August 2025

 When I think about August my brain thinks of a tornado swirling around because not only did I go back to work, but the house work picked up, and Reeve's volleyball games started. All great things for sure, just definitely a very busy time.  It will all be worth it in regards to the house!  We cannot wait for the end product!

Dinner group decided to volunteer again for the Mercy Meals.  We had a blast and decided we will volunteer for something different next year. 

Quick date with Joden at The Chocolate Bar before school started back. 

We are all at the high school now.  Reeve is a freshman and Joden is a junior.  I am in my 19th year of teaching.  It is so awesome to see my kids every day at work!

Mike was able to go to Sidney for his dads 70th birthday celebration!  They had a great time.  

Both kids had fun at the fair with friends.  This is the first year that Mike and I did not go.  Too much work at the house!

Joden and I had a fun date with Quinn at the pool!

Work at the house never ends!  Here are some progress pics.

Insulation was a bear!  Something I never want to do again.

Random dinner outing with family and friends.

Volleyball season kicked off!  JV won their first game against Lincoln East.

Quinn is 4!  We had so much fun celebrating her!

She got makeup and wanted to do everyones makeup.  Then Joden did hers:)

July 2025

 July felt crazy, yet so amazing!  I love nothing more than quality time with those I love most💜

My date and Reeve's date:). Her and Chase have been hanging out more and are really enjoying each others company.  

Mike found a surprise family of cats out at the property one morning.  We have only seen them around a few times since.  It is a pretty cute snapshot:)

House progress.  We are cruising!  Hoping to be in by October!

4th of July with the Schumachers💙

Baseball wrapped up in July. It was not the most exciting summer of baseball. Life is not always as we want it to go and we know through trials we learn so much!  I just know God was working in Joden and I can't wait to see what he has in store for him.

Meagan reached out and asked if we could do something fun for our 40th birthday.  I said sure, why don't we see if some others from our class want to go.  We ended up going to Breckinridge. It was great!  We were able to pick up right where we left off.  We had a great time together! We hope to do this again in the future!

Last Schumacher softball tournament.  20 years of them-wow!  We had a blast:). It is always so great to see the Schumacher crew!

Back to school date with Reeve girl.  It is our tradition to go to Kearney and see the Crane River Theater musical.  We saw Legally Blonde and enjoyed every minute.  We also hit up Target and Kyoto for sushi.  I sure do love our time together and will be sad when she moves away.  

June 2025

 June was full of sports, which we love doing.  We were busy, but got to make time to see family and friends.  Summer just goes way too fast!

Snagged this photo one night and I couldn't love it more.  House is coming along!  Lots of work, but grateful for the summer off to make some decisions and get projects done.

Joden went to wrestling camp for a week, so this was the first night he was back and we had baseball!

Joden has loved working VBS!  He has done so for many years.  Eva comes with her mom to sing, so she found an old picture and compared it with a current one this year:)

Reeve helped out also!

Reeve played lots of basketball in June.  We had such a great group of girls this year!  I enjoyed getting to know the families:)

Farmer's Market one weekend when we were in Lincoln for basketball.  We got to stay at the Ankeny's house and bring Piper with us to shop.

Aunt Lisa, Uncle Dan, and Liv do such a great job of coming to watch the kids play sports!  

Reeve will occasionally go on walks with me.  Love our time together and the conversations we have!

Reeve and I try to swim with the girls once per week.  We love it!

Happy Father's Day!

Cheers to 18 years of marriage!  Love Mike so much and fall in love with him more with every season of life:)

Friday Night Lights again this summer.  He went 1-1 again.

Soaking in all the time I get with this guy.  It is running out and I can't believe it!

Family dinners at our temporary home!  Had to capture the memory:)