We're Back!

Buckle your seatbelts...You're about to view the last three months of Schroeder happenings in 20 pictures, or less!
These are some of Evelyn's one year photos. Well, she was actually closer to 14 months when they were taken...







Our church offers a story time to children, and we created a float for the children to ride on during the Fourth of July parade. The following are shots taken the day of the parade.



Evie was pretty expressionless most of the parade, and she ended up zonking out at about the halfway point. Unfortunately, sometime over the weekend of the Fourth, we misplaced our camera. We held out hope that a 'certain someone' had managed to carry it off somewhere in the house and that it would turn up at some point. Unfortunately, that hasn't been the case. Thankfully, we were able to borrow a spare camera from my parents until we purchased one a few weeks ago. Maybe when little Miss Evelyn is able, she'll tell us where she put it. :) Or, her Mommy and Daddy will realize that they are to blame, which is probably more accurate!

We had the opportunity to vacation in Orlando, FL, with my parents and some of my nieces and nephews back in early August. Here is Evie with cousins Ian, Taylor, and Emma at Downtown Disney. We decided not to do DisneyWorld with Evie this time, but she had a great time playing in the water!

Playing under the waterfall with Daddy and Ian.
I love this girl!

What a cute piece of luggage!

We blinked our eyes and it was time for Daddy to go back to school. Evie misses him so much during the day. I think she calls for Daddy about 50(million) times. She insists on waving from the porch every morning and she stands by the door waiting to hear him pull up in the afternoon.
Daddy's first day last year. :)
Evie loves playing outside.
One of the (many) ways Evelyn is trying to exert her independence! :)



"Just singing in the rain..."


As it turns out, she also LOVES boots. She found them in a tub of hand-me-downs from a friend, and hasn't wanted to take them off since.






Evie loves playing with friend Keziah.

We had a nice visit with Chris, Kendra, Annamarie and Luke over Labor Day weekend.

The girls getting ready for the kick-off of college football season.


Go Huskers!!!! Thanks, Aunt Kendra, for the dress. We love it!!
Three of the cutest Husker fans I've ever seen!

Remembering back to last year at this time! They grow up so quickly!!
Sweet Annamarie
Hard to believe this little guy is already 6 months old!

Go Murray State Racers!
I couldn't resist! :)

Well, it looks like it may have been more than 20 pictures...
We have a camera now, so really, I have no excuse for not staying current. Happy Fall everyone, and hopefully, you'll hear from us before Christmas.

Love from Kentucky!

Ketch-ing-up and Mustard

Yes, you are correct, Tim came up with the 'clever' title for this post. And, yes, we are still here! As I sit here attempting to get the blog up to date, I realize that my blogging style closely resembles my cleaning style. To clarify - I let the clutter and dirt in the house build up for a long time, too long of a time, and then I try to get caught up in one long marathon cleaning session. It's exhausting, and each time I tell myself that I won't let things go for quite as long next time. Well, I'm still waiting for that 'next time' to happen. Alas. On a bright note, I find it much more enjoyable to play catch up (or ketchup) on my blogging than my housework. (On a side note...please do not let this discourage you from coming to visit us. The house isn't as bad as I make it sound, at least most of the time! :) Please do stop by and check it out if you ever find yourselves in western KY!
So, just what has Evelyn been up to since turning one almost 2 months ago?!?! Enjoy the pictures as we get you up to date...

Evie started walking right around her first birthday. Next thing we knew, she was running!

She enjoyed meeting Daddy's Uncle Jon and Aunt Lucy when they stopped by our house back in early May.

Evie loves playing with baby dolls. She can say 'bay-bee' and affectionately refers to young and old alike as 'bay-bee'.

Evelyn has become quite the little helper around the house. She turned one, and we put her to work!

She likes to help Daddy outside, too. In fact, she recently helped him build a new deck. Tim spent his two weeks between the end of Spring semester and the start of Summer session tearing down our existing deck and building a new one.

Before

After

In the struggle of Man Vs. Deck, today, Man won!!! Great job, Daddy(and Evie)! We love it!



We traveled to Morehead, KY, in early June to celebrate the baptism of Luke Christian Alan Schroeder. Despite running a fever most of the weekend, Evelyn loved seeing her cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents!




Hard to believe this little guy is already three months old!

Tim with his daughter and Goddaughter.


Grandpa Schroeder cuddling his newest Grandbaby, and loving every minute of it!

Sweet Annamarie

Schroeder family, party of four

Evie with Aunt Sara

The entire Schroeder clan.

As the number of Schroeder grandchildren increases, the likelihood of getting a picture with everyone smiling decreases.

The Tuesday following our return from Morehead, Tim departed for Colorado to attend a Math conference. The conference was, well, it was a Math conference, but he was thankful for the opportunity to see good friends Ryan and Rachel Bredow and meet their new daughter, Bella. Evie and I stayed home and enjoyed a visit from Aunt Jessica and cousins Marc and Madeline.


The joys of small town living(see sign below).








Blueberry picking + 90 degree temperatures = messy, sweaty children. Time for a bath!!


Hot little mama!


Things are starting to slow down at the Schroeder household. Tim finishes teaching next Tuesday, so then it will feel like summer has 'officially' begun.

In the meantime, we are enjoying golfing,

cute summer sandals



and go-gurt on the porch!

I hope you are enjoying the start of your summer, too!

With love from KY,
Tim, Julie & Evie

P.S. Hopefully you'll hear from us again before late August(but don't count on it!:)