Just another Cochran Saturday

Quick blog- we're off to the pool.

The kids surprised me at the Auburn Fest by asking to jump on the high bounce. They NEVER want to do it all the mall. It was right next to Aunt Marsha's & Renee's hair bow booth. Even the Bug was loving it. Then Grammy, Grampa, Uncle Randy, Audrey & Kelsey joined us for Reed's soccer game at the YMCA. This is his first season playing soccer and he's really enjoying it.

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Lola's Birthday Party

We just LOVE our cousin Lola. She is 5 years old now! Her birthday party was at the Red Door Playhouse in downtown Roswell. The girls had a fabulous time dancing, singing, doing the limbo, cha cha slide, hoola-hoop relay and running around smacking each other on the head with balloons. Reed watched from the safety of the balcony:) Happy Birthday-Lola

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Mooney Fall Festival 2008

Well, we've been looking forward to this past weekend all year. It's time for the annual Mooney Fall Festival at Camp Mooney in the Boonies:) That would be Clint, Michele & Carson's house in Dawsonville, GA. There were six families who co-hosted the festival this year. We played games, bounced, had a bonfire, hayride, movie under the stars... you name it. Everyone brought side dishes and dessert and we enjoyed the BEAUTIFUL weather. The kids bounced in the bouncer until midnight- all we could see were their glow in the dark necklaces going up & down & up & down. Thank you to everyone who worked so hard to make this year's festival such an amazing day. Ya'll enjoy the pictures!

PS- If the pics seem small, just click the back arrow on the picture page and when you click back to the page they should have adjusted:)

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Life IS good

Do you know what I love about being a Mom? Aside from the obvious- raising intelligent, compassionate, loving children. I love riding home from the playground with all the windows down, the sunroof open, the radio blasting and listening to my daughters sing all the words to 'Hit Me With Your Best Shot' by Pat Benatar. That's Lara doing her air guitar & Jewel on the drums in the first pic. I LOVE MY LIFE!

Ain't no party like a Scranton party cause a Scranton party don't stop!

So- here it is! We've been waiting all summer for this night. My brother, Randy, and I had a Party Planning Committee meeting a couple weeks ago. The ideas started rolling out. We invited our "Office" fanatic friends and had a fabulous party. The guest list included: The Cochrans + Reed, Duggans, Giddens, Pettyjohns, Waxters & the Wileys. We are sooo blessed with such great friends.
Heath & LaFae Duggan were the trivia winners, Danny & Jaime Waxter were the door prize winners. I forgot to put the "c" in Schrute on the shirt and I freaked out when I realized the mistake. Sorry guys- I'm not worthy! The replacement shirt is on its way! Reed & I suspended a duplicate of Bryan's phone in jello (thanks Randy!) and then we taped his phone underneath the table where the jello was. We called his phone and the jello was ringing! Those are mini Dundie awards on the table. The season 5 premiere was AWESOME!
So- who's hosting the season finale?

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I'm gonna tell on you

Governor Sonny Perdue issued his antigouging order late Friday. Drivers who think they've been price gouged at the gas pump should save their receipt and contact the Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs:

In the Atlanta area: 404-651-8600

Outside Atlanta metro: 800- 869-1123

www.consumer.georgia.gov

Don't be a victim.

Hair we go

Just after we moved back to Georgia in the summer of 2006, my sweet daughters decided to play "beauty shop" in their room. After they chopped each others hair off at the root, cleaned up the shed locks by hiding them and I stopped screaming.....we had to get ready for a wedding reception in Charlotte, NC for my cousin, Robbie. (that's sister of the groom- Deborah in the pic with the girls) I did everything I could to disguise their new "hairdos" to no avail. Until I remembered something we used to do at Girls' Camp to keep us busy and our hair out of our faces. I searched all over and found elastics to match their dresses and voila! Now I'm checking out all the cute little girls around with "smocked" hair and I'm thinking, "Wow- we were in style and we didn't even know it!"