Cockrell

Tis the Season......for lots of parties!

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PDS Christmas party in Irvine, CA. Such a blast and great gettaway. The Ladies
Christmas Dinner Party with a bunch of Docs

More Catching Up

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Seriously is this not the cutest bathing beauty??

Hiking Thunderbird Hills with the kiddos

Todd's 31st Birthday Dinner with friends

SOO Behind.......Again

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Canyon and Kennedy
Me and hot momma to be Deb
The boys on the Bananna was quite a site to see
At the William Joseph Concert

Isn't blogging just one more thing to be behind in? Those who know me really well know that I do not love reading. I buy magazines for the pictures. So I blog the same. Come to see the pictures not the novel behind it.

Halloween Fun

2009-11-02T20:24:00.000-08:00

Lots of pictures from our fun and busy Halloween weekend. We had our church party Thursday and headed to a party for the city of Peoria on Saturday. Its amazing all the effort you put into the kids and their costumes and how all they want to do is just take them off. I am not sure why I have not figured this out yet. Regardless its still fun to see how excited to see how the kids get to stock up on treats and see what their friends dressed up as.

School Party

2009-11-02T20:03:00.000-08:00

So I got to be a real school mom this year and go to Canyon's party. It makes you realize how big they are when you see how comfortable they are in a different environment. When I got there she was crying and her teacher said that when the first mom showed up and I wasn't there she got so worried I was not coming. Glad to know my girl wants her mama.

Canyon and her kindergarten teacher Mrs. Western. She LOVES her teacher and that sure makes a mom happy!

Good times with Grandpa

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We got to spend last weekend down at my dad's house in Safford. It was a lot of fun to ride the rangers up the mountain. The kids absolutely love riding those things. We had fun just relaxing and hanging out with grandpa and aunt Brooke.

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Just another update

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Sick boy and sleep over...........Jagger was sick last weekend and this is pretty much how he looked the whole time. Is that sad that I actually kind of enjoyed him lying there letting us hold him and wanting to cuddle. He is NEVER calm enough otherwise.
Canyon's best friend Kennedy stayed over the other night. Just a cute shot of the girls out after watching a show.

Last Sunday we went to take the kids to feed the ducks and it was such a perfect idea and everything was going well till Canyon starting itching and had red welts all over and realized she was attacked by ants. Needless to say the afternoon went down hill quickly with everyone melting down. It was a good idea????

Getting ready for a Saturday morning family run. Canyon loves to jog with me wants to run a race next month. This is a dang fun age! Most of the time. Jag tries his best to keep up and Cardin is good just hanging out in the stroller.

Our friends Chad and Debbie were up a few weeks ago and we had such a great time with them and the Baughs. Me, Shan and Deb had a great time going out. I love you girls!!!

My kids obviously do not understand that you don't wear the same shirt every day. Trust me Canyon asks every morning while getting ready for school if she can wear her Halloween shirt. I show her how dirty it is and she says that "no one will ever no mom". And Jagger calls anything Halloween "the Scary" .

We were able to go to the lake a few weeks ago with our fabulous friends the Boden's. It was a BLAST! The kids loved being out and about on the water until I made Canyon get on the tube. She cried the whole time and then got off and said "that was fun mommy can I go again?" Weird how that works. I got to wakeboard and have not done that since college. We are talking 10 years folks. It was a so great! That is the most fun I have had in a long time. Poor Todd had the stomach bug so he was the cheerleader. We all jumped in a swam around for a bit and that was enough to get us hooked on the whole boating idea. Thanks again Boden's! We love you guys!

We are still alive!

2009-09-13T00:12:00.000-07:00

SO......I guess it has been a while since I have updated the blog so here it goes. Lets see this summer was busy and hot and fun and more busy and fun and I guess still hot. We did what most of you did....swim, vacation, turn 30, well not all of us turned 30, sorry to my older gals swimming lessons(all three outside in 110 degrees I don't recommend). We had lots of company and and Todd and I were able to take lots of little trips thanks to our sweet and most favorite babysitter Chynna. The kids just keep growing up way to fast.

