Nana's 96th Birthday

Today we celebrated my Grandmother's 96th birthday.  This day is special to me because when I was growing up I never thought that my Nana would see me graduate from high school.....well it has been 12 years since my high school graduation, 8 since my college graduation, I have been married for almost 6 years and have 3 children. This day is very special to our family because it is a huge milestone for her. Back on July 10, we celebrated my Grandfather's 98 birthday. WOW, That is a lot years of living combined for those two. This November they will celebrate their 68th Wedding Anniversary. What an accomplishment. Nana and Papa are an amazing couple who are living their last years together and happy. They might not be able to see or hear or really know what is going on most of the time, but they are together and that is all that matters. Here are some photos from our special day!! I love you both so very much and have cherished all these years with you!! 

                                                                          Ella and Nana

Kisses   

Ella, Nana, Me and Madelyn 

Nana Getting some help opening her cards 

Papa 

The Happy Couple with a combined age of 194 years 

Son and Mother 

Christmas 2010, 2011 & 2012

Some of our memorable Christmas moments......

Christmas 2009 

Cole and Ella were 18 months old. As you can see they were not a huge fan of Santa. We went to the mall at least 10 times to see Santa. I think we finally got a good one of them with Santa. 

Hanging out by the reindeer at the mall. 

Christmas 2010- Madelyn's 1st Christmas. Cole and Ella were 32 months old. Madelyn was 7 months old.  

Ella & Cole Saying "Cheese" 

Ella always trying to take care of her sister. 

Madelyn's 1st Christmas 

Daddy and Cole standing in front of our perfect tree. 

We did not realize how tall this tree was until we got home and it hardly fit in our
living room. We should have know since Andrew is 6 feet tall.

Mommy & the kids in front of our tree....




Christmas 2011
Ella & Cole 3 years old, Madelyn 19 months old. 

Picking out our 1st "real" tree.

 

Great Photo with Santa...Madelyn was very hesitant but did a great job...you can tell she was unsure about this guy. 

The Schott Families at Church in Garner for Christmas. 

Cousins...Cole, Madelyn, Luke, Chase, Alyssa and Ella 

Christmas Eve 2011-at Grandma and Grandpa's house.

Mommy & the girls on Christmas morning.

Cole and Captain America. 

Cole and Ella 4 Year Old Photos & Madelyn 2 Year Old Photos