the boys

Day at the aquarium

2009-04-15T11:14:00.000-07:00

We went to the aquarium with the Dee and Cindy where in town. It was so much fun.

We were looking at star fish here - you could actually touch them - I am not too sure if the kids actually liked to touch them - but they thought it was cool!

The Weekend

2009-03-30T12:49:00.000-07:00

Well, Friday night we had a family "Drive In" night in the front room. I bought the movie bolt and made some homemade caramel popcorn (and kettle corn from a bag for Fred). We set up the kids sleeping bags and pillows and we all sat around and watched the movie. Right after it was over, the boys all fell asleep. It was late - and they didn't sleep in. I should have taken them to their beds - but they had a blast! Plus they got to sleep in their sleeping bags in the front room. I think I just found a new family tradition.

Can we say bubbles please? I was doing the dishes and Sam and Lucas decided to hop up on a barstool and watch and then they played in the bubbles once I was done. They had a lot of fun and got soken wet. Good thing today is cleaning day!

The Tigger Costumes Lives On

2009-03-26T09:35:00.000-07:00

Well we had to take the Tigger Costume away from Sam a while ago (too small for him) Now it is Lucas' favorite outfit to wear. We bought him a Winnie the Pooh shirt so now he can be Tigger Pooh. He thinks it is soo funny and cute. He loves to wear the costume. I really think this was the best $10 costume that we bought for Fred 4 + years ago. I think it is really funny when he wears it and we go to the store. We get stopped constantly with people saying how cute he looks. And yes he does pull on the Tigger tail on the back.

I actually got the boys to pose for me on this one. They like it when I take pictures of them.

Oh did I mention that Sam traded the Tigger outfit for Army Dude outfit. He wears this outifit 4-5 times a week. Now I let him do this because I bought a couple of Army Dude outfits. He is soo cute and funny. And yes he is posing in this picture too.

Fred has become my little dare devil. Here he is jumping out of the swing. He normally is climbing all over the swing set. We have tried to get him to stop because he almost always kicks Lucas in the head. When Lucas is outside he is almost always on that swing. He is soo funny. Cute Kids!!!

Neal and Cali came to visit

2009-03-23T11:21:00.000-07:00

Well, Neal and Cali came to visit us. It was way fun. The Kids loved having them here (especially Aunt Cali). They had fun playing video games with them especially Guitar Hero.

Lucas just loved giving loves to Aunt Cali!

We went to Westport, WA while they were here and we saw 2 Sea Lions. But I only got a picture of 1. The Kids thought it was way cool. The only problem was it was raining at the same time. Talk about a bad time to go to the beach!

Fred was playing a balancing game on the wooden log.

The boys were playing chase the waves while dad stood by and watched. They also collected a bunch of shells. All in all it was a terrific visit. I can't wait to take the kids to the beach again (when it is not soo cold!)

St. Patricks Day!

2009-03-17T08:47:00.000-07:00

Well I thought I'd start a new tradition with the boys. I thought we would start making Lepricon traps. They had soo much fun. I had Fred cut out the poster board to size. Then I had all the boys paing it different colors of green. Then we went on a sacvenger hunt outside looking for some small rocks to paint Gold to fool the lepricons. Travis cleaned off the rocks and painted them gold while we painted popcycle sticks for a ladder. They had soo much fun. I can't wait until next year when we can do this again.

Oh and we "caught" a lepricon and he gave us gold "coin" candy to let him go. The boys really liked the candy.

FHE

2009-03-10T09:07:00.000-07:00

Well for Family Home Evening last night I had us decorate a Bunny Ginger Bread house that I bought at WalMart. The kids had soo much fun icing it and putting candy on it. They thought it was even cool that I let them start to eat the house. Kinda gross but they liked it. Boy were they sticky when they were done.

Crazy Teeth

2009-03-10T08:52:00.000-07:00

We took the kids to Charlie Safari the other day. Of course we let them play video games while there and they decided they wanted teeth (so did Travis). These are just some pictures of that. Sam got teeth too - he was just too tired to wear them.

But Sam did wear his sweat band.

Its A .....

2009-03-02T10:50:00.000-08:00

Well, we found out today that Baby #4 is going to be another BOY!!! Nathanael Travis. We are still due on July 11th (as far as I know). But here are some pictures of our little boy.

Just Hanging Around

2009-02-22T16:35:00.000-08:00

Well, I think this picture says it all. I caught Sam outside, just hanging out. He kept twisting imself up and then lifting up his feet and spinnng around. It was too funny not to share. I think the best part is that he was stuck too. After I told him to get down he said "I can't I'm stuck MOMM!" Just too funny.