Jagger still thinks he is Hulk. Thanks Todd. He has plenty of testosterone for at least five boys. He is a lover and a fighter and just keeps getting cutter every day. He is talking pretty well, I had to stop comparing him to our first born. He really is such a fun kid but he has no problem tackling who ever gets in his way. We love our sweet boy.

Cardin turned one and is sure making her self known. She has said what we think are her first words. STOP! While pointing her finger at you...sounds a lot like some one else in the house(me) and COOL. She is still our little angel. She is the happiest dang kid I have ever met. She gets that from Todd. Let's be honest. She walks everywhere and is not afraid of anything.

And Canyon is such a big girl. She helps me so much and is just fun to do things with. I feel that this is such a fun age where they are independent but yet they just want to hold hands and be together. She is my big baby. She loves playing with Cardin and always calls her "my little sweetie". She and Jagger are hot and cold but seem to be getting a little better every day.

I sure do love my family.

She loves gymnastics

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Canyon has been in gymnastics for a little over a year and she loves it. She was moved into an invitation only class this summer and is getting better every week. I was getting a little jealous of all the cool tricks she was learning so I seriously asked the owner if they had any adult classes....I was denied. So I guess I will just enjoy on the from the sidelines.

Canyon turns 5

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So this year for the big 5 we had Canyon's birthday party at pump it up. It was a lot fun and the best part was all we had to do was pay and the rest was taken care of. She is such a fun girl and always up for any thing. I can not believe how fast time flies by especially with the kids. She is my little pal and I love doing anything and everything with her.

Canyon starts Kindergarten!

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So my big girl finally started school! It was bittersweet. Sunday night I cried my eyes out but when Monday morning came around and she and Jagger started their daily fighting I was running out the door. She is gone from 7:40 till 3:40. It has been so fun to see how excited she is about going. And not to mention it is way easier with 2 at home! I am really enjoying having a little extra time alone with Jagger and Cardin. We sure are proud of our big girl.

Swim Days Are Here and Cardin is on the move

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We have been swimming the last couple of weeks(mostly the kids). The water is not quite adult temp yet, but the kids don't seem to mind??? The kids love being in the pool and it is sooooooo nice to not have to load up all the little ones. We put the pool in last summer right before Cardin was born so we really didn't have a lot of time to enjoy it last year so I am sure we will get our fill this year.

Cardin started crawling about two days ago and is now making up for any missed time sitting in one spot. Time to bring out the gates. She just cut her 6th tooth and loves to gnaw on everything. She is still a dream baby and we call her the "quiet observer".

Happy Birthday Jagger! Our Big Boy turns 2! Oh and Happy Easter too!

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Behind again! Jagger turned 2 on March 30th but we celebrated a little late. We were all sick for a while so we thought we would kill two birds with one stone and celebrate on Easter. We had Todd's mom and grandparents over as well as Kim and the boys. Can't believe our busy boy is two!

Seriously? Sick Again!

2009-04-01T20:18:00.000-07:00

No pictures needed for this unless you want to see green runny noses and red, raw cheeks. What is the deal already? Anyone, I mean anyone with some advice? If I turn into the crazy recluse lady you hear about with all the cats just blame it on my sick kids. You know it's a bad sign when you walk outside for the first time around noon and the sun burns your eyes. Being outside is so overrated right? Anyway I will press on.

Good luck to us all this flu season............

Grams and Popo come to Visit

2009-03-29T20:10:00.000-07:00

Todd's parents were able to come out and visit for a week and we had such a fun time with them. It is such a joy to see our kids get to interact with their grandparents. They are so thrilled when they come to visit it's almost at the level of Santa, well maybe Easter Bunny. They are great. Thanks Ron and Cindy for coming down and for being amazing grandparents! We love and miss you!

Playing by the pool, it is pretty cool to see 3 generations of Cockrell boys.

