Happy Halloween!

It’s that time again……. Happy Halloween everyone! We carved our pumpkins tonight and had a blast, well, the kids did. I had to make sure I didn’t cut the cats head or whiskers off! Then again, a headless cat would be pretty cool for Halloween. After all was said and done I think they turned out good. The kids were unsure about the guts inside the pumpkins but had no problem when the camera came out. And guess what MOM, no swearing was involved!! Shani did help carve the pumkins, however she did not make it into the pictures because she was taking the pictures.

Gold Canyon Candles For Sale

Our brother-in-laws brother is going through a really rough time with cancer right now. There is not much that we can do to help them, but my sister and her friend have started a gold canyon fundraiser for him and his family. All the information you may need is available if you go to www.lorinmerkley.blogspot.com. I know that it is a tough time for everyone economically right now, but this would really help a family that should not have to worry about medical bills etc. right now.

I LOVE U GRANDMA!

I’ve wanted to take the kids to see their great grandma for a while so Wednesday after McKinna got out of school we drove to the other side of Phoenix. It was a really fun trip talking with Grandma, Aunt Michelle, and Scott. I learned more about my mom’s side of the family that day than my mom has ever told me. We are very interesting!! My Grandma has these old slide show pictures that you load into a binocular looking thing which lights up the slide. The cool thing is the slide has two of the exact same pictures in it, one for each eye, so when you look through it the picture takes on this 3D image, it is really awesome.

I was fixing a plastic sand box for my Grandma and Bodin looks at me and say’s “What is that big bug on you dad” pointing at my shirt. I look down just in time to see a scorpion (good size one) climbing from my left peck to the top of my shoulder. Scott was standing next to me and I don’t think I have seen anyone move so fast in my life. Why he moved so fast I don’t know, I was the one with a scorpion climbing up towards my neck thinking “Great, I am going to get hit in the jugular.” After contemplating whether or not to flick it off or shake it off I finally grabbed my shirt and gave it a quick tug and it fell off. The whole time I was contemplating, it seemed like the whole world went into slow mode (kind of like the first Spiderman movie when he gets his powers and the bully at the school tries to beat him up). After shaking the scorpion off my shoulder a white ninja appeared out of nowhere and took out the scorpion with one foul swoop, it was actually Scott with a shoe, then he disappeared into the house and did not come back out side!

Time with Grandma was fun but sad as she is getting really old and has a hard time getting around and trying to say what she wants to say. I could always tell when I talked to her on the phone but it really hit me when she answered the door with a walker. She is really important to me and I lover her a lot! I walked around the property with Bodin and could see me with my cousin Danny when we were really young playing, catching lizards, and exploring. I told Bodin some of my stories and how we use to crawl through the drain pipe at the front of the property. I showed Bodin the drain pipe and to my surprise he asked if he could crawl through it but after the scorpion incident I wasn’t sure it was a good idea. I miss the days where I had noting to worry about except how to get the snake or lizard out of the brush. I always loved going to grandma’s house! The kids loved her house and property as well and begged to come back again.

A few more pics of McKade

P90X update

OK.... It has been three weeks since I started P90X and I feel great. Awesome workouts that leave you wondering why in the heck you are doing them in the first place. I have stayed at the same weight but feel I am getting stronger and bigger. My biceps feel and look bigger to me, pull-ups are shooting through the roof but the pics don’t really look all that different. The ab-ripper-X is a killer and I do feel stronger and harder in the midsection. Let me know if you think I look better, worse, or the same! The one by the door is the new one.

OUT!!

Couldn't resist

McKade was in a deep sleep so I had to take the opportunity to take some pictures. They all turned out pretty good but we like this one the best!

Finally home!

We are finally home from the hospital. Baby and mom are doing great. McKinna and Bodin can’t get enough of McKade and want to and be around him every second. They are driving us nuts!!

McKade Benjamin Cobb

Shani had been having contractions since about 10pm last night but was kind enough to not wake me till 4:30 am this morning. Noticing she was in pain and being the smart guy I am, I figured she was having some serious contractions. If you know Shani, things aren’t serious till she is puking her guts out. After the first round of pukes she decided it was time to go. We go the kids ready and off we went. Dropped the kids off at Brie’s house (thanks Brie) and headed to the hospital but not before another puking rally by Shani along the way in a near by school parking lot. Then while driving she had another round, and when we arrived at the hospital she let it go one more time. I am going to get killed for this when she sees it.

