once a schneider....

my apologies for the lengthy absence. last weekend matt and i attended the annul schneider family reunion...don't worry it's only taken me 3 days to get back to real life. it was held at palisade state park down by manti. if any of you know the schneiders then you know it was quite the freak gathering, but the funnest freak gathering i have been to yet. i have a very large, creative, musical, out-going, not-afraid-to-be-themselves kinda family and i absolutely adore every single member. so we had a few competitions at my fam reunion...most outrageous outfit...airband...i have never laughed so hard since birth...ok maybe have, but this is for sure in the running! my team (made up of me, matt, my dad, and michelle) did "i believe in a thing called love" by the darkness for our airband....we took it very seriously. matt was the lead singer and did so super stellar...i am convinced he could be an '80's rocker if real estate and farming fail. here is a very small dosage of what took place saturday night at palisade state park:

(thanks to cousin shay for the fab pictures)

 for the outrageous outfit competition matthew dressed from head to toe in pink (eww) complete with a pink fluffie boa and i wore a mis match of goodies with a hippie band to top it off. the catch was we had to were it all day to remain in the competition. needless to say we got some freaks-on-the-loose looks. however... i have begun to wonder why we dress so boringly. i would much rather have crazy/fun outfits like these every day:

(again kudos to cousin shay for the pic)

i know most of you read this blog solely because of sweet tiny merv, so here is the latest:

merv's tiny little schedule has been slightly thrown off. matt has been out late for the past week and merv hasn't had his usual couch-cuddle time. the reunion left him alone for a few days, with only an occasional friend to feed him. i think he missed us (me). tonight i have had to stop writing 4 times because merv has jumped up on the comp desk and insisted i cuddled him...which i happily obliged to. he is as darling as ever and we love having his spunkie miniature personality under our roof.