our vintage Christmas

in polaroid...

In loving memory

My sweet Grandpa went home to be with the Lord on December 9, 2011. 

My family and I will cherish the time we had with him forever. 

One of the reasons I started this blog was for him. Because we lived on opposite sides of the state, I wanted him to be able to see pictures and the things that were going on in my life. Even when it took me so long to update, he just kept rereading the posts because they seemed new to him each time. That's the best.

My cousin, Jasmine, got married in November, and our family was so blessed to be able to celebrate with Grandpa.

We will always miss him.

But, we know that he is in heaven, reunited with the love of his life.

I can't wait to see them again someday.

Schnosbornes do Disneyland

The last few months just might have been the busiest I have had in my life. I am just not one of those people who can work 80-100 hour weeks and still function normally. I like down time. Just good old fashioned sit on the couch and shop online time. Not to mention time with my husband, family and friends. If my work life/home life scale is going to tip more in any direction, I prefer it to be the home direction. That being said, this last quarter of school pushed me to my limit. I know that I will be a better teacher for it, but boy am I glad that quarter is over. I am student teaching now and only have a little over two months left! 

In spite of the craziness, I was able to work ahead and make time for what really matters in life:

Disneyland.

I don't think there could have been a better place to spend Thanksgiving this year.

It was such an amazing time with my family and Mickey!

Here are some highlights.

well hello

I logged on to my blog today not sure if it even still existed. 

I guess it's still here. 

My cousin asked me for my URL and I got really excited that I may still have readers (Heeeyyy Jo)!

I feel like a lot has happened since.. ahhem..September. I think it might be time to revamp this sorry blog. I have so much to say and pictures to share. I know my slowness has been due in part to: 

one, I am a bit of a perfectionist--each post takes me forever and,

two, I like good grammer.

So from now on no more perfection and no more grammer!!!!

(Well, maybe a little grammer.)

I am just going to type my thoughts and post my pictures and if I don't use capitol letters or complete sentences I am going to be okay with it. I am teaching first grade and we aren't so focused on the nit picky grammer...I am just happy when they write words that are semi-readable!

Let's see how this goes.

 Stay tuned....