The Schramm Fam

Boots for my rodeo queen....

2009-01-24T19:37:00.000-08:00

I have been doing a few things for this rodeo gal since I have been here and here is my latest for her. These sweet boots I painted for her. I found these great old pictures of the first women in rodeo and used them to create the design. Hope she likes them....

Climbing

2009-01-24T19:34:00.000-08:00

Cady

2009-01-24T19:30:00.000-08:00

More snow play....

2009-01-24T19:24:00.000-08:00

Nana came to visit again.....

2008-12-18T18:21:00.000-08:00

During the beginning of the month I had a horrible allergic reaction that sent me into the hospital and then a horrible reaction to the steroids they gave me to help.....so needless to say I was having a hard time. My mom drove all the way from Arizona to help. It was a nice surprise so after I recovered we had a blast doing all the fun Christmas stuff we never get to do with each other. We made cookies, went out alot shopping and goofing off. The last night we went to go see Santa with Cady....she didn't do as well as last year....lol. She fussed so its a funny picture we can tease her about when she gets older. All in all it made a horrible thing pretty fun in the end. Cady already misses her Nana.....

We got 11 inches Thanksgiving Weekend....

2008-12-02T19:43:00.000-08:00

More snow play.......

2008-12-02T19:37:00.001-08:00

Snow Play....first snow fall this year.....

2008-11-15T19:03:00.001-08:00

Fire-time.....

2008-11-15T19:01:00.000-08:00

We broke in our fireplace last night during the storm. We usually use our pellet stove to heat up the house but we wanted to have a fire downstairs....

Awwwww........

2008-11-12T08:21:00.001-08:00

Sept. Cruise to Mexico.....

2008-11-12T08:08:00.000-08:00

2008-11-12T07:59:00.000-08:00

Our Sept. Cruise to Mexico.....

2008-11-12T07:53:00.001-08:00

Jack o' lantern...

2008-11-12T07:49:00.001-08:00

My sister Jacque came for a visit during Halloween.....

I made a Muno version for Cady and Jax wanted to give a shout out to Charlie Brown....

Our little Snow White....

2008-11-12T07:45:00.000-08:00

HAPPY HALLOWEEN.....

Cady was a pro at trick or treating....

Her favorite candy so far is the lolli-pop

Yo Gabba Gabba is her favorite.....

2008-11-12T07:44:00.000-08:00

Winter is coming.....

2008-11-11T19:53:00.001-08:00

Cady is getting ready for the snow.

LEAVES>>>>>

2008-11-11T19:50:00.000-08:00

Cady experienced her first leaf-pile.

I love to rake them up and jump in with her.....

Pumpkin Time......

2008-11-11T19:46:00.000-08:00

We took Cady out to this little farm to pick out a pumpkin for Halloween.

All she wanted to do was throw them....

My baby likes her boxes.....

2008-11-11T19:44:00.000-08:00

Most of Sept.

2008-11-11T19:42:00.000-08:00

Watching the Dodgers win and then watching them lose.....

One weekend down...

2008-11-11T19:34:00.000-08:00

Dustin's mom and dad came out to visit early September.

We all went to the corn maze AGAIN.....and I took Lynn to two baseball games.

One of them we sat in the Coors Clubhouse and were able to get onto the field for Batting Practice. It was just me and her with all the guys around us it was CRAZY. Lynn loved it though as an avid fan. She brought a ball and most of the guys signed it for her.

Been a LONG time coming....

2008-11-11T19:31:00.000-08:00

I have been meaning to update for ages..... so here it goes.....

Finally Cadys Cabela Catalog came out.....and shes online too

2008-09-02T20:46:00.000-07:00

Main street in Boulder......

2008-09-01T12:00:00.000-07:00

Took a quick trip to Boulder this weekend and played in the water with Cady.

She loved it so much and thank goodness I brought extra clothes for her by the end of these pictures she was soaked through.

2008-09-01T11:55:00.000-07:00

Took Cady for a long walk around a lake by our house.....she loved it...

2008-09-01T11:54:00.000-07:00

Dodger Fan

2008-09-01T11:52:00.000-07:00

Rooting for our boys in blue with mommy and daddy.....