Good times at the Zoo

Just a cute picture of our sweet girl

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The Quarantine is over!

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Well after several weeks of sick kids (Canyon: stomach bug, Jagger: respiratory infection and Cardin: RSV) it felt like it had been forever that we had been stuck in the house. We took advantage of the beautiful weather and went for a family hike up near Lake Pleasant. Canyon was quite the trooper walking the entire 2 mile hike and just chatting away. It was a little bumpy for Jagger and Cardin but overall it was a lot of fun. I must say that we love living in Arizona. There always something to do outside and the weather (I know most of you think it's always 150 degrees) really is awesome. Anyway, just my little plug for our sunny state.

Karate-Kung Fu Cutie

2009-01-27T09:24:00.000-08:00

So Canyon just started Karate-Kung Fu last night and it was so fun to watch. Jagger followed along doing the moves while Todd was holding him. She was a little timid at first but warmed up by the end. I have to admit she looked pretty dang cute in that uniform. She did get a little scared a few times when her instructor was yelling out the moves. She told us "I think I like girl teachers better". She just finished gymnastics a few weeks ago and misses that a lot so we will probably put her back in that soon. Let the over-scheduling begin!

So Canyon just started Karate-Kung Fu last night and it was so fun to watch. Jagger followed along doing the moves while Todd was holding him. She was a little timid at first but warmed up by the end. I have to admit she looked pretty dang cute in that uniform. She did get a little scared a few times when her instructor was yelling out the moves. She told us "I think I like girl teachers better". She just finished gymnastics a few weeks ago and misses that a lot so we will probably put her back in that soon. Let the over-scheduling begin!

Trying to catch up!

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A few milestones for Cardin: She got her ears pierced a few weeks ago, she rolls over, cooing and laughing lots, and her first two teeth. She is such a delightful baby, but growing up way to fast.

So here is my pathetic story on why we don't have any cute Christmas morning pictures. Every year sweet Todd works so hard to have everything set up just perfect for the kids to come down and be surprised. And he is very eager to document it all. I however want to just soak up the moment and not worry about the perfect picture or getting the right angle.
I am admitting that Todd does know best. Because year after year I tell him to not worry about the pictures we will get them later, and we don't. So better to not soak up the moment and have beautiful memories to look at later rather then a few random shots of destroyed wrapping paper.

My big brother Brandon(far right), just enlisted in the army and took off to boot camp on Dec 28. We are so proud of his choice to serve but he will be missed by all of us, especially his wife Tammy and their 3 boys.

Cardin exhausted from all the holiday activities

This was our weekend getaway to Huntington Beach CA over the weekend of Dec 13. We went for Todd's work Christmas party. My sweet friend Larissa watched all of our kids for the night. It was such a nice, relaxing weekend. We hung out with friends the Mallory's and the Ashton's.

Yeah!!

2008-12-11T20:26:00.000-08:00

So you can see we got our new pictures and we were really happy with how they turned out. Sorry to ruin the surprise but our Christmas card will be sporting one of these pics. One can never get enough of the Cockrell's right? If anyone is interested, our photographer comes to AZ, UT and ID once a year and has great rates. Her website is jamiehammondphotography.com. Thanks to all you so far who have sent your beautiful Christmas cards out all ready. Ours will probably get there just in time to be thrown away:)

So I have to brag......

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Real quick I just want to say what a great guy I have. On Saturday afternoon Todd came home from taking Canyon to a movie and was very encouraging for me to leave the house for a while, so I went for a quick jog and came home to these amazing flowers. I was not sure what the occasion was but he told me I only had an hour to get ready. He had his sister Kim all lined up to watch the kids but my brother Brady was in town so he took the two older ones and Kim watched Cardin and we were off. I could not guess for the life of me where we were going and he was throwing me some pretty good false ideas. Anyway he ended up surprising me by getting us tickets to Celine Dion. I was so excited! She is classic. It was awesome!! Maybe I was even a little star struck. He had a girl at his office get the tickets and everything cause he knows I know too much. I am really proud of him getting away with such big secret. It was the best date we have had in a long time. Thanks Babe! Your the best! Love you!!!

