March 2025

 This March felt full of some high moments and some difficult moments.  I know through it all God has his hand in it.  We must trust Him this month, and always! For His plans are greater than our own.

Kicked off the month with show choir at GISH!  They got first place!

Exciting, yet bittersweet.  We moved out of our house on March 6th.  We made so many amazing memories in this home, but we are so excited for our future home and the memories we will get to make there.

We celebrated with dinner at Bonzai the next night!

Joden turned 16 on March 9th and then fell asleep driving and wrecked his car on March 17th.  In the moment I was so angry, but now I have definitely realized we are lucky he is okay.  His car is in the shop now.  Luckily insurance is covering most all of it.  Just continuing to pray that God will protect him as he embarks on this new journey.

Jamaica with my sisters for my 40th.  We had a blast and enjoyed one of the resorts we had not been to yet!  So glad we were able to make it work.

Reeve got to go to DC with her middle school over spring break.  They had pretty good weather and had a great time!

Right when I got back I got to hang with Joden Saturday at wrestling and Reeve Sunday at volleyball!

Night of the Show Choirs was fun.  All three middle schools performed and also the varsity show choir.  

Dinner group fun!

One of my favorite parts of sports is all of the bonds you get to make with others.  Reeve has had the pleasure of playing on teams with friends from other schools.  She has enjoyed getting to know new friends!

Reeve's team did awesome at this tournament.  They got second.

Wrestling banquet!  Joden got several awards.  He got a varsity letter, Guts Club, an academic award, another academic award for the state, and he got to go up for being a state qualifier. He had a pretty darn good season, but I also can't wait to see him continue to grow next year!

Radiant flooring work!  So excited to see the house move forward.

Radiant flooring is in and concrete is laid.  We celebrated with the Halpines!

We finished the month off cheering on Piper at state gymnastics.  She did awesome.  We had a great day cheering her on and hanging out with family!

February 2025

 Although February is a shorter month, it sure was a busy one!  I love looking back at the photos and soaking in the moments even more.

Show choir performances began with a competition in Central City!  They placed first.  They have such a strong group of singers.  Reeve is on the fence if she will do it in high school.

Reeve's good friend Quinn always has fun birthday parties.  They do a murder mystery event.  She sure had fun role playing her part:)

So much wrestling in February!  This was a meet in Norfolk.  Not sure what place they got.  I cannot remember-ha!

State duals they placed second!  Joden faced tough competition that day.  He got pinned for the first time all season by a Papillion kid.  His shoulder started to bother him.  He found out it was his rotator cuff.  

District wrestling was held in GI.  He lucked out with a bracket that allowed him to make it to state.  The top four make it and he got fourth.  We were so proud of him because he is so new to wrestling.  He had a great fan club cheering him on as well.  He pinned his guy to make it to state and he did a cool move to do so.  Again, we were all so proud of him!

His team got second overall.

State send off goodie bags!

Warming up at state.

First day he faced off with the kid that got first overall.  His name is Mason Petersen and he is out of Columbus.  He is so good.  Joden fought hard, but ended up getting pinned.  He said his shoulder could not fight him off any more.

Even if you lose the first day, you are guaranteed day two.  So, we stayed the night and went out to a nice dinner and spent some quality time together.

Mike and I snuck over to the speakeasy right by our hotel.  It was awesome to be able to squeeze in some time together!

Day two Joden wrestled this kid from Papillion LaVista South I believe.  He almost beat him!  We were proud of him for ending his season on that note.  Excited to see what next year will bring!

You could tell his coaches were so proud of him. He fought so hard and really grew so much this season!

The whole wrestling team got recognized at the basketball game during halftime.  It was fun to see them get recognized in front of a good sized crowd!

These two were actually getting along for once:)

Basketball season went pretty good.  Several of these girls will go to Northwest and one is going to wrestle.  We are excited to see what the future brings.  Basketball at GISH has not been the best, but hoping Reeve will enjoy some positives next year and the years to come.

We enjoyed the Schumacher crew coming to cheer Reeve on!

Joden passed his driver's test and got his pickup.  He turns 16 on March 9th.

Reeve got confirmed this month!  We are so proud of the relationship she has developed with God and we can't wait to watch it continue to grow.

We celebrated with some family!  We had ribs, cornbread, roasted green beans, potatoes, and cupcakes.

Reeve's volleyball season with AVC kicked off.  They did alright.  Definitely had some kinks to work out, but fun to watch her play Libero.

Grandma Marcella passed away at 92.  She lived such an amazing life.  We sure enjoyed celebrating her and spending time with the extended Schumacher crew. It truly is a blessing to be a Schumacher.  I think God daily for the family he has blessed me with!