Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving has to be one of the best holidays... you've got family and friends (wish we could have had more family this year), lots of food, and football... what more could a person ask for?

More importantly though, it's a time to reflect on what you're thankful for. I'm thankful for the best wife a guy could ask for who prepared an amazing thanksgiving feast for three families. I would never have guessed that this was Brooke's first time preparing a turkey. She did a fantastic job, and got lots of compliments when meal time came.

Mason was happy because he got an early Christmas present in the mail from Bubi (Grandma) and Opa Hochstein. He gets really excited when he hears the jingle bell on the dogs tail.

Another reason to be thankful this Thanksgiving is for having a healthy, happy, beautiful child who learned to crawl on Thanksgiving Day.



Hope everyone's Thanksgiving was as blessed as ours!

Future Pavarotti

The best part of the show starts at 1:00.

Who says white boys can't jump

I accidentally taped this on the compact setting. Yall can still get the picture.

Halloween Weekend

No one can ever say I don't know how to make a hot dog again.

Mason wanted to play in the pumpkin guts. So we let him.
I think we had more fun than he did.

Sunday morning at temple square with Grandpa Cheesman.

Monday morning at the AF Museum with Grandpa Cheesman.
I loved how excited Dad was with all these planes.

Saturdays at the Hochstein Home

I just wanted yall to witness the father-son football bonding time. It is adorable. Too bad both Nebraska and BYU lost this week. . .

More Mason Pics

I accidentally posted this to my cooking blog first. . . too many blogs for a scatterbrain. . .

Needing a high chair. . .

New toys! Our boy loves his trucks! He cried when I tried to pick him up.

New High Chair! He looks so small in it!

We take reading time seriously in our house.

Power to the People

Pearl Jam in Salt Lake

A few months ago, when I heard Pearl Jam had added several shows to their tour I got excited, but when I heard they'd be coming to Salt Lake I was jumping for joy. I've been a huge fan since the early 90's when they first made it big, and I've been a member of their fan club almost as long. Now some of you may be laughing, but when they go on tour the fan club definitely hooks its members up with good tickets. Brooke and I had seats in the fourth row, and since this was Brooke’s first time seeing them I was pretty excited about that.

Ben Harper opened the show, and did a great job. Pearl Jam ended up playing some stuff with him once they took the stage.




One of the coolest parts of the show was when Eddie Vedder called a couple up on stage. He explained that the guy had written a very special letter to the band, which was why Eddie called them up. Eddie ended up giving the guy the microphone, and he proposed to his fiancé. After that, Eddie gave them a couple of chairs on stage and played the song “Just Breathe” for them.

We had a great time… can’t wait to see them again next time they go on tour.