Here is a quick video I promised my sister-in-law Michele I would post!
Wishing everyone a FANTASTIC 2010!
So thankful for all our blessings!
Love,
Dani, Gary, Makenzie & Zach
Our Life!
It doesn't matter what road we travel...as long as we travel there together! :)
Thursday, December 31, 2009
A quick video to end the year!
Happy New Year!
Here is a quick video I promised my sister-in-law Michele I would post!
Wishing everyone a FANTASTIC 2010!
Here is a quick video I promised my sister-in-law Michele I would post!
Wishing everyone a FANTASTIC 2010!
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Merry CHRISTmas!
We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!!! We sure did!
Highlights:
Makenzie was SO in to it this year!
A great Christmas eve service with my hubby!
Kids sleeping until 715AM Christmas AM!
Cinnamon rolls!
A birthday cake for Jesus!
Gifts...way too many!
Maki handing out gifts to everyone!
Skyping Nonnie Pat! So great to hear her voice...her camera was not working but at least she could see us! So glad she has Skype now!!!
Skyping G's sisters (and their fams!) Maki loved seeing Shya and everyone else!
The excitement on Makenzie's face when she got her big girl bike!
Zach cuddled on me for 30 minutes on the couch! PRICELESS!!!
Tita & Jaja being here!
My Mom's cooking!
Relaxing all day long!
Pics to come...
Hoping everyone is feeling all the joy of this wonderful time of year!
Happy Birthday Jesus!
Highlights:
Makenzie was SO in to it this year!
A great Christmas eve service with my hubby!
Kids sleeping until 715AM Christmas AM!
Cinnamon rolls!
A birthday cake for Jesus!
Gifts...way too many!
Maki handing out gifts to everyone!
Skyping Nonnie Pat! So great to hear her voice...her camera was not working but at least she could see us! So glad she has Skype now!!!
Skyping G's sisters (and their fams!) Maki loved seeing Shya and everyone else!
The excitement on Makenzie's face when she got her big girl bike!
Zach cuddled on me for 30 minutes on the couch! PRICELESS!!!
Tita & Jaja being here!
My Mom's cooking!
Relaxing all day long!
Pics to come...
Hoping everyone is feeling all the joy of this wonderful time of year!
Happy Birthday Jesus!
Thursday, December 17, 2009
catching up! most of November...
Hi! Sorry it has been so long since my last post! Been busy living life! ;) Where should I start? Mak and Zach are doing great! HEALTHY! So grateful we are through all of that! ;) We had a GREAT Thanksgiving! My parents came up for a few days and we also hosted for some of our dearest friends...Love you Sargents, Herbolds, Steeles & Heller! It was so fun to have so many babies/kids here for Thanksgiving! While my parents were here we went non-stop! I took a 2 hour nap the day they left! My Mom and I went out on black Friday @430A shopping...found GREAT deals! We went to San Francisco, Halfmoon Bay and the Stanford vs. Notre Dame game! Such a jam packed wonderful weekend! Gary wanted to buy my Dad Notre Dame tickets since that is his favorite team and they were playing Stanford Thanksgiving weekend. So the 4 of us went! SO FUN! And what a great game! Such a great memory to have with my parents and hubby! What else?...Maki is Mommy's super helper and loves running errands with Daddy! All of his clients love her! But then again, who doesn't!?!? And precious Zach is a walking machine! He gets so excited he cheers for himself! I must video it and post it! I hope everyone is doing great and enjoying this wonderful time of year!
More posts to come soon... ;)
me and my dad at the notre dame vs. stanford game! gary, my dad, my mom and I had a BLAST!
Tita and Jaja with the kids!
Maki got her 1st pedicure with Tita and Mommy! My mom was so excited to take her with us! I have to say this is something that when I was pregnant I imagined sharing with my little girl...and she loved it! Not sure how often we will go but it was definitely something special! Aren't those toes so cute!?!? Oh yes, and the polish was off in about 3 days! ;) They only charged us $10 for her!
Having fun with Tita!
After we got the house ready for our Thanksgiving dinner! We had such a great time!
