HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!!!!!!

Welcome 2008 !!!!!!!!!!!!

ps.....I told you...... John never takes his new hat off (see previous post)........it's on along with his party hat :)

The new hat.....

He hasn't taken if off since he got it :)

Merry Christmas.......

is there nothing sweeter than holiday artwork :)

An ornament I got from a student....I'll always cherish it !!!!!
Baking cookies..........

Sweet voices......

The kids Christmas program........love when we can dress up :)
Beautiful voices :)
sweetness :) LOVE that they both love to wear sports coats. John and Troy.....best buds since kindy !!!!

We have fallen in love.......

with the residents of Fig Garden Retirement Center !!!! Their activities director put in a request with the Girl Scout council to have troups come to their facility and play bean bag baseball. I jumped on this because I knew our troup would LOVE this and did they ever !!!! We went in November and they beat us BADLY.......22-6. So they "demanded" (nicely, of course) a rematch. We oblidged :) So our December meeting we made them wreaths and made our game plan......we lost yesterday :( ....18-11. But did we ever have FUN !!!!!!!! We played, sang and ate cookies. They want us back once a month, so we will definately do this.

This is what Christmas is all about.........

Enjoying the holiday season......

A beautiful Christmas concert.....Mannheim Steamroller......

A hockey game.......it was a Toys for Tots teddy bear toss....when our team scored, there were 1000's of teddy bears tossed on the ice.....very FUN !!!!!!

Christmas caroling with the Boy Scouts !!!!!!

The tree.....always a fun time at Cobbs :)

After.........

HoHoHo !!!!!!!!!!!

Beee-utiful day in the mtns !!!

The crew........
John loving climbing all the trees !!
Tons of ladybugs :)
Gorgeous trees and the blue sky was breathtaking !!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving....

Grandpa, Grandma, grandkids and cousins = lots of love and lots of FUN !!!!!!

Soccer........

What a GREAT season. Claire's coaches are AWESOME !!!!!!!!!
Great team spirit !!!!!!

Gorgeous day for a horseback ride.......

Claire and Harley :)
Beautiful trail ride......
Fun :)
The crew......

Happy Halloween......

John is such a goof. I guues he thinks a sky commander shoudl also know karate :)
Claire is a little Renasiannce girl :)
John having fun :)

They got tons of candy, so they are happy !!!!!!

A walk for the cure........

What a special day.....I'll never forget it !!!!!!

A yummy field trip.......

It's been in business for 53 years. If you get dried fruit from Trader Joes, it comes from here.
Love the hair net action :) We ALL had to wear them !!!!
Milk chocolately goodness....YUM !!!!!!!!
Where they assemble the dried fruit packages.

a fun, goofy picture :)

Fun day at the Fair....

Fun rides.....
Fun food.......
Fun games......
Fun new things.....


One of the best things about fall......THE FAIR !!!!!!!

Horsie Lovin......

Annie.....the kids horse.....sweet as can be !!!!
Millie the mule...she is like a big dog !!!! LOVE her !!!!!!!
Maggie....quite possibly, the world's most perfect horse, in every way !!!! Amazing animal :)
Pavo...the only guy in this harem of girls. They pick on him constantly, but he handles it well ;)

True love.......

We begin again......

Here we go into our 4th year of Girl Scouts, as a Junior ;) Excited about our meeting after school today. We are making praise cards. The girls are going to write nice things about each other and the girls can keep the cards in their backpacks, desks, home etc... We are also going to scrapbook !!!!

Camp Chawanakee........

Our annual trip to Shaver Lake for Boy Scout/Family camp weekend !!!!! The top picture is the view from out tent...beautiful !!!! I love this picture of John and his bf Troy, before heading out on the canoe. Claire LOVED kayaking. The archery is SO FUN !!! There are HUGE rocks everywhere, so it is climbing heaven.