The Schoenings

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2009-09-16T12:45:00.000-07:00

I can't believe it has been so long since I have updated our blog! It seems like summer just started and now it's already fall! We had a wonderful and relaxing summer. Now I am back in school and Chuck is back to work. I'm hoping for the next 8 months to go by quickly so I can be done with school for awhile. May 7, 2010 is graduation and we are counting down the days!! Here are some photos of some things we did this summer. I wasn't very good at taking my camera everywhere with me like I usually am!!

In July Mindy, Tahisha and I threw a baby shower for Emily and Mr. Baby P. It was such a good time and Mr. P got lots of wonderful gifts!!

Emily modeling the very sylish baby wipes carrier that Amber made.

Chuck went to the balloon races in Indianola, IA in July with his parents. This is Chuck and his dad going up in the balloon.

It is so cool to see all of the balloons going up at once.

Cooper and his new best friend Eddie.

Happy 3rd Birthday Kali Ruth!!

2009-09-16T12:26:00.000-07:00

Our niece Kali turned 3 on September 5th. I cannot believe that she is already 3 years old. I seems like it was just yesterday that I was leaving work in the middle of the night as she was about to enter this world!! She had a fabulous birthday party that was "Wow Wow Wubsy"themed. I was not familier with Wow Wow Wubsy but Kali and all the other kids were pumped about it. A couple days after her birthday, Chuck and I took her to Build-a-Bear so she could make a new friend. She picked everything out herself and it turned out pretty cute. She left with a monkey with pink shorts, a pink t-shirt and pink shoes...and she named her "Monkey." Shanna said that she won't put the monkey down and she even sleeps with it! Cute!

Kali modeling her Wow Wow Wubsy t-shirt that Shanna made her.

Yum! Yum!

Kali and her new friend Monkey.

One Year Down, A Lifetime to Go

2009-06-08T12:32:00.000-07:00

It's hard to believe that it has already been a year since Chuck and I were married. It's been a wonderful year and I can't wait to see what the years ahead have in store for us. The Thursday before our anniversary I surprised him with a hotel room at the Hyatt. We went to a nice dinner at Kona Grill then went to Skies for some drinks and to enjoy the beautful view. Since we got married on a Friday our anniversary fell on a Saturday which happened to be my friend Mindy's wedding. We were able to celebrate surrounded by so many great friends...it was a wonderful night!

Here we are today celebrating 1 year and also celebrating Mindy and Josh beginning their lives together as well!

Here's us 1 year ago on our wedding day!

Josh and Mindy's Big Day!!

2009-06-08T12:17:00.001-07:00

Mindy and Josh's big day was fabulous! I felt so fortunate to be asked to be a bridesmaid in her wedding. It was a beautiful day, she was a beautiful bride, the church was gorgeous and the reception was perfect. I wish Mindy and Josh nothing but happiness!

Mindy and all of her girls after getting our hair and make-up done.

Mindy and her mom Joanne

Mr. and Mrs. Kupchin

First dance as husband and wife.

The 4 Henson Crew

The beautiful bride and I

April & May Update

2009-06-08T11:54:00.001-07:00

April and May have come and gone and I figured it was time to update on what's been going on with us. With Mindy's wedding coming up we had many pre-wedding festivities such as her bachelorette party/dinner and her bridal shower. As always, it was so great to see everyone outside of work and to meet Mindy's family and her other friends. We had so much fun and I know Mindy and Josh are so happy with all of the fabulous gifts they recieved! My nana came to visit for 2 weeks in May. We don't get to see her as often as we would like so we cherish every moment we have with her. We had a big Mother's Day BBQ at my sister Shanna's house. It was a lot of fun. I also finished up my 2nd semester of nursing school in May. It was a pretty busy and stressful semester and I am so thankful to have it behind me. I only have 2 more semesters to go...I can't even believe it! Chuck started his summer job at Champion's Club last week. He really enjoys it and is glad he's working there again. As much as he likes to have his summer off, he gets bored very quickly. We're enjoying our summer and looking forward to all of our fun summer activities we have planned!