Thanksgiving Day Run.....

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ALL DONE

Come on who really looks cute when they run? At least I am trying to smile.

Me and my fan club

Well its a start! So I have been running with the kids and felt it was time to set a small goal so I picked a 5k on Thanksgiving morning. It's funny how fast you feel when you always train with the kids in a double running stroller then you go with out it kind of makes you think you are ready for the Olympic try-outs. Last Monday I went running with out the kids and thought hum... I'm not running the 5k I'm going for the 10 mile run, yeah I am ready. But, by the end of that run I was pretty sure the 5k would be sufficient. I was a lot of fun to have Todd and the kids cheer me on and see how excited they were for me to wave at them.

Our Little Busy Bodies

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New Family Pics coming soon! We just took pictures on Saturday, and it was CRAZY!!!! I thought I could not get more stressed out but let me tell you, I did. I am for sure TYPE A when it comes to those kind of functions. We did have a beautiful shoot in downtown Scottsdale and we are so excited to see them, so hopefully in 2 weeks we will have them posted. Just a little advice to all you with little ones. Take your pics in a confined environment. Out in the open with a million things to see and hear does not work so well with a 20 month old. No really the location was awesome and we are so anxious to get them back. Our photographer was Jaime Hammond and she take beautiful pics. and travels to all AZ, ID, and UT.

What's the Verdict?

2008-11-23T20:16:00.000-08:00

Well everyone who has a couple of kids knows that people are always saying who your kids look like. So with Cardin I have heard a lot of everything. For those of you who didn't know Canyon when she was a baby here she is at 5 months. What do you think? Or maybe she looks like her real Cuban father with all that hair!

CANYON 5 months
Look at that hair! She had so much bows were out of the question.
Canyon 3 months

Better Late Then Never!

2008-11-20T19:50:00.000-08:00

Wow almost 3 months after Cardin's Blessing and I still have not taken any pics of her in her dress. So here is my beautiful little girl a little fuller than when she was actually blessed but such a sweet baby. We are so so so happy that we were blessed with such a precious surprise baby. Sometimes life throws curves at you and you are not sure how you are going to handle what is ahead. Three at home has been a whirlwind and overwhelming at times but I can not even imagine our life without Cardin. We are so in love with you sweet baby girl!

2008-11-12T17:00:00.000-08:00

Free Haircuts!

SO... Last week I was out in the backyard when I saw a chunk of hair about one inch thick and 5 inches long and realized I had a beautician in my house. Sweet Canyon thought she needed a haircut and decided she could do it all by herself. So the result was chopping it all off to try to even it out. I actually think she looks really cute with short hair but she also looks so grown up. And yes, she has lost scissor privileges.

2008-11-05T20:16:00.000-08:00

HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY TODD!!!! (Actually Nov 4th, but waaaaaay too much going on with the election)Yes my sweet husband has joined many of you out there in the 30 and above club. I am still enjoying being super youthful and full of a ridiculous amount of energy because I am 29. Really if you know me lately that last sentence is so far from true. But I will however relish in my last year of twenties. I finally kept my mouth shut this year and surprised him with having our favorite masseuse from the chiropractor's office come to our house after dinner for a 2 hour massage. He had no idea, and it was so fun to see the reaction on his face. I guess that's whats happens when you don't spoil your own surprises!

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Happy Halloween!
So this year I wanted Canyon and Jagger to match and we found some cute pirate costumes but Jagger would have nothing to do with it. He would try to rip it off every time I put it on so I gave up and returned it to the store. The day of Halloween my friend Larissa loaned me her sons old costume and we ended up with my perfect little duo. However, by the time it came to Cardin a pumpkin onesie was all I had energy for. Our ward has a huge trunk or treat on some members property with lots of games and decked out cars. In case you were wondering Todd and I went as parents.

