Hi Ho....Hi Ho...

It's off to work I go.  I worked for the first time in 7 plus years yesterday.  That sounds funny to say.  I haven't exactly been sitting around the house eating bon bons for the last 7 years (well, maybe just a couple).  Still, I am at a point in life with all three girls in school where I have a little more time on my hands during the day.  So, last week when I was asked to contact someone at my previous place of employment about the possibility of some part time work, I decided that now was as good a time as any.

So for now at least, I bid my couch and my bon bons farewell!

Halloween is for the Birds

A Peacock, Flamingo and Swan that is...

Proud as a peacock

Shake your tail feathers Sarah

Sweet Swan!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!



Summer 2011

Since we are already well in to fall, even though we are just barely putting away the swimsuits and shorts, I thought I would take the time to put together a brief Cobb summer recap.

So, here it is.  The Cobb family summer overview with a few photos of the things I actually remembered to take pictures of...

Rob and Keri
We celebrated our 15th Anniversary with three days away in Big Sur.  Calgon take me away...We enjoyed massages, great food, peace and quiet and some much needed rest and relaxation.  I'm ready to go back!  Rob spent the remainder of the summer building a new roof over our shop and patios in the back, working off and on at school and not surfing nearly enough.  I spent the balance of the summer feeding the roofing crew, taxiing the girls to swim practice, counseling a wagon full of little girls at camp and working on my tan...(not really).

The Cobb Girls
The girls spent their summer swimming, drawing, swimming and in their spare time, swimming.  I think they grew fins.  Around here, if you're going to be outside in the summer when it's 5 million degrees, the water is the place to be.

The Cobb Boy
Jerry spent his summer working (hooray for first jobs), driving and trying to figure out how to spend more time with his girlfriend.  He passed his driver's permit test and spent the rest of the summer chauferring Rob and I everywhere.  The look on his face when the DMV lady told him he passed was priceless.  I wish I had a picture.  He worked for a local Almond farming operation mostly cutting weeds in the orchards.  Hot, nasty work, but everybody's got to start somewhere and he hung in there and stuck with it.  He even managed to save enough money to put towards his first car.  He'll be in the market once he passes his driver's test.

The Cobb Dog
Sadie managed to entertain us, chew up our stuff and dig up our yard before she ran away at the end of the summer.  Some of us are more heartbroken over this than others.

We made it to the beach a couple times where the kids had fun in the water.  One of our trips to the beach was during the Discovery Channel's Shark Week.  It took a little convincing to get the girls in the water that day.  They were sure that more sharks on TV meant more sharks in the water.  We'll be working on logic this year.

Earlier in the summer, we went to the zoo with Mr. Jawsome and his baby sister.  There's an awful lot of cuteness going on in this picture.

Cock-a-doodle do Hannah.  Hannah and I went to Wagon Train Camp (see separate post whenever I get around to it) this summer.  This is what she looks like when someone is trying to rouse her from peaceful slumber to embrace a day of crazy camp fun.  She and I have so much in common.

Well, I think that gives you the general idea.  The first few months of school have been really busy.  I'll have a few things to post whenever the motivation comes.  

Back to School 2011

These beautiful girls are back to school in the 3rd and 1st Grades.

One of the best things about going back to school is seeing

all the friends you missed over the summer.

Here's to a great school year!

Wagon Train Camp 2011

So, this was Hannah's first year at summer camp.  It wasn't a real tough sell since mom went along as a counselor.  We went to Hume Lake's Wagon Train camp where we lived in covered wagons, ate camp food, did crafts, played games and learned about God's great love for us through the life of David.  These were my girls for the week...the lovely ladies of the wagon Maryland.  They're the best.  These girls have grown up together.  I've known each of them since they were born and it was great fun to be able to spend the week with them...

Ready...aim...fire

Chow time...

Fire away

Mail call...

Buddies

David and Goliath frisbee tag...serious fun!

Ready...set...swing!

