MORE Grandma Lu and Max time.....

Started out going to Ogden and picking Max up to have a couple nights sleepovers....stopped in to see Grandma Schroeder...she doesn't know us, but is cordial and polite to us while we try to carry on a conversation with her, she seems happy in her own little world..(of course, we drop off her favorite foods..apples and candy bars!)


Then, we head to West Valley...go to the "Blue Park" to play...Max and his usual friendly self makes a bunch of new friends...we play for about 40 min until the equipment is just too hot to play on...

thennnnn we head to "Old McDonalds" to have lunch and PLAY again..


..he ate most of his lunch then played on the playground for almost an hour!!! Once again, Mr Sociable made a ton of new friends (even those that didn't speak a lick of english...but that didn't matter)and did very well...when I decided we were done..he put his shoes on and we headed home....I enjoyed spending this time with Max...after a good rest we head out to Grandma Bahr's to finish up her move....can you say TIRED...but it's a good tired...

Splish Splash...........

What a fun day .... Staci and her friend decided to take their kids...Max 3 1/2yrs old, Rachel 3yrs old and Josh who is 18mo.....on the Front Runner to Salt Lake Station, they then took trax to Gateway to play in the water...I met them there and took these pictures from my cell phone...once again not prepared with the camera, but they turned out ok...Gary met up with us after an hour of water fun and we went to the food court for lunch....and play on the kids rides of course, several quarters later and 3 tired kids Gary and I walked them to Trax..we rode with them to Salt Lake Station just as Front Runner pulled in...we said our goodbys...(Max was tooooo excited to ride the 'big train') and rode Trax back to Gateway...there we walked up the street and watched the people doing their sidewalk chalk pictures....wow! They are really good.....


Standing waiting patiently.....

On your mark, get set.......

GO!!!

The kids loved when the mist would come out....they would all run over to it and stand on it.....funny kids



Ummmmm...not sure what Max was trying to do here...LOL

Max and the shooting water....

These are action shots of Max and his little friend Rachel....they were having a blast!!!





Well...ya done good Mom's....it was a lot of work (Yes, we can just imagine) but fun for the kids and isn't that what being a mom is all about? Sacrifice, Sacrifice, Sacrifice....now go home, put your feet up, and drink a cold drink....ya right!!! Anyway... 3 tired kids, and 2 tired moms later....a successfully fun day was created just for Max, Rachel and Josh...lucky little people!!!

Update on the "Dadadaaaaa...The Young and the Restless Canines"....

I know it's been a while since I updated "The Dogs"....and maybe you are thinking it's because everything is nice, calm and peaceful at the Schroeder Mansion....but IT'S NOT.....I just figured if I put them out of my mind, they would GO AWAY!!! They are terrible....the young rascal Jack tries his darnedest to terrorize the old grumpy Mockey... it just gets Mockey's dander up and he gets so insanely bent out of shape!!! UGH!!! I just wish they would get along!!!! Well...I do have to admit, there are moments, Jack will follow Mockey around the house like his shadow and just a few minutes ago...Wahooooooo....something I never expected!!! I was folding laundry, Jack, of course, wouldn't leave me alone...(he is just so naughty and always looking for something or someone to torment) so I tied some old socks together and threw them down the hall for him to chew...he was having a blast with them....I made Mockey a pair...(he used to love to chew and play tug of war with things)...I tried to give them to him...this is how it went....

Me: Mockey...here, grab it.....toss toss toss
Mockey: Look at me, then look at Jack, then sort of grabbed at the sock ..ladidadida....
Jack: Running full speed, dropping his sock and grabbing at Mockeys....
Me: Jack! Let go! Jack go! Jack stop! JAAAAACK!! (this is what the neighbors are always hearing I'm sure)
Mockey: Looking at me, looking at the sock Ladidadida.....(why do they have to get old, he used to be so spunky!!)
Jack: Grabbed the sock, then Mockey grabbed the other end....whaaaaatttt???? Is that our Mockey??? He wouldn't let go!!! Waheeeeeee.....and it's on, Jack pulling at one end, Mockey tugging at the other.....neither one would let go...this is great!!! I would have taken a picture, but I thought I better not run for the camera just in case all of Mockey's teeth popped out.....It went on, and on, and on....it was great!!! Of course, Jack won...he would let go and grab closer and closer shortening the length of the sock between them until they were nose to nose....that made Mockey a little uneasy and he let go.......but.....Jack was out of breath and breathing hard, Mockey was just a little, should we say PUMPED!!!! Whohoo...... Well....life never ceases to amaze me and neither do these dogs!!!....Mockey is now looking grumpy and Jack is currently looking around to find something or someone to torment...UGH!!!

