Vacation

My parents decided to do something different for Christmas this year. Normally they spend a lot of money on presents for their 5 kids, 2 in-laws, 1 girlfriend, and 7 grandkids. This year they decided to take us all on a vacation instead.
We were originally going to a cabin in Kamas, Utah. Things fell through with the cabin so we ended up at a house in Highland. The family is out of town for a month and are renting out their house while they are gone. We were only staying for 4 days and 3 nights and someone else is coming after we leave. The house is nice - 5 bedrooms, large kitchen, foosball table, large backyard, but my dad was freaked out the entire time that one of the grandkids was going to ruin something.
We have had so much fun and unfortunately Steve, Hunter and I have to leave tomorrow night to take Hunter home. Hunter has to go to school this week until the 22nd. My nieces and nephews are out of school already, but Hunter has to go until Thursday. It sucks that he has to go to school for most of the week before Christmas when all of his cousins (on my side) are already done with school until January.

Fun day in Huntsville

Steve, Hunter and I went with Steve's mom up to Eden this morning for the Farmer's Market. After we left there we went to Huntsville to get Subway for lunch. We took our sandwiches to a park in Huntsville where we ate our lunch and then watched Hunter (and Steve) play on the playground. We had a lot of fun.

Hunter climbing the slide at the park

Steve and Hunter posing on one of the HUGE tires partly buried in the ground

It looks like Steve was photo bombing this picture of Hunter, but this was how it was planned

Now it's Steve's turn to be on top of the tire. Hunter did ask if the tire was going to fall on him when Steve got on top of it. I explained that it was okay.

Right before we left we had a family picture, thanks to my mother-in-law Barbara who took this picture.

When we were leaving the park Steve realized that his wallet was gone. I suggested going to check at Subway first (since we were closer to Subway) and then check the park. Barbara suggested we check the park first and then Subway on the way home. We went back to the park and searched EVERYWHERE that we could think of and it was not there. I googled the phone number for the Huntsville Subway and called them to see if someone had turned in a wallet. They said they did have a wallet and were waiting for us to come back. I asked if it was Steven Schultz's wallet and the guy said it was. I knew I was right! We should have gone to the restaurant first so we could have gotten home faster.
Later on, we had dinner with Steve's brother, Brad, and his wife, Camille (Mille) and all of Camille's sisters (Michaella, Elise and Hannah), her parents (Mike and Cindy) and her Grandma (Grandma, sorry, that's all I know her as). We had delicious hamburgers, coleslaw, fresh corn on the cob, potato salad and frog eyed salad. For dessert we had a "deluxe chocolate pie" that Hunter and Grammy (Barbara) made and a Berry Cheesecake that Barbara had made.
As Mille's parents, siblings, and grandma were getting ready to leave, Hunter, Brad, Mille, Steve and Grammy decided to have their water fight and Mille's sisters joined in. It was a lot of fun to watch everyone throwing water balloons at each other, but next time I'm watching from inside. As soon as I came outside (with my camera to take pictures of the fight) Steve hit me with a water balloon. He is so lucky that he didn't hit my camera and that by hitting me with the balloon I didn't drop my camera.

Overall, it was a fun day.....but now I'm ready for bed.

Long week, even though I only worked four days

This has been a crazy week at work. One of my co-workers was out Tuesday through Thursday and another had today off and all next week too. With only 4 people in our department having one of us gone is a huge thing. So much stuff going on at work, we are sooo busy. I still love my job and my co-workers.
Tonight my sister is coming over for a girls night. We haven't had a girls night with just the two of us for soo long (if we ever have had one - I can't remember). I love my family (including my in-laws).

It's been awhile.....

Because of computer problems (laptop's cord stopped working and I had to wait to get a new one) I haven't been able to post anything. Now I can!!!

