Happy FIRST Birthday to our Little Man Ryder!
Hard to believe your a year old already.
We've enjoyed every minute of it!
Love Dad
(few hours old)
(1 Day Old)
(4 Days Old)
(6 months old)
(1 Year Old!)
(1 Year Old!)
Friday, February 10, 2012
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Since I haven't been good at keeping this blog updated,
Thought I'd better get a Holiday Shout out posted.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Love Tony & Nicole
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
And she's up!
I haven't been good at posting lately, but as Per Eleni's Request.
"Dad can you put this on the Schmitz Blog?"
Eleni got up on Skis behind the boat last night.
She was very excited as was I.
Guess we will be burning lots of gas the rest of the summer!
I'm sure my Dad and Mom remember it well when I used to say,
"One more time!" as she didn't want to quit and skied until dark.
I forgot to bring the good camera, so just had my phone, but we
got it all captured!
WAY TO GO ELENI!!!
Monday, May 9, 2011
Easter & Mom's Day
It's been a slow to get going Spring but we're trying to make the most of it.
We had a nice Easter at my parents with my Brother's Family.
Kids dressing up, Papa enjoying hiding eggs all over the yard it was a fun day.
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| From Easter 2011 Brett, Eleni, Marlo, Ryder & Hannah (pickin' a winner! love it!) |
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| From Easter 2011 |
Papa Jim and Ryder
Then it was over to Grandma Trish's and with the lake starting to break away from Shore, the yearly goal for the kids is to see who can be the first in the lake. Just like Mom and her sisters when they were growing up. The older kids made it happen!
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| From Easter 2011 |
Clara & Eleni
Ryder's filling out getting big and already teething! At 3 Months tomorrow...hard to believe.
He's been a very happy boy and has been sleeping through the night.
Ryder (3 Months)
Mother's Day we headed over to Park Rapids to visit my Grandparents along with My Mom & Dad who were there. 1st plan was to hit a lunch stop with Nicole, but the cool little eateries we were hoping to hit must have took the day off for Mom's day, but we were able to rock the German Smorgasbord at the Schwarzwald German Restaurant which was dynamite!
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| From 2011-05-08 |
Grandaddy & Grandmommy 83&82 years of age and have already been out golfing this year.
BRING ON SPRING!
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
It's a BOY!
Introducing!
Ryder James Schmitz
Feb 10th, 2011 1:59 pm
8lbs, 11oz & 20 inches long
Everbody is enjoying him and doing well.
Content little guy who is eating a pooping well already!
"Can you believe it?....A Boy?" Nicole
Big Sister Eleni, Glowing with Pride
Big Sister Marlo Super Proud!
Announcement outside of Jonathan's!
Here he is.... ONE FULL DAY OLD!!
Ryder James Schmitz
Feb 10th, 2011 1:59 pm
8lbs, 11oz & 20 inches long
Everbody is enjoying him and doing well.
Content little guy who is eating a pooping well already!
"Can you believe it?....A Boy?" Nicole
Big Sister Eleni, Glowing with Pride
Big Sister Marlo Super Proud!
Announcement outside of Jonathan's!
Here he is.... ONE FULL DAY OLD!!
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Due Date Today.....No Baby Yet!
Today is Nicole's Due Date and also a Happy 40th Anniversary to my parents today!
No baby yet. Would have been fun to have the baby on my parents 40th, but it wasn't ment to be I guess?
Yesterday Eleni and I cruised up to Maplelag for a morning ski with Nicole's Sister Kari's Family who were staying there for the weekend.
A slight panic attack and blood pressure flair up is all that has happened on the baby front this weekend. Nicole has a Doctors Appointment tomorrow AM so we'll see what happens after that.
Stay tuned for updates.... Follow Via Twitter (over on the right side column) for frequent updates when things start to happen....Baby will soon be coming.
Eleni stridin' up hill....She was wore out!
Postcard Shot of how to enjoy winter!
Eleni, Ava, Uncle Brent, Ella (on Brent's Back) and Auntie Kari Enjoying
the wonderful conditions at Maplelag!
the wonderful conditions at Maplelag!
Saturday, January 1, 2011
HAPPY NEW YEAR! 1/1/11
Kicking off the 2011 with a Nice Winter Storm! Changing up the plans staying around the home front cranking out loaves of fresh bread and taking down the Christmas Tree and packing up the Christmas Decor for the season.
Christmas was a riot with the Girls really getting into the season this year with Marlo understanding it a little more and the two of them playing together nicely keeps it entertaining.
Christmas was a riot with the Girls really getting into the season this year with Marlo understanding it a little more and the two of them playing together nicely keeps it entertaining.
