Duck Hunting

The day after Thanksgiving Brady, Brian and our friend Kyle Bailey went duck hunting. They only got two ducks. But I think brady was more in to drinking hot cocoa.

First time riding Trax and the Temple lights.

Brian’s Dad called us on Saturday and asked if we wanted to ride Trax downtown and see the lights. Since we had never been on trax and hadn't seen the lights in years we were excited to go.

Waiting for the train.

Paislee was less than thrilled to get on a train. But she did end up liking it.

Shawn, Dennis, Nancy

The is by far my favorite picture of the night=)

Thanksgiving 2011

Mom, Tiff, Darin,Me,Ray

This Thanksgiving we went to my Uncle Bob’s house along with almost every other Schocker family member. It was great to see cousins and aunts and uncles that I hadn't seen in years.

I decided to take a family picture before we left. While the kids were all still clean.

My Nephew Colton. He’s is Tiff’s little boy and he’s even cuter in person.

Ava

Ava and Tiff

The kids waiting patiently for dinner.

Brian, Ray, Marco, Darin

My aunt Linda, Sharon, and my Mom

Jacee, Shad, Quade

Me and Tiff

Another one…Look at Colton eyeing the food.

Brooklyn

Paislee and Brooklyn

Nathan and Brady

My Uncles…Paul,Ronnie and Bob

Darin, Jamie, Jeremy, Ashton and Harley

Colton and Harley (These two are only like 3 weeks apart in age)

Mom and her siblings..Linda,Ronnie,Paul, and Bob

The whole family minus Kamrie. We missed Kamrie but she was with her mom.

Brady happened to bring his football so all the boys ended up outside playing ball.

Ashton

Until the ball got thrown in the water….it was retrieved this time but then thrown again and lost for good. Needless to say Brady was one sad little boy on the way home.

Happy Anniversary 13 years

Today I have been married to Brian for 13 years. He is my best friend and one of the best guys I know. It turns out we have raised some pretty great kids to. They treated us like our anniversary was a national holiday. Gotta love them.

When I woke up this morning Brady had put this note under my pillow. He made have spelled Brians name wrong but I will forgive him.

Brian was at work, but when I woke up this morning all 3 kids were at my bedside singing happy anniversary. First they gave me the picture above and then they gave me the breakfast in bed (below) that is shaped like their picture. It included last nights scone, chocolate chips and a no bake cookie. They also made me hot cocoa which was a little light on the cocoa a little heavy on the water but still it’s the thought that counts. I managed to eat the cookie and the chocolate chips and then quietly hide the rest until they left for school before I disposed of it.

We ended our night with this song by the kids that krissa wrote (sorry its blurry) and dinner at Rodizio Grill. I even tried rattlesnake (tastes a lot like sausage). But my favorite by far was their pineapple. Happy Anniversary Brian I can’t wait for the next 60 years =)

Moss Monster

Brady’s assignment was to make a monster. He got a little help from us but it mostly in the form of “Brady stop watching T.V. and focus”. haha

I love how he says it tastes like cow poop covered in pumpkin soup. Apparently he really wasn’t  impressed with the pumpkin soup I made a year ago. Don’t worry Brady your not alone. I’m the only one in the family who ate it. haha