This picture - well lets just say that Lucas wanted to play with Fred. So they both got Spiderman Costumes on. Lucas' was a little big for him though. I guess I need to find one that fits - or just wait and he'll grow into this one.

Some news

2009-02-18T12:43:00.000-08:00

Well, I did't think that I have been posting nearly enough photos - so here are some more. We took and got the entire family's hair cut on Monday - I think they all turned out really nice. Lucas and Sam wouldn't sit to get theirs cut until mommy did. But it all worked out.

Oh - bonus update - I have my ultra sound on March 2nd at 9:00 a.m. So hopefully we will see if we are buying more blue or some purple.

We bought guitar hero - and each of the boys have been loving beating the crud out of the drums - so I thought I'd take a picture of each of them doing it. Fred thinks it is soo cool - he also loves the singing part too.

He had fun - he is a little more careful than his brothers.

Here is my future Rock Star

This was my Valentine's present from Travis - I absolutely love them. They are chocolate pearls. And no mom - you can't have them.

More pictures from the Locks

2009-02-15T08:52:00.001-08:00

Here ar some more pictures from the locks that I wanted to make sure we shared with you.

The Locks

2009-02-15T08:41:00.000-08:00

Well yesterday we decided to go up to Ballard (north of Seattle) to the Locks. It was a pretty long drive for the kids, but it was fun. They got to run around once we got there - and there were a few boats that passed through the locks while we were there. What the locks are is an area where boats can pass through from Salt water to fresh water. The water levels are different so they pass through a lock to either raise or lower the boat. The boys thought it was pretty cool - for about a minute. Then they wanted to go off running some more. Can't really say I blame them - it was a long drive. Anyway - here are a few pictures from that trip.

This is the boys walking across the bridge to the really big lock (the one for freight ships and bigger ships.

Like I said they had a lot of energy - so they ran alot.

This is the lock opening so a boat (small one) could pass through.

Here is the boat.

Just an update.

2009-02-11T20:52:00.000-08:00

Alot of people have been asking me if I have found out what I am having yet - the answer is not til the first part of March will they do an ultra sound for me. So I will find out then - I know I am just as bumbed as everyone else. But we will find out (I hope!)

Also- just as an FYI Travis starts his MED board process February 24th - so we will be finding out soon what the military is going to do with him and his bad back. At the most it should only take 90 days for them to decide and then we will go from there. Now does this mean we will be in Utah to have this baby - I don't know. We will just have to wait and see what the board says. But I will keep all you informed.

Anyway off to the finer things in life.

The tell tell sign that spring is on its way is stores selling bubbles. Well I couldn't resist. So I bought some. Well I guess Lucas learned the hard way that you don't try to eat the bubbles!
You just blow them.

Okay, now all those that know Sam - knows he hates his hair spiky I mean absolutely hates it. Well for some reason today when I was doing his hair he wanted it spiky - go figure. But I thought it turned out way cute!!

Happy Birthday FRED!!!

2009-02-11T09:03:00.000-08:00

Well, we didn't do anything special for his cake - but I made his favorite. He even made a wish. It was very cute!!

We ended up taking the boys to Chuck E. Cheese's for dinner and games. They had soo much fun. Lucas really liked putting coins in the games and pulling the tickets. Fred found a soccer game to play and stayed there for about 20 minutes. Sam found a race track game that he really liked too. They had soo much fun!

I still can't believe that my baby is 6 now. They grow up soo fast.

I have no idea why he was making this face - but I thought it was priceless!! He liked his presents too. So it was a very good day.

Just me and my boys!!

Look What I Did!!

2009-01-30T22:43:00.000-08:00

Look what I did. The boys got a swing set from Santa Clause and I put it together today while Travis was at work. The kids had soo much fun playing on it that they didn't want to come in for 2 hours when Fred realized that it was past video game time.

Just some pictures

2009-01-27T23:18:00.000-08:00

This was soo cute. Sam and Lucas were "Babysitting" their stuffed animals on Lucas' bed. Too Cute!!

Can we say Bed Head?!?

This was too funny, Travis got down on the floor and the kids followed. They were actually all down facing the same way as he was, but Fred had to get up and then I was only able to get 2 boys at a time with dad.

It is amazing how "America's Funniest Home Videos" brings a family together.

