Silly!!



















Two girls having a good time





















Dan and Josh, Josh and Holly were the way cool
couple we had dinner with, we had so much fun!!

Wow it has been a while....

Carnival Destiny, our ship








Us at Grand Caymon Islands






























Parasailing in Grand Caymon

To everyone, sooo sorry that it has taken me so long to post a blog~!! This quarter of college is finally over and I am VERY happy to let you know I PASSED Physology with a B! I was soo sure those last few weeks I was going to have to retake the God awful class again! But, God is good, and very merciful and granted me with a memory on final day.....thanks again big Guy!!!! Anyways..... Dan and I went on our 5 year annaversary cruise the beginning of this month and had a BLAST! I have some pics here from the trip I hope you enjoy! Boen is doing fantastic. He is learning so many new words every day. Yesterday it was Blue, over and over blue blue blue. We are painting his room red and blue to go with the mickey mouse clubhouse theme and he was helping :) We switched his bed over to a big boy bed, and it is a good thing too becuase he started crawling out of the play pen a couple of days ago, so the crib would have been next. Boen stayed with his cousins in Maryville and did wonderful! She even got him sleeping in the crib all night!! Thanks Amber, forever I will be thanking you!! :):) Ok, here are some pics

May everyone have a truly blessed Christmas and New Year my love is with you all!!!

First we have the newest member to Gina's family.
Breckin Stellin Wiechman. Healthy and beautiful
Then it is a pic of him with his big bro Gavin
Next is all three; Brittany, Gavin, and Breckin
The last two are Boen and Gavin having fun in a box
and showing off their husker gear from Aunt Fern
who totally knows how to shop!!

Time is moving in fast forward

I can not believe how busy I am. This last three months have blurred by so fast I barely remember what has all even happened. First and for most my camera was left in the rain and I am waiting for the cannon I want to go on sale. Dan got a cheap camera for Germany so I will try and upload some from that. His trip went ok. He says "Germany is great, but the military sucks." That is how he will explain his three weeks. Unfortunately things did not run they way expected, naturally a helicopter mechanic would expect to fix engines on his annual training, not answer phones and have to clean the carpet office with his fingers because they wont give you a vacuum! And that is just two of the "unfortunate" examples. On the plus side, he did get to indulge in some German beverage while there in the first two and last two days. They hit a festival, which was fun and got to do some sight seeing, which we will share some pictures as soon as I make the time. Since then, ohhh my I don't even have enough time to type it all. I ended my first quarter of college with an A in soc and a C+ in Anatomy. I barely made it!! But I did and that makes me so happy and relieved, being out of school for so long you question you ability!! This quarter I am taking Physiology and I do believe this will be a bigger challenge than anatomy. I am struggling to follow both my lecture and lab teacher. Nice, but confusing. We will see. Boen has had hand foot and mouth and H1N1 since I blogged, plus pushed out two more teeth. Bless his little heart. He can eat with a fork, say daddy and momma. He shakes his head no or yes and his two new favorite games are spinning in a circle till he falls over, and dumping out containers (ie laundry basket, shoe basket, toy box) and then sitting inside of them. Silly boy, but we love him and are having so much fun watching him grow and learn. Hope everyone is doing well and is lucky enough to not catch any of the ucky stuff going around!! Blessings and Love- The Schweitzers

Misc pictures from this weekend

Gma and pa S holding the little boys
Boen is like "Im getting out of here!"










Cj and Bo playing in the mud water










Cj, Caleb, and Boen playing in the
empty pool










Trying to get him to eat













This is the look just before he is
going to do something naughty

Up to no good I am sure

This was soo cute, he discovered this

super cute baby in the mirror, and

had to give him a kiss!

Me and Cass Dans brothers girlfriend

Me and Bo taking a picture for Dan

in Germany

Rain rain go away!

Ok so today has pretty much been the WORST DAY EVER!!! So I lay in bed and about 6:30 I am woken up with the beautiful sound of thunder and lightning. Fell right back to sleep though, no big deal...till I woke up and realized my windows were completely down in my car!!!!!! I have never ever ever seen so much water in a car...well except for the drinking and driving commercials where it is completely full of water. I had about two inches of standing water in my car, not to mention the sides of my doors were full, all the cup holders were full and every thing else was sopping wet! So I go inside to get some towels, to find none in the closet. No, they were all dirty in Tracys room. So I round up all the towels and go down stair to put them in the washer only to find that my basement has about one inch of standing water in the west side. UGG!!!! Ok, put all but two towels in the washer and go back to take care of my car. On my way outside I see my stroller that I left open and in the cup holder is my floating digital camera, taking a swim. AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! And my wonderful is in Germany, impossible to get a hold of him. Poor Amber had to calm me down when I called her uncontrolably bawling!!! I am so much better now, at least till I get off work and get in to my wet stinky car. Tomorrow will be a better day Everything Good and perfect is of Christ, everything else comes from you know where.... Tomorrow will be a good day. Pray for me though, just in case!! :) Love ya'll

