A Day With Chance........

What a GREAT day!! I drove into Jackson with Joyah this morning..... As I drove through the canyon one word that came to mind was "Paradise"! It was early in the morning and the sun was just right. Everything is beginning to come alive from the winter! I just felt so blessed. "God bless Wyoming and keep it wild" When we got to Jackson, we checked Chance out of school. We spent the day just running around taking care of little errands, like paying for Chances tux and flowers for prom (see I'm still needed lol!). Chance took me to the Hard Drive Cafe' and said "Go sit down and I'll order and buy your lunch" So Joyah and I found a great table and waited. He brought me this DIVINE ciabatta! It had spinach and pesto and turkey and lots of other yummy stuff.... OH MY HECK IT WAS GOOD!!! Chance you can order for me anytime!! You have taste like your Dad! I am so lucky! We also spent time out on flat creek just watching the water flow by and enjoying all the ducks and geese. Chance, you are the BEST company! You have grown into a awesome young man! Thanks for taking time to spend a great day with me... and Joyah. And for driving :)

Spread Your Wings Little Bird

BUSY! BUSY! BUSY!

The end of April turned out to be quite busy at the Schreiber household! Joyah is becoming less idle, hence my time just isn't quite as free! Boy OH Boy! What have we done!!??
Aleah has been working really hard in Track this season. She has had allot of fun with it. Much to her surprise, she has quite the good arm! Her coach had her do the shot put just for kicks and giggles and they found out she's quite good at it! It has been fun going to her meets and watching her.




Chance has been very busy with School and his Drama group. They have been practicing for the past few months for their musical "Anything Goes" We were able to go to opening night this week......WOW!!! What a AWESOME job! Chance was the star of the show! We laughed our butts off when he came walking on stage in a old fashioned swimming suit - you know the ones that look like wrestling suits? I have the word out to all our friends... I'm paying big money to anyone who can get a picture of him in the thing... so check back soon! Chance also celebrated his 18TH Birthday!!!!!! ERIC AND I CANT BELIEVE IT!! He has been so busy we haven't even had cake and Ice cream with him! We are just waiting for Sunday evening to relax even for just one night! Just a few more weeks and his SR. Year will be all wrapped up! Man time fly's when your having fun!





And of course, We are all enjoying Joyah! She will be 7 months old in just a few days! She is such a happy and fun little sweet heart! She is rolling over and doing the army crawl, I'm sure she will be crawling in a few more days.. time to baby proof! MAN never thought we would be saying those words again :)

AND HERE ARE THE ANTICIPATED PHOTOS!!!!

Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes, Eyes, Ears, Mouth & Nose

Our Sweet Sister-in-Law Stacey sent me to her sisters blog. She had done this cute series of photos of her little girl.... It was so cute I wanted to do it with Joyah so here it is......
HEAD

SHOULDERS

KNEES & TOES

EYES

EARS

MOUTH AND NOSE

Awesome Family! ~ Awesome Fun!

We had such a great time in Utah this past week. Our main reason for going was for Creed and Lacey.... They were blessing their newest addition, Breken Creed... The sweetest little boy! We also were dying to meet Dave and Kristin's newest little one Jade, Ohhhh so cute! We were able to stay all week and fill the days in with lots of fun! Here are a few of the highlights............
*Brekens blessing, Creed did a awesome job and Breken is SOOOO CUTE!
*Meeting Jade.... WHAT A LITTLE SWEETHEART!
*Bowling with the Family.... We laughed when Aleah forgot to take her bowling shoes off and wore them out of the building LOL!
*Catching the little girls drawing on themselves with blue marker, then the "group" bath to clean them all up .... So dang funny! and Cute!
*Girls night out for pie,ice cream and lots of laughs
*Getting held up at the DI for trying to pass a counterfit $20 WHAT THE CRAP!! SOOO Funny!
*Pizza and a late night at Lynndee's house with her and her cute kids (We snuck a few of Bart and Stacey's kiddos in as well)
*Lunch with my long lost but never forgotten friend Michelle, I thoroughly enjoyed this!
*Joyah being TOTALLY loved up by her amazing cousins! She is the luckiest little girl alive!
and she sucked up EVERY moment!
*Shopping with the kids
*Taking Chance tanning LOL!!
*McDonald's with Samantha! What a little doll!
*Mark, Tawn and all their kiddos! Wish we had more time with you all!
*Aaron's Prom night, WHAT A HUNK!
*Joyah learning to roll, and roll, and roll!!!
*Race cars, Gasoline and lots of healthy competition!!!
*Chanceton's late nights with Aaron and Brett... Shame on you guys!!!
*Aleah and Hannah's pedicures and beautiful nails
*Stacey's awesome headband's and homemade bread YUM YUM!!! :)
*An afternoon at Grandma's house with Sherrie and Bryce
The only sad part was that we only had Eric for a few days then he had to head home alone for work. It was good to get back home and be with him again. Thanks for being such a great provider and such a hard worker baby! We love you.
We are all so grateful for the blessing of not just family but love, kindness, acceptance, and just over all happy people! We love you all SOOOOO much!