January 17th

2009-01-17T22:19:00.000-08:00

No, we didn't fall off the face of the earth. Just been busy. We went down to visit family from the 4th to the 11th mainly for my favorite little brothers wedding reception. I have to admit it was the most beautiful reception that I have ever been too. Plus I think the couple were pretty dang cute too. The drive down was soo stinking long -but coming back up here to Washington was even worse. The kids were so done being in the car - and when it gets dark in Washington, it gets pitch black dark. I hated driving in it!!! But we made it alive and are doing well. We sure do miss our family back home in Utah. But hopefully if everything works out - we will be home in October. So everyone keep praying that everything will work out for us - please.

I am doing well. I have my next doctors appointment on the 26th. We will be setting up the ultra sound at this appointment. I am so excited to find out what this little one is going to be.

Lucas has become quite the busy body. As my mom puts it best - he is just busy. Sam is doing well with his potty training - he is a little stuborn though. So it has been a lot harder with him than it ever was with Fred. Fred is enjoying school. He still thinks the bus is stinky though.

Well I guess that is all for now - Hopefully I will post some pictures tomorrow. I left my camera in Fred's room and I don't want to wake that light sleeper by going in to get it. So until then.

The Snow

2008-12-24T18:39:00.000-08:00

Well it snowed here - a lot. We talked to the neighbor across the street and he said in the 20 years he has lived here - he as never seen this much snow this fast. The kids have had some fun in it. The only problem with it is that it snowed then rained then snowed again. So when the kids walk through the snow they stomp through ice first.

the boys birthday

2008-12-17T09:54:00.000-08:00

Since we were celebrating their birthday's together we cut the cake and put candles on their individual pieces.

Just a picture of their cake

Luke had more fun tearing off the paper - it took Daddy playing with the guitar for him to realise what it was.

Sam had a lot of fun with presents too - So did Lucas

We saw Santa

2008-12-07T13:05:00.000-08:00

Okay, well we went to Travis' work Christmas party and I got him to sit on Santa's Lap, and I have the pictures to prove it too. Travis also talked another Sgt. into joining him (kind of a dare - if you do it I'll do it). I think it is funny. Santa was a good sport about it too.

Anyway - we did get the kids to sit on Santa's lap too and he even gave them some presents. It was a fun evening. OH they got some play guns from Santa - luckily Lucas broke 1 and Sam threw the other 2 away once the 1st one got broken. So I don't have them in my home anymore. Anyway - it was fun! Plus I think they got a really good Santa for this party!

We are coming home for a visit

2008-12-03T09:16:00.000-08:00

Hello - we are coming back to Utah for a visit this January. My little brother is getting married and so we are coming down. We should be there from January 4th to the 11th. I am really excited to see everyone - plus I get to see my little brother (and his bride). I am so excited. I grew up with 3 brothers now I have have 3 sister's-in-law. So exciting!!

Anyway - so plan on seeing us this next month.

Grandma came to visit

2008-11-28T21:25:00.000-08:00

Well, my mom and dad came up to visit for Thanksgiving - it was soo much fun!! We didn't do a whole lot because, well, Travis and I still don't know of a whole lot to do. Plus the kids are still a bit too young to do too much. We did make it up to Pike's Place (a fish market in Seattle). We showed my folks the base. We went and saw a movie - and basically hung out around the house. Like I said - we couldn't do too much, the kids are still too young. But I had a great time just visiting with my parents.

Anyway - this is a picture I actually took of Grandma reading stories. Story time is one of the rare times that the kids will just sit there. They love to read.

Oh and guess who decided it would be funny to color themselves - oh and the bathroom too. That's right Fred come on down - you have just won the right to scrub the bathroom with all your colorings including - plus an extra special present of a mom cleaning off all the crayon off your face before you have school. And to think - he thought he was being funny and sneaky!

Lucas' Big Boy Bed

2008-11-17T15:06:00.000-08:00

Well, Lucas got a big boy bed. He absouletly loves it!!

Sam's Potty Training!!

2008-11-17T09:30:00.001-08:00

Well, guess what - Sam has decided that he wants to be a big boy and use the big boy potty!! We are soo excited (and kind of releaved!). But he had fun playing with the pullups at bed time!

Ben 10

2008-11-17T08:59:00.000-08:00

Well, Ben 10 was at the PX so we took the kids to see him. Sam was too scared to stand by him. Lucas thought he was the coolest thing ever.

My House

2008-11-07T12:04:00.000-08:00

This is my cute blue house. It was actually not raining today - SO I took a picture while I could.

This is my big kitchen - it may look small, but it is bigger than any kitchen that I have ever had. There is a cupboard door that broke once we moved in that we need to fix (hence the open door) and yes we do have a coffee pot - to make our hot chocolate and herbal tea - we decided to go that way instead of a tea kettle on my stove.

