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| This is a collage of March, April and May. It is amazing how crazy life can get if you don't stop to enjoy it. I was looking at all of these pictures realizing that I have amazing, adorable, fun, sweet, intelligent kids. They are each so unique and perfect in their own ways. I love these sweet 4 babies more than I ever thought was possible. They have become my life (other than the hunk I call baby and this time consuming business we have ventured on :) I am grateful for their sweet testimonies and spark for life! I am also glad to be back into the blogging world because I printed off a blog book on Blurb for Christmas and now I don't have to scrapbook ever again! It is my picture journal and so if you are so willing to read and endure it, you must love us :) and we love you too! |
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| Piggy tails! Her curly hair is so stinking cute! and so is she! |
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| Take a picture of me Mom! How could I resist Marrick? |
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| OK, I'm done with pictures! |
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| This was SO cute! After church one Sunday, Marrick kept saying, | "I'm just like you Dad! Just like you! Look, We match!" I just love that little Marrick Aaron! He is definitely his daddy's boy! |
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| ONE LITTLE, |
This baby girl turned 16 months on May 3rd! Halle is so sweet and such a fire ball! She flies jets around making sound effects and then says, "pretty" when she puts on a necklace. She loves baby dollies and lets the kids dress her up. She likes to wear pretty things and looks for something on her shirt when I put it on her. She tries to put hair pretties in her hair and puts on everyone's shoes. She knows what she wants to eat and how she wants to eat it. One morning she will let me feed her oatmeal, the next she has to eat it herself or she wont touch it! She can say so many words! She says, "more, pretty, baby, mom, dad, ammon, lana, no, cheese, gogurt, dink (drink), please, thank you(which she says a lot!), show, up, down, see, Hi (she will say this to people when the walk by. It is really funny the way she says it), bum, tubby, puppy, kitty, binker, nigh-night, blanky, shoes, NEVER (I say this when she is doing something wrong so she will growl it back to me), side (meaning outside), birdy, bye, me, and probably more. She is so smart and adorable!~
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| TWO LITTLE |
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| THREE LITTLE COTHRANS, |
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| FOUR FUNNY COTHRAN KIDS! |
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| And funnier.... |
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| And stronger... |
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| And seriously-er... |
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| NOTHING can surprise us! |
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| Beautiful Alana! She started her new school 2 weeks ago and really loves it! There are a lot of kids in the neighborhood and ward so she has 2 kids in her primary class in her school class. She misses her old school, friends and especially Zorro. She has been wearing her hair Hermine style (we braid it while wet and let it go rock star in the morning). It is so pretty on her! She amazes me at how confident she is! She knows who she is and never backs down. She has read HOLES, part of LORD OF THE RINGS, THE SECRET GARDEN, WITCHES and a couple other shorter books since we moved. She loves to read and write stories. She will tell you about them for hours if you let her. She got a certificate stating she was passing the 3rd grade on her 2nd day at her new school! She thought that was pretty cool :) She is my rock and I love her so much. She helps me so much with the boys and Halle all of the time! Love you Lana! |
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| Does it get any cuter!?!!! 2 Handsome boys! Marrick is finally smiling for pictures! Time for a family pic! |
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| Ammon is so amazing. The Sunday before we moved he got up by himself and bore his testimony. He has such a strong spirit about him and loves Heavenly Father so much. He knows what is right and tries to make the right choice. Ammon does has some teasing issues right now. He will run by Marrick and steal his toy or pull on Halle's shirt. He was pulling his chair really close to Alana's at dinner tonight just to bug her. He also looses his temper so fast! I'm afraid I helped him with that trait! He is doing well in reading and does very well at math. He is a great artist and loves to color. He loves playing catch with dad, shooting baskets and jumping on the trampoline. His laugh is still contagious. He loves nice clothes and likes to look really COOL. Love you Ammon! |
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| We are smiling! Hooray! It only took 4 years!!!! My mom always told me that when I turned 4 I stopped bawling and became a sweet girl. I think for Marrick 4 and a half is his magic age. He is almost there! There is one word that describes this kiddo really well... PERSISTENT. Grama Annie mentioned it to me the other day and I thought, yes, that's what it is! Like tonight for instance. I made cookies and everyone had to say 5 things they were thankful for before they could have one. Marrick ran behind me (through me) and took a bite of one. He wanted that cookie now. He sneaked past me 2 more times and had almost a whole cookie gone before he told us his 5 things. He was thankful for his Dad, mom, new beautiful house, Jesus and cookies. Very sweet, but... really! When he wants something, watch out! It is even hard to reason with him when he is focused on what he wants. I thought he might be obsessive for awhile because he focuses so much on what he wants. I try so hard to read to him, tell him happy things and give him loves. I have always known that Marrick is going to be an incredible man someday. You can see it in his eyes. His spirit is so strong. Tonight I laid down next to him on his bed and he hugged me around the neck and said, "sleep here with me mommy." And he eats more than I do! I love this little man! |
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| Oh pretty Halle, Oh so pretty! |
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| Happy and adorable... |
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| Not so happy! |
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| I wish this was in focus! |
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| Halle cheers all the time. I always ask questions like, "who wants milk, raise your hand" or "who loves daddy, raise your hand." Halle raises both her hands and says, "yea!" |
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| Maybe I shouldn't blog this. But, where do they come up with these things? |
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| Halle skinned her lip when falling over a skateboard. She got a bloody nose tonight trying to climb out of the tub herself! She has bloodied her face so much as a baby. I guess she is just trying to keep up with the boys. And yes, she is playing with an immodest barbie! |
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| Our good friends Amy and Jordan live in the town we do. I am just glad to know someone here! Amy brought her cute little puppy over to play with. It is so tiny! Alana was in heaven and Halle drug it around on a blanket. So cute! |
I'm so glad to be documenting our life again. Next time I won't do 3 posts at once!!!
Because of the nature of our new business, we had 1/3 of this large truck stuffed full of items for it. Which left us not as much room as we needed for us. We ended up renting a trailer and filling our van and the Gomez's to the brim!
One very sad bummer was that we had to say goodbye to our sweet Zorro. It was way more expensive to have pets at our new house and so we gave him to a sweet family with a rottweiler and a 2 year old. We think he has become a pro wrestler. Oh, so sad. We sat at the street and cried. Alana is still crying. We love you Zorro puppy! Live long!
We arrived at the new house on the Saturday before Easter at about 11:15 pm. We unloaded until about 12:30am and were exhausted! The water and gas weren't turned on yet (I know, brilliant!) So we spent the first few nights in our coats, bundled and FREEZING! Sunday we unloaded the truck until about 5 pm off and on. Aaron and I were so tired we could barely lift a finger. Our bodies were sore, tired and stinky! We needed a hot shower badly. (too much info, I know) We fell into bed each night. 