Oh Baby!

17 weeks and counting...!!

December Fun...

Double Trouble. Will and Eli.

Gracie and George.

The annual making of the candy gingerbread house this morning...

Gracie's 2nd Grade Musical finale...

First Snow. Will and Donovan in the backyard.

Merry Merry Christmas!!

Happy Holidays!

The holidays are officially here. We headed downtown Cinci. yesterday to Fountain Square to join in the festivities. We watched the ice skaters. The kids were disappointed we couldn't skate, but we didn't have enough time. Here are some pictures from our day. We went to Duke Energy Center to see the huge train display, Macy's to visit Santa, and played around in Fountain Sq. It was fun!

My Little Secret...

So this is my little secret, but I'll share it with you. Guaranteed to make a bad day really good! You just need a few bites. That will do the trick. It's fantastic!

First Day of School!

First Day of School! She had a great day. She loves her new teacher!

Dancing

I have favorite songs that I remember from when each one of my kids were babies. Gracie's is "My Angel is Here" by Wynonna. The one I have on here by Nora Jones, "Sunrise", is Will's. He was just in the office here w/me, so I picked him up and we had a little mommy/son dance. I asked him if he liked the song and he said, "No. I like cool songs." But... He let me snuggle him and quietly dance for the whole song. Gotta love those little moments...

The Kocher Zoo

George - I got a haircut and now I am embarrassed to go outside and see my friends!

Holly the Hamster - I'm stuck in the cage all day. Once in awhile they let me out to roll around the house in my ball!! Watch out for George though!!

Frippy the Turtle - Hometown: Fripp Island, SC

Bruce the Turtle - Full name: Jay Bruce. Hometown: Fripp Island, SC

We love a luau!

Okay. So I'm not very good at keeping up with this blog, but I'm going to try harder from now on. There's too much competition out there now! I have to keep up!

Our most recent adventure was a trip to Dayton for Brandon and Kelli's wedding reception. They were married on the beach in July, but the festivities were held in the Wolter's back garden in August. I snapped some pretty good pictures I think.

The pool looked beautiful!

This is a pretty good picture of the Kocher family when we get together. A little crazy, but fun! (Okay...a lot crazy!)

Sweet Gracie. She looked so pretty that day.

Seriously... How can you resist this smile! Will has me wrapped around his little finger!

I love this picture of Bill and John.

So we had lots of fun! I promise to be better at this from now on!!

Happy Father's Day

We have so much to be thankful for on Father's Day. My own father who is so supportive and loving. I have learned so much from him, and he is a fun and caring Papa for my children. And Bill... He is so funny, loving, and hard-working. Gracie and Will are so lucky that he is their father. So lots of hugs and kisses going out to these two men in our lives as well as Grandpa Bill who will forever be in our hearts. We love them very much. Happy Father's Day!

Crazy Tuesday Afternoon...

So my sister has been begging me to post something new. I think she would like a post every day, but she would get bored after about a week if I did it that much. So...I just decided to pop in and write a little note. I need to start taking some new pictures to post. At least she is interested, right?!

We had a very busy and crazy day. Camp, friends, pool, work, work, work...but a good day. Catching up from Monday. I'm sitting in the office, the window is open, and it's raining. What a wonderful sound to help wind down the day.

Time to find my pj's and a cup of tea. :)

Summer has started...

These are just some recent pictures I like. It pretty much sums up our life right now. The Reds, now sweet 7-year-old Gracie smiling and ready for her next playdate with her girlfriends, and Will's t-ball team headed out onto the field. And let's not forget swimming...lots and lots of hours logged at the pool already this summer!

I can't very well start this blog without adding the 5th member of our family, George. This is a picture of him soon after we brought him home 2 years ago. He's grown a bit in height, weight, and hair since this picture! Above is a recent pic of him with Aunt Mimi.

Heaven on Earth

Our family last summer enjoying Heaven on Earth - Fripp Island, SC. This is the most recent picture I could find of the entire family together (sad to say, but true). We're going back to Fripp next month so hopefully we'll get another one!

Day One - This should be fun!

So here we are... The Kocher Family is blogging! Who would of thought? For all those doubters out there that I could acually get this started...I'm going to give this a whirl!

We have so many friends and family out of state, so I thought it might be fun to have something like this. Let's see how it goes!