Sarah & Kyle Schmidt
It has been a more challenging year for our family with twists and turns, but overall, 2025 has been filled with many blessings.
This past April, we had the incredible privilege to travel to Scotland without the kids, rent a camper van, and tour around the country. The beauty of Scotland stunned us both! Most of the country is hilly, wet, boggy, and rocky with flocks of sheep everywhere. We were warned in advance that it takes much longer to get where you are going than what the GPS will tell you. However, no one mentioned why… It turns out that most of the roads outside of the main cities and off the two-lane highways are one-lane roads that are very curvy and often have a mountain cliff on one side and a drop-off into a large body of water on the other. While most of the roads are marked 60 mph, we averaged 25-30 mph. It always took twice as long to get where we were going. All in all, it was one of the most beautiful countries we have traveled to.
For fun, Kyle began dabbling in goat milk soap making about 2 years ago. He opened up a small business, Bog Dog (named after the boggy wetland we live on and our pup who loves to run through it), on the side selling homemade soaps. We currently sell at Stuckey’s apple orchard August through December and hope to be selling online through Market Wagon in the coming weeks.
Ready to get back into the landscaping industry, Sarah started up Oakleaf Design LLC doing horticultural consultations and residential landscape design. About a week after officially obtaining the LLC, we were surprised to find out our third baby was on the way due Valentine’s Day 2026.
Charlotte turned 3 this September and absolutely loved adventures at the Children’s Museum, Indianapolis Zoo, apple orchard, and the Indiana State Fair (which she wished was open year round). During the extended family trip to Colorado this summer, she shared a bedroom with Evie and Steven. No one slept much, but many giggles and good memories were shared.
Theodore turned 1 in July and began walking then running within a few weeks. He has a growing sense of humor and enjoys finding ways to make his family laugh. He loves to watch his parents work hard using any tool, the broom, mop, vacuum, etc. Currently, his favorite is the leaf blower. When it is turned off he loudly shouts, “GO!” asking for the leaf blowing to continue. We can’t wait for him to get a little bigger and stronger to be able to send him out on his own with the leaf blower and vacuum.