Who Are You Going to Marry?

Recently the subject of who the girls were going to marry when they grow up came up around the lunch table. I don't recall how it came up, but each girl decided with some conviction who they wanted to marry. Hannah would marry Daddy (she has her mother's taste in men), Grace wanted to marry Jesus (so far so good!), and Sarah wants to marry the "black soldier at Disneyland" (Darth Vader). Great! I guess there's one in every family. Needless to say, we will continue to pray for each of their future husbands.

Sleep Peacefully Sweet Girl

Last night as Rob and I were getting ready to head for bed, he peaked in on Hannah. When he came out of her room, he told me, "The last few nights I have been looking in on Hannah before I go to bed. I think I'm addicted. Come look". My heart melted at how tender my husband could be. Sure enough the sight of our growing daughter sleeping peacefully like she did as an infant is addicting. Here is a picture I snapped of her taking a nap in my nightgown a few months ago.

Vamos a Mexico

We just returned from a fabulous Easter Break trip to Mexico. We spent three full days with 3 other families from our church just outside of Tijuana at the Grace Children's Home. GCH is home to thirty great kids ranging in age from 3 to 13. The folks at GCH were gracious enough to let us add our collective 12 kids to the mix for a few days, bringing the total to 40+ kiddos.

The men in our group helped hang drywall in GCH's new 3 story education center and worked on repairing several of the home's vehicles. The ladies helped with small cleaning, organizing and painting projects as well as helping the kids with crafts and homework. What a blessing it was for our family. One of the GCH staff members commented that our time with them seemed so peaceful. When I stopped to think about, it, I realized that peacful wasn't the first word that came to mind when I thought about a place with 40 plus kids and a full-time construction site, but we did in fact have a peaceful time together...truly from the Lord.

"Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ" Phil. 1:2

If you are interested in knowing more about the ministry of GCH, check out their blog at http://www.gspalaublog.blogspot.com

Easter Blessings

In Memory of Nawana, Rainey and Aliesafris

Nawana, Rainey and Aliesafris were Hannah's imaginary friends for quite some time. Nawana came in to our lives first. She went everywhere with us and I would often find Hannah having full conversations with her. A little while later, Nawana turned up with a friend named Rainey and sometime after that, we had a friendly snake on our ceiling named Aliesafris. After several months of hearing nothing about these special friends, I asked Hannah where they were and what they were up to. Sadly, yesterday she informed me that Nawana was run over by a truck. Today it seems only Aliesafris was run over and Nawana and Rainey are at school. All I know is that they are no longer a part of our daily lives and I seem to miss them more than anyone. I asked Hannah if she could draw a picture of them for me so I would have something to remember them by and she told me, "Mom, they're not real". Why does she have to grow up? I convinced her that she could use her imagination and she decided to humor me with a drawing. Here it is for those of you interested in what they looked like. I think it's interesting that Nawana looks suspiciously like her buddy Abbie and Rainey looks suspiciously like her. They are both lucky enough to have their ears pierced though. They must have a much nicer mom than me!

Cobb Family Disneyland Top Picks List (and Not So Top Picks List)

Inspired by our recent trip to Disneyland and California Adventure our family compiled our "Disneyland Top Picks List" and our "Not So Top Picks List" below.

Top Picks
Rob

The new Nemo Submarine ride - Cool stuff for a sea creature loving kind of guy.

Keri

California Screamin' - I love a fast roller coaster. This one is my new favorite.

Hannah

The Teacups - 3 times on the teacups is enough to make any parent toss their cookies.

Grace

Soaring Over California - She was definately our adventurer.

Sarah

The Astro Orbiter - Round and round and up and down we went.

Not So Top Picks

Rob

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride - he got to ride with the scared screaming kid.

Keri

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride - not so wild and too scary for the kids

Hannah

Astro Blasters - a little overstimulating for her personality

Grace

Splash Moutain - all day long she asked to go on the water ride. Apparently she didn't connect water ride with getting wet. As soon as her pants got wet, the tears started.

Sarah

Space Mountain - just because your 3 year old is tall enough to ride one of the most exciting roller coasters in the park, doesn't mean you should put her on it. Bad parents.

Adventures in Disneyland

This week marked our first ever family trip to Disneyland. As you can see below, the "happiest place on earth" did not dissapoint.


Clear the road. Sarah's driving!

Out for a spin with Daddy.

Would you like a spot of tea?

Flying high with Dumbo

Guess which one is Goofy

M-i-c-k-e-y M-o-u-s-e

Blastin' off with Daddy

Even at "the happiest place on earth", long days + no naps + lots of sugar still equals Grumpy Kids!

Catchin' a wave at California Adventure

Hangin' with Uncle Ross

Yo Yo! $53 later, everyone's heads and eyes were fashionably covered and we had our overpriced Disney souveniers

"C" is for Cobb

Happy Endings!