Mr. and Mrs. "Dozen's" Anniversary - July 16th, 2011

For Mr. and Mrs. "Dozen's" anniversary, they came to our house.  The parents went out to dinner and the kids all had fun at home!  Here are some pictures...

 Happy Anniversary!!!

 The Parents

 Sabrina and Abby made dinner

 Yum!  

We had some delicious fresh watermelon that they brought too!!!

 When I went to get Sayer's picture, this is the pose I got :)

 Wallace and Calvin

 Wallace and Shenandoah

 Stasia, Sherrod, and Abby

 The rest of us (minus myself -I'm behind the camera!)

 Sarah and Shenandoah

 Me and my buddy William

 Visiting

 Playing ball

 Little Cowboy

 Selah, Sayer, Elly, Seth

 Shenandoah was spinning Calvin...

 ...he wasn't so sure about that...

 ...she wasn't getting the message :)...

 Calvin really didn't like this!

(Isn't it cute and funny when little kids try to mother "babies" that are almost their own size!)

 Sydnee to the rescue!!!

 William liked the slide

 Sarah and I

Sydnee and Sherrod gave daddy and riddle to solve!

It was a fun time with you all!!!

A Visit From Cousins... July 12th-14th, 2011

Daddy's cousin Becky and her husband, Rod, came for a visit.  We had such a nice time!!!

 Rod and Becky

 Rod, Stasia, and Shenandoah playing with some little games that they brought

 Ring a round the rosies 

(or pumpkins as we sometimes say!)

 We all fall down!

 Cousin Becky is a music teacher and does a very good job singing in parts.  She helped us to start singing in parts too and taught us some good voice warm ups.  Thank you, Cousin Becky!  We've really been enjoying practicing!!!

 She taught Seth some on his guitar

 Sayer and Shenandoah

 Cousin Becky also helped Stasia with her sewing machine

 They made a doll skirt!

 Daddy and Rod

 Due to a big thunderstorm, we lost power for about 3 hours one of the evenings they were here.  That's one way to have a candle lit dinner!!! :)

 Talking together in the living room while the power was off

 We played the "Blanket" game with them

 Looking at old family photos- Cousin Becky knows so much of our family history.  It was so much fun to hear all of her stories and see all of the photos!

 Rod, Becky, and the Cochran kids

 Rod, Becky, Daddy, and Mommy

Daddy and Cousin Becky

Thank you both for coming!!!  We look forward to next time we're together!!!

The Cochran Men

In July, Seth and Sayer greatly enjoyed a day at work with daddy!!!

A Visit From the Watje Family - July 7th, 2011

We met the Watje family several years ago and it was so nice to see them again.  We were glad they could stop by!!!

The Watje Family

Playing legos 

Shenandoah loved baby Benjamin!

Stasia is great with little kids! 

Eating dinner

Cute little girls

Playing on the zipline

Sewing supplies

The fathers

Playing cards

The parents

Thank you all for coming!!!  It was great to see you again!!!

Daddy's Birthday - July 6th, 2011

Here are some pictures from the day...

Seth helped with dinner

Stasia,

Sienna and...

Sabrina helped too!!!

Us kids and Daddy in front of the countdown sign we did for him :)

Daddy and Mommy

Daddy and Shenandoah

Daddy and Sayer

Reading cards

Daddy and Seth

Daddy and Stasia

Daddy and Sienna

Daddy and Sabrina

Daddy and I

Daddy's favorite - Strawberry Shortcake!!!

A birthday Prayer

Getting ready...

He blew them all out!!!

We love you bunches daddy!!!  Happy Birthday!!!

Hello There!!

We had some issues with full hard drives - hence the lack of posts because I was waiting on pictures. :)

Thankfully though, that is all resolved now and Lord- willing I will have quite a few new posts up soon!!!

I hope everyone is enduring the heat!  It's hard to believe that fall is coming just around the corner.  I'm looking forward to cooler weather!!

Blessings to all!

~ Savannah (for all!)