December with the Schroeders

December has kept us super busy...Christmas parties, basketball, visiting our favorite winter place in Ohio and of course preparing for Christmas! It is a Christmas Tradition in Ohio to visit Clifton Mills! They put up over 3 million Christmas lights and we love it...year after year!

Ryan has started basketball. He is playing for the Beavercreek Future Stars! He has games on Friday evenings! So far his team is 1-1. Ryan loves it!

On the morning of December 6th, St. Nicholas' Day, Ryan woke up to find a present by his shoes (which he left by the front door). Every year he receives a new game. This year it was "You Gotta Be Kidding!" It is the funniest game and every time we play, we are busting up laughing!

The Fun in November

Yes, I am a little behind in updating our blog! This past November we had a great time! We had a ton of leaves to rake in the backyard...but we took a break for Ryan to play on the swing! He had just a little bit of fun out there! :)

Our November was very mild, so we enjoyed a few fires in our firepit in the backyard! It was so nice and relaxing!!

We are blessed...

This is the view from our backyard porch on Sunday evening! We are very thankful for everything we have in our lives! We are fortunate to be in an area where we all enjoy!

Fall Fun!

Ryan wanted to rake up the leaves in the front yard! He did an awesome job raking this year! He loved the reward of playing in the leaves after we raked them up! Although it looks like a lot of leaves, we still have most of our leaves still on the trees in the front yard! It's a great time being outdoors on a beautiful day, enjoying each others company!

Happy Halloween!

We went to Katie's Pumpkin Farm, a local farm around the corner from us, to pick out Ryan's pumpkin! I love all the local farms in this area!

Halloween Night - we went to our old next door neighbors house for pizza before Trick or Treating! Ryan likes to pick out the scariest costumes! Ryan's skeleton bones were bleeding! Our friends, the Carmers came over and the kids went trick or treating together! Everyone seemed exhausted by the time they came back around the block! What a fun time!!

Ryan's 7th Birthday

Ryan had his 7th Birthday on Wednesday! We went out to eat at Texas Roadhouse. Ryan loves their homemade rolls! He enjoyed all his gifts which include Legos, Nerf Guns, Laser Guns, a basketball, a football, a footbal goal post wrestling toys, football cards, Yu-Gi-Oh cards, a Dayton Gems Hockey jersey and gift cards to Toys R Us! He can't wait to go shopping! He played football with Caden before he had hockey skating lessons that night!

Ryan's 7th Birthday Party

Ryan had a Fear Factor Birthday Party! He had 10 friends over to bob for eyeballs, dig for cockroaches, eat fish brains, flies, dirty worms, and dog food. Ryan chose to bob for eyeballs! It was harder than he thought! After we had pizza, opened presents and ate cupcakes, the kids watched Alvin and the Chipmunks! He had a great time and I think all his friends did too!