My Funny Valentine

Every year we have a spaghetti dinner on Valentine's Day. Why is that?..you might ask. It is red and white...duh. The beverage of choice on this day of love can only be strawberry milk :) Are we festive or what?

Way to chow it down boys! Yikes. Eat up girls! I just love showing off their table manners. It makes a mama proud. (I promise...they usually take human sized bites)

Sledding with the Schramm's

Filippo coming down the mountain. Bridgete and Jenny riding the tubes down the mountain. Evan - love the expression :) Spencer and Daddy flying down the mountain. Somehow, they would always end up backwards. It was a beautiful day. We went to a snow park that is on the way to Reno. The kids look forward to it every year!

Look Mom....I am riding my bike!!!

Can't you see the pride in his little face? He was so excited to get rid of those darn training wheels. Everyday he asks Dad to go riding. Dave is the only one who can keep up!

Another picture of Spencer with Daddy running after him. I love this photo of them. Spencer had complete faith that Daddy wouldn't let him fall. And he hasn't let him down :o)

Jenny; Our Dancing Queen

This weekend, Jenny had a big regional dance competition. Her dance team at Elk Grove High is called Rythmical Madness. They didn't place in the hip hop category but took first in the large dance company category :o) She looked absolutely stunning, as you can see from the picture. We are so proud of the young woman she is.

When I grow up...

What do you want to be when you grow up?

I had to post this picture of Bridgete and my mother-in-law, Claudia...better known as Grandma.

Bridgete has always said that when she grows up, she wants to be a Grandma. Not a mom, not a nurse or a movie star, but a Grandma.

I asked her what she will do when she is a Grandma. She said, "I am gonna bake lots of nummy cookies and be nice."

I can't knock her for that! I also think that her saying that is such a sweet, precious compliment to her Grandma and Grammy.

January 25, 2008

We love Pez

PEZ!!!!

Ok, I thought I'd share one of Bridgete's favorite things to do. We have a box filled with Pez...over the years it has definitely added up. I think they are cute so I feel bad throwing them out.

Who knew it would be one of Bridgete's favorite things to play with. She lines them all up in a perfectly straight line. They are sooo close to eachother and yet she has never knocked one down. None of the other kids can do it. I knew her long skinny fingers would one day come in handy!

January 2008

Well, the Schramm family has finally gone high tech. I have enjoyed reading family and friend's blogs so much that I thought I would give it a try! Well, our 2008 has been full of sick family members. Dave was the first one to be sick and it has gone thru everyone except Jenny. Spencer has had croup for the past few nights...let's hope tonight he sleeps without barking. The other night he came in and said, "Mama, I think there is a frog in my throat." Poor guy! He has been absent from Kindergarten for almost a week. Dave is enjoying being a sheriff. He is back at the jail...he misses patrol. We do enjoy having him home a little bit more now. Bridgete gets so happy when he is home. Actually, we all are so happy when he is home. I sure do miss him when he is away, but as mothers know, I am always busy, whether it is with the kids, or homework, or running a taxi service, or cooking or church callings. There is always stuff going on. But it is all 'good' stuff and I wouldn't change anything for the world. We are truly blessed.