It's a Baby.................Baby!

Below are pictures of the baby from our Ultrasound today. Little peanut would not sit still.....it must be my baby. Enjoy!

Ugly Christmas Sweater Party Pic and Life

It has been quite some time since we have posted. Life has been a bit hectic in the Schurger household to say the least. To sum it up, we moved into our house, Tony got H1N1 which kicked his butt for a long time, we found out we were expecting our first little one, and now here we are at the holidays already (not to mention we worked in there as well). Things has been crazy but God has been so good! We are feeling blessed beyond belief!

Speaking of blessings, we had the opportunity to spend an evening with our dear friends last night. We hosted an ugly Christmas sweater party! We had such a great time fellowshipping and admiring the ugly sweaters! Some pictures are posted below! My two favorites of the night were David with his lighted sweater (he carried his extention cord around all evening), and Josh who wore his mother's Christmas tree sweater! Awesome!!

Wesleyan Married Couples Retreat

We had such an exhausting yet wonderful weekend at WMCR! We had our first session on Friday and then Tony and I played in a Euchre tournament. We played until about 1 a.m. and lost in the final round. We got up Saturday,had breakfast and then one first session. The speakers were really wonderful. They discussed how we need to not turn our desires in marriage into expectations. They also discussed the need for Christians to take back the marriage bed back from Satan. It has been portrayed in such an inappropriate way in the media. It was all just very facinating. We played Wildcat games before lunch and our team (the cowboy hats) won so we all got IWU t-shirts. Then several of us that went from our church played in a volleyball tournment where we lost to the same team that beat us last year! I ended up with a goose egg on my knee! It was fun though. That evening we had a hoedown. They had a cowboy band play during dinner and then there was a caller for square dancing! We all decided to give it a try and ended up having so much fun! We giggled and danced around for at least an hour and a half! Who knew square dancing could be such entertainment! It sure brought back some memories from middle school. To end the evening we took a horse pulled hay ride. It was so beautiful riding under a peaceful starlit evening. It was really nice to spend time with one another and focusing on us as a couple. Spending time with our friends all weekend and relaxing was also really wonderful. Good is God!

NEW HOUSE!

We finally have a house...mostly. We first looked at this house when we started looking 7 months ago. It was not on the market for too aweful long and then it got an offer. We were also going to put an offer on it at that time. So we knew we couldnt get it and went about our search. We recently found that the original offer fell through so we put our offer on the house and got it. Praise be to God! We have not closed on it yet, but will be very soon...pending inspections. It was built in 2005 so it should not be a problem. Here are some pictures of the inside of the house. Enjoy.

Our Friends...

Last night we went over to our friends Stephen and Michelle's house for a cookout with them and another couple we hang out with. As we were sitting around just shooting the breeze and laughing at the children (and Tony) I realized how much I was going to miss getting to do that. Not that we won't ever get to see Stephen and Michelle but I will miss getting all of us getting to hang out like we do. I so enjoy the time we all spend together! P.S....thanks for the motorcycle ride Stephen! :0)

An oldie but a goodie of the six of us....

4th of July Weekend

The 4th of July weekend was really nice. We headed home to Decatur for the weekend for our usual gathering, however, this year we were also having a combo 4th celebration and wedding celebration for Tony's sister who got married in February. It was really good to see everyone. I had the opportunity to meet my new nephew and two nieces (brother in-law's children). They are really sweet kids and a lot of fun. Ten out of the twelve grandchildren were present from the Schurger side as well. That was really fun. It isn't very often that everyone gets to see one another. It was good to catch up! On the 5th we went and cooked out at our friend's Josh and Leah's house when we got back in town. They taught us a new yard game that doesn't really have a name. Tony calls it "cupolebe". Don't ask... :0) Because of the weather, Gas City had delayed the fireworks until that day. We all went that night to watch them and had the best seat in the house. It was a very tiresome but wonderful weekend!

Us at the fireworks


Two of my bestest

Tony and his brother doing what we did all weekend....play yard games!

Okay, so this isn't a great picture of me, but I just had to show you how cute this little dog is...I LOVE HIM! He belongs to my sibbling in-laws. He is so old but looks like a puppy! If he comes up missing, don't look at my house!

The yummy cake a family friend made for the party!

Traffic, Patience, and Life

Well this is it, my first blog post ever. Those of you who know me know that I do not like to read, let alone write. So if it is a bit rough, I apologize. Let me first start off by saying that our trip to Tennessee was a lot of fun. It was really great to hang out with Jeff and Annie and to get out of town. Now, I also want to let you know that I am my father's son and have little to no patience. The trip down was good.....for about an hour and half until a semi and another car decide to swerve into my lane while going 75. This is going to be a long post, hang in there people. Most vehicles are equipped with turn signals. USE THEM people! Seriously, replacing car parts is not cheap or fun and lives can not be replaced. Ridiculous. When patrons pull this maneuver they get the Tony look of death. If you ever want to see it, make me really mad. They used to get a whole lot more than that, but I am working on my anger issues. I feel sometimes I could crawl in the back seat to make sure people get the full effect of the face I am giving as I pull around them. No brake checks or retaliation is usually required the face says it all. Now lets discuss passing and cruise control. Passing may be the easiest thing ever done. If you are in the passing lane, pass. If not then get over. It kills me to see people who are not passing other cars just ride out the passing lane like they own it. Mirrors can often be very handy. Tony's Rule of the Road # 34: If you have more than 5 cars stacked up behind you in your mirror and you are not passing cars, move over. It is so dangerous, people do not even realize it. Moving on......Cruise control. I am not and idiot and I realize not all cars have cruise control. However, it is NOT hard to maintain a constant speed without it. This constant passing a car, and them passing you back gets so annoying. Especially if this person pins you in the right lane behind a car you are about to pass. You know what I am talking about, you all do. People are stupid, it takes more gas to constantly speed up and slow down then it does to go a constant speed. So this all took place on the way down. The way back was not too bad.....except for construction. Readers, if there is a sign that says Left Lane Ends 2 miles.......It is going to end in 2 miles, hence the traffic back up for the last 10 miles. Why continue to speed through the left lane until the last minute. Lets be honest, most of the time this does not get you anywhere. Second of all, if traffic is bumper to bumper anyway, why risk squeezing your car in at the last minute to possibly wreck and delay your time even more. It is simple, merge as soon as possible when it is safe. Right lane, alternate allowing cars until everyone merges. Traffic would not have to stop or slow if people did this. I know you are reading this and it appears to be common sense, but think about it. How many times have you been in one of these situations? How many times have you caused one of these situations? Some people are so oblivious about what they are doing on the road. I honestly feel give some people cars is like give babies thumb tacks. It is never good. (SIDE NOTE: These people can be identified as 1 or more corners of their car has a lens or headlight missing and there is often body damage too.) It all boils down to common courtesy. It is a quality we seem to lack in our busy lives. Now extrapolate all of this out. Think about the time, lives, money, gas, oil, Earth.....UNIVERSE that could be saved it everyone drove like Tony. Thanks for reading....I feel better.