Cady's Fairy wings.......

2008-09-01T11:50:00.000-07:00

Went to the Renaissance Faire here in Colorado and it was amazing. It was way bigger than the California version it even had elephant and camel rides for the kids. Forgot our camera but did get Cady some fairy wings while we were there.

Bevercreek.... staying in a great resort....

2008-09-01T11:43:00.000-07:00

It was way to much fun hanging out in Bevercreek for the weekend. Its a great place to visit. A huge ice skating rink open all year long and all kinds of festivals and such. I cant wait to come back after it begins to snow.

Nanna went home.

2008-09-01T11:41:00.000-07:00

After staying for he whole month of July my mom went home and we all miss her especially Cady.

I bleed blue....

2008-07-24T09:48:00.000-07:00

Went to two Dodger games here in Denver at Coors Stadium. We saved up to sit in the Coors Clubhouse so we were up close and personal again. We met all our favorite players and I finally had a face to face with my Russell Martin.

Dustin got his jersey signed by pretty much everyone we love.

We were so close the entire game to them it was another awesome experience.

It was so hot but I think its because I was sitting so close to so many sexy men....lol.

The Stanley Hotel

2008-07-24T09:43:00.000-07:00

Made a quick weekend up to Estes Park on the edge of Rocky National Park. Here we are at the hotel where the "Shinning" was filmed.

It was a great stormy weekend.

So much fun.

Downstairs Bathroom

2008-07-24T09:40:00.001-07:00

I painted my dowstairs bathroom this rich teal color and I knew right away it needed some white aspens all over it.

So I painted a mural covering all the walls. It turned out pretty good for a few hours work.

2008-07-24T09:20:00.000-07:00

Got Cadys One Year Pictures Done.

She was so cute.

I put more of them on my myspace page but had to post a few here.....

2008-07-24T09:18:00.000-07:00

I took my mom to a concert out at Fiddlers Park.

It was Cheap Trick Heart and Journey....

It was way too fun.

I made a fool of myself singing every song at the top of my lungs.... such a fun night.

My birthday present.....

2008-07-24T09:09:00.000-07:00

We used Cadys gift cards to buy her this sand /water table. She absolutely loves it.

Hiking

2008-07-24T09:03:00.001-07:00

Made a fun little trip to Boulder to check out the area and went for a little hike.

Cady loved the sand and the creek....

She kept trying to jump in.

2008-07-24T09:01:00.000-07:00

Went for a long walk around the lake after the craziness of the 4th of July weekend.

My mom is visiting for the month and we have been having way to much fun.

July 4th....

2008-07-24T08:55:00.000-07:00

We had like three BBQs this weekend it was so fun.

I am so behind on my blog but hope to remedy it.

Cady was such a little trooper letting me dress her up like lady liberty.....

BUBBLES......

2008-06-29T18:40:00.001-07:00

Yay Bubbles.....

Death to Kleenex...

2008-06-27T15:48:00.000-07:00

I went upstairs for like one second.....she is such a little booger.

Cracked me up she had ripped them to the littlest pieces. I guess its her revenge for all the times I wiped her nose last week......

Water baby

2008-06-26T07:33:00.000-07:00

Playing in the water is Cadys favorite thing ever. I cant even water without her running to get in the way. She will just run right through the spray without hesitation. She is a maniac.

Cake Time

2008-06-22T10:02:00.000-07:00

Summertime Swinging....

2008-06-22T10:00:00.000-07:00

McDonalds....

2008-06-22T09:40:00.001-07:00

Yay birthday fast food....

We took Cady for some naughty food for her first birthday.

She loved it.

Then after she ran around the play area with daddy.

It was too cute.

She had a blast.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CADY-GIRL

2008-06-10T09:04:00.001-07:00

I had to take a picture as soon as she got up.

She is officially one year old......she is getting so big. We are going to take her to McDonalds for the first time and I made her a mini three tier cake for tonight. Her big party is this weekend but we thought we would do some fun things today.

We love our little girl.....

Dodger Game.....

2008-06-08T13:12:00.000-07:00

We had way too much fun at the Dodger games.