Aleah..... A TEENAGER! Oh Boy!

February 22ND was a great day at the Schreiber home! Aleah turned the BIG 13!
We can't believe how fast the years have flown bye! We had Rich, Sherrie and Bryce over for dinner. We had homemade chicken noodle soup and french bread, Aleahs request and Eric brought home a ice cream cake ~ Aleah has been telling us for months "I want a Dairy Queen Ice Cream cake for my Birthday this year!"
Aleah recieved some great cards in the mail from friends and family, she especially loved the singing card from Frank! Thanks Frank it made Aleahs day! Aleah saved up her birthday cash and this past Thursday and Friday Kee took Aleah and her friend Marlee to Pocatello for a night in a nice hotel, shopping and just playing around.
We feel so blessed to have Aleah in our family! She is such a great person! She has done so well with this move. Report cards recently came out and guess what????
ALEAH GOT STRAIGHT A'S!!!!! At parent teacher confrence, her teachers all had wonderful things to say about her. Her home room teacher also wanted us to know how polite and respectful Aleah is, he said that she has a kind heart and treats all her peers with respect, that makes Eric and I very happy :)
Also Aleah has been ask to participate in the 2009 Southwest Honor Choir Clinic!
This is a "by invitation" only clinic where they spend a entire day with a elete guest conductor with students from all over the state. After a full day of learning, they perform what they have learned that evening. We are really exited about this! Aleah should have alot of fun! Also Aleah's chior teacher has ask if she would move from the 7TH grade chior to the 8TH grade chior! Way to go Aleah!
Aleah, we love you! You are such a good example to your family and we want you to know how lucky we feel to have you in our lives!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Our Winter Wonderland

After our awesome trip to St.George last weekend, I thought it would be fun to show everyone what our world is looking like these days. It has been quite cold - in the single digits - for allot of the past month. It is beautiful and we love it, but come this time of year, we are eagerly awaiting Spring. Its been kind of hard for me with a baby, I just don't get out as much as I would like to :). I did invest in a treadmill or what I like to call the "dreadmill" so I can at least get a little exercise in! Eric and Chance are still braving the canyon each morning. The roads are pretty well groomed and haven't been to bad most of the time. Come spring when this beautiful mountain valley turns luscious green, we remember why we stick around!

Joyah's 1ST Taste Of Food

Joyah has been such a great nurser and I have loved that time with her. I was a failure with Chance and Aleah in the nursing department, so this time round has been quite nice. We are in no hurry to start her on solids, but just for kicks and giggles, decided to share a little cream of wheat with her. The pictures can tell you what she thought of it.................. I think she'll be a milk only baby for a little while longer and that's just fine with me!

Save A Place For Us Grandpa We Love You

Jesse Bott Reay
Corinne
1920 - 2009
Jesse Bott Reay, 88, passed away on Monday, January 19, 2009 at the VA Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born in Brigham City, Utah on December 31, 1920 a son on Anthony C. and Sarah Bott Reay.
Jesse married Nola Elizabeth Wheeler on April 4, 1944 in the Logan LDS Temple. She passed away on February 16, 1998. He served a mission to Oregon and Washington. He was a member of the Corinne 1st Ward.
Surviving are his children: Karla (Bill) Smoot, Ardell (Sue) Reay, Jolene (Brad, deceased) Hobbs, Alan (Elaine) Reay, all of Corinne; Merla (Steve) Naylor, Bountiful; Verlyn (Camille) Reay, Banida, ID; Carolyn (Ray, deceased) Sparrow, Tremonton; Michele (John) Loch, Magna; LaDee (Von) Gregersen, Banida, ID; LaDean (Ken) Forsgren, Garland; 46 grandchildren, 101 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

A Game Of I Spy..... And That's All I'm Gonna Say!

Hip Hip Horray! A Day Off 4 Eric!

Eric has been working way to hard for way to many days! Even with the bad economy, Eric has had more work than he can handle! He lost one of his drivers at work and has had a hard time filling the position. So Eric has been working for 14 days straight! Well... Today he was able to take a day off! We got Chance on the shuttle for Jackson at 6:30 this morning, Got Aleah on the school bus at 7. Then we climbed back in bed and snuggled with Joyah! Usually this is my special morning routine with Joyah, and but I shared the fun with Eric! (Still can't believe we have a little one to snuggle again!!!!!!) It was so nice to have him home after 6:00 A.M.! We enjoyed the morning with Joyah and then Eric made us a yummy lunch. It was so fun having "Adult" company! We drove into Afton later in the day and picked up Aleah from school. I hadn't been over to look at the Call Air Museum so Eric took Aleah, Joyah and I. It was fun watching the videos about his Grandpa Call and looking at the cool plains. We were sad when the old museum was closed so it was great to tour through the new one. They did a great job with all of it I was impressed!

