Walk in the Park

What's better than a walk in the park on a warm sunny winter day?

Spending the day with family you have not seen in a while. 

We have come together under sad circumstances we are 

enjoying our time together. 

 The Schoeck Family

Is that Don Schoeck or James Bond?

Playing in the snow  making a snowman.

Eating the snow??

          

Mother and daughter

Sharing memories.

Goodbye 2012

What better way to end the 

year than a lazy day at 

home playing in the snow?

Noah decided he wanted to build a fort. Steven helped of course.

Once the fort was built Steven attacked Noah.

I went for a walk. Later Steven pushed me on the tire swing. 

In Search of a Winter Adventure

The Schoeck family headed north in search of some winter adventures. Or should I say, Schoeck family plus two Wintenburg boys. We often invite Jonathan and Christopher along on our adventures.  Together we ventured north to Vermont in search of snow because we were not finding any here in Connecticut. 

We did find some snow at Sugarbush Resort. Not a lot, but enough to take skiing and snowboarding lessons. Steven decided to improve his skiing by signing up for a group lesson. As it turned out he was the only adult who signed up for the morning class so he had a private lesson. The rest of us decided to do something brand new and take snowboarding lessons.  God blessed us with a warm and sunny day. It was so warm we had to start peeling off a a few layers.

Steven Skiing

Christopher learning how to go down on heel edge

Jonathan learning to go down on heel edge

Noah learning to get up by himself

Hitting the slopes wiped us out! The next day we needed to replenish all those calories we burned off so we took a detour on our way home to Ben & Jerry's. 

Free Sample of Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

After the tour of the factory we were treated to a free ice cream sample. Of course that was not enough so we went into the ice cream store to "try" different flavors.

Steven and Cristina discovered a new favorite: phish food.

The boys really love sugar

 After some deep discussions and a vote we all came to an agreement that everyone's favorite ingredient is: Sugar!