This is looking from the front door into the kitchen/dining area - I even have a bar and stools for the kids to sit up to to eat breakfast!!

Here is my cute - but small - family room. It has a pellet stove that really warms up the hole house. We have only had it on when someone is in the front room with the boys.

Like I said - I like my house - it is cute, small - but perfect for me for now.

my back yard

2008-11-07T11:43:00.000-08:00

Here is the boys eating cookies outside in their back yard - they think it is soo cool!!!

We let the kids paint

2008-11-07T10:48:00.000-08:00

Our landlord let us paint - so we did. She even bought the paint for us. So we let the kids help paint their rooms. Well sort of - we let them do just a brush stroke or 2 - made them take turns - then we took over.

Sorry - but here is some of Halloween

2008-11-07T10:17:00.000-08:00

Sorry that I have fallen off the face of the earth. I thought I would post some pictures from Halloween. We went to a halloween party and the boys dressed up as Batman and a Skeleton. For Halloween - Lucas went as Superman, Fred went as Spiderman and Sam went as a GI Joe wearing some of his dad's stuff.

We Made it to Washington

2008-10-14T08:52:00.000-07:00

Well, We made it to Washington. It was a very long 2 day drive to get here. The original path to get us here - I-84 - was closed. We didn't know how long it would take for the snow to pass so that we could take the route - so we turned around and went back to I-15 through Pocatello, ID. So it added a few hours to our drive. Thankfully we had portable dvd players and the ever so helpful Star Wars videos - so it helped keep the kids entertained.

The base here is really neat - talk about a step back in time to the 1800's. The buildings on post are old - really old. We are actually staying on post in the base lodging - but it is a 1 bedroom cabin. So the kids get to be as loud as they want and it is okay.

Unfortunately, now that we are here, we have to start finding a decent place to live. But I guess that is exciting too. I just hope the kids will last long enough for us to find a place to live.

I will post some pictures later today and tomorrow as I have time to take some.

Friend get together

2008-10-08T13:34:00.000-07:00

Well this past Sunday, I was able to round up some old friends for one last "how are ya" before I head up for Washington. It was fun. We met at my old elementary school, Oquirrh Elementary. Susa, Helinfield, Esther, Kim and Michelle came. It was fun visiting and being reminded of some things we did as kids. I took Luke with me, he had a lot of fun just playing around the play ground. Oh and I didn't just let him hang there - he didn't even panic for me to help him. He was just having fun - hanging out with his mom.

Travis is HOME!

2008-10-05T06:31:00.000-07:00

Well, Travis is home. He arived home yesterday (Saturday) at 4:20. And for the first time since being gone, his plain was not only on time - but early. Which meant that He was waiting for us for once. Pretty cool. But he does not have to go back to Georgia - at least not for a few months. He has to go back for more training once he makes Sgt. But I'll take him being home for now.

The only sad part to him being home is that means we have to get ready to move away from our family. The exciting part is that we are going to be a family and get to explore a hole new area. Kind of a bitter sweet thing. But so are most things that are good in life.

Oh and we finally get a Schmidt family photo taken. The last time we had a family photo taken was before my mom and dad moved to Mississippi - which was about 5-6 years ago. And now 5 1/2 grandchildren later we are going to get one taken. Sorry, just pretty excited about this one.

I'll keep everyone posted on how the move goes - oh and how Washington is for us. Oh did I mention the best part about this move - I don't have to touch a thing. We are having movers move us. I am soooo excited. I hate moving - even though this makes move 14 for me in my 8 years of marriage. (ugh)

Harvest Festival

2008-09-29T14:29:00.000-07:00

Well this past weeked was our family's Harvest Festival over at my mom and dads. My parents grow all sorts of squash and pumpkins for the grandkids to come over and pick. We give a little harvest treat to eachother in our baskets that my Mom adds a different bell to. The kids get to paint something fun - this year it was wooden masks of a pumpkin or a ghost. It was a lot of fun.

I will miss this tradition - but will have to do something with my boys once we move.

Fred's Last Soccer Game

2008-09-19T12:43:00.001-07:00

Fred had his last soccer game last night. I think that he really likes playing. He is really good at defence. Especially when his own teammate is going the wrong direction.

September 19

2008-09-19T12:35:00.000-07:00

Well we have an update for everyone. We are moving to Fort Lewis, Washington. We have to be there on October 13th - so we are leaving on the 12th. I would not say I am excited about the long drive - but I am excited about the move. We have been waiting for this move for a very long time.