Randal - Randy (only I can call him that!) started out the the first year of his 30s at 230 pounds and is now weighing in at 160 and that pretty much gives you the highlights of his year! He has worked really hard at getting into shape this year. He started out with the Couch to 5K running program and kept on going. He started training on his bike again and is now competing in Duathlons (like triathlons without the swimming) and is doing great! He actually came in 2nd in his age group at the Oklahoma State Championships this Fall. We are all very proud of how hard he's worked this year to get in shape and it's fun to see him having fun at his races. He is still working hard as the Lead of his group at CCH and even earned a spot in the "Acheivement Club" this year, which meant an awesome trip to Alaska for the two of us! We had a great time eating way too much great food and exploring the beauty of Alaska at a resort right at the foot of a mountain. It was gorgeous and we had a lot of fun on our excursions and just relaxing for a few days!
Randal at the warrior dash in his 80's garb and entering the transition area at the OKC Duathlon
Randal and Beth in Alask on the CCH trip, seeing BB King at the Orpheum, & dressed as older folks for a "senior prom" with our church's youth group
Randal posing with the pumpkins he helped decorate. He was even prouder than M&m!
Beth - It has been a hectic year! I got to take 2 awesome trips this year - the first was Randal & I's trip to Alaska, which was awesome! It was incredibly beautiful and relaxing! The 2nd trip was to Uganda with my friend Melissa's organization Mercy for Mamas. It was an amazing short term mission trip with a group of wonderful people. I posted about it a TON on this blog, so if you want to know more, you can look back on the posts in October & November! I had a fun year of running around donig "mommy stuff" and getting more involved in our church family. I was diagnosed with a VERY mild case of Lupus this past spring after completing a ton of testing trying to figure out what was causing pain in my hands. I had to stop doing as many cakes, etc, but other than that, don't really have any issues that slow me down! I walked/ran the Color Run 5K in KC with Randal and we had a ton of fun doing that! I'm still working at Ethanol Products and still love being able to see my sister almost every day!
Beth playing Madison's favorite "shocked face" game & with Randal at the Color Run in KC
With the team delivering Mama Kits in Uganda
Mason - Mason turned 4 this year! He is such a little man and we still call him Benjamin Button pretty often! He will be officially starting public school preschool in January and is so excited to go to school with his friends. He is super protective of his little sister, who is still his best friend (thank goodness this has continued!). They love to rough-house and play together. This year has brought some definite "boy" tendencies to our house, as we've been overtaken by plenty of super-hero movies and all of the toys that go along with them. His favorites have rotated between Superman, Batman, & Spiderman, though we've now settled on Spiderman for quite a while. He makes us laugh all of the time with how much conversation he provides and his hilarious observations on every day life. He has started saying that things "make him feel fluffy" when he doesn't want to wear them...we still haven't figured out where this came from, but it makes us laugh every time! He has moved up to the big boy classes at church and is initiating more conversations about God and Jesus, which makes this mama's heart so happy and full. He has also become increasingly obsessed with being a "Ginger" and how cool that makes him. He even wanted to make cookies for "His Gingers" for his birthday and we play "spot a ginger" any time we're out and see a random redhead!
Mason as Batman while watching cartoons and rocking out at his birthday party!
Madison - Madison turned 3 this month and is blowing me away with how quickly she's growing up...must be a "baby" thing - I wanted her to stay little forever! She started speech therapy this year after we decided it was time to address some concerns that we had with her language development. She worked with Rainbows United until her birthday, when she transitioned to the public schools here in Mulvane. She has made progress in leaps and bounds and it was fun to see her show off at the holiday get togethers over the last couple of months. Everyone is starting to notice how much clearer she is speaking and she is getting much less frustrated in her communications, which is leaving her room to grow and learn in other areas now too! She is super spunky and hilarious and can always make me giggle, even when I'm trying to discipline her! She has continued to become more girly, which is something that I encourage, but that also makes me feel a bit out of my comfort zone. She loves princess movies and baby dolls and has even taken a liking to wearing skirts, etc (a big thank you to Pinterest for teaching me how to make a tutu!). Now, if someone could point me to some tutorials on how to do cute hairstyles, it would be much appreciated ;)
Mason (Batman) & Madison (Super Girl) for Halloween & m at her pretty princess party
There you have it folks! 2012 from the Schafers house!
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