We got VIP access to the field during the Batting Practice and met almost all of our favorites.

We walked away with tons of autographs and too many pics to post. We sat near and chatted with Tommy Lasorda.... the other big things that happened.....I made Russell Martin (my fav) laugh and walked away from it all with a brand new game ball signed by him. I also almost got killed by a screaming line drive and I met an befriended Matt Kemps uncle.... it was such a fun time.

All in all it was a few days I will never forget.

We made so many new friends in charge that next time I come they will hook me up again.

I will try to post more later....

We had such a blast.

Storm on the horizon.....

2008-06-08T11:01:00.000-07:00

This storm came upon us so quickly I barely had time for photos but I was lucky to get a few before the sun set. It was so beautiful.

Roses

2008-06-08T10:55:00.000-07:00

The rose bush outside of our patio door has exploded...

Its so beautiful.

When you look up close you see how many more buds still are opening the whole thing is going to be covered....

Swamp Thing....

2008-05-28T18:28:00.000-07:00

We got a new Swamp Cooler today.

The house had no cooling system when we bought it. We probably could survive the hot days here but Cady is such a little sweaty beastie. She hates being hot and refuses to sleep if its a little warm. She is such a funny baby.

So we looked into getting a nice swamp cooler with a thermostat and everything. Its awesome. I hated having work men in my house all day. It was impossible to got Cady to nap but they worked fast. They got all the vents put in and its working great. Yay.

Movies...

2008-05-28T09:12:00.000-07:00

You know what I miss????

Going to the movies. I never get to go to a movie now that I have a little one. We have no one to babysit. Not even for one night. Its sucks. Especially when the big movies come out....like Indiana Jones and SATC. I am thinking about having Dustin and I go by ourselves he goes one night and I go the next.....

That is sooooo sad.....

Anyway I just wanted to tell all of you if you ever get to go catch a flick one hot Summer afternoon consider yourselves lucky.

Spring Flowers....

2008-05-26T11:51:00.000-07:00

Our Yard is exploding with flowers.

I love it.

Its so exciting to find new colors everyday.

Summer Watermelon....

2008-05-26T11:48:00.000-07:00

Cady's First Watermelon slice....

I think she likes it.....

Okay......

2008-05-25T10:35:00.000-07:00

Okay....I get it. Alot of people dont like baseball and sometimes it seems dull enough to where I can understand.

BUT I love it.

I always have.

I enjoy listening to Vin Scully. I enjoy the feeling I get when a game is on. I love getting so into a game I am literally sitting on the edge of my seat. I enjoy it all. I collected baseball cards when I was little and had a huge school girl crush on Orel Hershiser when I was 8 years old and would have given anything to meet him.

So when I was trying to think of a good idea for fathers day I decided to do something a bit rash. Dustin is a big Dodger fan too. We love to watch games together. So I started looking for amazing seats to a Dodger game. They come here to Colorado and we have amazing seats to two of the games in the Coors Clubhouse....which is great but there is something about Dodger stadium. So I found tickets 4 rows behind the dugout in the fabulous Dugout Club. I had to get them. Its mid-week and we have to fly to LA but I had to do it. So.... this is the best part. After getting the tickets and planning the trip I decided to randomly write the "premium ticket office" for information on what the tickets entailed. Just so I can make sure we had the best time ever. Well she wrote me back and said..."let us know your travel plans and I will personally escort you onto the field for Batting Practice." I was shocked.....so I let her know the time we fly in and she said..."meet me here at five o clock and the guard has your name. He will let you in before the gates open and I will escort you to the field for Batting Practice."

I am so excited. I cannot believe it. I didnt even ask for something that great I just wanted information....I cannot wait. So we fly out Tues. June 2nd....see the game that night. Then return for the 12:10 game Wed. June 3rd and fly back that night.....

Its going to be crazy but I had to share the story.

I seriously cant wait.....

Outside Time

2008-05-25T08:44:00.000-07:00

We went for a nice walk yesterday and the sky was gorgeous. I swear...Colorado is absolutely stunning. Every day I am so thankful to live here. The foothills are as green as I have ever seen them with wildflowers everywhere its like a dream. Gorgeous!!!!

