The Schemm's Visit

Last week Auntie Yvette & her daughter Nikki came to visit.

We so enjoyed spending time with them. I actually basked in some free time while they entertained the older girls and took care of all three girls to make a LONG date day and other outings possible!

Yvette summed up the trip perfectly in an e-mail she sent the day after she arrived home:

"My Top 10 Joyful Moments of the Trip"

1. Seeing Aspen's smile & holding her for the first time (Also getting to feed her. She is your first baby I was able to give a bottle to. Thank you for that! I loved holding her, seeing her giggle & burping her. Did I mention I loved holding her?

She is such a wonderful baby, just like Brinley & Avery)

2. Eating Leah's most favorite delicious carmel corn and having a great talk

around the carmel corn bowl.

3. Going to Graeter's, Chuck E. Cheese and the Water Park with Brinley & Avery

(thank you for allowing me to spend time with just them)

4. A NEW SWINGSET!!!

5. Avery saying "thankful game!" and always wanting to say the prayer.

6. Reading books with Brinley.

7. The reaction when the girls opened their gifts. Hearing Avery scream "IT'S SLEEPING BEAUTY!!!!" when she saw the book will forever be etched in my memory. So priceless.

Seeing them in their nightgowns was so cute as well.

8. Seeing firsthand the OSU mania.

Looking & laughing at every conceivable Buckeye anything at The Buckeye Corner Store.

9. Pink tulips. How did Leslie know those were my favorite?

10. My new microwave saucepan - I used it last night to steam cauliflower! It is wonderful!

We LOVE you guys!

March Stamp Club

March club night is on Tuesday, March 3rd at 7:30pm.

This month = "Good Friend" stamp set

Cosmo Glitter with heat & stick powder

Dry embossing , traditional embossing

What you will make & take home = these three projects shown in the large pictures.

***E-mail me at leahthestamper@yahoo.com if you want to attend this month!

Remember, Sale - A - Bration is still in full swing.

For every $50 you spend (including Decor Elements as shown HERE)

you will receive a free stamp set,

like the one I used to make these treat bags:

Below is a little Decor Element I placed above Aspen's crib.

It was only a few bucks and I may end up going with a larger design,

but they are sure cute, quick & cheap.

ALSO, if you order ANY amount of product via my web site HERE,

you will receive a FREE 2009 Idea Book & Catalog until April 30th!

My Water Babies

As I type the girls are having a fantastic time at an indoor water park with

Auntie Yvette & Nikki Schemm who are here from California for a visit! Yvette sent me this picture from her I-Phone.

Have fun girls!

Happy Valentines Day

Dear Mom,
The Cookie Decorating Party lives on and on and on!
This year we invited the Johnson, Haws & Christensen families.

Avery had managed to eat several bites of her cookie before the decorating began.

Go HERE to see last years party.

This is my good friend Ang as I call her. She is pregnant with baby #4 and it's a BOY,

his name is Cameron and he will join us in June.

I even take the ceremonial cookie pictures just like you did all those years and like

you STILL do each year at your cookie parties which we miss.

Nollie, Andy, Angie, Cody, Drew and Jen. Where was Cory (Angie's husband)?

Oh yea, he is a resident meaning he was at his home away from home, the hospital.

Then your sweetie pie son-in-law created this candy surprise for the girls early this morning before he left for work. When we opened the blinds they were thrilled with Daddy's creation and exclaimed "This is just amazing."

Before we rushed out the door to the gym I made some pink pancakes for breakfast for our Valentines breakfast!

Love ya Mom!

PS- The second Belize post was awesome. I loved all the pictures.

Go HERE to see them!

Hungry?

Sometimes lunch is simple...

peas & yogurt.

Simple is not in Avery's vocabulary...

so she created her own twist.

And this incredible double rainbow shed forth it's beauty that very night!

The Picture Link

They just added a few additional picture to the link below with the picture of Cody. If you don't see him the first time just click the link a couple more times until he appears!

Introducing...

my husband, click HERE, who I absolutely love for not only being an incredible radiologist but also for making our kids healthy dinners like this one a few nights ago.

Last night when I mentioned linking the OSU page to our blog

Cody said that if I did he would erase the post.

So just in case this post disappears you can blame it on the Mr. and hopefully this little explanation will deter him from further action.

Last Week Included...

* Lots of snow & cancelled school

*Gymnastics for Brinley, Kelly & Mckenna (every Tuesday)

*Illness for Aspen & Avery (croup to be exact)

*Stamp Club (every first Tuesday of the month)

*Ashli's bridal shower at Camille's Sidewalk Cafe

*Attended Ashli's Temple endowment session HERE

*Aspen up all night...still

*Tuesday morning playgroup for Avery at Rachel's

*Doctor's Hospital Spouse Support group HERE

*Triple Fit, Hard Core & Urban Iron.

*Wednesday morning playgroup here:

Thursday night after spouse group I had a meeting with our bishop who extended a calling to me to become a member of the

Relief Society Presidency as secretary taking over for Kiki!

Now folks I am off to spend a few precious moments with the love of my life who has been taking care of car crash victims today.

The Thankful Game

Each night as we sit around our dinner table we play "The Thankful Game,"

at which time we take turns sharing something we are

thankful for that day.

Our girls have come to love this little game.

Avery makes sure towards the beginning of most meals to proclaim with exuberance

"time for the fankful game."

This game also presents Cody and I with an opportunity to teach our girls

about people living in less fortunate circumstances.

Last night Brinley was thankful for water.

Cody then talked about families in places like Africa who have to walk many miles to obtain water, which is not clean like ours, and then they have to walk back home carrying

the water in big buckets on top of their heads.

Our church provides humanitarian aid to people throughout the world

every hour of every day.

Because we are all sons and daughter of a loving Father in Heaven we are also all brothers and sisters. We feel it a duty and privilege to do our best to help care for all of God's children.

To learn more about the Humanitarian efforts

of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day saints go HERE

Today I am thankful for my healthy legs & feet. I am also thankful that my daughter's club foot can be treated by Doctors with a technique that will completely correct it.