We get into a room and she was already dilated to a 6 and at 80%.. For some reason we kept getting more and more nurses and doctors in the room. Come to find out the baby’s heart rate would drop really low every time she had a contraction. They kept checking her to see if she would dilate but only a little at a time. Finally the doctor said if the baby’s heart rate drops low again we are going to have to take it C-section and my heart dropped. Now, I might not be the brightest color in the crayon box but, approximately 8 - 10 docs and nurses in the room, all have game faces on, baby’s heart beat low, and the mentioning of c-section got me putting two and two together and I knew something was wrong so I started to freak out tearing up and getting very angry (you won’t like me when I’m angry). They kept talking their jargon, again me putting two and two together, I blurt our (not knowing if I yelled it or not) “Isn’t there something you can do”. Ya, I was really helpful!! The doc checked Shani again and she was at nine so she decided Shani could try and push. Baby’s head comes out and I hear doc say, “that’s what I thought was wrong”. I look down and the umbilical cord was wrapped around McKade’s neck which was giving us the problem, guess I shouldn’t have given him a middle name of Benjamin and things probably would not have been so complicated. Approximately 5 pushes and baby was out.

I am glad to say both mom and baby are doing great. Thanks to all who could make it out and see us.

Why in the heck have I been up since 4:30 am!!

Hmmm........

AWW HELL

Well, got up this morning in time to see Shani and the kids off since I don't have to work till 10 am. Shani was about to leave and I hear the phone ring. I look for the phone but couldn't find it right away so the answering machine pickup and it was my mom singing Happy Birthday to my wife. OHHHHHH SH(CRAP)! I find the phone, pick it up before my mom hangs up and run it to my wife who is just about to pull out of the drivway and I can already see the look of death on her face. Again OHHHHH SH(CRAP)! Shani gets off the phone and I try my hardest to tell her Happy Birthday and give her loves but it was too late, I was already in the dog house!!!

Just to clear things up, I did know it was her birthday and we celebrated it with her fam last night. I just forgot first thing in the morning and would have remembered a little later.

So I call my boss and inform him of this morning’s event and that I will be in a little late because when I come back from the gym this morning I noticed I had a flat tire!!! S. O. A. B. (I know it’s SOB but I had to put the A in there cuz I’m pissed!) My boss, thankfully very understanding, gives me to go ahead to get off early so I can take Shani out to dinner to try and make up. Oh ya, I am also having flowers sent to her work and they had better be damn expensive!!

P.S. If you leave a comment on this one, please be gentle!!!

Hardcore Ghetto Gangstas

Yo yo, this hardcore ghetto gangster image takes a lot of practice!! (Bloodhound gang).

Shani brought these light up glasses home from school a while ago. It was a cool night and the kids wanted to go out back to play but mom would not let them go out without a jacket on. She sends them to me looking like this and I had to laugh. Got the camera out and told them to get gangsta!!

Thanks for the help Brie!!

Sooooooo..... Shani and I were watching Handy Landy and Van the man so Brie could ace her test. She arrives to pick her kids up and tells me she agrees with Sonia (THANKS FOR HAVING MY BACK SONY) that my BLOG is messed up and hard to read. She also tells me I need to have a better background for my layout. SORRY MISTRESSES OF THE BLOG WORLD!! J/K. Just wanted to thank the both of them for pointing out one of my many flaws of not being able to run a proper blog sight. For real though, thanks for the help Brie, now hopefully I can fit in with the IN-CROWD.

Bodin...... Then and now

McKinna... Then and now

I MISS HAWAII!!

We spent four years here having to look at horrible views like this! Don't know why I would ever go back!

I like this pic

YOU'VE BEEN BOOED!!

We had Sutton over for the night so he tagged along as we BOOED his own house along with some other friends of ours (CHASE). The first time they knocked they ran back to the car with the bag of goodies still in their hands, too funny! We went to Sutton's house and they ran up to the door and Bodin fell on his butt and they rang the doorbell and left him there! Then they got into the car and Bodin could not close his door and we could see them looking through their front window, Shani and I were dying!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

The countdown to the Clone Wars!!

Bodin has been waiting for weeks for the Cartoon Network to air the Star Wars Clone Wars cartoon. We let him turn the TV on about 1 hour before it started and the dang channel had a countdown timer on it. You would have thought it was Christmas when it was time for the show to start. As soon as the Star Wars music started Bodin started doing this funky end zone dance that went on for about five minutes into the show!! What a knuckle head!

Had to take one of Grandpa Bill's tortoises!














We also went to Grandma’s house. McKinna and Bodin had to climb into the big tree in the front yard which made for a good picture place. I tried to get Shani and her big belly up there but she (threatened me) refused.

Went up “F” mountain today (get your mind out of the gutter… I couldn’t be that lucky!). The kids have been begging to go up their again for ever so I thought today would be a good day. We drove about half way up and Shani got scared and made me put the Tahoe in reverse and back down some of the mountain, what the he!!. So then we had a nice hot hike up the rest of the way! Good time though.