New Wooden Sushi Set

2008-05-21T11:02:00.000-07:00

A new toy for Cady so she can make sushi while I make sushi....

Have no idea why this is underlined....

First time in my pool....

2008-05-20T15:46:00.000-07:00

Sunning in the yard with this gorgeous little baby. We had way too much fun.....

She was so cute in her little swimming suit.

We had a picnic tonight...

2008-05-17T19:15:00.000-07:00

We packed up a wonderful picnic and put Cady in her wagon and headed up our street to this gorgeous park that overlooks our lake.

It was a great break from the regular.

I just forgot a camera....

New Man

2008-05-17T19:10:00.001-07:00

For those of you who know Dustin has had super long hair forever....

He finally cut it off today.

Just in time for the hot weather.

Yay.....for today!

2008-05-15T14:15:00.000-07:00

Okay today is a better day.

I have decided that any day can be fun or special.

Today it pored rain all morning and actually hailed. So wierd...... then it broke up into a gorgeous cool day. Cady and I went for an hour long wagon ride and to top it off when we got back I made myself sushi for lunch. Absolutely delicious. *oh and the Dodgers won and I got to see my Russell Martin at third instead of catching---just to add a few more tid-bits of happiness.

So, yay for today!

Being a mom is so BORING sometimes.

2008-05-14T14:17:00.001-07:00

Some weeks are just torture. Dustin has been working long days and I hate it. Its a good thing really but it is just so boring. I have a ton to do but Cady is at the age where you cant even try to go to the bathroom without her getting into something. So I cant accomplish anything. She pretty much runs everywhere and every cabinet or drawer or anything you can climb on is her territory. So as you can imagine I am just running around keeping her out of trouble. She is too little for anything we can do together besides read...(which we do everyday) I just feel like my brain is melting. The only thing that distracts her is a few T.V. shows she loves and I can tell you they are making me crazy. I can sing every theme song in my sleep and I know all the TIVO'd episodes by heart. Even if I am not paying attention they work their way into my subconscious and I begin to sing along without knowing it. Someone shoot me.....If I knew she would be safe alone I think I would go in another room and bang my head against the wall.

Birthday Time

2008-05-13T18:52:00.001-07:00

I cant believe it. Our little Cady is going to be a 1 year old. Not until June 10th but I am planning now.

The "partay" will be a Barb-Q at Lancaster City Park....and I want to invite a ton of people. Especially everyone we never get to see. It will be June 14th and I will be sending out invites asap. If I dont have your address please email it to me. jaknight18@aol.com

I hope everyone can come and celebrate our little Cadence. It will be Mickey Mouse themed because I couldnt find anything for Yo Gabba Gabba.....(her favorite).

I invented the post-it....

2008-05-10T20:11:00.000-07:00

Okay....I was bored. I admit it. Dustin fell asleep on the couch and Cady found a stack of post-its and was just tearing them up. I thought I would play with her by sticking them on the leather ottoman and she would unstick them and try to throw them on the ground.....but they got stuck on her pants. So I decided to stick them all over her.....lol. One kept tickling her ear.....she was pissed. It was hilarious. Her poor little arms were too short to grab them....so after a minute I took them all off. She is such a funny little girl and she puts up with me harassing her. We were both laughing too hard.

Attitude already.....

2008-05-09T14:31:00.001-07:00

Okay, so......today I wanted to take Cady for a fun walk. There is this awesome lake right next to a Barnes and Noble not even three miles away so I thought I would take Cady for a walk around the lake in her wagon. Its a nice paved 2 mile walk. So we make it half way and I find she has ripped her seat belt right off the wagon on one side. She keeps trying to stand up and she starts to cry. So we take a break and I let her run around this large grass area with about a million dandelions. (she loves to pick them) So for about 20 minutes she is running around...gets into mud....tries to eat dirt.....normal kid stuff....