Germany

Well Dan leaves for Germany for three weeks tomorrow morning!! I am soo nervous and scared to be with out him for three weeks. Just last night, Boen was soo fussy and I dont think I could have done it with out him..... I am soo blessed with such a good husband and father for my son. This will be his first time going over sea's. He is so excited to get to do this, and to not have to pay for it!! I hope and pray that he remains safe and will come home safe to his wife and son who will be missing him terrably!! Please keep him in your prayers along with all of the amazing soldiers that serve YOU and YOUR family each and every day keeping all of us safe and FREE.
GOD BLESS AMERICA!! Love the Schwetizers

Sorrow

It has been 365 days since I last saw my living breathing mother. I can not believe that a year has gone by, even though it feels like eternaty. I was looking at Boen just now in bed, and remembering this night a year ago. I had just fallen asleep (as had Boen) only to have Gina waking me up in two hours with the most scared eyes I have ever seen. I was still tring to learn to nurse Boen who had woke up after me. I sang to her, all night. Till I could not stay awake anymore. The last time I heard her voice was her tring to sing America, America with me. But she couldnt, she had no energy left. She knew for days that the end was near. She kept telling us. This is soo hard, it feels like It just happened. I just hope that everyone is having a easier time today, and that everyone can smile as the remember our amazing mother Stella, who had a heart that kept on giving and a smile that will last forever. I miss you mom. I love you.

Pics from Boens party and misc

Tracy and Lucas on the slip and slide



















Silly goofs!! They are so wonderful when they get along,
it only happens about once a year, so I had to document


















Gpa and Gma cook with the Barnhills and Marty
in the backround


















Gma and Gpa Meduna and Schweitzer, Fern and Edgar,
Uncle Mark are in this one



















Gina and Brian are to the left, Lucy, Mark, Kimberly
and me and dan getting ready to open preasents



















Matt, Carma and the boys playing in the bubbles

















Our beautiful baby boy who is now ONE!

















Daddy and Bo opening some preasens with Gavins help of course!
He was soo cute..."Its my birthday!!" Luckly he was not
interested in keeping anything he helped open


















Daddy and Bo opening some preasents


















The Schweitzer family three One year down, many many
to go, I pray



















It is so hard for me to believe that a year ago on this day I was giving birth to hopefully our first of many children. I look back on that beautifully perfect day, I called mom at 2:20 in the morning, and she of course was still up reading a book to tell her the news, MY WATER BROKE! She then had to scold me for calling her instead of going to the hospital. Born 7 hours later was my beautiful 6pound 10oz boy. Never had we ever been so proud. Mom got to see him, hold him, and love him. It was a perfect day. Now a year later, believe it or not , we are even MORE proud! Each day he makes a new discovery, learns a new babble, gets into some new and creative kind of trouble. He is double the size of most babies his age, and is sooo much cutier than all of them!! Ok ok, I am bias. Anyways, the point is we are blessed each day that Boen is in our lives and we are soo greatful that God Blessed us so much with such an amazing little man, and we know that Grandma Stella and Grandma Nancy are up there proud as can be too! Thanks for checking in and I hope you enjoyed the pics!

Boens first birthday

It started here, Boens 1st birthday cake



















Mmmm I think this is good??

Ohhh yessss this is very good indeed!!!!!

What are you guys laughing at?? No really whats so funny?!?!

Ok mom I'm done. Whats next?

Grandma Mundt and Max















Boen and Daddy shavin

















Boen and Gram

















GOT MILK?
I saved the best for last ;)

To much to do, to little time!!!