Steve and I just spent this weekend in Idaho with his sister's family. We visited Carrie, Tim, Daniel and the newborn twins James and William. Steve and I got to hold babies A LOT!!! I loved it and it made my baby hungriness a little bit worse. Carrie and Tim have both threatened not to let us go home since we are helping them a lot. Daniel and Hunter have been playing a lot but last night Hunter got overwhelmed with Daniel. Every time Hunter tried to sit down and relax Daniel would sit on him, climb on top to hug him, or do something else that annoyed Hunter. If Carrie asked Daniel to leave Hunter alone for a little bit Daniel would start crying. It was soo cute! I felt bad for Hunter though, he's not used to having someone try to spend every waking second with him trying to play with him, sit on him, or annoy him.

Driggs Idaho is such a small town, I don't think I could survive living in such a small town. Carrie and Tim love it. My mom's best friend, Louise, lives in Terreton Idaho which is even smaller than Driggs. I enjoy living in such a big town. I love living within 10 minutes of a mall, movie theater, grocery store, gas station, work, and the freeway. My mom could live in a small town, but my dad wouldn't be able to so they wont ever move to a small town.

They are finally here!!!

I've been slacking on my blog. I really need to post more often but I forget and get busy with other things in life, like.....Scouts, physical therapy, work, family.
My sister-in-law, Carrie, just gave birth this afternoon to twin boys, James and William. James was 6 lbs. and 9 oz. and William was 4 lbs. and 11 oz. Steve and I just tripled the amount of nephews we have on his side of the family. We went from only Daniel to Daniel and his two baby brothers. My mother-in-law and Father-in-law, Dale and Babara, just doubled the amount of grandkids they currently have. I am so excited for Carrie and Tim. Carrie and the boys should be home in time for us to see them on Thanksgiving. Steven and I decided to split our time spending Thanksgiving with family in three. Last year we spent with my family, this year with Tim and Carrie and next year with Steve's parents. That way Hunter will get a chance to go to a different place every time we have him for Thanksgiving. We get Hunter for Thanksgiving on the years that end in an even number.
I can't wait to go up for Thanksgiving and be able to see the babies. There will be so many people there that it may be difficult to be able to spend a lot of time with either of them. The twins are doing very well and within a few hours of being born were in the room with Carrie and she was trying to breastfeed them. I am so thankful that they arrived before we got up there and that both of them are healthy.
Now....I wonder who will be the next couple to have a child. On my side of the family I have a divorced sister who is not planning on any more kids right now, a sister-in-law who has had a hysterectomy and a sister-in-law that is done having kids. On Steve's side of the family he has another sister who is currently not planning on having any kids, but his younger brother and his wife are probably going to start trying soon.
So...unless Steve and I are next my guess would be Brad and Camille will be the next to have a kid.

The weekend is finally here!!!!

I love the weekend and it's finally here!!!

We have Hailey and Jaxon here for a sleepover with Hunter. Hunter really misses his cousins and when we were in Ogden it was difficult to get together with my siblings and their kids. Violet came over for a bit and when it was time for her to leave she didn't want to. Missee had to carry her out the door crying. I so wanted to let her stay the night also, but it wouldn't have worked. I love my nieces and nephews.

I had my third physical therapy appointment today. I love the office that I go to. Even though they make me do exercises that make my ankle hurt, I love them! I enjoy talking with the people that work there. I hope my ankle heals well and I wont have to live with this pain for the rest of my life. I often hide it when I'm in pain or sick. I don't want to be a whiner or make people think that I am just wanting attention. I sometimes feel that people think that I'm faking or exaggerating my ankle pain, but it is real. I hope that the pain lessens but that I can continue to go to the PT clinic. One of the Physical Therapist looks like a shorter brunette Andre Kirilenko (Utah Jazz player if you don't know.)

Oh! I'm having a Pampered Chef party on the 15th (I LOVE PAMPERED CHEF!!!) and if you want to come, let me know or you can order online at: http://www.pamperedchef.biz/angelaprodnuk and select my name (Raegan Schultz) as the hostess. THANKS!!!!

The weekend is FINALLY here

Steve gets to come home for an overnight visit tomorrow! I am so excited, I just wish that he was coming home for good, but I know that he's not ready t come home yet. Soon, but not yet.

