The Schmidts

While we were getting ready to move, our house was kind of boring without Sam's toys and our furniture and such. Lucky for us we had made great friends in Arkansas. The Zilinski's lived just next door. I was able to take Sam and Ana to the Library, the BX for lunch, and we hit the zoo on our last few weeks before leaving. We had been to the Zoo with Ana several times. Sam loved riding in her wagon. She was great to share her toys.  Sam could be entertained by a construction site all day long. He still cried when we left.  Ana had a horse -- oh Sam was in heaven!                                               Checking out the Lion at the Zoo.                             ...

WE LOVE VISITERS! We were so excited for Mom and Dad Schmidt to come and then my mom. What a special treat! Mom and Dad Schmidt came Friday and left Monday. We fed them dinner along with the Sister Missionaries Friday night. Saturday we made the drive to the Blanchard Caverns. We got to tour it again with them -- Sam was so excited to ride the green school bus again. Saturday night while Dad and Justin went to the Priesthood session, Mom and I caught up on Saturdays General Conference. On Sunday we enjoyed General Conference all together. I always receive direction and am uplifted. It is such a blessing to have prophets and apostles today who Christ uses to guide and direct His church. I can't remember when we did these other activities, but we did them. We went to Justin's work and got to see the C-130J simulators from the outside. It's kind of crazy to watch a huge box on hydraulics moving around. Justin explained and taught us more about the C-130J. It's always fun t...

Our little guy is growing too fast. I tell him to slow down often. Although it is so much fun to see all that he is learning and how much he grows. For his birthday we opened presents throughout the day and definitely played outside. Thank you all who helped make Sam's day special.  Sam and I read this book at least 5 times, he loves it - from Uncle Justin and Aunt Lindsay  He was excited for sunglasses that actually fit - too bad we've already lost them.  Josh and Melanie brought over an awesome gift and joined us for the singing and blowing out the candles. Sam knew exactly what to do.  His birthday was on Thursday. The next Tuesday we threw him a party. It was going to be outside at a park, but a storm was rolling in so we switched it to our house last minute. Last minute being after we had set it all up at the park and a few people had showed up. Ha ha, But it worked really well at the house. We had pizza, with a fruit and veggie tray, then cake of c...

I was watching Sam and Anna, when they both came up missing. I went up stairs to find them reading a book together on the lazyboy -- so cute!  Sam loves to cook with me, and yes it's always a bit messy. Why not add cars to our rolls? Sidewalk chalk has been a favorite since the weather has been warming up. :)