Maki's centerpiece she made for Thanksgiving!
Our candle centerpieces! Thank you Marthastewart.com!
my hubby helping me with our center pieces for Thanksgiving dinner! So grateful he has his tools! :)
climbing! what Zach does best!
making a play dough cake for Daddy! Love those wedgits! Thanks again Schmidt family!
napping on Mommy and Daddy's bed! She was reading stories 1 moment and I turned around and she was out the next!
More posts to come soon... ;)
me and my dad at the notre dame vs. stanford game! gary, my dad, my mom and I had a BLAST!
Tita and Jaja with the kids!
Maki got her 1st pedicure with Tita and Mommy! My mom was so excited to take her with us! I have to say this is something that when I was pregnant I imagined sharing with my little girl...and she loved it! Not sure how often we will go but it was definitely something special! Aren't those toes so cute!?!? Oh yes, and the polish was off in about 3 days! ;) They only charged us $10 for her!
Having fun with Tita!
After we got the house ready for our Thanksgiving dinner! We had such a great time!
Maki's centerpiece she made for Thanksgiving!
Our candle centerpieces! Thank you Marthastewart.com!
my hubby helping me with our center pieces for Thanksgiving dinner! So grateful he has his tools! :)
climbing! what Zach does best!
making a play dough cake for Daddy! Love those wedgits! Thanks again Schmidt family!
napping on Mommy and Daddy's bed! She was reading stories 1 moment and I turned around and she was out the next! Sunday, December 13, 2009
update on Makenzie!
**Here is an updated email we sent out about Maki! :)
HI!
WOW WHERE DO WE START?!?! THIS EMAIL IS IN CAPS DUE TO OUR OVER THE TOP EXCITEMENT!!!
ALL TESTS CAME BACK NEGATIVE!!!! AND NO KIDNEY DAMAGE!
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR LOVE, SUPPORT AND PRAYERS!
WE ARE A BIT PERPLEXED, SHOCKED AND SO GRATEFUL! THE INITIAL TEST SHE TOOK 1 WEEK AGO SHOWED THAT SHE DID HAVE THE SYMPTOMS OF THE CONDITION AND THE MORE INVASIVE TEST YESTERDAY WAS SUPPOSED TO SHOW US:
1-IF THERE WAS KIDNEY DAMAGE AND HOW MUCH
2-WHAT DEGREE OF THE CONDITION SHE SUPPOSEDLY HAD
WE HAD FAITH THAT THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY THAT SHE DIDN'T HAVE IT, BUT THEY HAD PREPARED US THAT SHE DID. TO SAY WE ARE OVERJOYED AND RELIEVED IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT!!
I WON'T GET IN TO ALL THE DETAILS OF THE TEST YESTERDAY BUT TO PUT IT LIGHTLY, IT WAS AWFUL! THE DR. CAME IN PULLED ME ASIDE AND SAID "I JUST WANT TO PREPARE YOU THAT THIS TEST IS HELL, AND IT IS NOT ONLY TRAUMATIC ON HER, BUT ON ALL OF US IN THE ROOM!" AT LEAST HE WAS HONEST... ;) MAKENZIE WAS A CHAMP! SHE DID WAY BETTER THAN GARY OR I WOULD HAVE FOR SURE! SO THANK YOU ALL FOR PRAYING FOR THE LEAST AMOUNT OF TRAUMA AS POSSIBLE...SHE SEEMS TOTALLY FINE TODAY ABOUT IT!
THIS IS NOTHING LESS THAN A MIRACLE AND WE ARE PRAISING GOD FOR HEALING HER! IN THE DOCTOR'S WORDS "PERPLEXED" WHY IT WOULD SHOW UP ON THE INITIAL TEST AND NOT ON YESTERDAY'S TEST IF SHE ACTUALLY DID NOT HAVE IT! HE SAYS "PERPLEXED!" WE SAY "MIRACLE!"
