Halloween 2010

Hume Bound for Birthdays

We are always looking for a reason or excuse to head to Hume Lake.  It is our "Happiest Place On Earth"!  So our latest excuse to head to the hills was to celebrate the twins birthday, covered wagon style!  Hume was having their Country Fair Weekend.  Wagons, in Wagon Train, were available for families to stay in for the weekend.  So what better way to celebrate your 6th birthday then in a covered wagon!  We were all excited!  So we celebrated!

Papa & Luke - one handsome pair!



Our birthday Girls!



Abbie



That boy trust sure trusts his Papa!



Our Hope




Present time - fishing poles!



Trying out the new poles

Time to hit the lake

Those two must be livin' right! :)



Keri & Abbie taking a dip



Oh my ~ sometimes I am at a loss for words! ;-P




Hope braves the water



Mama takes a goofy picture hanging off the back of the boat!





One of these would come in handy at home!

Orange & Black - Tigers Attack

We have loved our new Friday night pastime. Jerry joined the Wasco High Tigers football team. That means local Friday night games at the high school stadium that we can walk to. The children love it so much. They look for friends, yell for Jerry, dance to the band music, and Luke flirts with Tilly the Tiger! We feel like the tv show "Friday Night Lights". Okay, maybe not quiet that glorious or dramatic, but we are will take it. Go Tigers!

Jerry is number 82! Go Jerry!!!

Tilly the mascot!

Luke flirting Tilly! :)

Uh, Tilly flirting back!! Back off Tilly, that is my boy!

Ok, I let him meet her. She scared him! That's my boy, run to Mama! :)

Future PRCA Pair

It would thrill this Mama's heart if this was a foreshadowing of a pair of team ropers! Okay, maybe Luke should get some clothing on, but ya get what I am saying!

Boy howdy!

Buddies

Luke & Nathan

These two boys have a blast together. This morning they ran around the stables together checking out the horses, riding on tractors (for pretend), & playing in the dirt. They were too cute.

Dot Dot

I love to laugh at myself. I am glad I do,

because I give myself plenty of opportunities for such laughter!

Today's outburst of laughter was contributed to my

"dot dot" moment.

I was trying to type something up with my girlfriend/better part of my brain, when I suggested we put a "dot dot" there. My sweet & gracious girlfriend never missed a beat, we kept right on working. Then my "dot dot" comment caught up with my brain. There is a lag time, that I wish wasn't present, but work with whatcha got! So the laughter starts....dot dot.....that would be a colon! Oh my!

:

The colon (:) is a punctuation mark consisting of

two equally sized dots (dot dot)

centered on the same vertical line.

I've always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise

from the soul saying, "Ain't that the truth." ~Quincy Jones

Go have a "dot dot" moment for yourself!

Cut, Color, & Fun

I love getting my hair cut & bleached for so many reasons. I get my full vision back, due to the fact it had been impaired by the bangs I let get too long. I get texture back by bleaching it, not to mention my man loves me blonde ~ yes, he would love me as a brunette, but heck, blondes have more fun (so they say)! Also, when we get together my girls are thrilled because that means the get to see their very good friends. Ok, so returned vision, texture/blonde, buddy time, and last but my absolute favorite reason I love to get cut & colored is time with Debbie. Debbie was a hairdresser for over 30 years and finally stopped doing hair. She has continued to do mine for the sheer fact that I am a “pity” case! She feels sorry for me & can’t stand to look at me with a bad cut. I have NO problem being her “pity” case. We have the sweetest time when we get together. We share coffee, stories, struggles, Jesus, and laughter every time we get together. It is a cherished & precious time for both of us. Not to mention a source of pride for Debbie as she steps back & looks at the masterpiece she pulls off with this hair of mine! I am so thankful she took pity on me.
The girls getting to play with their buddies!

Love these girls.

Luke taking P-Nut for a spin! Yikes~He is so handsome!

Luke takin' Mama for a spin! Yee-haw! Sit down, hold on, & shut up!