Mindy's mom and Aunt Barb loving on Evan.

Kelly, Mindy and Nikki at Mindy's work shower. They're wearing Mindy's wedding colors...precious!

We were so happy to celebrate Mother's Day with Nana.

All of us girls after Mindy's delicious bachelorette party dinner at Piropos.

Enjoying our first Royals game of the season with our good friends Andy and Sam.

My Beautiful Niece

2009-04-08T17:29:00.000-07:00

Kali came over for a couple hours today to play while Shanna ran up to work to get her BLS renewed. It has been a couple months since I've seen this little gal so I was very excited to spend some time with her! To prepare for her arrival I stocked up on fun things for us to do such as bubbles, a big boucy ball, sidewalk chalk and plenty of juice boxes and snacks. She says so many funny things. I just can't believe how quickly she's growing up. We had so much fun enjoying the fresh air nad hanging out together. After Shanna was done at work we took her to the park for a little bit more fun. She definitely wore me out but I would not trade the time I get to spend with her for the world! Thank you for coming to hang out with me Kali...you made me feel better, especially after such a long stressful week!

Such a cutie!

Hugging on the stuffed bunny from Chuck and Manny

All smiles at the park!

Feb/March Recap

2009-04-02T10:11:00.001-07:00

I know I've been a slacker when it comes to this blog. I thought I'd update on our busy February and March. In February Chuck's cousin Johnny came home from Kuwait for 2 weeks for his R&R. Johnny's mom and dad come for a few days from Florida and Chuck's mom and dad came to visit for a couple days also. It's always nice to spend time with family. It was so nice to see everyone again. We're counting down until Johnny can come home to stay! He should be home in May!!

At the end of February we celebrated my best friend Misty's upcoming arrival, Mr. Alexander David Moore. They got so many nice gifts that definitely prepared them for his arrival. That same night we also celebrated my Chuck's sister Rebecca's 30th birthday at Tasso's Greek Restaurant. We had a great time and we're so happy we could celebrate with her!

On March 16th Mr. Alexander decided to enter this world a couple weeks early. We are so happy for Misty and David!!! Summer is fast approaching and I'm ready to be done with school for a couple months and Chuck's ready for his summer break also. Chuck and I are ready to have a fun-filled and relaxing summer. I can't believe that this time next year I'll be getting ready to graduate! I can't even believe it...I'll finally be an RN! Thanks for checking in on us!!

Family time at the bowling alley

Johnny and Chuck

Happy Birthday Rebecca!

Misty's Baby Shower

Welcome to the world Alexander!

Auntie Amanda and the little guy

Uncle Chuck

Mommy Misty and baby Alexander

Mr. and Mrs. Schoening

Baby Season

2009-02-11T10:59:00.000-08:00

It seems like so many of my friends are having babies these days and they're all due around the same time. Sunday was the first of many baby showers for my co-workers. My friends Emily and Tahisha were the party planners and hosts for Whitney and baby Drake's shower. It was so much fun to sit around and talk with everyone and snack on some very yummy food! We actually played a game and it was fun and got pretty competative...sorry Christine for getting so aggressive. haha. Amber and Whitney, the two mommys-to-be were the winners...of course! Thanks Emily and Tahisha for making it so much fun! Whitney, I hope you had fun and Drake got lots of fun goodies. Can't wait to meet the lil guy!We have a new camera so I actually have some pics to share...woo hoo!

Mommy-to-be Whitney and baby Drake

Those girls are so creative!

Long awaited update!

