First, a couple apologies:
1. Sorry to post this ontop of Sam's birthday wishes. I just knew that if I didn't do it today, I wouldn't do it. Strike while the iron's hot, as they say.
2. If this screws up the blog again, I apologize. I can't seem to remember how to post straight to the blog and thus am doing it via email. Sometimes I feel like...well...our parents with my technological sauvy. :)
Onto the news:
The Schulte's have had a busy spring/summer so here are the highlights:
1. We searched for, found, negotiated, and closed on a house in April and May. We moved in (with the help of moms and uncles and brother-in-law's girlfriend) in three days.
2. Ryan's first year of teaching ended with him singing songs to each class about the past year. It was pretty sweet.
3. I continued working on my medical transcription stuff. I'm loving the company but missing those free summers! :)
4. Tyson continued to amaze us with his growth. He now stands, signs, crawls everywhere, throws some great tantrums (takes after his mom), and is just itching to walk. He is also a water baby!
5. Summer has found us mainly at the cabin at Holter on the weekends or putzing around the house.
6. Ryan has completed many projects at the house - he built a deck in three days, moved a fence, put up a fan/light and I have done little things like install a thermastate, doorknobs, decorate, and dig out some ugly landscaping left behind.
7. We took a break to celebrate Tyson's birthday on the 28th. And as you all saw- he enjoyed every minute of it. How crazy to think he's a one-year-old! Ah!
8. Soon after the first birthday was the second anniversary. Celebrated in style on a cross-country flight with a one-year-old. Woohoo!
9. The flight was our trip to the East Coast. It was actually more Rhode Island than Boston, but whatever. We went out for a friend's wedding. We decided to extend the trip and Mark and Judy and Ryan's brother Rob and his girlfriend Molly joined us. We saw Newport, Boston, Cape Cod, Providence, and many places inbetween. The boys went to a Red Sox game at Fenway, the girls did some shopping, we ate great Italian in an old mafia area of Providence, and, of course, celebrated the beginning of another marriage. All-in-all, a pretty sweet vacation. It was also a vacation of firsts for Ty - swimming, sucking out of a straw, haircuts, sand, the ocean....man alive! This kid has done more in his first year of life than I did in my first 25! Tyson was a trouper with traveling, too. The 5-hour flight from Vegas to Providence (Southwest...dang connecting flights) barely bothered him. He entertained all the flight attendants quite thoroughly.
So that's what has happened. Coming up, Ryan will be getting his wisdom teeth pulled tomorrow (yuck) and then right after celebrating his 26th birthday (on the 24th), he will head to Idaho for his annual training for Guard. He found out, though, that he has to stay an extra week to take a class in some information inputting. Woohoo. Boise and sitting in front of a computer all day. After that, he has two days until school starts again. Poor guy.
Tyson and I will occupy our time taking swim lessons and hanging out with Aunt Molly before she leaves for South Dakota again, and Uncle Joe before he moves to Billings. Grandma and Grandpa will be here, too...I think. ;)
So...I know this is a novel but we hadn't posted in so long. I'll try to keep ya'll better updated.
Have a great birthday Sammy! See the rest at the Family Picnic!
Meghan and boys
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Monday, July 20th, is Sam's 16th birthday. This is how he has spent his summer...playing baseball. We don't have any games Monday, which is a first, but he and his team are gearing up for the district A legion tournament to be held in Havre next weekend. 
We hope y'all had a good Independence Holiday. For our part, we trekked to Portland to See Bri and Peter and Sabina. It was also Eddie's first chance to visit the city. (Eddie is the ND Summer Service student staying with us.)
While we were in town, Peter's mother, Kate, arrived from Massachusetts. Here she is with the family at a berry-picking farm on Sauvies Island. The weather was great and the pickin' was easy.
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Ain't no jive -- Abe's thirty-five.
This is a picture of my last class of Pre-Kers. As some of you know, I am taking a new position at Holy Spirit next year and won't be teaching. It was a very tough decision but one I am feeling pretty good about right now. I guess we will see how long it lasts. I couldn't have asked for a better class of kids! They were awesome!
