This is our blog. A journal for us to share our daily lives with the people that we love and who love us. Enjoy the silly, sappy and usually unpredictable tales that make us say.....It's a Schmoll world.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Happy Birthday Emily

I can't believe she is 15. Can you????

Emily had a fun filled Birthday weekend. She was busy, busy, busy!

Her celebration started off with an award ceremony for school. She was nominated and received an IPA (Important Person Award) for her strong academics and her outstanding citizenship in the Freshman class. (so proud of her!!!)

Next she celebrated her birthday with her Pep Band buddies.... she performed at the varsity basketball game. The band kids all wore top hats and sunglasses in honor of Emily's birthday. After the game they sang to her and shared a giant cookie cake.



Her birthday celebrations continued with a Winter Formal. We spent the day getting hair done, followed by pictures , dinner and an evening of dancing with her friends.



**** click on the "winter formal" **** to view LARGER Photos
Finally we had the chance to celebrate as a family with a good Chinese dinner and a cheesecake and presents.
Emily- You are such a beautiful and amazing young woman.... and I hope you had a memorable birthday (all 4 days of it ;)

Love you so much!!!!

Monday, January 16, 2012

Still just muddling through.

I have not posted anything on my blog in two weeks. I hate that. I hate that I have not kept my promise (to myself) to document things daily...or at least every other day.
Well. The truth is that things are just sort of hum drum around here.

School is going well for the kids...both of them got STRAIGHT A's on their report cards...(WOOOOHOOOO). Both of them get great reviews from all their teachers... they are great kids!

Work for Rowdy is the same as usual. Busy,Busy,Busy. The people he works with frustrate him, Eddie is still the best part of his job...(the hairy beast).

My job is wonderful. I get tired, sometimes bored and irritated, but all in all I love it. Just about every day some little person wraps their arms around my waist and smiles up at me.... it makes my job worth while:}
I also love the girls I work with. They make the day FUN every day...I laugh really hard every single day...sometimes with my coworkers...sometimes AT them :)

I guess we are just muddling through....not in a bad way...
I think it is actually pretty good when there is not much to blog about.
Right?

Ok That is it for now.... More soon....I promise :)