2015 Memories

Our friend gave us these really cute and fun cards in a New Years Eve basket so I thought I'd share some of our answers on the blog so we don't forget some of our favorite memories from 2015!

Most Memorable Trip of the Year:
Joey and I both said going to Yellowstone.  Waking up to Owen riding his bike around the campground in his PJs, making breakfast on the camping stove with the boys, swimming in the river where the cold water met the hot water, seeing "those things that shoot water", and the coyotes howling at the moon, it was a very memorable trip!  

 

 

 



Best Movie of the Year:
We both really liked The Man From U.N.C.L.E.  I don't usually like movies that Joey likes and we both really liked that one!  :)

Hardest You Laughed This Year:
We both remember laughing REALLY hard on our last day at Yellowstone when we were driving around looking at wildlife.  We were pulling over because Joey saw a bear, which turned out to be a tree stump, and ten cars pulled over behind us.  Then we started talking about different things you could do to confuse tourists and we couldn't stop laughing!  

 

 



Day This Past Year You'd Live Over and Over:
We both thought the long days in Butte Meadows with coffee by the fire in the morning, tennis with the boys, creek time in the afternoons, and fires at night made for some pretty repeatable lazy days!  Daydreaming about our future cabin throughout the days up there definitely is included in the fun.  :)  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Biggest Lesson Learned This Year:
Don't be the Pharmacist in Charge at a hospital pharmacy.  hehe  That may not have been my exact lesson but a lot of lessons sure came out of that role!! 

Favorite Song of the Year: 
It is almost impossible for me to pick a favorite song because I love so many!  We were pretty into Kacey Musgraves this year--we put her CD in the van on the way to Yellowstone and it is still in there.  That says a lot!  We also love the music from the show Nashville!  Also, the new Eric Church CD--Mr. Misunderstood-- has been on repeat at our house this last month!  :)

Best Thing You Did for Someone Else This Year:
I thought Joey's Nativity Scene was a great donation to our church and community.  He spent at least 40 hours of his time on that and I thought it turned out so great!  Now we all get to enjoy it for many years to come!



Favorite Holiday Memory: 
Christmas morning had a lot of magic this year with both boys SUPER excited about opening presents!  :)



Best Piece of Advice:
It was hard for me to decide if I should keep working or be at home with the boys--and so many people gave me this advice and I think it has a lot of truth:

 

A few other quotes/words of advice that stood out to me this year:

 

 

 

 

 




Best Moment of the Year:
It is so hard to choose one!  We couldn't!  Getting to move into our house in April was a great moment for me!  Not the actual moving part, but getting the keys and getting to enjoy this house for the last 8 months has been so awesome!  Buying our lot in Butte Meadows was a pretty fun moment that will be the source of many more best moments I am sure!  Finding out I was pregnant with Baby #3 was a great moment, although now that I've been pregnant two times before I know that realistically it also means 3 months of feeling sick, followed by 6 months more of being pregnant, so I think I'll save that favorite moment for two weeks from now when we have our little #3.  :)  Getting to do a family vacation at Northstar and watching Owen ski was a fun moment forsure!  And finally, I know it is cheesy, but Owen and Levi provide us with little best moments every day with the little things they do, from making us laugh out loud to sneaking in our bed just before we get up.  :)  We are blessed with so many best moments and look forward to many more to come!

Baby Update

My C-section is scheduled for January 14th at 7 AM!  We have another breech baby which made the decision to stay in town and have another c-section a lot easier.  I wonder if this baby will be more like Owen since they were both breech?!

With the c-section scheduled for January 14th we are on our final countdown!  I have an app on my phone that I only look at ten times a day and it always still says the same amount of days away.  :)  Except for 7AM--then it changes...  I'm super excited to transition into the next phase of not being pregnant (YAY--I can bend over and pick something up without getting hot and bothered) and getting to hang out with our new baby!!  

Not knowing if it is a boy or a girl keeps me going.  I still can't decide what I "want" which is a good position to be in.  Three boys would be WILD and fun and I can imagine a lot of adventures  But then I am so interested to see what a little Schad girl would be like...especially under the influence of two CRAZY brothers.  Probably a lot of adventures!  haha!  It will be super fun either way and we are all excited for the arrival of our new little family member!