SHE IS STAYING ON THE ANTIBIOTICS FOR ABOUT 4 MONTHS AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE AND WE WILL HAVE A FOLLOW UP APPOINTMENT JUST TO CONFIRM EVERYTHING IN MARCH...AND THEN WE ARE BASICALLY DONE WITH ALL OF THIS! AND SHE DOES NOT HAVE TO HAVE THAT TEST EVER AGAIN! :)
WE CAN'T TELL YOU HOW FORTUNATE WE FEEL...IN LIGHT OF HOW WE ARE FEELING WE FEEL LED TO DO A LITTLE TOY DRIVE FOR LUCILLE PACKARD CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT STANFORD...WE HAD THE GREAT PLEASURE OF MEETING PARENTS AND KIDS YESTERDAY WHO GO THROUGH MORE IN A WEEK THAN WE HAVE IN OUR LIFETIMES...FAINT HEARTED CAN DEFINITELY NOT VISIT THAT PLACE...YES, GARY CRIED WALKING THE HALLWAYS...LOVE HIS TENDER HEART! SO OUR PLAN IS TO GO TO SUNNYVALE TOYS R US TUESDAY AFTERNOON AFTER ZACH'S NAP TO GO SHOPPING FOR THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL...IF YOU ARE FREE AND INTERESTED IN JOINING US, PLEASE DO! OR IF YOU WANT US TO PICK ANYTHING SPECIFIC UP AND TAKE TO THE HOSPITAL PLEASE LET US KNOW! THIS IS JUST 1 SIMPLE WAY TO BRIGHTEN SOMEONE'S DAY THERE AT THE HOSPITAL IN THE NAME OF THE LORD! WE ACTUALLY GOT THE IDEA YESTERDAY RIGHT AFTER MAK'S PROCEDURE...2 DEAR FRIENDS HAD DROPPED OFF A TEDDY BEAR AND CARD FOR MAKI AND BEFORE SHE WAS EVEN OFF OF THE TABLE WHERE THE PROCEDURE HAD BEEN DONE, A TECHNICIAN CAME IN AND HANDED IT TO HER...I CAN NOT TELL YOU THE JOY THAT CAME OVER HER AT THAT MOMENT...ALONG WITH A HUGE SIGH OF RELIEF! I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE NO WHERE NEAR NORTHERN CAL AND I'M SURE IF YOU FEEL LED YOU CAN FIND A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL NEAR YOU...IF YOU NEED HELP LET ME KNOW! I KNOW FOR US THIS WAS A LITTLE WAKE UP CALL TO TAKE CARE OF THE SICK TOO...NOT JUST THE HOMELESS, NEEDY AND POOR...BUT NO PRESSURE! THIS IS JUST WHAT WE FEEL LED TO DO...GIVE WHERE EVER YOU FEEL LED! WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN US IF YOU WEREN'T SURE WHERE TO GIVE OR WANTED TO GIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE AS WELL.
WELL ENOUGH OF MY BLABBING FOR TONIGHT!
PRAISING GOD! AND SO THANKFUL FOR OUR AMAZING FAMILY AND FRIENDS NEAR AND FAR!
ALL OUR LOVE AND GRATITUDE,
DANI, GARY, MAKENZIE AND ZACHARY :)
HI!
WOW WHERE DO WE START?!?! THIS EMAIL IS IN CAPS DUE TO OUR OVER THE TOP EXCITEMENT!!!
ALL TESTS CAME BACK NEGATIVE!!!! AND NO KIDNEY DAMAGE!
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR LOVE, SUPPORT AND PRAYERS!
WE ARE A BIT PERPLEXED, SHOCKED AND SO GRATEFUL! THE INITIAL TEST SHE TOOK 1 WEEK AGO SHOWED THAT SHE DID HAVE THE SYMPTOMS OF THE CONDITION AND THE MORE INVASIVE TEST YESTERDAY WAS SUPPOSED TO SHOW US:
1-IF THERE WAS KIDNEY DAMAGE AND HOW MUCH
2-WHAT DEGREE OF THE CONDITION SHE SUPPOSEDLY HAD
WE HAD FAITH THAT THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY THAT SHE DIDN'T HAVE IT, BUT THEY HAD PREPARED US THAT SHE DID. TO SAY WE ARE OVERJOYED AND RELIEVED IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT!!
