Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas.  We had a number of days
filled with food and fun.  We are so blessed to be able to
spend time with our family and friends. 

I made this blanket for Kaylee to take to her volleyball games...

her team colors are black, gold, & white

Family Picture

Simon helping Great Grandma open her gifts

Schmid's New House

We are so happy for Christy, Tavis, & Simon!  They are in their house in time for Christmas! 

Happy Holidays!

I guess we have been busy over the past 6 weeks...I haven't posted since Halloween!  Yikes. 

I have been teaching religion classes to 4th graders - Mariah is my assistant teacher - and working 2 nights a week at Swimtastic, so I have been too busy to post! 

I am now done working at Swimtastic, taking a break for a few months.  Kaylee has started volleyball practice, which will help keep me busy from now thru April.  Her first tournament is January 15th- it is going to be so different to watch her play vs Mariah's teams!  They will be so cute, I am sure...

Mariah is busy with her schoolwork and working part time for First Technologies.  She is doing AWESOME in school...straight A's!  We couldn't be more proud of her.  She is applying for National Honor Society, we will keep you posted on whether or not she is accepted.

As you will recall...Kaylee had the flu, which she passed on to Mariah, over Christmas last year.  Well, she has just come through a 6-day flu bug, so we are hoping that means we will all be healthy for Christmas this year! 

We hope you all have a Merry Christmas...

YSC Crop

I hosted a scrapbooking fundraiser to raise money for our local support group.  We will use the funds to reach out to other local survivors.  We look forward to helping other young women in the Milwaukee area.

Cupcakes with our logo...so cute!

Meredith & Katie
(fellow survivors from our group)

Debbie and I - the hostesses

All the ladies...scrapping the day away!

Philadelphia Conference

My fellow Milwaukee survivors and I decided to head to Philadelphia for a breast cancer conference.  We had a great time exploring Philadelphia and enjoyed the conference, too!

Trick-or-Treat...Day 2

It is tradition to trick or treat at Grandma Nagel's house.  So, we went there and had lunch before hitting the streets of West Allis.  Simon was the cutest little giraffe I have ever seen!  He had a lot of fun...

Trick-or-Treat...Day 1

We were invited to Dena's to trick or treat on Saturday night.  It is fun to trick or treat at night...we always went during the day, when I was little...

Mariah's Car...

It took a while, but I was finally able to get Mariah to let me take a picture of her with her car...

All Caught Up!!!

I have finally caught up! 

July 4th to today...

Komen Walk 2010

The day of the Komen walk is one of my favorite days of the year.
I always feel so inspired and love being surrounded by all of my
family and friends!  This year was especially nice because we had a
team tailgate.  We were able to meet before and after and have an
awesome lunch.  The weather was great, too!

Thank you to everyone who supported me through my cancer journey...and beyond! 

I love you all!

Our team- biggest team we have ever had! 

My young survivor group

Simon Turns Two!

Kaylee Pictures

Kaylee tagged along on a photo shoot that I did for a friend's kids.  She loves to pose, so I thought taking her along might inspire the other kids to do a little posing.  It worked!  We got a lot of really nice pictures - here are a couple of Kaylee's pictures...

YSC Meet & Greet

I am part of a young survivor group here in Milwaukee that is made up of a great group of women- all who have been diagnosed under age 40-ish.  I have been going to a world-wide conference for 3 years now and invited some of my fellow survivors to come, too.  They decided we needed a local affiliate of the Young Survival Coalition.  So, we formed a committee and have started to form the YSC Milwaukee group! 

The first step was to host a Meet & Greet.  Our first attempt was a wash-out... horrible rain storms that flooded streets here and kept everyone from coming out.  We rescheduled and had a couple new faces come and check us out.  It was a fun night...my Dad even came out to meet some of my fellow survivors!

My 1st Packer Game!

Amanda invited me to a Packer Game with her and her parents.  We had a blast.  I have to admit- I don't usually pay attention to the Packers... I am more of a Brewers girl.  But, I figured it would be cool to go and check it out.  Everyone should experience Lambeau Field, right?  Well, it was really cool!  We tailgated with friends at a house right next to Lambeau and had seats in the end zone...