Friday, August 14, 2009
Have Joy Give Away
Hey! I'm doing a scripture case giveaway on Have Joy! YAY!!
Click HERE to enter!!
Give away closes Thursday, Aug 20 at 10 pm PST.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Let's Talk About Sex
Interested in participating?
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Monday, June 22, 2009
Happy Birthday Baby
It's my Bubba's birthday!! I can't believe she's 2. CLICK HERE for my little birthday tribute to her.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Mother's Day 2009
Friday, May 8, 2009
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Easter Sunday
(shout out to Sam's Aunt Deanne who sells these dresses. Super cute.)
(Talk about a good time. These two had lots of fun together)
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Check it
My little Have Joy blog has been feeling very neglected lately. I'm sorry, Have Joy. I have been ignoring your needs. I will ignore them no longer.
I am making a goal to post something new (and hopefully remotely entertaining) Monday through Friday on Have Joy. Starting today.
So if you're feeling crazy, or bored, or intrigued, or hungry, or angry, or antsy, or happy, or irritated, or tired, or confused, or curious, or ashamed, or enlightened, or like you have to go to the bathroom (especially if you have to go to the bathroom), then you should go check it out:
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
I wonder where I get it?
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Birthday Time!
Friday, March 6, 2009
Rita Rocks My World
Tears running down my face. I can't breathe.
Please check out THIS POST by my sister, Calee, to see why I love my mom so freaking much.
She is awesome.
Go Rita.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Loves
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Taylen's Trick
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
UTAH
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Brooke Loves Me
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Monday, January 26, 2009
Sweet Taylen
The lights were off, and I was rocking Ryah in my arms and singing softly to her, like I do every night before I put her in her crib. She was cuddling her blanket, and humming along with my song. Then I kissed her, told her I loved her, and put her softly in her crib.
I turned around and Taylen was standing in the doorway watching us. I walked out of Ryah's room and Taylen said,
"I have a little tear in my eye."
She was wiping away a tear, and I sat down by her and asked her what the matter was, and she said,
"That was so cute."
My sweet three year old had tender little feelings in her heart from watching a sweet moment with Ryah. Such tender little feelings that it even made her a bit emotional.
And it definitely warmed my heart, and made me so thankful for small, quiet moments like that with my children.
Sweet little thing.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Sunday Clothes
Saturday, January 24, 2009
My Past Life
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Yup. It was me.
Apparently I'm not good enough singing with my mouth open to get me anywhere, but singing with my mouth closed is an entirely different story.
And it seems I have a talent for finding new (and more public) ways of embarrassing myself all the time. This one will be hard to top, though.
I am so flattered that my impeccable grace and beauty were finally able to be appreciated by the American public.
And in case you missed it...
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Shout out to Kristin
And she has been a huge blessing in my life this past year.
And I just wanted everyone to know how much I appreciate her. :)
She has had my family over for dinner COUNTLESS times. And if I can't come over for dinner when she invites me, she often drops a plate of leftovers at my door.
She watches my kids while I'm in class. Even though she is ridiculously busy with her kids, and calling, and life.
She never makes me feel like I am intruding or putting her out in any way when I need her help. Ever.
And I have just really come to value her friendship. And I know it is more than coincidence that we are friends, because I'm pretty sure I would have jumped off a cliff without her help this past year. And I am thankful to my Father in Heaven for putting her in my life.
She is a beautiful, beautiful person.
::Love to Kristin::
Saturday, January 17, 2009
May We Stand Still
It is now my current favorite scripture.
Doctrine and Covenants, section 123, verse 17:
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Asleep
Just watched American Idol.
Laughed.
Laughed some more.
I've been in a happy mood ALL YEAR!! haha.
Seriously, though. So far, I am liking 2009.
I had a great break, which I just really (really times a million) needed.
I have been revamping my spirituality a bit. Just putting things that should be priorities back where priorities need to go. Like...um...the Priority List.
I have been spending a lot more time with my girls because I'm not in school at the moment.
And I'm just excited about what this year has in store for me. I can feel the ickiness starting to evaporate a little bit.
And pieces of me are waking up that have been suffocated by a couple years' worth of crap (insert any strong, feces-related word you wish into this sentence). And I've really missed those parts of me. And I didn't even notice that they had faded away.
For example:
1. I'm singing. (I'm in a store, and I'm siiingiiinng.) Like, around the house, in the car, at the top of my lungs while doing chores. There was a long time there that I didn't do that. And I didn't notice. And I'm glad it's back. :)
2. My kids were asleep. I was alone in the house. So I (naturally) decided to practice my karate jumps. I spent a good ten minutes running down the hall and flinging myself (not) gracefully into the air...complete with hand chopping motions and warrior cries. Face planted a couple of times. It was awesome. And I thought to myself, "It's really too bad there's not a man around these parts to appreciate me right now." haha. That dorky, way-too-much-energy side of me was on hiatus for a while. And I have no idea how to spell high-ate-us.
3. I run with my kids. Not like, "hey, let's go for a quick jog." But like, "Taylen! We're at the mall and there's a bunch of people around but I'll race you to the ice cream store...ready, go!!" And we run, and she laughs, and I look like an idiot, but I don't care.
4. I tell stories. This has always been a Schroeder gift (or curse...not sure). We can turn pretty much ANYTHING that happens during the day into an entertaining story. I've noticed myself doing that more and more, and I love it. It makes for interesting days, and weeks, and lives. :)
Yay for coming back to life after being numb and frozen and devastated and heavy and dark for so long!! It's like when all the blood rushes to your leg after you've been sitting on it weird.
The life is rushing back into me.
And it tingles.
And I like it.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
In a Nutshell
Took my kids (and my friend Jenny and her daughter Emerson)
to a friend's 20 acre ranch and rode ponies, pet chickens,
picked tangerines, held guinea pigs, got dirty, and
had a great time.
Me and Jenny. We go way back. And Ryah and Emerson are
like 4 days apart, and she's pregnant with #2. Notice her adorable baby belly.
We watched Ryah make ridiculous faces while eating...