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| From Christmas 2010 |
One of their evening dress up sessions. Marlo said they were "Trick or Treating" Eleni said, "We are dressing up as Carolers." ..... Great Imaginations for sure!
There has been requests for Belly Pictures of Nicole, so Here are the girls joining in as well.
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| From Christmas 2010 |
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| From Christmas 2010 |
Six weeks to go from this photo (tentatively?) Due Date Feb 6th
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| From Christmas 2010 |
Eleni Scoring a new pair of Skis. She was Excited!
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| From Christmas 2010 |
Marlo with her new Eating and Pooping Baby Alive.
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| From Christmas 2010 |
Eleni wearing a sweater dress that my Dad bought my Mom in Athens, Greece circa 1970
Didn't get enough skiing in over the Holidays, but Eleni and I did get out a for a couple of short pokes, enough to keep her begging for more which is good. We have MN Youth Ski League starting next Sunday so will be fun getting her out with some other kids as I'll be helping coach this year too so looking forward to that. One more day left on the weekend to finish shoveling out the driveway and hopefully sneaking in a ski......HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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| From Ski Reports |
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Mountain Man?
The DL Tribune ran a front page article graced with my presence in the paper over the weekend.
They stumbled across me in action working on the new Mountain Bike Singletrack out at Mountain View Rec Area east of town and labeled the photo "Mountain Man". Let's just say I've been getting hassled by others over the deal...All good!
Photo by Brian Basham-DL Online
I'm about a 1/2 mile into it so far, with plans to complete around a mile ride-able loop this fall.
Hoping to round up some other Volunteers this weekend to knock out a good chunk.
I was out there last night and blew out the trail as majority of the leaves have fallen out there.
Photos after last night blow out with my new leaf blower I got for my Birthday!
They stumbled across me in action working on the new Mountain Bike Singletrack out at Mountain View Rec Area east of town and labeled the photo "Mountain Man". Let's just say I've been getting hassled by others over the deal...All good!
Photo by Brian Basham-DL Online
I'm about a 1/2 mile into it so far, with plans to complete around a mile ride-able loop this fall.
Hoping to round up some other Volunteers this weekend to knock out a good chunk.
I was out there last night and blew out the trail as majority of the leaves have fallen out there.
Photos after last night blow out with my new leaf blower I got for my Birthday!
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| From Drop Box |
Rock Garden Section
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| From Drop Box |
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| From Drop Box |
Nicole's Stuffed Green Peppers with Squash-Potatoes & Salad for dinner chased down with an IPA......=Perfect!
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| From Drop Box |
Friday, September 17, 2010
Labor Day / Laddies Loppet
One of the most looked forward to Weekends of the Summer came and went too quickly as our Friends Jessie and Scott and their two boys Brodie and Lachlan from Colorado came to visit and to join us up at Maplelag for the weekend for the Annual Laddies Loppet Mountain Bike Stage Race Weekend. For those of you who attended our wedding there know the Food is incredible, toss in 300 Mountain bikers and their families and the outstanding hospitality put forward by the Richards Family it's a fun time that's hard to beat!
The Racing was tough as usual. Saturday morning, Scott and I did the Time Trial which was one fast loop on the Citizen Course. Followed by the Short Track Race in the afternoon which is Awesome to watch but one that buries me to the ground as the full 12 minutes of pure hammer time is not my cup of tea. I prefer chilling with Beer, but gave it a go and felt like I was going to tip over as I gimped myself to the finish line.
Eleni and Marlo had a great time with Brodie and Lachlan on the Pump Track playing with the big kids.
With all the Kids taking part in the Kids Race Sunday afternoon, all with smiles on their faces!
Also a High School Friend and Classmate Lynn Schnathorst (Tews) and her Husband Garrett also stayed and raced the weekend events!
Good to see them and good luck to them Riding at Chequamegon this weekend!
Watching the Lakeside Drops section during the Elite and Pro Races.
Jessie, Nicole, Lynn and Garrett.
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| From LADDIES LOPPET / Maplelag |
The Racing was tough as usual. Saturday morning, Scott and I did the Time Trial which was one fast loop on the Citizen Course. Followed by the Short Track Race in the afternoon which is Awesome to watch but one that buries me to the ground as the full 12 minutes of pure hammer time is not my cup of tea. I prefer chilling with Beer, but gave it a go and felt like I was going to tip over as I gimped myself to the finish line.
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| From LADDIES LOPPET / Maplelag |
Eleni and Marlo had a great time with Brodie and Lachlan on the Pump Track playing with the big kids.
