Life is Busy.

Holy Cow... I have not blogged in over a month.
Why do I do that?
Or should the question be..."Why don't I do it?"

Things in the "Schmoll World" are busy.
There is always lots going on....but I have to admit
most of it just does not seem "Blog-worthy".

Emily is LOVING the high school experience.
She is always busy with projects.... which means that WE are always busy
helping with projects.

Her latest one was a scale model of the EIFFEL Tower....
made out of toothpicks.....yep, you read that right.

How crazy are we for taking that on...
CRAZY....but it came out AWESOME.



Isn't it awesome. (the sprite can was set there so you could see how big it is).


Jake is loving 7th grade. His report card proves it. He is an A student as well and is very dedicated. (Although sometimes I have to remind him of that...hahaha).

Jake's "down-time" is spent on x-box, and the computer. He is a you-tube fan and LOVES to watch music "stuff". He has a ridiculous knowledge of songs. His friends call him "i-tunes".

Jake's new obsession is in-line skating. He skates with friends every weekend.
He is also returning to his baseball team for the 5th year.

As far as Rowdy and I are concerned..... most of our time is spent at work...and driving kids to and from activities. Like most parents we live in the car playing
chauffeur.

Well- I am out of time... it is time to get ready to pick Emily up from her Jazz competitions..... back to the car !

See what I mean--- not really "blog-worthy".... oh well.....
it can't all be exciting .
Chat soon!

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.

"Winter Formal 2012"

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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!!!!

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 :)