Happy Engagement Sister!

My sister recently got engaged and I was so excited to take some pictures of her and her fiance!  I cannot wait for their wedding in May! 

Kevin & Lindsey

*I Believe in Santa*

I'm convinced that we met the REAL Santa Clause tonight!  I think Isaac and Jordan thought so too!

Entertained by the Elves while waiting in line to see Santa (check out Isaac's hands in his pockets, hehe)

Isaac refused to make eye contact while Jordie was all up in Santa's face

This picture reminds me of the Santa from Miracle on 34th street...He WAS the REAL Santa!

tiny smile from Isaac, Jordie just chillin

this will go down in history!

and best of all...it was FREE! If you missed it this year you MUST check it out next year at Prasco www.prascopark/events in Mason!   What a fun night we had with Grandma and Grandpa too!

Christmas Card Rejects

A preview into the photos that did NOT make the Schultz family 2011 Christmas Card:

...coming to your mailbox soon  :)

Happy Half

Isaac turned 2.5 this week!  We are having more and more "conversations" with our lil guy.  He is getting very inquisitive and his favorite questions are:  "What are you doing?"& "Why?"  He continues to love music, especially the drums.  We started using the "Time Out" mat a few months ago and it has worked great as a form of disciplining Isaac.  The most common things he gets put in time out for are: pushing Jordan over, stealing Jordan's toys, and not listening to Mommy and Daddy.  Though we have moments of disciplining...he usually gets up from his time out mat a happier and more obedient boy.  Isaac makes us laugh all the time.  He loves to repeat what we say and has caught on to the fact that "mommy" and "daddy" have actual names of Nicholas and Laurie.   He has quite the singing voice and can be found singing these songs often:  Bare Necessities, Jesus loves me,  and the Veggie Tales theme song.  I could go on and on about this little man.  We LOVE our ginger baby!!!

somehow his face is always dirty

but he does clean up well!  

Happy 1/2 Birthday Isaac!

Shadows

I am back this week with my photography assignment:  Shadows

A heroic story: Wild Lion FOUND

I'm sure you have heard that this week in Zanesville, Ohio a large amount of exotic animals were on the loose.  Thankfully no one was hurt from this incident and we actually went out to help search for the animals...here is what we found!

Ok Ok...we didn't really find him all by ourselves...Batman helped!

Thanks to Batman this Lion was captured and was not harmed in the process.  

7 months old!

Jordan, JoJo, Jordie, Jordie Man, J- Money, the Jordster...is turning 7 months old this week!  Time for yet another photo shoot with mommy. He started off happy...

...I love his little pouty face.  I guess I will have to continue this photo shoot on another day...

Toast Art

I found this idea on pinterest.com  ...super easy and fun! We have done it multiple times now and have advanced from just making toast...to making colorful grilled cheese!  All you need to do for this is put milk in some bowls and add food coloring...then let him go to town painting bread...and bake!  There is nothing better for this 2 year old boy than an art and cooking project in one!  

MB11

I am a little behind on my blogging.  Here are some pics from our Schultz family vacation in August to Myrtle Beach.  

Slater

Ugh...I have avoided this post.  I know you see the title Slater and think awww another cute dog story.  Unfortunately, not this time.  

A few weeks ago we had Slater on our front porch with us the night before leaving for vacation.  We had some friends over and were playing with sidewalk chalk when a lady walked her dog by.    All of the sudden Slater ran off the porch and basically "attacked" the dog.  It all happened so fast i'm still not sure if he just went and attacked the dog or if he tried to sniff the dog and freaked the dog out then freaked Slater out.  I don't know, it doesn't really matter because the next 48 hours were brutal.  The women (i'll call her Jane) walking her dog just stood there screaming, crying, and stunned while holding her small Chihuahua.  In a matter of seconds Slater had bit this dog on the stomach and the dog was bleeding.  I immediately got my keys and whisked Jane and her dog away to the emergency vet.  The vet came in and said it looked bad and that the dog would have to undergo surgery and was unsure if the dog would make it.   Immediately Jane started crying, I was trying to comfort her...but honestly felt more like a thorn in her side than a comfort.  Shortly after,  Janes friend arrived at the clinic to be with her and I returned home.

The next morning we were leaving for vacation...hard to relax and "enjoy" a vacation while thinking about all the unnecessary pain we were causing Jane and her dog.   I tried to suck it up as much as I could and just pray.  I kept in contact with Jane on the condition of her dog, but it wasn't until the day after that when I called and she told me her dog did not make it.  The dog had surgery in the afternoon and then that night passed away.

This has been a horrible tragedy and I still cannot believe it happened.  The most amazing part of it all is that Jane never said one mean, hateful, or hurtful word to me.  It was completely our fault, and she was/is so gracious and kind.  What a blessing she has been to me through all of this, and I am the least deserving.  I wanted so badly to ease her pain and instead never expected her to ease mine.  It can only be described by the fact that God was working in her and through her as she was trusting Him.  She would say in the midst of her pain, I know God has a plan...I just don't understand what it is.  Wow, i'm blown away and humbled by the love she has shown me and our family.

Thankfully, our home owner's insurance is covering all of her vet bills.  Praise the Lord! We told her from the beginning that we wanted to help her financially as much as we could, we had no idea how but I knew God was going to provide...and He did.

What does this mean for Slater?  We just cannot stomach the possibility of this happening again if he were to accidentally get out of the house or out of our yard.  Or if he felt like someone was threatening our kids and were to attack a human.  So we feel no other option but to give him away.  This is going to be so difficult but i'm praying that the Lord would show us the right place for him and would give us a peace about it.

If you are the praying type, we would love your prayers! Pray for the right home for Slater and for wisdom of how or if I should further reach out to Jane.  

PO'd

PO'd= Pinterest.com Obsessed!  Here is one of the "new" hair do's I am trying from a pinterest inspired post.  

Beautiful Jen

Thank you Jen for allowing me to photograph you and your beautiful family!  I had so much fun...and you sure made it easy on me! You are absolutely stunning!  Here are a few of my favorites so far...

many more to come...