Verb Living

Hey check out my sis in Law Jenny's blog on verb living. A good reminder to LIVE life.

Take her up on her challenges. You rock Jenn! www.verbliving.blogspot.com

You will love it :)

Life at the Cothran's

So here is a picture-filled rundown on the Cothran's:

Yes, we had to dig up our front lawn and put in a new water main. We have done a Lot of yard work lately! We saved money by doing a lot of it ourselves. Whew!After the guy we hired HAND dug this trench, our neighbor showed up with this back hoe. Our guy we hired dug it in 3 hours and he said machines rip up everything (sprinkler lines, sidewalk, etc..). Well, at least the neighborhood had fun on the backhoe!Marrick was especially ecstatic:)This was so funny! I was wondering why Ammon was wearing overalls! He hates them! Grandma Annie and Pagah fixed our ride-on horse Neigh-neigh and it is the new hit toy again! I LOVE it when Daddy reads stories.

Oh Marrick! What are we going to do with our sweet 2 year old boy!

He sure loves a good mess to play in.

I was looking at Alana on Sunday before church and I just had to snap a shot at how grown up she looks to me! She has gotten taller lately and with her hair all pulled up she just looked too old. Alana is such an amazing girl with a big heart. Love you Lani!~

Mow hawks after tubs.

Random post, I know. Just one of those weeks :)

Water, ahhh, Water....

Water is such a blessing.

Our main water line burst Saturday night. We are currently "borrowing" water from our neighbors through their hose (bet you didn't know you could do that, eh?!) until it gets fixed tomorrow. Have you ever showered in warm hose water? Weird. We have to dig up our front lawn, sidewalk and porch. I never thought I would appreciate water so much.

Are you prepared?

Happy Birthday Catherine!!!

I know it's a day late and not the best quality pict, but.... Happy Birthday dear Catherine, Happy Birthday to you!!! You are an example to all and an inspiration to me. Hope you had a good one. We Love you!!!

We love these guys!

Although I have a lot to blog with my recent trip to Texas, I had to put a post in about Amy and Jordan. We love these guys so much and miss not hanging out with them. We used to hang out almost every night. Summertime won't be the same!!!Jordan is the human jungle gym. Even though the kids haven't seen him for months, they remembered uncle Jordan!Nothing like watching the "animal alphabet" on Jordan's neck
Thanks for taking time out of your crazy lives to hang out with the Cothran's. We miss you guys! No, we seriously miss you.

I looked out the window and what did I see....

No more spring blossoms looking at me:(This was yesterday when I thought it was so sweet to see my tulips in the snow... This is from this morning after I unburied my tulips from even MORE snow!This is yesterday when it just started to snow. The kids are sure having a different "spring" break!
Just look at the wiresPlease... No more snow! It is the middle of APRIL!!!
By the way, we are expecting another storm this afternoon. :)

Happy Easter

Ahhhh, spring are you really here? I love Easter time! It's a time to celebrate the birth, life and resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! We began Easter by decorating eggs, having an egg hunt at the church, thanks to good, organized friends and a spring hunt at Grandma's house.

When I was a kid my mom always hid a "silver egg." It always had special candy, and money. One year I think it had 10 bucks! Some of the crazy places my mom hid it was in the compost pile, in a mole hole under a trap, in the garbage disposal in the sink, taped under a table and once she even sewed it into the curtains! We were a little more low key. The "golden egg"was hidden in the dryer vent outside. It took the kids about 10 minutes and lots of hints to find it. Our cousin Lexi finally found it. Alana and I figured out this year that you can paint on the dye from the eggs. We also glued on colored sand. We should have taken a final product picture~

Cool breastplate prizes!

The Cothran and the Gomez familiesOur family

Wonderful Marrick

(This is the best 2 year old picture you get!)

Sweet Alana

Handsome Ammon

Those are some cute kiddos, I must admit.
I should have taken the pictures AFTER church, maybe we wouldn't have been so rushed or so grumpy! Thanks Auntie Jenna for the hand me down matching vests. Perfect!

So I must admit, with 2 posts on the same day and all, that my computer freaked out for a few days and I have not felt like babying it back to health after it has recovered from it's many viruses. Poor computer (dang computer!) Right now we are just enjoying spring break, having our daddy home more often and no snow, no matter how rainy and cold it is. Life is good, how could it not be with so many blessings?!!!