Flying High in the Sky....

What a nice day! Rob and I woke up and decided to go to the Air Show at Hill Air Force Base this morning. Gary was on call, so it gave us that fun Mom/Son time..nice drive, nice talk just great. We were trying to get through the South Gate with all the other MILLIONS of Utahns waiting, waiting and waiting some more..so we decided to park about a mile outside the base and walk in...uphill...in flip flops...oh well. We were hoping to meet up with Trevor, Staci and Max but due to the MILLIONS of people there, they decided to opt out and go back to their home and watch from their deck..now hows that for convenient seating? We then met up with Kristi and her friend Shanna...we decide to go in with them. It didn't look far, we could see the tails of parked planes while other planes were performing overhead....not bad, well...we walked, and we walked, and we walked until we finally saw the HUGE lines waiting outside the Porta Potties (just thinking about waiting in such long lines just to visit those stinkin potties gives me the creeps...I didn't have to worry, walking in the sun made me conveniently dehydrated and I'm here to say, no stinkin potties for me LOL) Then on the other side of the Potty lines were the security stations we had to go through....I was really glad I decided to leave my ammo, handguns, pocketknifes, homemade bombs etc at home....made it a lot easier to get through security that way LOL....Just Kidding...we finally wormed our way through those MILLIONS of Utahns to where the show was, layed down our blanket on the cement and settled in for a fun show.....I admire these men and women so much...everyone..the pilots for their spectacular flying, and the airmen/police who directed walking and car traffic...what gentlemen/gentlewomen and all around nice people...they definitely are our finest. Here are some pic's..don't laugh, I was using my cheap camera trying to get fantastic pictures of fabulous fly by's...let's just say at least I wasn't using my cell phone camera like I saw some do..LOL...here we go.....
These shots, if you look close, show the smoke from the back of the plane as they fly up straight...get to a certain height...then their motor shuts off and they go into a free fall!!! Just amazing...they fall so far and then the motor starts up and they pull out of the fall.....




These are pictures of fly by's some were rolling as they flew by...mostly you see the smoke trail...it was really cool...I didn't get some that were totally amazing...I guess you just have to see it for yourself...





I had to get this picture of these airmen sitting a top this huge plane....best seat in the house....


We walked back to the car...walked and walked...in my flip flops...I now have an "ouchie" on the top of my left foot, Rob and Kristi have pretty good sun burns...and most of all...great memories of a great day with a lot of Utah people...and the best men and women representing the United States Air Force in the world! Thanks for allowing us to spend some time on base and see great pilots in action!!

He did it!!!

Here Rob is receiving his diploma...it was funny, when he passed the row of teachers he high fived most of them.....

And here he is dancing down the isle with his diploma....what a great day!!!



This is his friend Caitlane...Rob has enjoyed talking with her about the church and gave her a Book of Mormon not too long ago.....I wish I had pictures of Rob's graduation from Seminary...that was last week, and he spoke....he's a great kid and is looking forward to his mission in the next year...


Rob and Grandma Bahr.....

The Family....

And his Sisters.....

Proud parents!!

The guys....

Just some of his many friends....it was so hard to round everybody up for pictures. We had this at the Huntsman Center and people where EVERYWHERE!!


Of course, the dogs had to get in on the act!!



Here is our world for the last 3 months in a "NUT SHELL" .... wouldn't have had it any other way....

Years end percussion concert....

Rob started doing percussion in Jr High with an awesome teacher there...since then it has been good and not so good years...Mr Ness was fantastic Rob's sophomore year...he had them doing drum core at the football games and lots of fun things, but due to health problems, he had to take an early retirement...Jr year they had no teacher, but this year they found another awesome teacher..Mr Anderson..again, they had some fun with their percussion class...here are some pic's of his final performance.....