Cobb Christmas 09

We had a great and busy Christmas this year complete with a visit from Santa, new sock monkeys, new socks, a two horse open sleigh ride, wild sledding, snowball fights, and a couple days rest at Camp Coarsegold (Papa Mike and Grandma Kris's).  Here are a few pictures to give you a visual...

Christmas morning

With their new monkeys from Papa and Grandma Claudie

Bombs away!

Look out below...

Oh what fun it is to ride!

It was a great Christmas spent celebrating our Savior's birth and enjoying the ones we love.

Beautiful Ballerina

Hannah's ballet recital was a couple weeks ago. When the curtain opened she was front and center looking confident and beautiful. It was fun to see the result of all her hard work. She did a great job. Auntie Kelly and Cameron even came to watch. Here are a few pictures of her after the show.

Thanksgiving 2009

Since it's almost Christmas, I thought it would be a good time to post a bit about our Thanksgiving...maybe I'll get around to a Christmas post sometime before Easter.  We had a quiet Thanksgiving at home complete with school-made table decorations.

...and missles and guns or whatever

(spelling can really trip a kid up)

Here we are all ready for our feast.  We spent some time reflecting on what we were thankful for.  Jesus and each other were at the top of our list.

The week of Thanksgiving, Hannah's class had their Thanksgiving feast.  The class had worked hard to memorize Thanksgiving poems and prepare their readers theater pieces.  They were all so cute dressed up as pilgrims, indians and turkeys.

The day after Thanksgiving we packed the kids up and headed for our friend's mom's house where the boys did some skeet shooting and the kids and I climbed a rather steep hill.  If you look closely, that's a picture of Rob with a shotgun.  It turns out he's a pretty good shot (might come in handy when the girls start dating).  I think he surprised a few of the rough, tough cowboys they were shooting with.  I know he impressed his wife...what a man!  It was a great weekend.

Ellie Impression

This is Grace's impression of Ellie from the movie "Up". If you haven't seen the movie, it's great for kids and adults alike. At the beginning of the movie, there is a scene with a little girl named Ellie who is missing one front tooth. She takes her hat off and her hair goes every which way. I think Grace captured the look perfectly here.

Sarah on Fine Dining

Sarah in the line to get lunch at Costco:  "Mom, are hot dogs made of dog?"
Me:  "Only weiner dogs honey....No!!! Hot dogs are NOT made of dog Sarah."
Older gentleman in line in front of us:  "Hahahaha!  Kids are funny!"
Me:  "Yes they are!!"

Toothless Grins

Sarah lost her first tooth about a week ago.  She was so tickled.  Grace lost her 5th tooth a couple days ago.  I have a feeling she'll be singing, "All I want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth" very soon.  Her most recent loss wins the prize for the most interesting way to lose a tooth.  She lost it on the trampoline when it got caught in the net on the way down from a high bounce.  It was a pretty bloody event, but she didn't even cry...amazing since she can cry for 20 minutes if her sister looks at her wrong.  Anyway, they are both so cute in an okie sort of way. 

Saturday Morning Art - The Mayflower

Hannah got some grown up art supplies for her birthday. She has had fun experimenting with them. This is a watercolor of the Mayflower she did this morning. We found the picture in the upper right hand corner online and printed it for her to copy. I think she did a great job.