Tori loves her cousin Levi!

Tori loves her baby cousin Levi so much. She loves to share her toys and dolls and loves to give him all kinds of hugs and kisses and lots of love. Here she is sharing her doll with him along with one of her pink blankets.

The next couple of pictures she is sharing some pictures with him on a digital frame on a Christmas ornament.

Cooking and Baking

We have been busy in the Schrock and Fernau households. Last Thursday Mom and I spent all day making freezer meals to fill our deep freeze before I go back to work. We had a great time and ended up making close to 16 meals. Some of these meals included Lasagna, Beef Stew, BBQ Beef, Hashbrown Casserole, and many other things. It will be great to not have to think about what to make for dinner before going to work this winter!

Mom, April, and I (with the help of Tori) had a big day last Saturday baking Christmas cookies. Dad went deer hunting with some guys from church and Joe and Aaron were both working so we decided it was the perfect day to take over the kitchen. We made all kinds of cookies and Christmas treats but I think our favorite were the cut-out cookies.

Tori was a huge help in cutting out the cookies!

Here we are mixing the frosting!

Miss Tori is busy frosting her cookies. She did a great job and got a few extra tastes of the frosting here and there :)

April and Tori did most of the decorating....the did a great job!

Here are Tori's cookies that she frosted and decorated!

Maybe we have our own Santa's Helper! Such a cutie!

Great Grandma Dorothy

Sorry for all the posts today (3 of them I know...geesh) but we had so much going on this last weekend and I wanted to share so much of it with you. Here are some pictures of Great Grandma Dorothy with Tori, Kenna, and Levi.

Looks like she might have her hands full but I'm sure she can handle it!

Here is Grandma Joyce to help out with the kiddos!

Our 4 generation photo! Great Grandma Dorothy, Levi, Grandma Joyce and Carmen!

Everyone is Thankful for Me!

Great Aunt Brenda sent these cute bibs to Levi and Kenna for Thanksgiving. They were so fun and so cute and we had a ton of fun taking pictures with the kids. We are so very thankful for Levi, Kenna and Tori!

Thanksgiving Activities

On Thanksgiving day we gathered at Norman and Joyce's house with the Schrock's, Grandma Dorothy, and Joe's parents Matt and Marie. We had a great time together eating amazing food, playing games and scanning the many advertisements from the morning paper. Here are a few pictures from the day.

Here is a preview of our family christmas card!

Tori couldn't wait to hold baby Levi!

Great Uncle Dallas with Levi

Planning their strategy for Black Friday!

Great Aunt Norma with Levi

Cardinal Uno

Its Puzzle time!



On Sunday we headed to Waterloo to celebrate at Michelle and Michael's house. The kids were very excited to see Levi. He has grown so much since the last time they have seen him. Megan and Emma are a huge help with him when we are there! We had a great day and again, some awesome food!

Here is the whole family!

The kids were entertaining Levi during lunch.

Aunt Michelle

Joe, Marie and Levi....love this picture!

Joe and Tye