I WON'T GET IN TO ALL THE DETAILS OF THE TEST YESTERDAY BUT TO PUT IT LIGHTLY, IT WAS AWFUL! THE DR. CAME IN PULLED ME ASIDE AND SAID "I JUST WANT TO PREPARE YOU THAT THIS TEST IS HELL, AND IT IS NOT ONLY TRAUMATIC ON HER, BUT ON ALL OF US IN THE ROOM!" AT LEAST HE WAS HONEST... ;) MAKENZIE WAS A CHAMP! SHE DID WAY BETTER THAN GARY OR I WOULD HAVE FOR SURE! SO THANK YOU ALL FOR PRAYING FOR THE LEAST AMOUNT OF TRAUMA AS POSSIBLE...SHE SEEMS TOTALLY FINE TODAY ABOUT IT!
THIS IS NOTHING LESS THAN A MIRACLE AND WE ARE PRAISING GOD FOR HEALING HER! IN THE DOCTOR'S WORDS "PERPLEXED" WHY IT WOULD SHOW UP ON THE INITIAL TEST AND NOT ON YESTERDAY'S TEST IF SHE ACTUALLY DID NOT HAVE IT! HE SAYS "PERPLEXED!" WE SAY "MIRACLE!"
SHE IS STAYING ON THE ANTIBIOTICS FOR ABOUT 4 MONTHS AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE AND WE WILL HAVE A FOLLOW UP APPOINTMENT JUST TO CONFIRM EVERYTHING IN MARCH...AND THEN WE ARE BASICALLY DONE WITH ALL OF THIS! AND SHE DOES NOT HAVE TO HAVE THAT TEST EVER AGAIN! :)
WE CAN'T TELL YOU HOW FORTUNATE WE FEEL...IN LIGHT OF HOW WE ARE FEELING WE FEEL LED TO DO A LITTLE TOY DRIVE FOR LUCILLE PACKARD CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT STANFORD...WE HAD THE GREAT PLEASURE OF MEETING PARENTS AND KIDS YESTERDAY WHO GO THROUGH MORE IN A WEEK THAN WE HAVE IN OUR LIFETIMES...FAINT HEARTED CAN DEFINITELY NOT VISIT THAT PLACE...YES, GARY CRIED WALKING THE HALLWAYS...LOVE HIS TENDER HEART! SO OUR PLAN IS TO GO TO SUNNYVALE TOYS R US TUESDAY AFTERNOON AFTER ZACH'S NAP TO GO SHOPPING FOR THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL...IF YOU ARE FREE AND INTERESTED IN JOINING US, PLEASE DO! OR IF YOU WANT US TO PICK ANYTHING SPECIFIC UP AND TAKE TO THE HOSPITAL PLEASE LET US KNOW! THIS IS JUST 1 SIMPLE WAY TO BRIGHTEN SOMEONE'S DAY THERE AT THE HOSPITAL IN THE NAME OF THE LORD! WE ACTUALLY GOT THE IDEA YESTERDAY RIGHT AFTER MAK'S PROCEDURE...2 DEAR FRIENDS HAD DROPPED OFF A TEDDY BEAR AND CARD FOR MAKI AND BEFORE SHE WAS EVEN OFF OF THE TABLE WHERE THE PROCEDURE HAD BEEN DONE, A TECHNICIAN CAME IN AND HANDED IT TO HER...I CAN NOT TELL YOU THE JOY THAT CAME OVER HER AT THAT MOMENT...ALONG WITH A HUGE SIGH OF RELIEF! I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE NO WHERE NEAR NORTHERN CAL AND I'M SURE IF YOU FEEL LED YOU CAN FIND A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL NEAR YOU...IF YOU NEED HELP LET ME KNOW! I KNOW FOR US THIS WAS A LITTLE WAKE UP CALL TO TAKE CARE OF THE SICK TOO...NOT JUST THE HOMELESS, NEEDY AND POOR...BUT NO PRESSURE! THIS IS JUST WHAT WE FEEL LED TO DO...GIVE WHERE EVER YOU FEEL LED! WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN US IF YOU WEREN'T SURE WHERE TO GIVE OR WANTED TO GIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE AS WELL.
