Saturday, January 3, 2015

Christmas 2014

Christmas 2014. 

It was a good one! 

So much family, love, laughs, food, and more love. 




The Christmas season at our house was special this year. Gabe is at a fun age and started to get into the holiday, pointing out all the decorations, reading christmas books, and playing with his little nativity scene.  He was really good with the tree, minus one large ornament in the front. He evidently felt it was misplaced ;) Each time we put it back, we would soon find it in a random place in the living room. Silly boy!



This year we headed over to Muscatine for Christmas Eve. After mass, we came back to Grandma and Grandpa's to see that Santa had found Gabers!! YAY! 








Great Grandma Sue headed up from Missouri again this Christmas. It was great to be able to share a few days of our holiday with her. It was so cute watching Gabe open his big Bear. He loves giving him hugs! 









Christmas morning was spent eating bacon, playing board games, opening a ridiculous amount of presents, and enjoying time with the Billups clan. 









Did you know that corded rotary phones still exist?!?

 

 SANTA! 



Strange mustached men.








Saturday, December 27, 2014

Schmelzer Christmas!

A few weeks back, Grandma and Grandpa, as well as Great Grandpa Don and Great Grandma LoAnne (aka Looney) made their way to Ankeny to celebrate Christmas! 

I caught a cold, and was an absolutely horrible hostess, but we still had a great time being together. 

Good thing family love trumps poor hospitality :) 



Annual Schmelzer Boys Photo.




Aren't these two just adorable :) 





Gabe was EXCITED!! 




Bachelors. 
















 



Merry Christmas! 

Merry Christmas!






Merry Christmas from our family to yours!  







Sunday, December 7, 2014

Cyclone Power!

Fall = Football

More Specifically...

Fall = CYCLONE FOOTBALL

And say it with me now, "We love the Cyclones" 

We have spent our Fall traveling up to Ames to cheer on our Cardinal and Gold. 

Even if it wasn't always pretty...we were always cute :) 

#loyalforevertrue
















Our Cyclones may not have had a great season. But we still love the time in Ames. 
And the memories. 


...And it's finally basketball season :)