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| From LADDIES LOPPET / Maplelag |
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| From LADDIES LOPPET / Maplelag |
With all the Kids taking part in the Kids Race Sunday afternoon, all with smiles on their faces!
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| From LADDIES LOPPET / Maplelag |
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| From LADDIES LOPPET / Maplelag |
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| From LADDIES LOPPET / Maplelag |
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| Lachlan and Jessie From LADDIES LOPPET / Maplelag |
Good to see them and good luck to them Riding at Chequamegon this weekend!
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| From LADDIES LOPPET / Maplelag |
Jessie, Nicole, Lynn and Garrett.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Montana-Family Reunion-Triathlon
Busy BUSY month of August as the Summer winds down fast....Starting off the month we were off to Montana for the 1st Annual Klingsporn Family Reunion. DL, Bismarck, Missoula...
We made it!
Camping out in Nicole's cousin Michelle's yard the first two night in Missoula
before heading up to Bigfork where we had a sweet vacation home for the week with the whole Klingsporn gang.
We spent the week hanging at the Cougar Trail Ranch
with some day trips biking, fly fishing, Glacier National Park,
and a fun day boating on Swan Lake.
The Ranch
Eleni slack lining.
Marlo rocking Glacier
The "Klingsporn" Gang!
All went well until the day we were leaving the ranch to head back to Missoula
for "Adult's Night Out" and Brewery Tour....
Meggan, Tony, Nicole & Michelle @ The Kettle House
Nicole getting some N/A orange drink (remember..she's pregnant)
...and our Transmission goes out on
our Yukon...... After gimping it the 130 miles we hooked up with Transoulutions-Tranny shop in Missoula who worked their magic and getting a full rebuild installed.
Unfortunately, plans had to change and Nicole and Marlo rode home with her sister Kari's Family and Eleni and I stayed a few extra days feeling sorry for ourselves by getting in some extra biking, some white water rafting, an afternoon at Splash Montana, watching Nicole's sister's husband "Weats" who's a smoke-jumper do a practice jump which was super cool and just hanging and having fun!!!!
Silas, Eleni & Weats after Successful Landing
A Great Trip, A Great Time, Great Memories!
I competed in the Young Life Triathlon August 21st with some co-workers doing
the relay. John did the swim, I did the biking and Jeff did the running.
We ended up 1st in the Men's Relay division, finishing the
1.5k Swim, 40k bike and 10k Run in 2:27:13, a great time for sure.
John McDonald, Jeff Staley, Tony Schmitz
Team: Bring Back Detroit Mountain!
Summer Swinging... doing the "Spider"
September's Here! Labor Day- Laddies Loppet and Back to School.
Catching up on the Blog, that info coming soon.
We made it!
Camping out in Nicole's cousin Michelle's yard the first two night in Missoula
before heading up to Bigfork where we had a sweet vacation home for the week with the whole Klingsporn gang.
We spent the week hanging at the Cougar Trail Ranch
with some day trips biking, fly fishing, Glacier National Park,
and a fun day boating on Swan Lake.
The Ranch
Eleni slack lining.
Marlo rocking Glacier
The "Klingsporn" Gang!
All went well until the day we were leaving the ranch to head back to Missoula
for "Adult's Night Out" and Brewery Tour....
Meggan, Tony, Nicole & Michelle @ The Kettle House
Nicole getting some N/A orange drink (remember..she's pregnant)
...and our Transmission goes out on
our Yukon...... After gimping it the 130 miles we hooked up with Transoulutions-Tranny shop in Missoula who worked their magic and getting a full rebuild installed.
Unfortunately, plans had to change and Nicole and Marlo rode home with her sister Kari's Family and Eleni and I stayed a few extra days feeling sorry for ourselves by getting in some extra biking, some white water rafting, an afternoon at Splash Montana, watching Nicole's sister's husband "Weats" who's a smoke-jumper do a practice jump which was super cool and just hanging and having fun!!!!
Silas, Eleni & Weats after Successful Landing
A Great Trip, A Great Time, Great Memories!
I competed in the Young Life Triathlon August 21st with some co-workers doing
the relay. John did the swim, I did the biking and Jeff did the running.
We ended up 1st in the Men's Relay division, finishing the
1.5k Swim, 40k bike and 10k Run in 2:27:13, a great time for sure.
John McDonald, Jeff Staley, Tony Schmitz
Team: Bring Back Detroit Mountain!
Summer Swinging... doing the "Spider"
September's Here! Labor Day- Laddies Loppet and Back to School.
Catching up on the Blog, that info coming soon.
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