Well she usually just picks the dandelions and runs around holding them.....but this time she keeps trying to eat them. Each time she tries I say "no....icky," so she drops them. Then as soon as I look away she tries again. About fifty times of this and I am like, "Okay its time to go back." She grabs a seeding dandelion and shoves the whole thing in her mouth---with super speed. Then she looks at me like...HELP> lol.....it took a few minutes to get all the seed out of her mouth. She is such a booger. Then I get her strapped in the side of the wagon that isnt broken and make it half way back and notice her standing again.....she ripped the other side out....

She is super strong for an 11 month old. It much be all the dandelions she eats.......lol.

Happy Mothers Day

2008-05-09T07:34:00.000-07:00

Well Sunday is my first Mothers Day.

I remember being a kid thinking it was so unfair that Mother's and Father's got a day and it was never Kid's day. So one day I asked my dad, "How come its never kid's day daddy?" He just laughed at me and said, "Because every day is kids day kiddo." I just looked at him confused.

It isnt until now that I understand. Our poor parents only got one day a year for themselves and even then it was full of half cooked pancakes and badly made school crafts. Why is it that we never appreciate our parents until we are "blessed" with becoming parents ourselves?

Rain rain go away....

2008-05-08T14:40:00.000-07:00

"Its raining its pouring......"

Its been raining so hard here the last few days. Its been gorgeous....but the thunder and lightening freak me out here. It rocks my house. I woke up two nights ago thinking the worst...and I looked outside just as a huge bolt of lightening crashed down just a few miles away. It was crazy. Good ol Colorado... it sure knows how to storm here.

Im a Super Hero.......

2008-05-07T20:33:00.000-07:00

our results:
You are Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman		90%
Iron Man		90%
Spider-Man		85%
The Flash		85%
Catwoman		85%
Green Lantern		80%
Supergirl		70%
Batman		65%
Superman		60%
Robin		45%
Hulk		45%

You are a beautiful princess
with great strength of character.

New sketch for magazine called..."You catch I'll cook"

2008-05-01T19:32:00.000-07:00

Cut my Hair off.....yay

2008-05-01T19:27:00.001-07:00

Cut my hair off today....

My Hero.....and secret boyfriend....

2008-05-01T19:17:00.001-07:00

Okay so I am officially in love with Russell Martin. Being a fan of the Dodgers since 1988 (Orel Hershiser and Kirk Gibson) I have held my head low. Since that golden year they have been the great heart breakers. Sometimes hot....mostly not. Last season Russell Martin gave me a reason to hope again. He is the Dodgers golden boy and he makes my heart grow warm and fuzzy just like when I was 8 years old. I know I am in Rockies turf now and will probably get a beer thrown at me but I am going to my first Dodger game here in Colorado sporting my over sized authentic Martin jersey flashing my big 55 around. I am Dodger blue through and through.....even if they cant....well.....play consistently.

Yay......

2008-04-28T08:07:00.001-07:00

Yay we finally figured out how to get Cady to last strapped in something.

There is this beautiful lake pretty much right across the street from our house and Cady cant last in her stroller but the wagon made it ....yay. Of course I had to run with her.....she is an animal.

New Sketch for the magazine....called "Wash Day Again"

2008-04-27T20:23:00.000-07:00

Vogue....strike a pose.....

2008-04-26T18:42:00.000-07:00

This little bugger has another photo shoot this weekend.

Its for an Italian designer.....so should be fun.

Oh and if you are interested in her last shoot the Cabela's

catalog will be out at the end of summer.....

Check out the cutie in cammo....

New Pen and Ink for the magazine....

2008-04-24T21:30:00.001-07:00

Forgot how much fun a box was....

2008-04-23T22:07:00.000-07:00

Me and the little one played in this box forever the other day. It was way too much fun. Its times like these that I adore being a mom. Cady is such a blast.

First Sketch for the magazine

2008-04-23T22:04:00.001-07:00

A quick pen and Ink

$$$$$

2008-04-23T12:33:00.000-07:00

Yay..... I finally got some money coming in for my artwork....

A lady here in Denver is going to pay me 300 bucks to paint her rodeo garb. I guess shes quite the cowgirl around here. I also got a job with a pretty big Cowboy magazine here doing regular illustrations for their magazine. I get 30 bucks per drawing and if it makes the cover 300 bucks...so well see. So funny I live in Colorado and paint cowboys.....haha makes me laugh.

