the IPhone curse

*****Long wordy story alert*****

So we all know what happened to my last phone.....urine bath courtesy of Davy and my boys never flushing the toilet. I was able to borrow a hand me down cracked phone, thanks to My Mom in law. Thank you Nancy, it was better then no phone.
 Well for Mother's day Scott surprised me and got me a new phone. He called around and traveled far to buy me one that wasn't $$. He even got me a waterproof and shuck proof case, cuz we couldn't get insurance cuz it wasn't a new phone. Oh, it was the best gift ever. I was SOO happy.
I am completely dependent on my phone.....I  learned this the hard way. It reminded me of Davy's appointments, I never get lost(thanks Google maps), it's my camera and video camera, a babysitter for Harper and much much more.
Well my new phone lasted all of 6 days. S I X D A Y S!!
Last Friday I met Scott in LA after his meetings, to go to a friends Art show. Well i got there a little early, so I thought I would hit up the 50% off sale at Urban Outfitters(cuz I'm a sucker for a sale). I do regret this now.
So as I was in line, a Lady next to me, reached in her purse for her wallet and noticed her phone was gone. I knew this cuz she said, MY PHONE IS GONE.
I had a notsogood feeling. I looked in my purse and my phone was gone too!! It was a total theft ring going down at Urban. I called Scott(from someone elses phone) and told him to use find my IPhone, but these guys were pros and the turned my phone off immediately.
Believe it or not Scott got his phone stolen a month ago and we got it back using find my IPhone.
But my precious was not coming back to me.
So I sat in front of the store and cried and waited for Scott to come and meet me. The night was ruined, I just wanted to go home.
 The moral of the story is....... always get the insurance on your phone and teach your kids to flush and close the lid on the toilet.
   The End

P.S I do have a phone again, with insurance.

My life lately

 Life has been busy, really busy. So I thought I'd catch you up.
*Currently Davy is sick. She has been fighting something since Thursday. But we are not in the Hospital, so that is the good part. But man is she miserable. The poor thing got a staph infection. She had blisters all over her body and a fever. So painful. But she is on her way back to healthy.
* We have not found a house yet. So in June we will for sure be moving in with the in-laws. I know the day that I leave my Lil house I will be a wreck, so have patience with me. I really need to start packing up, but i am in moving denial.
* Max is now a boy scout, which means overnight camp outs, which means anxiety attack for Mom. I was so worried. But he did great and he had a blast.
* Oliver broke his arm in P.E. Before you start feeling sorry for him, know that it was the best day of his life. He loves the attention. He also failed his hearing test at school. Which makes sense cuz I feel like he never hears a word I'm saying. So we will be seeing an audiologist in the near future.
* Scott has been really busy working on a bunch of new projects. I will fill you in on that later.
* Harper has been playing baseball, or more like laying on the grass and picking weeds. I don't think he has the attention span for it. I think he is more suited for soccer.
                                                    and now for the pictures....

Les miserable

The Boy  Scout

cast on

cast off

I literally can't even go to the bathroom with out a child in my face.(was that TMI?)

Transmission LA

 Over the weekend Scott and I went to this radical art show at the MOCA called Transmission LA.  It was curated by Mike D(beastie boys).  It was so very fantastic, especially cuz Scott was asked to create an installation for it.
 So the deal was, there were the actual contributing artists and then for one night they asked a bunch of different people to create installations and show them on an empty space of wall around the museum. It was very very cool. They also had  Diplo DJ and the koji truck outside for food.
Scott looped a video of random kid show characters(what else), with randomness in between. I was so very proud of him. It turned out really good. Thanks to Colt and Craig for helping him get it done in time. It was worth the sleepless night.

                                    We thought we'd pose cheesily in front of it.

 Seriously, who is this guy? If you ever want to know what goes n in Scott's mind, watch his installation. Some wacky stuff.

This was one of my favorites, it was by artists, Ara Petersen and Jim Drain. It was a hallway of fan driven spinning wheels, I could have stared at it for hours. I wanted to somehow take it home with me. I think I could have hypnotized my kids with them for sure.
I would tell you to go down to the MOCA right now and see this exhibit but it was the closing weekend, soooorrryy. But you can go here and read about it.


After the art show we headed to an arcade and then to a Karaoke bar. Which I haven't done in a loooong time. It was so much fun, but we did have good company. I sang a little Justin Timberlake, while Scott chose something on the soft sides......air supply. It's actually  a little no fair cuz Scott can really sing. while I sound tone deaf . But I had a good time regardless.
So do you have a favorite song to sing  when you Karaoke? Come on give it up........

Oliver turned 8

Oliver turned 8(like a month ago). 8 is a pretty big deal in the Mormon culture. It's the year you get baptized and the year you start cub scouts. Ollie has been pretty much dreaming of this day and it's finally here. Oliver is my cuddly one. And I know he uses it to his advantage and I don't care. He loves all movies with animals, real or fake. He tells me all his secrets and wishes, how awesome if that never stopped. He is very funny, sassy and dramatic. He keeps us very entertained.

We gave Ollie the choice of a birthday party or a big present. He chose present....Itouch.(he's spoiled, I know)

For Ollie's birthday breakfast he wanted a pancake sampler plate, made by Dad. Is it me or do dads always make the best pancakes? Scott makes random flavored pancakes and the boys try and guess what they are.

                             This was the night of the great candle blow out debacle.