Wagon time tonail painting

Chapel time

Wacky water Wednesday....

or hey, these kids are really starting to stink let's make

them all get in the heavily chlorinated water day.

Post water play picnic

Hike to Hermit's Cave...I wonder if the Hermit is home

Camp was loads of fun!  It was a real blessing to spend the week with these great girls!

Just Keep Swimming...

The girls started swimming for the Tigersharks again about a month ago.  We have had an unseasonably cold spring and we've had to encourage them to "just keep swimming" to keep warm.  They've been troopers and toughed it out though and have had fun competing in a couple meets already.  The weather is starting to warm up, so it should be smooth sailing...I mean swimming, from here on out.

Take your mark...the two in orange and black are my little Tigersharks.  I get the privilege of cheering on two swimmers in the same race.

That's Grace.  The fluorescent green cap makes her easy to spot in the water!

Sarah looks pleased with her race!

So does Hannah

This is what it looks when they are waiting to race and...

This is what it looks like after a long fun day at a swim meet.

3 Sisters Art Gallery

My priceless art collection is growing!

It's the end of the school year - whoopeeee!!

It's the end of the school year and we have been busy with lots of fun activities.  I didn't get pictures of everything, but these are a few of the things the girls enjoyed...
*  Flea Olympics where the kids got to compete in physical fitness activities with their classmates
*  K-3 party at the park complete with water games and hot dogs
*  Open House where the girls got to show off all their hard work this year.
*  Cookie baking with Kindergarten

And last but not least an all out, last day of school water balloon assault planned by big brother and executed by Mom and Dad.

All four kids had a great school year. It is so fun to watch each of them grow and change over the course of the year.

Can you find all three Cobb girls in this picture from their Open House?

The "F" Word

Rob and I were eavesdropping on our daughters earlier this evening when we heard Grace proudly declare to Hannah that she knows the "F" word.  Hannah went for the bait and asked her what it was.  "Don't tell ok?" Grace made her promise.  "Ok" Hannah promised.  "Freakin'!!" 

Yep...that's the "F" word!  Grace happened to use it in a sentence over the weekend when she got out of the pool at her swim meet and told me "That water is freakin' cold!".  I had to remind her that she is 6 not 16 and that we wouldn't be talking like that no matter how cold the water was.







 

Christmas 2010 in Pictures

 Ready to sing at school

 Ballet Recital

 Kids and cousins at Gitty's house

 Ready to ride the Train of Lights

 Read me a story Papa

 Ooooh!  Sparkly!

 Look what Santa brought

 Look what else Santa brought....a teenager!

What a blessed Christmas we had with friends and family.

Jesus Sighting

No we didn't see Him on our grilled cheese sandwiches or in our Cornflakes, but that would be cool too. 

Each morning I try to pray with the girls before school.  We always thank Jesus for going with us to school and ask him to give us eyes to see Him and ears to hear Him during the day.  I try to remind the girls that He really is with them and that they can talk to Him anytime. 

Anyway, today I thought I would ask them if they saw Him.  Grace said very matter of factly that she did and when I asked her where, she said "I played tag with Him at recess Mom.  My friend asked me who I was playing with and I told her Jesus".  Sarah said she did too and when I asked where, she said, "No one wanted to play with me and I was making a bark castle, (they don't have sand), all by myself and I saw Him".  They said these things with such honest, childlike faith.  May they remain in that faith their whole lives! 

Thank you Jesus for really being with us!

Girl's Weekend 2010

Eating, laughing, talking about boys, shopping, and sharing our hearts since the 6th Grade.

Meet Sadie

We got a dog!  Rob came home from school about a week before Thanksgiving with a puppy who showed up on campus that day.  She was cute and quiet so we decided she could stay.

The girls named her Sadie and the vet says she is some sort of Pomeranian/Chihuahua mix (don't tell anyone ok?).  She has yet to catch her tail though she never tires of trying and she's a pretty good dog when she's not chewing up the girl's socks or underwear.