My dad got baptized on Sunday...

2008-04-22T08:13:00.001-07:00

Here he is getting dunked in his hometown lake in Havasu City Az. We are so proud of him. I wish I could have been there.

Love you daddy.....

Auntie Jacque came for a visit....

2008-04-22T07:57:00.001-07:00

We had way too much fun.

We rocked the PS3 like a rock star played too much Wii....went shopping and found the best sushi place in Denver. Hope she'll come back soon even if she taught Cady to say, "Im drunk"...as she wobbles around. Of course it sounds like, "e dunk"....but I know what she means.

I guess the t-shirt I got Jax when I was prego that said, "Auntie Jacque the bad influence," was right on.

Big Load...

2008-04-20T13:54:00.000-07:00

Helping Mom and Dad with Laundry....

Mowing

2008-04-19T18:38:00.000-07:00

It is Spring finally and I get to experience my new home in a new season.

Colorado looks so different without the layer of snow you get so used to.

Winter was amazing being a California girl, it was chilly but I never felt too cold. The only thing I hated was trying to push a grocery cart through the snow. That was annoying.... but other than that I loved it.

I am just way too excited about all the new growth.

We have a half acre so our yards are rather big. Its been so fun to see the grass just pop right back and randomly throughout my front yard annuals are coming up: tulips, daffodils, and all kinds of bright flowers. Its weird to own a house you didnt cultivate everytime I go outside I see a new rose bush blooming I never noticed before.

I love it.

Needless to say it is the first time in about 8 years we are able to wash our cars in a driveway and the first time ever we have had to mow a lawn.

We bought a John Deere lawn mover today and while Dustin mowed I made lemonade.

What a cliche'

Fracking Awesome.....

2008-04-19T07:40:00.000-07:00

Okay.... I get that most people hate Sci Fi..... and I get that its hard to break the taboo BUT if you dont watch this show for that reason ....YOU ARE LAME> not to mention missing out on the greatest show on TV.

I could write about all the reasons why its amazing but I wont bore you.

I will just say it it smothered with the kind of things missing from every
other show. It is purely character driven and the writers have

no problem showing human nature in its true "dirty" form.

Plus religion pops upmore than once an episode and it means something ......to most of
the characters.

I guess since it is Sci Fi they can get away with being brutally honest....
politically and socially ...... and it is so refreshing.

If you know me you know how most things bore me after a while but
this show has had me smitten for years.....

If you decide to check it out you have to start with the first mini series
and work from there or you will be lost....

Then you will see what I am talking about.......

The Best Kids Show on TV

2008-04-18T11:34:00.000-07:00

YO GABBA GABBA......

If you have kids check it out.....they love it and I have to admit you might be able to watch it too.

Its really weird but it grows on you.

The have Mark Mothersbaugh draw horrible versions of animals.....(from Devo back in the day)

They have interesting musical guests you cant help but to listen too.... (they had the Postmarks)

Plus crazy guests like Elijah Wood, Tony Hawk.....and all kinds of random people.

Its like a bad dream after too many Coco Puffs but still its worth checking out.

Cady stays totally into it so I can actually get something done.

Okay...what month is it?

2008-04-18T11:01:00.000-07:00

Once we moved here to Littleton Colorado we heard it said more than once..."If you dont like the weather here just wait five minutes...."

It was finally getting warm and we were able to see our yard minus the snow.

I think it was 70 degrees on Tuesday and on Wed......

It melted by the Thursday noon-time but still......

Our girl is a walker....

2008-04-18T10:49:00.000-07:00

So officially Cady is a walker. Its amazing how quickly little ones learn to move. I thought it was hard to keep an eye while she was crawling but now its a whole new world of trouble. Officially anything below my knee is her territory and anything left in her wake is usually destroyed...or at the least covered in drool.
Her favorite things right now are the remote....my computer and our cell phones.
My cell has more than once become prey and now I am unable to text with an "s..t...or u" and I am finding it harder and harder to communicate that way....so keep that in mind if I leave you a text with gibberish.

In the meantime I will try to post the little funny things she does...
Shes such a little terror and I wouldnt have it any other way.