Oliver right now
*favorite book- A to Z mystery
*favorite movie- Spaceballs
* favorite food- ice cream
* fast food- McDons
*sport- soccer
* favorite color- blue
*likes to- ride his bike and play video games
*Favorite band- Big Time rush
*Favorite subject- math
* he is 50 pounds and 50 inches
* best friend- Brad and Gabe
*when He grows up- he wants to be famous(oh boy)

Old Yeller

Sorry folks, I have been awfully quiet on the ole blog. But I have a very good reason though. We put our home on the market....as in we are selling it. Wow, what a stress ball selling your home is. Trying to keep 900 square feet clean with 4 kids is dang tough. I have learned through this process that I am a total slob and keeping my house spotless 24-7 makes me crabby. Like really crabby. I have basically shown my house everyday for 2 weeks straight. But last Monday we accepted an offer. So we signed papers and it's a done deal. The only problem now is we have to find another house. We thought we had a house, but it was a short sale and we have been dealing with banks which is like dealing with robots.....long story short they didn't accept our offer. So if we can't find a place by June 8th, we will be moving in with my in laws, god bless em! Believe when I say I am more scared for them then I am for us.

I actually really love my little home, I am really sad to leave it. I am sure I will weep like a babe on June 8. But this family of 6 has outgrown you Old Yeller. Please pray for us. I am finding it very difficult to find the right place for my large family.

P.S Excuse number 2 for not blogging was, I started watching Downton Abby(I know i am WAY late on this one)That did not help matters. I knew when I started it would ruin my life. or should I say my children's life. Dang good show. Do your self the favor and watch immediately!!

Girlie room

OH, How I have waited for this day. The day when I got to decorate a girls room.

Ahhhhhhhh, so sweet. I was not messing around when thinking about a how to decorate, straight up rainbows and unicorns. You can't get more over the top girly girl then this. Most everything in here was either upcycled or thrifted. There were a couple of esty purchases sprinkled in there too.
Dresser and mirror are from salvation army. Unicorns and wooden rainbow are from etsy.
I found that deluxe rainbow afghan at a garage sale for $20!!! I had tears in my eyes when I found that gem. The Unicorn head was from Urban Outfitters. The book shelf is an old china hutch that was used on Yo gabba, I couldn't let that beauty go to waste. The curtains were from my boys room and My mom and I sewed the rainbow strips on top of them.
I found this wood carved Unicorn plaque at a garage sale....score!

The Rainbow Unicorn head bookends are from Etsy. I would have killed for these when i was a kid.

The very cute rainicorn plush was made by none other then Emily Stringfellow. She is the talented lady that made Davy Jr. I am in love with rainicorn, thanks Emily.

I loved this print, I believe in magic. Cuz the Schultz house definitely believes in Magic.

I got this on Etsy too.

Let me know if you see any more Rainbows or Unicorns too add to my collection!

I mean you can never have too many, right?

Davy's second Birthday

Davy is two years old!! It's very crazy to even think about the past two years, shoot even the past two months have been crazy. In honor of her birthday, I took her to her very first mall photo shoot. While I love my own photos, I can't resist the cheesy portraits, I just can't. I mean how classic is Davy in a box?! Looove it.

For Davy's Birthday we kept it pretty low profile. We just had cake with nearby relatives and we combined it with Sir Oliver Ben(I will post his later). I made a Butter cake with Chocolate frosting, swimming in sprinkles, it was pretty darn good.

Look, Davy's peace sign sure did come in handy this birthday. Now we are trying to teach her to say two. Although, I wouldn't want her to stop saying"Pace" to passerbys.

Davy Got really happy when we started singing to her, she loves all the attention.

Now carefully note the next 2 pictures. Here we have a family portrait in which we are all smiling. All but one. The one blowing out the candles.
And it wouldn't be a Schultz party with out my boys gettin into it. This is a very ticked off Ollie, yelling at Harper. But even better is the look on my face, total Mom disappointed face. By the way, Harper blew out the candles twice that night. By the third time we restrained him and put the cake directly in front of Oliver, so there could be no mistaking who did the deed.
Are you ready for some Davy updates, There are a ton.

*Davy weighs 32pounds!! What a chunk.

*She has been cleared to eat "mashable" solids. SO we can do all her nutrition by mouth now!! We just do liquids via Gtube. This has been SOOOO awesome. She got to eat her Birthday cake! Don't worry Miss Erin, we gave her small bites. We have to feed her one bite at a time, or she'll go all cookie monster on us. Which she would for sure choke. But she has been doing really well with food. Now we are focusing on liquids during therapy and that has been pretty challenging for her.

* Davy has been doing really well with her signing. She signs, eat, drink, more, please, thank you, all done, help, baby, swing, open and book. It is really cute to watch her communicate. She has even put to words together, More please!

* she even has been verbalizing a little more too. She says MAMA all the time. My sister, beth says Davy says cheese, but I think that just means eats as she's says it all the time while eating. She has said the word baby, Hi, and has said Dada, but only like twice. I am so proud of this, cuz all of my kids have been Daddy boys, but Davygirl is all moms!!

* we all know Davy has been walking but now she is pushing chairs and climbing up on the counters to scavenge for food and water. It's made life a little difficult. She is making it so I have to clean more. Bummer.

* she still holds no interest in toys or TV. But she does love to dunk my IPhone in the toilet. She is such a rascal. She is very hard to discipline. Moms of special needs, any help in this area? What has worked for you?

Davy's birthday always has me filled with a lot of emotions. I am so very proud of how far she's come. She is such a strong and determined little girl. She is constantly surprising me. Even though her little life has been hard and painful, it has been also so happy and she has such a purpose here on earth. I am very honored to be her mom.

Pace!