New Beginnings!

Anthony and I have discussed for some time my next move--professionally. With the sluggish job market and my ultimate goals of owning my own daycare, we made the decision for me to start my own daycare from our home. I am looking at providing infant/toddler care to start out. Please wish me luck for this transition and of course spread the good news to all of your friends! The name of my business will be "First Steps Childcare" and will take place in our home in Jonesburg. (refer to my new blog site for just the daycare... firststepschildcare.blogspot.com ) Wish me luck.

Family Visit

I love my family, and I love our get-togethers. This past weekend, we had an impromptu get-together for my cousin Stephanie, her husband Mike and their little girl Anuhea who drove in from N. Carolina. We enjoyed our February-thanksgiving meal. The food was delicous and we enjoyed the games too. Here are some pictures from the event.

Below: Aunts, Uncles, Cousins and new aquaintences getting to know one another.

Uncle Dan (my dad) and little Anuhea. She is such a good kiddo, she got passed around all day and loved the attention!

THE GIRLS--minus Alanna. From Left: Sara (me), Anu (check out that cheesy smile!), Lakota, Stephanie, Kristin and Brenna (at the bottom)

Anu with her new toy for her birthday.

Anuhea and I, we just couldn't get a good shot. :)

YEAH! Christmas Photos! Anthony and I, my cousins Brandon and Kristin and my brother Pete and his girlfriend Emily on the right!

We had an open house/graduation party at our new home in December. Here is a lovely snapshot of the day.

The Schneider Family: At Anthony's graduation.

Anthony in his robe in front of our tree.

Welcome ECE class of 2009!

Okay,
So I'm having issues with the internet company, but we should be up and running by Thurs. so I can finally post pictures of Anthony's graduation, Christmas, etc. Unfortunately all of my pictures are at home on my computer. I just wanted to congratulate Matt and Marie for thier new addition & welcome the rest of my Early Childhood Class to the blogging world. The class has created a blog, after a year and a half of constant togetherness we are feeling withdrawls from each other! We just thought it would be nice to post lessons and experiances. If anyone wants to get inside the minds of teachers, this is your best bet. :) earlychildhood2009.blogspot.com

Sara

Our New Home

I finally got a chance to sit down and do a before and after shot for everyone. If you'd like to see more, you'll just have to stop by. :) I hope everyone's holiday season is going great and I can't wait to see everyone. Anyway, here's a before and after of our kitchen so far. Hopefully well be able to replace the Steak-n-Shake floors (thanks Jeremy) soon, but for now...they stay. Oh and don't look too close at the pile on the table or the dishes...we're still moving :)

Halloween 2008

Anthony and I handed out candy this halloween, and then went over to Markita's Halloween party. We had a great time...especially Anthony. I was a nurse and he was a hunter who fell from a stand...notice his bleeding ears and bruise.

Below...Danielle and I

Mike and Markita...an Egyptian and a Jamaican. Markita and her roomies had the theme "a trip around the world". They were all so cute.
Anthony and Markita...lovin life.

My favorite picture of the night...Markita, Mike Ockerhausen, Danielle and my cousin Brandon-a lumberjack.

Anthony and I...arent we cute. Anthony rubbed his blood on my forehead...very realistic.

Markita and I

Sorry Hallie, it's not the best pic. Here's a picture of the kiddos I babysit. They were our only trick-or-treaters. But weren't they so cute. Cooper the lion, Parker was Buzz Lightyear, Spencer was Woody and Abby was the tooth fairy. We were so happy they stopped by.

Hartsburg Pumpkin Festival

The Hartsburg Pumpkin Festival was a blast! Danielle and I had so much fun spending the day together, looking at crafts and pigging out on good festival foods...we supported the MU Collegiate Cattlewomen, Hartsburg bar :) and I picked up some roasted almonds for Anthony..yumm. Anyhow, here are few pics from our wonderFALL day!

Danielle is too cute!

These were the coolest pumpkins I've ever seen, he used a chissel to carve out the faces.

Danielle and I decided to end the day at a local favorite...Flat Branch Restaurant and Brewery. We enjoyed some wine with some "chokes and cheese"---my favorite! It was a perfect way to end the day with a great friend.

Roots, Blues and BBQ

Anthony and I attended the Roots, Blues and BBQ festival a few weeks ago. We enjoyed some good bar-b-que and got to do some much enjoyed people watching! Columbia is such a funny hippie town.

Trip to Iowa

This is Bruce's backyard. Anthony and I were able to wake up and look out our window to see this! What a beautiful view. If Iowa weren't so far away, I'd move there in a second.
Bruce's house needs some updating, but overall it is actually beautiful. This is my favorite part... the windows and the woodwork. All of the windows had beautiful character and there are hardwood floors throughout the house.
The boys spent Saturday afternoon replacing the roof on the back of Bruce's house. They seemed to have had a good time. Another project of Bruce's is re-doing the back porch seen here. He has ripped it up, and is now in the process of rebuilding it. I can't wait to see what he does with his charming new home.
The boys, hard at "work". Don't take too much pitty on them, it was a beautiful day--and they had beer.
To round off Saturday night, the boys decided they needed to visit a good friend...Jose! Apparently, Iowa beer doesn't do the trick. Thanks Bruce for having us, we had a great time!

GDI Dance

Thursday was the "start day" GDI dance. We had a great time with old friends and new. However it wasn't the same without our buddies Jacob and Bruce :)

Markita and I

Justin and Emily
Anthony and I
The dance was packed, as usual. What a great time.