I had dinner at Roosters with Brad, Camille, Barbara, Carrie, Tim and Daniel. It was really nice and I had a lot of fun with them. I just wish Steve could have been there. Daniel is so cute, he kept asking for a cheeseburger and then when he finally got it he ate the pickles and a few fries. He's over 2 years old, but he looks and talks like he's 3 years old.

Our Christmas tree is still up and I'm thinking Steve and I will take it down on Sunday. I wanted to keep it up until Steve came home and we could have Christmas with Hunter but I think it's time for it to come down. I'll miss the tree but it's time.

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Busy day

Yesterday was a busy and tiring day. We were at my parent's house, after spending the night. Steve went to fix Derek and Ginny's (my brother and sister-in-law) car. Derek thought that the car's starter may have died, but he wasn't sure. While Steve and Derek were off playing with the car I was home with Missee, Violet (my sister and her daughter) and the two dogs.

Steve ended up finding out that Derek's car only had dirty battery terminals (I think that's what he said, but I know nothing about cars so I'm not sure) and one of the spark plugs was undone. Steve cleaned up the battery and fixed the spark plugs and now Derek's car works better than it did before. Derek was so thankful that he didn't have to buy a new starter for his car he took Steve and I to Applebee's for lunch. Missee and Violet came with too. It was a lot of fun, even though Seamus and Russell (Derek and Ginny's sons) weren't very happy about being there. Russell wanted to go to a restaurant that had a playground. They were a little fussy, Violet was a little fussy too. Then we went back to my parent's house and since I didn't sleep that well the night before I was sleepy and took a nap. Steve took Missee's car to get an oil change while I was napping.

My mom works for NAMI (www.nami.org) and had a training class she was teaching this weekend at UNI (University Neuropsychiatric Institute) and they had reserved a hotel room for her for the weekend. After one night there she decided she didn't want to stay since she slept really badly so she offered the room to us. A free hotel room for the night and a free contintental breakfst? We of course took her up on the offer. We met her at the hotel so we could get the room key and the parking pass. After we had recieved the pass and room key we walked my mom to her car and she said something so funny to us that also made me blush. She said "remember, I'm expecting grandkids." She is so funny! I love my mom!

We are now back home with our two kitties (who missed us greatly, who else can pet them if we're gone?) and our piles of laundry, dirty dishes and other fun stuff that needs to be cleaned. I really need a maid, where can I find one who will work for free?

A little bit about me......

Since this is my first post I thought I would introduce myself. I am Raegan, wife to Steven, step-mother to Hunter (5 years old),

and owner to Splenda (pure white cat) and Sweet Pea (Russian Blue cat).

My husband and I currently live in Bountiful Utah and are planning to move to Ogden in October to be closer to his son. I work in South Jordan for a health insurance company. The commute is not going to be fun this October when I have a drive of over an hour. Taking public transit is going to make it even worse, it'll take closer to two hours.

Steve and I have no children of our own, and not for a lack of trying either. I used to hear people say they "suffered" a miscarriage, but I didn't know it was literal. Steve and I found out I was pregnant the Thursday that they had the viewing for President Hinckley (Prophet of the LDS church www.lds.org). Then when I was about 11 weeks pregnant I woke up bleeding really badly so I went to the ER.

At the ER I continued to bleed and then I found out what suffered a miscarriage really means. It was one of the hardest things I have ever gone through, and I would never wish it on anyone, even my worst enemy. I felt like I had done something wrong, or that there was some problem with my body that would make having a baby almost impossible. Those two fears were put to rest pretty quickly when my OB/GYN said there was nothing wrong with my body to cause the miscarriage and then when my father-in-law gave me a blessing he said that there was nothing that I had done wrong to cause the miscarriage.

So....Steve and I are continuing to try and hopefully have baby news soon.

Feel free to ask me almost anything you want. If you want to know more about my religion (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) please visit www.lds.org.