My addicting countdown app.  :)

We've been making the best of our cold mornings and doing more art projects and puzzles.  There is something about winter that is good for slowing us down and not always being on the go.  The boys got a lot of art supplies for Christmas and it has been really fun to get to play with it all!  

Mornings with Levi when Owen goes to Peggy's.  Concentrating hard on the scribbles.

He'd ask me "how many mom" referring to I don't know??  So I'd say a number and then act like he's seriously writing it down.  More scribbles...:)

"I read the bup to Maya!"

Showing her the pictures upside down but I don't think Maya really cares...  And I don't think she can see anyway with all that hair!

Owen and I completed this James puzzle the other day while Levi was still sleeping.  No corner pieces or flat edges--it was hard!  :)  We were BOTH pretty proud of ourselves when it was completed!

Organizing cup drawers is part of the game when your baby is due in two weeks!  I won't rest until our drawers are organized.  We are going to have the most organized drawers in town by the time this baby gets here!  :)

Merry Christmas!

We had a very fun Christmas and were thankful to Kyrstin and my parents for making the trip up to Quincy on Christmas day to celebrate with us!  

Owen and Levi were absolutely WILD all week in excitement of the big day!  Wilder than usual even.  The snow and the daycare parties and the build up of presents under the tree just made for a crazy week!  I think Christmas day lived up to their expectations and it was extra fun to have Calvin, Grandma, Grandpa and Aunt K visit on Christmas day too!  

Christmas Eve we woke up to snow!  Snow angels!

Lots of fun playing in the snow in the backyard--I think Maya liked it the most!

When we took this picture we didnt' say--okay, everyone be crazy!  It kind of just happened--but I think it turned out perfect!  Christmas week is CRAZY--so how perfect to have a crazy picture?!

This one is supposed to be a normal family picture--but Owen can't contain himself!

I think Owen is saying YES! in every picture!  haha!

My belly is getting bigger!!  Less than 3 weeks to go until we get to meet our new little one!

All three of my boys!  :)

Matching PJs!  The best shot I could get of them was from behind--but that's cute too!  :)

 

These guys got up at 6 and were so excited that Santa had been to our house the night before!

Fun playing with new paints!

"This is better than sledding--it's like taking a sledding roller coaster!"  The boys were satisfied with the snow in the backyard this time for our "sledding adventure" which was kind of nice.  :)

The SunMeadow models!

Bedtime stories with Grandma

Levi could have played "who's at the door" all day with Grandma!

Snow fun!

Merry Christmas!!

Getting to open presents from Grandma and Grandpa--they were a little excited about it!

My first time cooking a turkey and all the fixin's.  The day before I made the pumpkin pie and prepped the turkey to brine overnight in lots of goodies.

The stuffing additions were so pretty I had to get a pic as I was making them! 

Sisters!

Cooking a turkey is not easy!  The night before we watched the pioneer woman and decided to follow her ways of roasting a turkey.  It was a 2 step process and after the 1st step my turkey was done--at like 11 AM instead of 3 PM!  What?  I hadn't even put the butter and herb rub all over it and basted it every 30 minutes!  I was happy that I knew I was having easy guests...  And by a Christmas Miracle it turned out just fine!

Sitting down for dinner--it was so fun to have Kyrstin, and my parents up to celebrate Christmas day in Quincy!

First in line!  For my first time cooking a turkey dinner and all the sides I think it turned out great!

Even the boys liked it!

I don't think I've posted about my welcome sign yet!  I asked Joey for a piece of wood to make a welcome sign for our porch and he milled this and brought it home for me.  It fit perfectly and I love it!  It is really cool up close with all the bark still attached to the wood.  So far we've just added a paper cutout of "welcome" until we either paint it on or find something more permanent--but I love it!

Joey's lights were SO pretty this year!  In case I don't get one of them all on at night here at least is one of them during the daytime.  Lots of white lights everywhere!  And the ornaments off the porch looked so cute!