So the kids started school today.... I hope they have a blessed year. God bless all the kids and teachers out there. I pray God puts a hedge of protection around you and that God opens your mind to learning all that he has in store for you.

We had an incredible church service last night. We had service up at our new church property that is being built. We were all given a marker and a piece of paper that had the many names of God and their meanings. We wrote the names of God all over that building! It was awesome. Even little kids that could only write God (or Gob in one little girls case) were writing it on every steel beam. This will truly be a House of God!

So the staff from out church (which includes my mom) decided to rent a boat and do a group outing. So mom invited Chuck and I to meet them with our boat and hang out for awhile. So Chuck and I got up early and decided to do some fishing cuz we knew they wouldn't be out there till later. We fished for a couple of hours and Chuck caught only one little Perch. But gosh do I love fishing! Well we met up with the staff and found a great place to beach the boats so we could hang out and grill. Dad fell in the water and I think we all about peed our pants but thats a whole story in itself. Off to the left of the beach was some sandstone that was about an inch underwater so they were great to play on. On the edge of the sandstone was about a 15ft. drop off so the guys were diving into the water. Our youth pastor lost his wedding ring in the water...that was so not good! My dad grilled burgers and we had a great time. But.... men will be men and apparently men don't wear sunscreen! Chuck is sooooooo burnt. Had little blisters and he is peeling now. But he has been in pain since Saturday now! I've been there too so hopefully he's learned his lesson now.

In other news.... Tristan only had one cavity! woohoo and he is really trying to brush better now. School starts in just a couple of days. The kids are not ready to go but go they must. Alexander gets a laptop thru the school this year which should be interesting. I think it will be great for the students to have laptops to use but I just hope they take care of them as they are told.

Well thats all the Cook updates for now... Check back soon for more exciting information!

And I didn't post once! How rude of me!

July was busy but fun. Our oldest son Alexander turned 14! Its hard to believe I have a 14 yr old. He is a great son but growing up too fast. We took him bowling with my family and had a great time. Then left the next day for a quick trip to Albuquerque. The four of us had such a great time. We watched "Hancock" while we were there, went to Cliffs, swam at the hotel and then went to Hinkle family fun center. That place is such a blast! We played miniature golf, the boys rode bumper boats and go karts and we played in the arcade and then the four of us played laser tag! That was a blast! The next day we went to the zoo. I haven't been to the zoo in years and I love going! The monkeys were hilarious. We got some good videos of the boys having fun.

Let's see... a couple of weekends later we took the boys out on the boat for the first time. and now I did not fall off this time! They were so cute catching all the little fish. They really enjoyed the boat more than I thought they would I thought they would be scared, especially Tristan but they did so good. We've been to the rock wall climbing every week and I'm looking forward to getting to the pool one night this week hopefully before school starts.

So that was July.....whirl wind... but oh so fun with the family!