2009-01-04T12:46:00.000-08:00

After much harassment about not updating our blog, I finally decided to sit down and let everyone know about what's going on in our lives. I finished up my first semester of nursing school in December and actually pulled through with all A's. I go back to start my second semester in about a week...let's hope this semester is just as successful as the last! Chuck has been on Christmas break for a couple weeks now and has enjoyed his much needed R&R...those middle schoolers can really take a toll on him sometimes. Now we can start the countdown for spring break and then summer break! :o)

We had a nice Christmas with both of our families. We drove down to Moberly on Christmas Eve and enjoyed a nice evening and Christmas afternoon with Chuck's family. We went to mass on Christmas Eve and then opened presents that night. Christmas afternoon we had a delicous lunch complete with turkey and all the fixings! Thank you Fred and Judy for such a wonderful Christmas! We attended the Coldwell family Christmas on Saturday the 27th. My mom and dad graciously hosted 35 of our family members for Christmas this year. It was so much fun! My dad dressed up like Santa and passed out all of the gifts...it's been a fun tradition that they started a couple years ago. As predicted, Kali freaked out when she saw him. She knew it was papa but she still kept screaming.

Chuck and I rang in the New Year low key at home. I was supposed to work that night but I got cancelled, so we rented a couple of movies and hung out at home. At midnight we went outside on our porch and watched the fireworks and shared a kiss of course!

Sorry there are no pics to go along with this update. My camera has been broken since October and it hasn't been replaced yet. As soon as I get a new camera I'm sure the updates will be more frequent. Happy New Year to all of our friends and family. Here's to a fabulous 2009!!

Auntie Rebecca

2008-09-05T10:54:00.000-07:00

A couple weeks ago while I was working, Chuck invited Rebecca over to watch the Chiefs game. She brought her dog (and Cooper's favorite cousin and best friend!) Carter over for a little playdate. I'm so glad Chuck took this picture because it is so precious! She's going to be such a wonderful mother and aunt someday! :)

Royals Game

2008-09-05T10:35:00.000-07:00

Chuck's best friends Brian and Tim came up from Columbia to hang out with us and go to a Royals game. We had everyone over for a BBQ at our house before the game and then off to the ballpark to watch the Royals lose to the Twins. Oh well, maybe next year we'll attend a game that they win! It was nice to hang out with our good family and friends one last time before summer ended and work and school began once again. Thanks for coming up guys, it was a great time!

Kellan and Sam were best buds that night...so cute!

Not sure what Chuck is doing in this picture but it's pretty hilarious.

Me and my girls!

Best Friends

Brian kept warm in Tisha's jacket...and it fit JUST RIGHT!

Pin-up Girls vs. BMW

2008-09-05T10:12:00.000-07:00

Sorry I've been absent from Bloggerland for awhile. We've run out of free time since Chuck went back to school mid-August and I started nursing school on August 19th. I do have some updates from the end of our summer.

On August 8th my bowling team (the Pin-Up Girls) bowled Chuck's bowling team (BMW). In true Pin-Up Girls' spirit, we decided to dress up our uniforms and surprise the boys in hopes of intimidating them...haha yeah right! We looked very silly, but it was such a fun night. We may have lost, but we had fun doing it. The Pin-Up Girls ended the season in last place, but just wait because next year we're ready for first! Here's a few pictures from our fun night.

The Pin-Up Girls (minus our cheerleader Meredith)

Misty and me

I'm so excited that I just got a strike!

Lovin' the sweatbands ladies!

Tisha's got the spirit!

The Zoo

2008-08-05T10:09:00.000-07:00

A couple weeks ago I went to the zoo with my mom and dad and Shanna and Kali. It was a very exciting day for Kali because it was her first trip to the zoo and she loves animals! Shanna has been practicing different sounds animals make with her, so she was definitely prepared to talk to them. She told me that donkeys say "uh huh" and sheeps say "bah-bah" and kitties say "meow" and doggies say "woof." As you can see in the video she was talking to the sheep in the petting zoo and most of them were talking back. She's a pretty smart girl for a 2-year-old...I'm not partial or anything though! :) It was a long and very hot day at the zoo but we all had a really great time. We're looking forward to going in the early fall sometime when it's not quite so hot.

Kali giggled everytime to goat touched her hand...it was so cute!

My mom and dad took Kali on a camel ride...it was a pretty funny sight to see 2 grown adults riding on a camel.

