Thankful for....

Kyle came home from Linda's on Thursday with a project they did in preschool with Ms. ShellB. They wrote down what they were thankful for and this is Kyle's list....

1. Mom, Dad, and sister

2. Toys

3. My Dad's Shed

4. The color green

5. Girls (Kimberlin and Katelin is what we were told "girls" stood for)

We thought it was pretty cute! Spoken like a true boy!

I am thankful for him!

I recieved what?

A scholarship......Yes I did! I was completely surprised and am very honored! It's not a big scholarship but it is very much appreciated and will be very useful!!
I have NEVER recieved a gift like this!

The award was from the OCC Foundation based on unmet need as well as my academic performance.

THANK YOU!

Kocher's Whatnot's

We have been crazy busy around our house lately! The shed finally came to completion (by the Lumber Company). We still have lots of work to be done. We put the shed door up last night with the help of our super, studly, nephew Dusty! THANKS!!!!! We bought this door used by an oil company in town, thanks to our brother-in-law! THANKS!!!!!! I just finished power washing it before the picture was taken. Scott says a new paint job and it will look...well "new"! It's still a little dirty. We still have to get the other garage door ordered and up but we need to get some electricity ran first, so we can get the kitchen part started so that the water pipes don't freeze this winter!
School is going well, I still have A's and B's going in my classes. This past week was a very productive week with GOOD GRADES! Our class is putting a float together for the Christmas parade the Saturday after Thanksgiving in Olney. We have been working hard on that. I built a couple of light boxes....Yes, by myself! All in all things are going good.
Kayla had a doctors appointment in St. Louis last Friday, she received a great report. We don't have to go back for another 3 months, in February! (The week after CANCUN) :) She is enjoying school and seems to be getting along good. Kyle....crazy as ever, He really loves helping dad in the combine and 2-ton! We got our first "teacher's note" home from his preschool teacher last week. LOL Yes already at 3.5 years old. It's just the beginning I'm sure! I don't have any new pictures of the kids but I took a few of the shed. Hopefully this will pacify my dad until he can get over this way ;)
Scott has about 15 acres of corn left and we are done!!!!! So, I think I can say "Life is good, today" :)
Until next time........... Stay safe!

A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR MEN AND WOMEN THAT RISK THEIR LIVES, SO THAT WE CAN BE FREE!

That's My Pan!

Okay, so my OCC Radiography class of 2011 is doing a fundraiser....(I know, I hate them too....just work with me:-)) We are selling "That's My Pan".
These are GREAT gifts for Christmas!!!!!!

If your interested go to www.thatsmypan.com and check them out. Then send me an email and I can order it for you. I also have a flyer if you want to look at it....I can get it to you. The money we raise will help us go to LasVagas for a really fun radiography conference.

The pans are really neat! They also have coffee mugs and cutting boards.....they can all be personalized with your name on them! Thanks

Happy Halloween!!!

We took the kids out trick or treating on Friday night. We just went to a few of the neighbors then met up with Scott's sisters for some Mexican!!!! We also go a BIG surprise!!!!! Scott's sister Amy is going to have another addition to her family! I sure hope Kaiden can handle it! Can't wait until June! Congratulations Amy and Dave!!! On Saturday night we headed towards Island Grove and hit up my sister and my parents......We also got to see my niece and nephews dressed up.....They were cute! Oh, Happy anniversary to my brother Steve and his wife Dawn on their Anniversary today!

Kayla, Jake, Josie, Kaiden, and Kyle

Hannah Montana and Handy Manny

Ashley the deer hunter and Hannah!

(she had to borrow kyle's gun!)

BeautiControl

I know I haven't posted this before, so many of you don't know that I have been selling BeautiControl make-up and spa products for that last 6 years. I'm not a very good saleswomen;) But I thought I would broadcast it now.....

I love their make-up and just about anything I have tried. So I thought I would just post some of the sales that we are having in November! If you are interested in it, you can go online to www.BeautiControl.com or leave me an email at kocher4@psbnewton.com.

November Sales:

Lip Apeel (reg 19.50) @ 16.55
Spa Sugar Lotion 9reg 15.50) @ 13.50
Lip Glosses (reg 14.00) @ 11.20 (nov 1-19)
Liquid eye Liner (reg 9.50) @ 8.05
Spectulash Thickening primer and maximum length (reg 18.50) @ 15.70
Some items from the following collections are also on sale.
Spa Sugar collection
Spa Brown sugar collection
Show of Hands

Thanks

Someday this will be funny.......

NOT TODAY!!!!!!! This is a hairdresser's worst nightmare! I could have blended it in using a number on guard on top, but then he would have looked like a cancer patient. So I just used a # 1 around the sides and back and a #2 on top. At least we don't have any pictures coming up.....

Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day :-[

Oh and that is marker on his face....I don't want you to get the wrong idea! Notice he's not smiling......he knew better! It's only hair...I know! Someday I will laugh at this.

Oh and this happened in the van after we took supper out to Scott. I stopped at the farm to get something from Clara and I made the kids stay in the van because they had their pj's on. I forgot to take my trimmers and stuff out of the van after cutting my father-in-laws hair a couple of weeks ago.....I guess I have learned my lesson.

Shed update.....

Here are the most recent pictures of the shed. So far we are pretty pleased with the way things are going. Scott really hasn't been able to walk in the shed :) I am also happy with the colors of the shed. It is so hard to look at swatches and choose your color. I am hoping they will get the rest of the tin up tomorrow. They acted as though they will still be here on Wednesday....... not sure how much longer it will take. I picked up scraps of lumber, tin, and nails and swept it again tonight. It felt good to be outside instead of inside studying :) We are excited to be almost done!

This is the South end of the shed.

Thanks for looking! Hope you all have a good week! Pray for NO RAIN so we can continue to work in the fields.

More pictures of the shed

I took these pictures this afternoon around 4:00. The South side of the shed has a roof and the bottom part of the siding is up. They said they will be back tomorrow (Thursday) if it is not raining...I know fat chance! Hopefully, they will be back soon!!!!! It looks soooo big! (I wish their trailor was not in the middle of the driveway) Check back soon & Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Anniversary Honey!

Today is our 8th wedding anniversary! It sure doesn't seem like 8 years. So much has changed in the last few years.....kids, jobs (school), and dreams. Some dreams have come true, some dreams are in the works, and there is always more dreams/goals to work towards. I look forward to many more years of "work" with you, Scott!

October 2001

August 2009