A Brand New Kaela!!

KAELA'S NEW HAIR DO!

I colored Kaela's hair last night and I think that it turned out just darling! Her hair pulled quite a bit of "red", but now she is a gorgeous "Strawberry Blonde"!

Kaela was being a little goofy showing off her new hair for the camera! Kaela, you look marvelous darling!

Prom 2008

Allie's Prom 2008

Allie had her prom tonight at the World Trade Center in Downtown Portland. She looked so beautiful in her dress. After she got ready, we all went over to Megan's house for pictures! All of the kids looked so nice.

The parents surprised the kids with a limo. After pictures, they were heading down to the Heathman Hotel for dinner and then they were off to the dance.

Alex's date's name is Alex too, so it was really cute to say "Ok Alexs'...Smile" They are such a cute couple!

Thanks to Aunt Stacy for the beautiful hair & makeup! Alex looked AMAZING!

I know that Alex will have such a fun night with memories that will last her a lifetime!

WE LOVE YOU ALLIE!!!

Happy 13th Birthday Kaela!

Well, it's official....we now have 6, count them, 6 teenagers!!!!

Happy 13th Birthday Kaela!

We had family over to our house for some pizza! Grammy Jo made the most delicious eclairs for dessert! Thanks Grammy!!!

Kaela got tons of wonderful gifts for her birthday. Kaela is growing up so fast too! I remember her walking around all the time when she was baby with her "fire" (Pacifier). Ha ha...those were the days!

We love you Kaela~! Happy Birthday Sweetheart!

Parker's Birthday!

1 more March birthday down....1 more to go! (Next up...Kaela's Birthday!)

March is such a busy month for us! Uncle Mike, Papa Scott, Matthew, Allie, Parker, Kaela, Grandma & Grandpa Schroeder

I've been posting a little bit late because it's been a really tough recovery after my surgery a couple of weeks ago. Everything went well and now I just need to take it easy and try not to laugh too hard....and ABSOLUTELY no sneezing!

We had Parker's birthday over at Grammy Jo's house. It was great that Courtney & Taylor were able to come. I know that I've said it before, but I just LOVE it when all the kids are together. I feel so complete!

Parker turned 13 on March 17th. I just can't get over how fast the time has gone. I remember when he was born like it was yesterday!

Here are some great picture from his birthday party! Happy Birthday Parker!

Even Joey got dressed up for the occasion!

Happy 17th Birthday Allie

Allie is 17!

We had a little birthday party for Allie on Friday night. We had some family over and she invited some of her friends as well. 17....Wow! This birthday has really got me thinking that my baby girl is going to graduate in about a year. It is very bitter sweet for me. I really don't want this time to end. I'm so proud of the young lady that she has become. I know that she will be successful in anything she chooses to do.

Here are some pictures from her birthday party....

Thanks for the cake Aunt Stacy!

Allie blowing out her candles!

Allie's friends made her a big birthday sign! Really sweet!

"MOLEXEE"!!!!

The group! Kerren, Sierra, Hayley, Bailey, Aly, Allie, Laura, Kelcee & Molly

What a bunch of goof balls!

4TH IN STATE!

Congratulations Wildingthings!

4TH IN STATE!

The girls competed with the OSAA Dance State Championships on Wednesday and Thursday last week. It was held at the Memorial Coliseum. They were just simply AMAZING! I don't think that I can begin to express the pride that I felt while watching them perform. After hours and hours of practices, everything came together beautifully and the girls brought on the "storm".

The girls all stayed in a hotel on Wednesday night. I heard that they had a great time together. I was able to go and help out on Thursday with make-up. I met them at the hotel before we went to the Spaghetti Factory for lunch. I brought cupcakes for the girls and everyone sang Happy Birthday to Allie.


Here are some pictures from the state competition! I can't believe that next year will be Allie's last year on the team! This has been an amazing experience for both Allie and myself.

The team also made special shorts with the word "storm" on them. Here is the booty shot!

Katie, Allie, Josie, Ellie & Rachel

Here is the sign that Bill & I made for the girls


Ellie & Allie

Each girl got a state bag with their name on it, and a little teddy bear that was wearing the state costume! Too cute!



Alex & Coach Alex! She is an amazing coach and we are so lucky to have her!

Happy 16th Birthday Matthew!

HAPPY 16TH BIRTHDAY MATTHEW!

We had a wonderful surprise party for Matthew's 16th birthday on Sunday night. We went to the Rock Creek Tavern. Matthew thought that he was having dinner with just me, his Dad, Allie & Kaela so he was so surprised when he walked in to find about 20 friends and family!

Here is a really cute picture of Matthew and his girlfriend Miranda. She is a really sweet girl.

Matthew got a new car for his birthday! ha ha...we hear that the Matchbox cars have excellent gas mileage.

I just love this picture of Matthew with Papa Ray & Grandma Laverna. They have been so good to Matthew over the years. It's obvious everyday how much they love this child.

Matthew, we love you very much and are very proud of the man you are becoming. Happy Birthday!

Parkrose Competition

Allie's Fan Club!

Before we all went out the Parkrose Competition, we made T-shirts to show our support for Allie and her dance team. Taylor, Jalen & Courtney came over for the afternoon and we had a wonderful day. Bill made the cutest T-shirts for the girls.

Even the boys got all decked out to support Allie and the Westview Wildthings! They decorated their sunglasses with Westview. It was really cute! Allie is very lucky to have such wonderful brothers and sisters that love her and support her.

The Wildthings took 3rd place in the competition! Great job girls! Here are a few more pictures of Allie with her "fan club". HA HA....Today was a really good day! I love it when all of our kids are together.

What a great picture of Allie & Ellie ~ AIRBORNE

Valentine 2008

Happy Valentine's Day!

We had a nice Valentine's Day with our family. We had some Valentines for the kids in the morning and Bill left me a really sweet card on my steering wheel so that I would see it when I left for work.

For lunch, I was able to have lunch with Jalen & Courtney at their school. It was wonderful. I have really missed them so it was great to be able to catch up and talk & laugh. I can't wait until they come over this weekend!

We had a nice dinner at home. My Mother-in-law made us a really cute brownie in the shape of a heart! It was the perfect dessert! Thanks Mom!!

Even Joey had his Valentine! It was so cute....after dinner he fell asleep on his little bear. Love was everywhere!!!

Tigard Competition 2008

STATE 2008! HERE WE COME!

Allie's dance team is getting ready for the state competition in March. We had that Tigard competition this last weekend and it was so great! We placed 4th out of 10 teams. We only had 1 minute and 30 seconds of our routine done, so it really says alot about our potential competitions leading up to state. The state competition will be March 12-15. Here are a few pictures of Allie with her makeup all done. I love doing the makeup for the team. I'm really looking forward to next weekend for next competition at Parkrose.