Well, I have been trying to get some pictures up here, but my life is just not allowing me!! I need a good 30 minutes, and just haven't been able to set it aside, and most likely wont for another week at least!! Well, we have reached July! Unbelievable...Gavin will be two in just 8 days and Boen will be one in only 16!! How does time fly by so fast! Lets see, what have I been up to... I sang in my first funeral since mom's last week. It went very well, despite my fears of a very difficult song and almost NO time to learn it! I also just sang in a wedding, which went really well also. I have two more to go, one at the end of July and one just one week later in August. I am so nervous, but then again when am I not. So far so good anyways. Currently Dan and I are hosting the largest fundraiser of the year for the youth group. We have a fireworks stand, which in Milford runs for 10 very long days! We have to have 24 hour security and people working the stand. It is soo much work, but worth it for the money that we make, if anyone needs to make some money in a short bit of time, run a fireworks stand! Don't count on sleeping though. Boen has been such a trooper through it all though, I have truly been blessed with what I believe to be the best little boy ever. Aside the blister I have on my mouth from getting whacked with the remote. :) Lucky I love him so much!! Lets see, Tracy has been very busy at the ball field concession. She has been made assistant manager at age 13! She loves it, and it gives her money to blow, thank goodness cause she is very expensive. Her injury is pretty much completely healed now, and other than the occasional temper tantrums she is doing great. Lucas I don't see much of, he stepped on a needle at the farm a few weeks ago, and ended up with several stitches so Grandma Lois has been tending to him since, so I haven't seen him. I believe that all is well with him though. So far this year he has only been to the pool like 5 times which is crazy since he would have lived there every other year of his life. But as long as he has his video games, he is content as can be. Dan, my husband, is doing really good too. He will be getting ready for his trip to Germany some time soon, end of August and part of September. It will be the worst three weeks of my life I think, but we'll get through it. Work is good for him as is everything else. Praise the Lord, we are truly blessed! Well hope this finds everyone healthy and happy! We love y'all and God Bless America this 4th of July!!!!

Boen is walking!!!

Well, it seemed to take forever...but the time is finally here! Boen is now walking. He has taken about 8 steps in a row. Last night it was like a switch went off in his little head and he just got it!! He is walking from thing to thing, and then every once in a while he will just stand up in the middle of the room and walk to a toy or whatever. It is so exciting, and yes I know everyone is like you want them to walk and then as soon as they do you wish they never would have...but it is still exciting to watch your baby grow and understand and begin to try new things. It is just amazing how in only almost 11 months he has matured so much and made so many changes and grown. Oh my has he grown. I am most excited about him walking becuase hopefully this means I wont have to carry him so much. My back so needs a break from that hunk of baby on my hip. :) I will up load a video I took of his first steps (well we got out the camera after he had been doing it for a while) last night as soon as I get a chance. Love ya'll

I can not sleep

I lay awake yet again tonight, unable to fall asleep. Once I am asleep, I am fine it is just getting to that point. I keep thinking of my mom. Tonight, it was different than usual many of the same horrible images, but tonight I kept imagining myself becoming sick like she was. I was visioning myself with a bowel obstruction that would not allow me to keep any food down, getting sick around the clock because there is this horrible thing blocking the pathways of my body. I don't know if anyone else thinks of how they might die, I don't usually allow myself to think about these things, but tonight it just sort of happened. I started to pray to God to not let me die like her. Then of course my minds goes to the good things about her death. We were able to kind of prepare. Take lots of pictures, tell her everything we could think of to tell her. I would want my loved ones to have that same chance....but yet, please God don't let me suffer and die like she did. I miss her so much and about every other night I just wish I could go over to the room next to mine and lay next to her. To touch her face, to hear her voice, to pop those giant zits on her back.....such a dumb thing to miss, but I do. I miss everything about her, even the things that made me so angry. Her saving everything in sight, her digging through the trash after I cleaned her house to see what super important things I might have thrown away..." you never know when you might need this!!" Ohh it used to make me so mad, but I miss it. I am sorry to do this if anyone might be upset right now, but sometimes you just have to unleash the monster inside of you before it takes over. I just wish that I could take the images of my sick mom out of my head. I dream about it and think about it all of the time and I just wish that it would go away. I know it will make me stronger, and hopefully it will give me the tools to help someone else in the future...it will, that is how God seems to work in my life. He sets challenges in my path and then uses them to help me help other people. That seems to be the best therapy for me. I just cant wait untill the day that we are all in heaven and sadness, cancer, illness, and all things evil and of the devil are no more. Praise God for another night with a home over my head, a baby and loving husband in my bed and good health. Sorry I just had to do this. I love you mom and miss you so freaking much.

Tracy and Boen

This is Tracy trying very hard to make Boen
laugh, sometimes she is successful, and sometimes
we are just laughing at Tracy!! Welcome to our world!!
Hope you enjoy!

Silly Boen

This is a video we took of Boen and I last night during
naked time! It is kinda dark but hopefully it will make you
smile!! :)

Misc. pics from this week...

Me and my brothers at Corey and I's
5 year reunion...we had a BLAST!!
And better have after our $185 bill!







Ever had a scooby snack shot?
You should if you haven't...yummy~







Above- moms stone, Mindy did a
great job getting this all put together,
not perfect, but perfection is not easily found
on earth.







Gina and her fam at Paige's
graduation







This was sooo freaking funny, we
said "make a funny face," and we both
did the EXACT thing....so funny!!

Me and Tracy getting ready

for Paige's Graduation

Me and Jamie Lynn, she is so beautiful!!