We took a drive up the Grays River Road. It was cold today and all the trees were covered with beautiful white ice! It was incredible!

Well, back to work Eric goes in the morning, but I was grateful for a day that I didn't have to share!

Aleah's Bus Adventure!

Friday afternoon, I waited and waited for Aleah to walk in the door from her bus ride home. Well, the time came and went and no Aleah. I tried calling her but got no answer. So I figured no news was good news and that the buses must be running behind. Well FINALLY in comes Aleah about 40 minutes late! She said "We had some excitement on the bus today!" I ask "Whats going on?" She said "The bus went off the road! and was tipped onto two wheels!" She said they were riding along up into the ranch, and all the sudden the bus slipped and they all slid over to one side" She said " The bus driver yelled and told us to all try and get to the other side of the bus so it wouldn't tip anymore!" She said "We all got over to the other side and waited there until another bus came and got in front of us and hooked a tow strap to us, well after they had broken 3 straps trying to get the bus back on the road, they had all the kids climb out the emergency door and load up onto another bus!"

Well, no one was hurt and she made it home safe and sound. I guess it was a sub. bus driver. She must have felt awful! Anyway Aleah has had fun talking about her adventure for the last few days!

On Saturday she had me stop and we got a picture of her in the ruts where the bus was tipped.

WHAT A STORY!

A Sad Separation

This past Thursday was a sad day for me. I went into the District offices and signed my separation papers :(. First Joyah and I went over to the High School and visited with my friends there, then we went over to the Middle School and spent some time there. The hardest part was of course Colter Elem! We went at lunch time so we were able to see all the kids! That made me smile! It was sooooo great to get all the hugs and see the happy faces of the kids! They were all so excited to meet Joyah! I really am going to miss those little nuggets! One of the teachers said "You can tell Joyah's not your first! Your letting the kids love the heck out of her!" Inside I was freaking out a little about germs, but I had my handy dandy bottle of hand sanitizer that saved the day! It was so great to visit with all my co-workers and catch up on every one's lives. I truly am going to miss my days at Colter! Last of all Joyah and I headed over to the district office to sign all the paperwork. I got a little choked up, but just for a minute. I looked a Joyah and knew it was all SOOOO worth it! I am looking forward to this new chapter in my life .

Erics B~Day!

Yesterday was a pretty regular day in allot of ways; It snowed about one and a half feet of new snow, Eric had to cover one of his drivers shifts and worked later than usual, the kids had school and Kee and Joyah had lots of errands to run. But we all knew the day was special, Why? Because it was Eric's B~Day!!!!!!!!!
We won't say how old, but he waved goodbye to his 30's years ago! We will say how stinkin young he looks! I must say, I did a extremely good job in picking my sweetheart!
Happy B~Day Eric!
We made a cake for him, his favorite oatmeal cake with yummy brown sugar and pecan frosting DELICIOUS!!!! We made his requested meal of Clam Chowder with Sourdough bread and fish. It was the perfect meal for our snow covered day! Aleah, Joyah and I waited patiently for Eric and Chance to get home from Jackson, which was MUCH to late!!! We all enjoyed dinner together and then sang Happy Birthday before enjoying our cake and Death By Chocolate Ice Cream!
We are so lucky to have Eric in our lives! He is a amazing husband and my best friend! And Chance, Aleah and Joyah are very lucky to have him for a Dad! Eric keeps our family laughing pretty much ALL THE TIME! Our favorite saying is "Eric's not funny!" just because he knows how funny he is especially when he's not even trying! Eric is such a hard worker! He takes very good care of his family and has made it possible for me to stay home with Joyah for a few years and for that I am so grateful. Eric is so much fun with the kids! He is always eager to hear about their lives and works hard at staying involved in what they are doing. Any one could ask Eric on any given day small details about his Children's lives and he would know the answers ie: Teachers in school, projects they are working on, friends names, grades, whatever!He loves to be silly with the kids and their friends! In fact Eric's first birthday call was from Aleah's best friend Lauren! One of the funnest things for me about Eric is his Romantic side! All my girlfriends are always so jealous of Eric! Eric just has the knack for being romantic! He is ALWAYS doing sweet little things for me and he's so creative! Our relationship is strong and in many ways stays brand new because of His effort to keep the fires burning! I told Eric I get to where I don't want to tell my girlfriends about the fun things he does cuz it makes them go home mad at their husbands! LOL!
So all that being said! HAPPY B~DAY ERIC!
YOU ARE ONE OF A KIND AND THE MOST AMAZING MAN I KNOW!!! You are constantly working at being a better man and in our eyes you are the BEST! Your family loves you!

A Joyah Photo I Couldn't Not Share!