Do we have a TEENAGER (13) or a GRANDMA (91)

Do We Have A TEENAGER or a 91 Year Old GRANDMA?

Birthday Wishes To Our Sweet Pooch!!

A Peanut Butter Frosty Paws Just For You!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ISABELLE!!!

Day 4:

I am Thankful God chose me to be Samuel's mom.

He is such a sweet child. Tonight before bed, we were saying our usual

"I Love You'S" and this is how it went.

Sam: Goodnight, I love you.

Me: I love you more.....

Sam: I love you more than more can go!!

I thank God everyday for giving me my sweet and caring Sammy Sam.

Day 3:

I am thankful for my sweet Abigail Elizabeth.
She keeps me on my toes that's for sure and I wouldn't trade it for the world!
Just a few things we did today while the boys were at football practice.....
played games, colored pretty pictures, went for a walk and
made friendship bracelets!
She also lost her very first tooth!
~What a great day~

 

Day 2:

I am Thankful for coffee with friends! 

Day 1: Learning to be Thankful ---- A Challenge for the month of November.

Day 1: Today I am thankful for my HEALTH!

Happy 12th Birthday, Isabelle

Despite being saddened by the loss of Butler yesterday, we still celebrated Isabelle and Butler's birthday today!

(Abby, Blackley, Isabelle and Samuel)

Butler Georgia Cochran 5/13/2000-5/12/2012

It's a sad day for the Cockariddle's, as we had to say goodbye to our beloved pet, Butler! 

He would have been 12 years old tomorrow. 

So much has happened within the last 24 hours!  Mom took Butler and Blackley for their usual grooming appointments yesterday.  She received a call from the groomers later that afternoon letting her know that they felt Butler needed to be seen by a vet.  He just wasn't himself and was having bad diarrhea.  Mom and Tom took him and within 10 minutes our sweet Butler was diagnosed with late stage Lymphoma---his lymph nodes were the size of golf balls.  When we went to see him, he didn't look like himself in his eyes and he had no energy at all, just wasn't our Butler. We all knew he was ready to go to "Doggie" Heaven.  I choose to believe he's up there right now with Pye Pye in heaven driving her crazy by pushing her arm up and down for her to pet him!! XOXO       

It's a tough life but someone's gotta do it!

Must be nice to stay in a cozy bed until 11am!!! 

Let the season Begin!!!

Wouldn't you know, both kids had 9am games this morning.  They were both very excited and nervous.  As Samuel was getting in the car he whispered "mommy, I have butterflies in my stomach."

Playing Outfield

 Running for the ball

 Hmmm, I've got the ball now what should I do???

 Throw it, Abby!

 Good Job, Sweetie!  Daddy will work with you on how to throw a ball. :-) 

At bat...

Look how far she hit the ball!

 Run, Abby, Run....

 Big Smiles after her first hit!

After the game she said "my legs were shaking when I was getting ready to hit the ball" Awww, she's growing up too fast!  Luckily, her games only last about an hour so we were able to see half of Sam's game today.

Let's Play Some Ball!

Samuel will be playing on the National's baseball team-- AA

(Love the red and black cleats)

Abby's playing t-ball this Spring.  Go Peaches! 



I LOVE YOU by Abigail

After Samuel wrote Abigail the nice letter about t-ball, she decided to make him a special book.

This is the "I LOVE YOU" book

By Abigail A.

YOU ARE THE BEST BROTHR

I {HEART} U

SAMUEL

I LOVE

LOVE

LOVE

LOVE

YOU

SAMUEL

SAMUEL

I

NED

A

HUOG

I

WIILLE

DO

INEETHING

FOR YOU

LOVE

ABBY

DEAR ABIGAIL

ABIGAIL YOU DID AMAZING AT TEE BALL TODAY!!! 

I BET YOU WILL BE THE BEST ON THE TEAM!!! 

I ALSO HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT SESON THIS YEAR!!

I CANT WAIT TO SEE YOU PLAY THIS YEAR. 

YOU ARE REALLY GOOD AT HITING THE BALL!

YOU HIT GREAT!

HIT LOTS OF HOME RUNS!

LOVE, SAMUEL!!!!!!!!!!

After practicing t-ball with Abigail, Samuel came in and typed this letter on his new typewriter that he got from grandma'ma and papa for his birthday.  Isn't he just the sweetest big brother!

Birthday Party with Friends

We had Samuel's "friend" birthday party today.  He invited 5 boys

(Quinn, Ethan, Dylan, Bryce and Griffin) to the movies to see

"The Lorax" at 1:30pm.  Unfortunately, Samuel was not feeling well,

but we decided not to cancel since we felt it was allergies. 

Grandma'ma, Papa and Olivia also joined us. 

After the movie, we headed back to our house for cake and ice cream.

Leprechauns~~St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Once again those silly little leprechauns turned our toliet water GREEN!!

I am lucky because

I have a Dog.

I have a haus (house).

I wint to disne land.

I have money.

By: Abigail

If I were a leprechaun

I wud be funney.

I wud hid undr my bed.

Crazy Hair Day

The kids had CraZy hair day at school today.  This is the first year that Samuel was willing to participate!  We sprayed the kids hair blue and green!  I can't believe I forgot to take a picture of Abby!  For the record she also went to school with green hair.

~I-Heart-You~

Abraham Lincoln By Abigail

Abe got shot. He had a very tall hat.

Mug Shots

We had passport pictures taken this week.  The extra copies were on our counter and every time I walked by I laughed!  Don't we look like the most miserable people on earth! LOL 

XOXO

Abby and I have enjoyed decorating for V-day this month.  We made most of our decorations from things we had laying around the house which makes it even more exciting! 

Homework--special post from Samuel

I wrote a poem today and this is how it goes...                                                                         Homework Poem

We have some homework today!

 A lot  of homework today!

We won't have time to play!

I'm sad cause we can't play!

But that's okay!

Cause tomorrow is Saturday!

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by: Samuel

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2/1/12

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