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Category Archives: family

happy birthday sweet girl!

Annalise, my sweetie sweets, is ONE. I seriously have no idea how this year went by in a flash, even more so than EmeryView full post »

birthday balloon wakeup call

Tuesday morning, all of us busted in to ambush Annalise with balloons + singing for her birthday. She was quite confusedView full post »

welcome to the world!

On July 27, 2020, we welcomed Annalise Kathleen in to the world. As happened with her brother, she was nameless forView full post »

easter 2020

Easter 2020 was a strange one! With COVID-19, we obviously didn’t go to church or to be with our families. WeView full post »

final goodbye

On December 22, 2019, early in the morning, my mom took her last breath, surrounded by my dad + my Aunt Carolyn. My momView full post »

hospice – learning to say goodbye

Here are a few thoughts during the last month of my mom’s life on earth. 11/19/2019Mom has been in the hospitalView full post »

brave shave

We went to Shawnee to be apart of the shaving of my mom’s head, just days before her 64th birthday. It didn’View full post »

ovarian cancer

On April 24th, my mom received the diagnosis of ovarian cancer by her OB/GYN. The next day the family met up at OUView full post »

Meet Emery David!

On October 14th, at 5:44pm, Emery David Schmidt came into this world, 4 weeks early! Here is Emery’s birth story!View full post »

we’re having a baby!

We’ve been holding in a little secret for 27 weeks! Coming this November – baby Schmidt. 🙂 We areView full post »

meet baxter

m e e t   b a x t e r | our rescue boxer For several years, we have tossed around the idea of getting a boxer. WeView full post »

meet lucy + tanner

m e e t   l u c y  + t a n n e r | miniature schnauzer puppies My nephews received Lucy + Tanner for Christmas.View full post »

thanksgiving

Going into our third year of marriage, we had made the decision to stop driving back to Oklahoma for Thanksgiving. ItView full post »

family time

When we were in debate mode about moving back, one thing that was a huge pull for us is being near our families. WeView full post »

going home

Anthony + I had three goals when we left Oklahoma back in 2005. Get a Masters + PhD Get an amazingly cool job Move backView full post »