Halloween with Evie

Well, Evie Mae Blackburn came on October 27, 2009!!! She has been so fun! It was nice to be home for Halloween. Josie is so sweet to her and loves to touch her cheeks and kiss her head. There have been a couple of times when I've heard her singing little lullabies to her or This Little Piggy with her toes.

Mission Call!

I received my mission call last week to Tempe, Arizona! I report on February 3rd. I can't wait for this opportunity to serve the Lord!

It was a neat experience-I was 'racing' this boy that sits in front of me in orchestra to see who could get their papers in first. He lives a couple blocks away from us, we went to the same high school and we both play cello, majoring in music (so we've known each other for a while). We put our papers in a week apart, but we got our calls on the same day to the same place! In fact, there are at least 5 missionaries from our stake that have recently been called to Arizona. Crazy!
Thanks for all your love and support! Love you all!
Lindsay

FINALLY!!!

Max is 1 and Abby is 3

Lisa took some pictures of the kids for me about a month ago. I noticed Max was losing his chubby cheeks a bit and starting to look so... grown up. Plus, they both just had birthdays so I thought this would be good time to get them done.
Rather than posting them here again you can find them here if you want to see. Thanks Lisa!

Alison Graduates

On July 23rd, Alison graduated from BYU-I with a bachelor's degree in Exercise and Sports Science. Dale and I handed out Alumni pins at her convocation and got to attend the luncheon and commencement ceremonies with her. She is so-o-o happy and we are so-o-o proud!

First Annual Schow Family Reunion

It's already here! We have a very open agenda that can be changed at any time, so we will just go day to day and see how it flows. (Can you tell I don't have a red personality?)

So far, we have:
Thursday night: can stay in Uncle Mark's condo. Just let him know.
Friday day: Meet at Ideal Beach as early as you want. We are going to crash at Chris and Steve's place. We can swim at the pool or the beach, golf at 1:20 (I think) and lunch will be provided by Jan. (Taco Salads)
Friday night: Reservations have been made at Hampton Inn,1665 No. Main St. Logan.
Check-in time is 3:00 pm and check-out time is noon.
Saturday morning: continental breakfast, family meeting TBA-to deicide what everyone would like to do. I think Mark is making some golf reservations, Jeri has a list of shopping, hikes and tubing down the Logan River and other things that we can do.
Saturday afternoon: Meet for lunch provided by Linda (sandwiches)
Saturday night: Eat where ever you want and put children to bed early.
Sunday morning: Continental breakfast. Church at 10:40 or 12:30 at Bear Lake
Sunday afternoon: Lunch by Jeri. (hamburgers and hotdogs) Crash at Chris and Steve's for as long as you want to stay.
Looking forward to a fun filled weekend with my Schow relatives!!

Blessing

We are blessing Spencer and Kade on Sunday, August 2nd in our Ward. Afterward, we will meet at our house for some breakfast. If you want to join us, we would love to have you. I don't want to give all the details on the Internet, so just email me (or comment and I will email you) with the time and location.

Calcite Springs Overlook
Grandma and Grandpa Barnes took us to Yellowstone yesterday. What a beautiful and fun day we had! We even saw some places we had never seen before.

Here is Rachel at the 4th of July parade.

Tyler was on staff at Cedar Badge for the 3rd year, and next year got picked to be on the board of directors.

Announcement

Cash

Here are a few more pictures of Cash. We just can't get enough of him!!!!

Anybody want a little Cash?

After 26 hours of labor...Cash was forced into the world. He was really stuck and the doctor had to pull him out using every trick in the book.

CASH WILLIAM NOYES

Born April 25, 2009 at 10:18 pm

8 lbs 15 oz

20 1/2 inches long

The only time he cried in the hospital was when we took him out from underneath the heat lamp!

Cash loves to be warm and comfortable. If you want a good snuggle, come on over...he's your guy!!!

Updated Info Please

I am updating our Schow Family Address/Birthday Directory so PLEASE email me with your current info: alexiebaugh@hotmail.com. Include: children, birthdays (years too), anniversaries, home address, emails, any phone #s, blogs/websites. Thanks! -Lex

Some More Pictures of Olivia (and Josie)

I had the opportunity to take some pictures of new baby Olivia and Josie a couple of weeks ago.  It was so fun to visit with Christin, Annie, and Megan for HOURS (I completely overstayed my welcome).  I love visiting with other women and swapping birthing stories.  We had such a great time, and Olivia and Josie are simply adorable!  Here are a few pictures, but there are more on my photo blog.  See you all (at least the girls) next weekend!

Olivia joins the family

So if my mom ever asks, I put these pictures up a month ago.

Olivia Kai Russell was born 12/27/08. I have no idea how much she weighed or how long she was. Sorry! But here's what she looked like:












Congrats Christin and Steve!

Another football game...

Here are some pictures from our recent trip to Phoenix: We stopped in Washington, UT (near St. George) to spend the night with Theron's grandparents. They showed us around some of the facilities. Logan loved playing on the playground. He hasn't had much opportunity to run around outside since he didn't walk until winter.
Here he is being silly on the car ride as we left St.George. He was pretty good in the car as long as we kept the food and drinks coming
The main reason for our trip: the Cardinals & Eagles game. Here is the stadium as we were walking up to it:

Sad days for us, the Cardinals won and are going to the Superbowl. It was a fun game though, since the Eagles dominated the 3rd quarter that made us believe they could win it. They couldn't keep it up though, and the Cards scored in the final minutes.
We were able to stay with Theron's sister for the weekend. It was fun to see Bree, Greg, & Axton, who is just younger than Logan. We loved the nice weather and took a dip in their swimming pool. We didn't get any picture of the boys together, but they had fun playing together in Axton's sandbox.
Love to all!