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 »