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I love this picture of Cardin. She is such sweet spirtited baby. She is starting to really respond to us and smile. She is the perfect addition to our family.

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Our little Diva

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FUN WEEKEND AT GRANDPA'S

So this weekend we got to go down to my dad's house in Safford and spend the time riding 4-wheelers and horses. The kids had a blast. You could tell that we are city folk by how many pics I was taking of the kids and farm animals! We had a great time and can't wait to go down and ride some more. Thanks Dad, we love you!

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Our new Pet

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I love my Boys!

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Jagger's turn. However he was never too interested in the horses just the dogs. Cause you don't see dogs that often do you?

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Notice how close my feet are too the ground-that is why you will not find any pics of Todd on this little guy. I'm pretty sure he could hurdle this horse.

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Don't we look like real cowgirls?

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Some instructions from Grandpa

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So exicited!

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So if any one has any suggestions on how to get ALL the kids to look happy at the same time please let me know because clearly we have not mastered this situation!

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Me & my little sis Brooke.
Working it in the woods.

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Ready to ride

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riding the 4-wheelers and rangers

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Yes that is real!

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In case any one was wondering, this is my life. These two sure have it out for each other. The weigh the same amount so that makes for some pretty fair throw downs. Jagger usually has the edge with his perfected bite technique and pulling large amounts of hair out of Canyon's head, but don't be fooled. Canyon takes one look around to make sure no parental influence is around and wow can she smack him. It is so loud that I often hear it upstairs! I bet little Cardin can't wait to join in the fun. Oh the joys!

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Todd and his biggest fans

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This was at the official
"grand opening" of
Todd's office.

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These are for you Kennedy! So again these pics are not in chronological order but I have been meaning to post them forever. This is Canyon's best friend Kennedy from Florida. She and her mom Shannon were so kind to come out and see us in August. We love you guys!!

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Daddy's little ladies

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WINTER?

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So it's kind of winter here in AZ or at least when it gets to 70 we like to bring out the winter gear. We went for a family walk the other night and here are a few pics of the kiddos.

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Busy bodies

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So these pics are not in chronolgical order but I am still trying to figure this dang blog thing out. But better late than never! These are from Canyon's preschool graduation back in May. I was still preggo with Cardin if you are wondering where she is.

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momma's boy

Baby Cardin

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Jagger is at that fun stage, you know, where he loves to "try" to feed him self. Clearly not a good idea but I guess he's got to learn some how. He is 100% all boy and loves to roughhouse and tear things apart. But get him alone and he just wants to cuddle and is my little angel. Again, thats only when he is alone. That is'nt very often these days!

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Cardin is getting so big so fast! Here she is at 8 weeks and she looks so similar to Canyon at this same age. Looks like we will have a blonde replica.

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Baby Cardin is here!

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Supermodels posing for my new camera Todd got me for Mother's Day. She is much more natural at this then I am!

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So no one told me that the bickering would start so soon! I thought for sure I had a few years before these two would start to fight over toys and attention. Jagger has learned to fend for himself and no longer is ok with Canyon taking toys from him. She will try to console him by saying things like "Jagger, buddy, it's ok. Sissy got you another toy, see look. You want this don't you?" She is not shy about her strong personality, which I refer to as bossy and Todd is there to sweetly remind me that she has a very similar personality to another female in the house. GREAT!?

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Easter 2008

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Just in case there are some of you that may not know we are almost 7 months pregnant and will have another little girl in August. We are so excited and a little nervous about having the two so close. Canyon is delighted that she will finally have a sister, although it is pretty obvious that she sure loves her little brother.

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Mommy and her big boy at the park.

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Riding the train at the park

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Here is our big girl in her first season of t-ball. I thought for sure she would be knocking the ball out of the park but she seemed to be a little more interested in chatting with her teammates and picking grass then the game. It seems so crazy that our little Canyon is big enough to be wearing a uniform. We love it!

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Canyon taking a ride in the back of the Ranger.

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Our happy boy at Thanksgiving at the Ranch.