Full of Schmitt: October 2009

A blurb about....

Eric~

A Police Sergeant with the City of Greenwood Village, Eric still loves being a cop after 19 years. He currently runs the Investigations Unit and is Senior Sergeant in the department. Eric loves nothing more than to hang with his best buddies, his boys. He is a terrific dad!

Marla~

A domestic goddess, Marla maintains the motley crew of 4 boys (5 really, because Eric has never really grown up!) and three dogs! She continues to homeschool the boys (10 years now) and also runs her own interior design business. She really enjoys any quiet time she can get to herself and Girls Night Out!

Colton~

13 years old, Colton has hit the teens and spends more and more of his time hanging with his buddies. He loves to play sports of any kind, but is especially gifted at baseball. Colton is also active in the youth group at church and Boy Scouts.

Daniel~

At 10 years old, Daniel is becoming such a delightful young man. He has tons of adorable freckles that brighten up an amazing smile which he often shares with affectionate hugs. Daniel excels in gymnastics. Who would have thought that scrawny little kid could do such amazing things? Just watch those muscles grow!

Joshua~

Only 7 years old and what more can be said about him that his nickname "Dopey Dude" doesn't already say? Named after the character in Snow White, he has the big ears, giant smile surrounded by huge dimples and eyes and lashes that will melt the heart! This boy is a player! Girls of all ages fall at his feet and he knows how to play them! What a charmer!

Dylan~

A 5 year old bundle of ......well Schmitt! A huge smile and dimples that can get him out of just about any trouble! This boy is entertaining to say the least! He pretty much rules the roost and lives in his own perfect little world. Makes us all wish we could be 5 again!

The dogs~

Maggie is our princess mini-dachshund who is 7 years old now. Spoiled beyond belief and the most precious dog that has ever lived! Harley (another mini-dachshund) is her boy-toy that we got her several years ago on Valentine's day. We rescued him from a shelter where he had been dumped after being starved and beaten. Although he still suffers from seizures, he now has a very loving family and girlfriend and seems to enjoy his new life. P-Nut, well she is a beagle, and her name, mainly the NUT part says it all! She is the craziest, stupidest dog that ever lived, and yet she is a big lover dog and makes us all laugh.

In the beginning...

Eric was 14 and Marla was 10 when they met. Their families had cabins in the same community just outside of Lake George, Colorado. Eric liked to fish and ride his dirt bike. Marla liked to hang with her sister, Shalah, and Eric's sister, Kirsten. Being the youngest, Marla often got left behind as Kirsten's 3 wheel ATV could only carry 2 people. Eric's dad felt sorry for Marla and made Eric take Marla wherever the other girls were going. To a 14 year old boy this was not the epitomy of excitement, but he obeyed. For a couple summers, on the weekends, one could find Eric toting Marla around on the back of his dirt bike. Years later, Eric ran into Marla again up at the cabin, and well, she had grown up. After much effort on Eric's part to swoon Marla, he finally had won her heart. A never ending love story commenced.

Who We Are

As a Family, we all enjoy being together and having fun! We are all about FUN! We have 4 dirt bikes and a 4 wheel ATV which we love to take to the mountains and ride. We have an RV that we jump in and roam the country in together. We are NASCAR fans and love to watch and attend races. (Eric and Colton are Jeff Gordon fans, Marla and Daniel are Jimmie Johnson fans, and Joshua and Dylan are Kyle Busch fans) The boys are all into sports. Eric coaches Colton's little league baseball team and manages his own fast ball team. The boys all play baseball except Daniel who is a great gymnast! Marla, well, she drives everyone from place to place and possibly gets a glimps of a practice or game every once in a while. Eric and Marla have recently taken up a new hobby of scuba diving as well. As if all this wasn't enough to keep a family busy, we are very active in The Church of JESUS CHRIST of Latter-day Saints. We all stay busy with the callings and activities that the Church offers us! Our lives are truly blessed with love for each other, love for our Savior, and love for life!

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

I need professional help!

So, writing is my least favorite subject. It is my biggest weakness as a homeschool mom. Fortunately for me, I have friends! Today, my friend Ashley Sorensen came to help the boys with some of their writing assignments. So glad she came! She has been a high school English teacher, but took the year off because she is pregnant with her first baby. It's good to have friends!

Monday, October 12, 2009

Pain in the ..............heads!

My kids have been home for 15 days now! I have had a headache on all but 3 of those days! REALLY?! I don't need more pain killers. A tazer would probably do the trick!

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Politics

"It is fast approaching the point where I don't want to elect anyone stupid enough to want the job." ~~~Erma Bombeck

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Erma Bombeck

A friend of mine asked me who Erma Bombeck was. My simple answer is "My hero." A housewife, mother and humorist author, she makes me laugh at disasters (especially other peoples) and realize that I am not alone in this crazy life of motherhood. (Funny, I became a fan as a teenager.) She past away in April 1996 (when I was pregnant with my first child) of kidney cancer. I remember that being a very dark day in my life and I cried. I didn't know how I would survive motherhood without her. Luckily, she left a legacy of wisdom and laughter behind. I have decided to try and post quotes from Erma Bombeck on a regular basis. Here is the first one.

"Housework is a treadmill from futility to oblivion with stop offs at tedium and counter productivity." ~~~Erma Bombeck

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

"They're baaa-aaaak!"

Yes, I feel almost like I am in the movie Polergeist! I have been overtaken by less than angelic spirits and I don't know where to run and hide! The boys have been back a week now. I spent all last week fighting a very long migraine! Spent one night on the floor by the toilet, vomiting my guts up and wishing that I was just a speck of dust! Of course, they behaved wonderfully for Nana and she had very little problems with them. Why are kids always a treat for everyone else and a trick for the parents? Afterall, I gave them life! Although I did just about rescind that blessing a few days ago!
We have busily been trying to get back into a routine. Schoolwork is not all caught up yet, house is back to looking like.........I am already exhausted of all the rest and relaxation that I took in while they were away.
General Conference this weekend was a nice little spark of sweetness in our home, but alas, it is over and the boys have forgotten any sense of charity towards one another. I was able to escape to the Temple this morning with a friend and do sealings. How precious are the moments one can spend in the House of the Lord. If only I could have stayed there! At least I was helping those beyond the veil to have celestial family opportunities!
As I write this, they are playing a game of baseball in the backyard (PE class) and one of them came running into the house with door slamming open and another in chase, yelling and screaming about rules of the game! Uggghh! Where is the little girl who wants to quietly play dolls with me? Calgon! Take me far, far, far away!

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