Remember the Time

Remember the time when I blogged about us going to Little Missouri Falls.......well this is the trip home....
Sara was worn out from playing hard all weekend. She fell asleep on the way home listening to her Ipod with her sunglasses on. I looked back and her head band had fallen over her eyes with the music blaring!
PRICELESS!!!

Party + Pizza + Presents = Perfect Fun

How crazy am I? As I mentioned in my last post, the first Friday of the first week of school I let Sara have a sleepover. It went well and the girls seemed to all have fun! They swam and played on teh slip n slide! We had pizza, Bratz/Barbie cake and ice cream and then opened presents. And we had them in that order!
pizza....

cake....

presents....

and more presents!!

And what's a party without a little goofy fun!

Happy Birthday, Baby Girl!

My favorite picture of the birthday girl with a little icing on that sweet face!

My baby girl is 7 years old today. It is hard to believe! I have ending the first week of school seven years ago with a major back ache and at 11:00 on the dot Sara Lynn Cobb was born. 8 pounds even and healthy as could be! Time flies when you are having fun! We celebrated almost all weekend long! Friday after school five girls came home from school with us and spent the night. And today we went to the movies with Gran and Pop to see Shorts (Daddy, Dusty and Andrew saw Indeginous Basterds) and shopped at Target and ate supper at The Olive Garden.
Great weekend! Great fun! I love my baby girl! I hope and pray for many more glorious birthday celebrations!

Think She Stays Like This Til We Get Home?

Maggie doesn't like to be left. When shoes go on, she heads to the door. She's usually there before we are. Sometimes she gets to go, sometimes she doesn't. This is what she does when she doesn't.....

and she stays this way, still as a statue, waiting for Dusty to come back inside. Or we wish she was as still as a statue. When we don't all go, those left behind with her get to hear her whine, whimper, pace and bark until she knows whoever left is really gone or just outside for a minute and she didn't get to go. On this particular day, I was home and she stayed very still looking at the door for a good 5 minutes. So the question remains, think she stays this way when we all leave til we get home?????

Back To School!

Today was the first day of school. Andrew was just calling it another year. No excitement, ready to see friends he hasn't seen but other that......he's a teenager! He enjoy his classes today and gettign back in the groove of things. He has a load this year. He is taking Algebra II and Chemistry along with English, Sociology/Psychology, Oral Comm./Personal Finance (those are split 1 per semester), World History, Art II and Desktop Publishing. He didn't sign up for every one of those but was happy with his schedule after going to class today. Can't believe he is in the 10th grade!
Sara was excited. Not necessarily about class but about seeing friends she hasn't seen all summer. Don't get me wrong, she loves writing and reading much more than Andrew but don't we go to school to socialize! I mean come on people! LOL She has Mrs. Silliman and Mrs. Henderson and is in the 2nd grade. And can you believe on the tiring first day, Mrs. Silliman let them lay their heads down to rest for a minute while she went over the rules and that mean Mrs. Henderson wouldn't let them do that! The nerve of her! LOL
We are all tired! We got home later than normal because I couldn't leave me desk a mess, cooked and eat supper and Andrew has been asleep since about 8:00. My little night bug is still flittering around doing anything she can not to hit the sheets. What will I do with her when she is a teenager!

WOW!!! Do I Even Know My Name!

I know, I've been slackin in the blogging department as of late but I'm not sure I even know my name. It's that time of year......crunch time for school to start and I'm trying to get ready as a mom and a school employee!
Andrew's open house is tonight at 7:00. Yes, that's PM! (I have answered that question about PES open house tomorrow night but at 6:00. Who wouldn't have orientation at 6 AM) I am hoping his schedule is ok. But somehow doubt it is.
I haven't gotten the kids to bed like I said I was going too. Haven't made Sara read like I was going to. But Gran did buy school supplies for Sara and we do have the most important things....new shoes and clothes. Sara's backpack hasn't come yet but we have two more days. I'm keepin my fingers crossed!
By the time this week is over I will probably need my name taped to my forehead. But this too shall pass!

Always Havin' A Little Fun

Here is the crew.....some mighty excitement going on there!

The calm part of the falls....

Andrew, Sara and Reed

Sara loved the pretty green moss. She said was a carpet of green.

Sara and Reed threw rocks while Andrew and Dusty explored.

Andrew at the Falls

Andrew and Dusty climbed over rocks and thru the rapids at Little Missouri Falls. They trekked their way to the top of the little water fall that we were closest too.

They found them a little hole to cool off in. It was hot!

And here they are at the top!



The water was running pretty fast. Some people there said it was from all the rain we had. I was a little nervous watching but he had fun and told me to lighten up!

A Little Road Trip

We went to Little Missouri Falls last weekend. Isnt' it beautiful!!


Sara isn't too fond of rolling water....can't say I blame her. She stayed pretty close to her daddy when they climbed up on a big boulder to look at the sights.

Andrew and Sara got in a calm spot where Sara played a little bit and felt better about the water.

And she got brave enought to let me take her picture by herself on the big rocks.

Stayed tuned to see what Andrew in the water.....and I'll have to say, it made me a little nervous! Brought out the mother hen in me! LOL

I Know! I'm A Little Behind!

Sara, Gran and I went to the closing of the summer reading program at the Nevada County Library. Mrs. Gibson read a book about balloons(sorry, I can't remember the name of it), had a balloon lift off, gave out certificates, bags of goodies and books to the kids, had face painting and snacks and Sonic gift cards for the parents. Kudos to Mrs. Gibson! Even though I am partial, she is the BEST of the best! Sara and Gran and the boys enjoyed the program all summer! What's better than good books, crafts and snacks on a warm summer day!
This is Sara and Emily during the balloon lift off.

Sara in the middle waiting for lift-off!

There they go!!!!

Pictures are courtesy of David Henderson. Hope he didn't have a copy right on them!