I love this time!

Dodger Town & Wild Rides

My man loves the game of baseball. He isn’t just a nonchalant spectator but a serious lover of the game! He will go at any given opportunity. Well tonight was one of those opportunities. He had four tickets in some awesome seats for a Dodger game. We called up our buddies the Cobbs and made a date. Grandma Kay was available to babysit the grandchildren & off we went.
There is just something about being at a ballgame. The crowd, the energy, the Dodger dogs……. We had a blast. The game was excellent and had you on your feet several times. I love games like that! Stand up sit down fight, fight, fight……oops, wrong sport! Take me out to the ball game……that is more like it! :D
So as we head home from LA, I have learned to just hold on, sit back & SHUT UP when my man is driving! He knows what he is doing, so let him drive woman! I just pray I am living right and we get home safe! ;-P
Well, Aaron's driving was not the only exciting part of our trip home. We call to check on the children and find out about another wild ride that happened. Can you guess……….
Yep, Hope! Somehow she managed to run over herself in the golf chart at Mom’s. We will save the “fabulous” (there is that word again) details for another post ~ see Adventures of Indestructible Hope!!! We will tease you with a picture of the shirt she was wearing when the ride took place!

WOW, is all I can say!

Ohio 2010

Aaron & I being from Ohio both have a lot of family there and love to go back to visit. It has been several years since we had been back and we had a fabulous time visiting friends & family. Luke wasn't born last time we made it back there so everyone was excited to meet our little boy! The children were excited to ride in an airplane. They traveled wonderfully. It was one big adventure. :) Mama made sure to hit any Starbucks she could find, which supplied the energy to chase Luke everywhere.
One big adventure that started at the LA airport BEFORE we flew out was Luke decided he was a big boy and wanted to go on the potty! Really, seriously son, here in the airport before a 5 hour flight.....needless to say, he was ready. We hit ALOT of potties but the boy was ready! Mama caught up with the plan, draggin' her coffee with her! :)
We got to see both sides of our families and visited lots of cousins. It was a sweet time filled with visiting family & friends, lots of food, and plenty of laughter. I tried to capture most of it in pictures, so enjoy the slideshow of our visit.

Ssssshhhhh.......It's a surprise!

If you have hung around this blog for any amount of time you know that there is an old cowboy that I (Elizabeth) am quiet fond of. Well that cowboy, Ben, turned 80 this year. I wanted to do something special for my buddy's birthday. So another buddy of mine, Steve, and I had been planning a surprise birthday party for Ben for over a year. Ben would not take kindly to the idea of throwing him a birthday party so it was a “Top Secret” operation. Yeah, you try to pull that off with a child like my Hope around. So I made sure to keep real quiet about anything having to do with the party, in hopes we could pull this thing off! I can’t believe we were able to do it, but we did. Ben thought he was attending Steve & Sara’s anniversary party. He walked up carrying his covered dish for the party. Ha! It was too funny to watch his expression as he figured out that it was his party, filled with lots of old friends & family. Family even flew in from other states to make it to this Critter’s party! We served over 100 people that evening. It was an absolute blast!

Here is a collage of pictures from that evening.


Here is a link to the entire party:
Ben's 80th

Cowboy wisdom: Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.

Abbie's 10th Birthday

Celebrating 10 years of my daughter's beautiful life.

She is a precious treasure to me.

Hopie surprises her with breakfast in bed.

Bestest Sisters Ever!

Abbie had a few friends from school over for a dance party.

The girls got to make their own pizzas.

Mama went easy this year ~ thanks Rosie's Cookies!

Abbie loved her birthday!

She is a jewel! Her spirit is so tender!

Waves of Fun

Luke having a blast on the beach.

The children having a blast in the waves.

Girlfriends having a blast watching the children!

Abbie & Chandler building a dam.

Hard working & creative children!

Elephant seals are NOT hard working or creative!

My two favorite men! They are quiet dashing!

The Cobbshire Clan