Schoneman Family Pictures

With everyone home for Christmas at the Schoneman household, we decided we better get some family pictures done.  Since my dad has access to the Conference center we got approval to go down there and take some pictures.  With our new additions Paul and Bethany.  They turned out pretty cute, here are a few of them:

candid shot

after pics one more for us

Schoneman kids goofing off

all the family

Hall of Prophets family pic

Ginger Bread Houses

Sorry its been a few weeks since I last wrote, alot has happened.  I'll first start with our Ginger bread house making night.  Paul and I planned it out all on our own...(like we are adults) and invited a few other couples to come join us.  So we had, Paul and I, Mike and Bethany, and Paul's brother, Christian and his friend Lexsea.  We all had quite a few problems in getting roofs to stay up and things like that, but it turned out to be a fun night.  Mike and Bethany had a ginger bread making kit, and so theirs turned out pretty well.  For the rest of us though they were very creative.  Christian made a church with a baby Jesus and Mary and Joseph, which the whole thing turned out really well.  Baby Jesus was an M&M, and Mary and Jospeh were gummy bears.  I'll post a few pictures here for you to see everyones houses. :)

Mike and Bethany's house

The front of Paul and I's

Here is a close up of Christians

Christian and Lexsea's houses

Christmas Tree Hunting.....

Last Friday, just after Thanksgiving, when everyone else was out shopping, we went Christmas Tree Hunting up in Idaho with Paul's family.  This is a tradition that Paul's family has been doing for a few years.  I was a little worried that I would be freezing cold on this trip (due to the fact that I am a pansy when it comes to being out in the cold) but Paul's mom and sister knew how to dress me!  Ann Elise let me borrow her boots and snow pants, and Paul's mom gave me wool socks and a Norwegian Sweater.  So I was set and ready to go.  We drove the 2 hours or so up past Preston Idaho and found a spot we would start hunting.  It was a blast being out in the snow.  It was so deep, at times I was stuck up to my waiste and would have to back flip out of the snow to get unstuck.  The tree options weren't many, but we were able to find the 4 we were searching for. The kids had a blast as well, although I think they got cold pretty quickly.  Savannah(Paul's niece, my soon to be niece) kept holding up her snow covered mittens saying. "my hands are so cold!"  Poor thing.  Laura, the 8 month old, was bundled up like a little teddy bear...so adorable! After we found the trees we headed back to the car for hot chocolate and Turkey (left overs...mmm ...mmm) sandwiches!  This was a very fun trip and I am glad that I was able to go and participate in new family traditions! After getting home and getting the tree we got for my family up it turns out it was HUGE!   But still fun to decorate. I'll attempt to include some pics....

Savanah saying..my hands are cold!

Paul securing the trees on the car!

This is the tree for my family...so big!