My family > yours.

About two weeks ago, my sisters and Ethan came back to visit. While they were back, we got to go wedding dress shopping, regular shopping, eat at Belluci's, and have everyone come back for the engagement party. As some of you may know, I am a definite party planner and love doing things for people so throwing an engagement party was right up my alley. I got everyone to come to town, bring something for the pot luck and almost all of our family wore their favorite team shirts! (Zach had an ISU shirt on under his nice red shirt.) 

I am so thankful for such a wonderful family. It was so nice for us to get together & spend some time celebrating the engagement of my baby sister. We have quite an adventure ahead with this wedding and I can't wait to help her plan it. As her maid of honor, I have to plan her bachelorette party and bridal shower with my sister Emily and we are going to have so much fun planning & decorating. And as far as my maid of honor speech goes, I may or may not already have it pretty much finished. Crazy OCD kicking in. 

Anyways, I can't wait for Ethan to become my brother and my sister to marry the man of her dreams. oh...and have a Schultz dance party :) 

happy almost Friday! xoxo

2014 : the year of engagements

I don't know what I never posted about this earlier (probably because I have been so busy) but MY BABY SISTER IS ENGAGED!! Ethan proposed about a month ago to Maddie and she obviously said yes. I couldn't be happier for them. But it also got me thinking about when we were kids & we would talk about our wedding days....

Growing up, we had just our Mom. Our parents were divorced when we were little and we never spent time with our Dad. We never really talked about marriage with Mom because we didn't want to bring up the memories or make her feel bad. So everything the Schultz girls learned about marriage, was from the movies. Boy meets girl, boy courts & romances girl, boy falls head over heels in love with girl (and vice versa), boy proposes to girl in a very romantic way, girl obviously screams yes!!!, girl plans big beautiful wedding, boy and girl get married & live happily ever after. (then they have a big house with lots of kids and a golden retriever. - at least that's my fairytale.) But as it seems, life has different plans for us. I know that Ethan and Maddie were made for one another. It took them some time to find one another, but when they did, boy was it perfect. Ethan was just what Maddie needed in her life and the same can be said for Ethan. Ever since the first day they started dating, they have been together. I've known from the very beginning that Ethan would some day be my brother & it's been such a joy spending time with him and getting to know him better. I can't wait to have him officially be apart of the family and to watch him be a loving husband to my beautiful, thoughtful, amazing little sister Madison. I never thought that my 19 year old sister would get married before me, (especially at 25) but God has a funny way of doing things. I know soulmates are unrealistic but ever since I was a little girl, movies have showed me that they are real. If they are real, then Ethan and Maddie are most definitely soulmates.

They are coming home this weekend to see family/attend their engagement party on Sunday. I can't wait to see them & celebrate their next stage in life!!

I hope everyone is enjoying the nice weather outside & taking full advantage of it!

-xoxo

a few steps behind.

Sorry I haven't been on top of my blog game recently.. This whole moving and starting a new job thing has been kind of overwhelming. Getting used to three new kids, two new parents, two cats, and one dog is crazy. but it's all been worth it so far. The good news is I have finally found an apartment!! I live about 5 minutes away from where I nanny and 5 minutes away from Zach. Perfect location. Penny gets to live with me and I have an awesome new roommate. Life is going along pretty swell right now. 

Here is a picture of my nanny children. We have David, Julia and Aj.

A few weeks ago, Zach and I got to go bowling with his brothers, sisters, parents, niece and nephews, and his grandpa. What a fun day it was!

Penny :)

Last night we got to attend Ashley Thorpe and Josh McDonald's wedding. It was the most fun I've had in a long time. It was so great to be able to see all of my high school friends & dance the night away.

Lastly, here are some pictures of my new apartment! I have been frantically searching for a dresser and Zach's mom called me one day and said they have an old dresser up in their attic. IT IS PERFECT. Also, I have been looking for a new desk because my other one was just an old plain writing table. My aunt found this one for me and it is perfect as well!! The other pictures are of our kitchen and living room. (Sorry it's not decorated yet, we just got all moved in yesterday!)

I promise I won't wait so long to write again! I hope everyone has a great week!

xoxo