WELL ENOUGH OF MY BLABBING FOR TONIGHT!
PRAISING GOD! AND SO THANKFUL FOR OUR AMAZING FAMILY AND FRIENDS NEAR AND FAR!
ALL OUR LOVE AND GRATITUDE,
DANI, GARY, MAKENZIE AND ZACHARY :)
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
prayer request for precious Makenzie and some pics
***this was an email I sent out today...sorry if I missed your email address on the email!
Hi Everyone!
I'm sorry for sending a mass general email but we don't have the time nor energy to talk with you all individually...sorry!
Long story made REALLY short...Makenzie is having issues with her kidneys. We are having a test done tomorrow at Stanford at 945AM and COVET your prayers!
A few specific ways you can be praying:
1- that there is NO permanent kidney damage!
2- there are different degrees of this condition (1-5) and we are hoping for either complete healing and that there is NOTHING there or that she has a lower degree 1 or 2, and does NOT require surgery!
3- she is having a pretty invasive test done...pray that she is not traumatized AT ALL over the procedure and that it goes smooth and quick!
We know our precious little one is in our Creator's hands and have peace knowing His will, WILL be done...we would rather have news that we don't want to hear, and know that He will carry us all through it, than for His will NOT to be done...it honestly took us a few days to get here...praying we stay here!
A HUGE praise already in this situation- we were not supposed to get this appointment scheduled to well after the 1st of the year because this specialist is so booked up! But when I called the office the scheduler got us in this week! I didn't even have to bribe her! ;) So THANK YOU LORD!
Thank you all for your prayers and support!
On our knees now more than ever...
Love,
Dani & Gary
Here are some pics from the last couple of weeks! ENJOY!
lovin' on little bro!
our cutie boy!
dancing with our guide at Hidden Villa!
look at those moves!
how do you spell P.R.E.C.I.O.U.S?!
petting a cow!
How cute are my boys!?!? My hubby can even pull off that nerdy hat! ;) Love you G! :)
yes, they are that cute! ;)
on a train ride when we cut down our Christmas tree! well, I should say Gary cut down the tree and we all ran around and ate cookies! so fun! :)
Hi Everyone!
I'm sorry for sending a mass general email but we don't have the time nor energy to talk with you all individually...sorry!
Long story made REALLY short...Makenzie is having issues with her kidneys. We are having a test done tomorrow at Stanford at 945AM and COVET your prayers!
A few specific ways you can be praying:
1- that there is NO permanent kidney damage!
2- there are different degrees of this condition (1-5) and we are hoping for either complete healing and that there is NOTHING there or that she has a lower degree 1 or 2, and does NOT require surgery!
3- she is having a pretty invasive test done...pray that she is not traumatized AT ALL over the procedure and that it goes smooth and quick!
We know our precious little one is in our Creator's hands and have peace knowing His will, WILL be done...we would rather have news that we don't want to hear, and know that He will carry us all through it, than for His will NOT to be done...it honestly took us a few days to get here...praying we stay here!
A HUGE praise already in this situation- we were not supposed to get this appointment scheduled to well after the 1st of the year because this specialist is so booked up! But when I called the office the scheduler got us in this week! I didn't even have to bribe her! ;) So THANK YOU LORD!
Thank you all for your prayers and support!
On our knees now more than ever...
Love,
Dani & Gary
Here are some pics from the last couple of weeks! ENJOY!
lovin' on little bro!
our cutie boy!
dancing with our guide at Hidden Villa!
look at those moves!
how do you spell P.R.E.C.I.O.U.S?!
petting a cow!
How cute are my boys!?!? My hubby can even pull off that nerdy hat! ;) Love you G! :)
yes, they are that cute! ;)
on a train ride when we cut down our Christmas tree! well, I should say Gary cut down the tree and we all ran around and ate cookies! so fun! :)
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