The sheep in the petting zoo weren't shy when they saw my mom with some food for them.

Mr. Gorilla was lying by the window so Kali could hang out with him.

wedding pictures are up!

2008-07-14T18:46:00.000-07:00

For anyone who didn't get my email, our wedding pictures are now finally online! It was definitely worth the wait because they turned out great. I can't believe it's already been over a month since Chuck and I were married. If you want to check them out go to www.threethreephotography.com and click on "order online" then click on "chuck and amanda" and the password is schoening. Enjoy!!

Concert in the park

2008-07-13T12:10:00.001-07:00

Saturday night my mom and dad invited Chuck and me to a concert in the park in Kearney. The 2 bands that played were classic rock bands from my mom and dad's era called Head East and Shooting Star. Chuck and I actually knew a couple of the songs they played. We got there 2 hours early so we got got front row seats. Some people were asking us if we knew the bandmembers because we has such good seats. haha. It was a beautiful night and it was so much fun hanging out with my mom and dad. My mom hardly sat down during the concert...she was right up by the stage taking pictures the whole time. We also ran into our old neighbor Jay and his son Josh. I used to babysit Josh and his brother Andy. Josh is now 21 and all grown up and is leaving for Iraq in a couple months. We were so happy to see him and his dad. Good luck Josh...we're all going to be praying for you.

My hubby and me

Awww...they're so in love!

My mom was rocking out the whole night.

You gotta love the hair!

It's so nice running into old family friends...can you believe I used to babysit this kid! He's so grown up!

Friday night bowling

2008-07-13T11:55:00.000-07:00

As most of you may or may not know, Chuck and I have been bowling every Friday night on a league for the majority of our three year relationship. This summer has been the first league that we have not been on the same team. We both got a bunch of our friends together to form our own team. My team is called the Pinup Girls. We may be in last place, but we have the cutest shirts and we have the most fun! We are the loudest team at the bowling alley and definitely the most enthusiastic! I'm going to be sad when the summer's over and we have to retire our team until next summer.

The Pinup Girls (l-r: Misty, Amanda, Meredith, Rebecca, Tisha, and Emily)

One of my best friends Misty and me hanging out at bowling.

4th of July

2008-07-08T15:28:00.000-07:00

We went to Joe's house for a backyard barbeque for the 4th of July. We had too much yummy food and lots of fireworks for the boys to blow up. The guys also played a couple games of washers before the sun went down while us girls sat on the deck and relaxed and did lots of talking as always. We had a really great time. Thanks Joe for having us over!

Chuck couldn't get enough of the fireworks...boys and their toys!!

Joe's grand finale. If you look closely you can see his arm in the air signaling #1...he was so proud!

Us girls had a good time taking pictures and watching the guys handle the fireworks.

Happy 4th from the Schoenings!

Johnny's Farewell Celebration

2008-07-03T15:10:00.000-07:00

Chuck's cousin Johnny came home for a couple days before his deployment to Kuwait for a year. We had such a great time spending time with family and friends. We had a couple barbeques, went to a Royals game and then had a night on the town to cap off the weekend. We love you Johnny and we are all so proud of you and everything you do for our country!

I'm so proud of my new cousin.

Brother and Sister

The family

Best Friends

Just a few of Johnny's biggest fans.

Our Wedding

2008-07-02T15:02:00.000-07:00

So I decided to start a blog to keep all of our family and friends updated as Chuck and I start our new married life together. As most of you all know Chuck and I were married on June 6, 2008. It was such a perfect day with beautiful weather and lots of family and friends. The ceremony was beautiful and the reception was so much fun. I have never danced that much in my life! Thank you to everyone who has supported Chuck and I through everything!

One Sunday June 8th we flew out to Ft. Myers Beach, FL for some much needed relaxation. We don't have any pics to post from the honeymoon because our digital camera was broken at the time. We ate lots of great food, layed on the beach, took lots of naps, and went shopping. We had such a great time!