Halloween

It's Halloween night and the children are running from house to house frightening all in sight.
They remember trick or treat and their moms hope thank you also. As they come home she checks the candy and reminds them before bed "brush your teeth please" as the dentist bill dances in her head. Here are the ghouls and goblins that left our house tonight and all came back with the treats of the night.

Steve's treat was not so sweet a friend took pity on him and gave him a beer.

Fall festivities

Halloween is one of the favorite times of year at the Cochran household. Steve decorates the yard and house and we love all the fun activities during this time of year. This weekend we went to a corn maze about an hour away in Gainesville. We did fairly well and only had to backtrack a few times.



Later that day it was time to attend an adults only costume party. Steve and I were pretty basic a pirate and a vampiress. My sister Donna and her husband Jason were also pirates along with my sister Dorothy. The must see of the night though was my brother in law Johnny or as the kids now call him Aunt Jenny, he was a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader. He went all out even shaving legs, stomach and chest. We now have images in our head that we may never get rid of.

Ally's Halloween jokes : )

What's a vampires favorite holiday?

Fangs-giving

Where do baby ghosts go during the day?

dayscare centers

Grandparents

Recently Grandma and Grandpa Robinson came for a visit. Grandpa has many, many relatives in Texas and we always get to meet someone new. This time it was his cousin Roberta and her family. They have a little place ( a few hundred acres) about an hour from us. It was a beautiful place to visit and everyone was so nice. One of the kids favorite things to do with Grandpa is fish and since Roberta's had a pond they gave it a try. Ally is usually the champion fishergirl but this time her brother came out on top. None of the fish went home with us they all went back in the pond but the kids had a great time. The count was Matthew 3, Ally 1, and Stephany a lot of lake weed.


Grandpa and Matthew, the champion

You can't win with these genes

Last week it became time for the annual eye checkups for a few members of our family, the ones out of disposable contacts. Ally had said she was having trouble seeing at school so we decided she needed an exam. The doctor made it official everybody in the house now needs glasses or contacts. We told the kids when both sets of parents can't see more than 10 feet in front of them it is in your genes you are destined for glasses.

Ally does say her glasses are the coolest pink color and it is amazing to see everything so much better. We think she looks adorable.

How this blog thing started.

Lots of my friends have blogs and while I thought it was a great idea I just didn't think I had the time. Recently my daughter Ally has been making a daily family newspaper but she really wanted to be able to share our family news with all of our various scattered friends and family. So attempting to be the good mom I have started this blog for Ally and I to share our family news.


my fellow blogger Ally