Schatz' Family Christmas

Each year the whole Schatz family gets together for a night of exchanging gifts and playing games. It's great fun for all.

Happy New Year's Eve - Baby Elsa Arrives!

What a great New Year's Eve surprise! Jess & Mike's baby arrived 5 weeks early. Precious Elsa is beautiful! We are SO happy that we were still in Ohio for her birth! Mommy and Daddy and Elsa are doing great.

New Year's Eve - Holiday Photos!

Merry Christmas!

This Christmas was a fun celebration. It was great to have Rachel.....clearly she didn't do much present opening, but as you can see.... she had plenty!



Here's our tree. It's a bit shabby this year since all our decor is packed away in the storage unit. But it's still pretty. Not having all our holiday decorations and such has helped us to remember that Christmas is not about presents and lights and trees. It's about Jesus - the Greatest Gift!

This is Eli - Rachel's FAVORITE Christmas present. (Thanks, Daddy!)

Grandma & Grandpa Schatz came over to Grandma & Grandpa Arntsen's for a yummy meal with friends and family.

Christmas Eve

We continued our annual tradition of spending Christmas Eve with our God-Daughter (Alison) and her family. She's a cutie!

Matching jammies for the girls!

Christmas Eve

My Little Charmin Bear

Don't squeeze the Charmin!

Our Christmas Tree

This year, we got our tree from a church on Erie Avenue. It was a really cold day, but Rachel managed to make it out with us for a minute.



But most of the time she and mommy were in the warm car.

Here Comes Santa Claus!

Rachel met Santa today! How much fun!

December Highlghts

Rachel visited her friend Alison.


Snuggle bug... (how cute is it that her legs are crossed?)


Smile for mommy!


Smile for daddy, too!

The claw...grrr.

Guidance Performs

Guidance performed a new Christmas program this year. The girls were beautiful and amazing as always! This photo was taken at Covenant Way Church. We performed there on Sunday, December 7th.

Go Cats!

We took Rachel to her first Bearcats game. She loved it (and slept the whole time)!

Cutie pie