A little glance at life

Life has gotten so busy with the start of school. My days are so full with planning, teaching, taking to and from school and extra activities, cooking, cleaning, praying, teaching some more... I am so thankful for this life God has given me! But it is busy. So I have not had time to sit down and blog. I really haven't been taking photos or videos much. But for those of you who do want to see our children... Here are some pictures. Most of them are of the boys. The girls are usually reading or doing school work or riding their bikes. I just don't think to take pictures unless someone is doing something cute! Here you will see sidewalk art, a birthday cake for mama made in the Trimble boy bakery, morning cuddle time, and some wrestling. Silas wanted to get in on it, too!

Silent Movies

My dad is letting me use another of his cameras. So I am experimenting. Why are these electronic gadgets so difficult to work properly? First I have to learn how to use the camera to take a picture. Then, I have to learn how to make a video with the camera. Next, I have to download the pictures and videos onto my computer. Then I have figure out why my videos are not showing up on the computer when they are there on the playback of the camera. After some time, I determine that the formatting of the videos from the camera is not compatible with the programs already on my computer so then I have to download "Quicktime." And when I finally get the video to play on the computer, I learn that it has no sound! So now I guess I have to learn how to turn the sound on the camera, too! Oh well! Here is a video of Silas, without the clicking, but with no sound at all! It would be much better with sound, 'cause then you could hear all his babbling and laughing! I guess that's why they added sound to movies all those years ago.
On the brighter side... I figured out how to solve my problem all by myself! God has given me a good brain!

Hahahahaha! After all that, I guess there is still more I have to learn. After 3 tries and several hours, I could not get the video to upload. It is not the first time I have had this problem, but there seems to be others in the blogging community that have struggled with this too. Anyway, hope you enjoyed a laugh today. And I will try to get a video up soon! I will not let the electronic monsters win!

Kentucky State Fair

We have a tradition in our family. A state fair tradition. Almost every year since I was a small child, my parents have taken me to the state fair. When our children came along, they wanted to continue that tradition, even though at the time we were living in Kentucky and they were in SC. So they drove up to our house, we loaded our van and drove to Louisville for the annual state fair. We are now back in Kentucky, but that did not stop the tradition. Once again, they made the long trip from SC to Kentucky so that we could pile into two cars (our family has grown!) and make our way to the Grand Event. So what draws us back there year after year, spending loads of money and time in the car? David asks that question too! Maybe its the fun of watching the children laugh as they are are tossed around on the dragon mini-roller coaster or fly through the air on the swings. Maybe its riding the tilt-a-whirl (with my mom!) to see how fast we can get our car to spin! Maybe its the funnel cakes. Maybe its the excitement of my dad playing a game to win a prize for his girls. He almost always wins, too. Its probably a little bit of all of that plus the memories of all the previous years at the fair that draws us back each year. Fun, excitement, rides, and sweet treats + nostalgia = the state fair for the Cockrell family. Thanks mom and dad for a fun night!
Here are some pictures of our adventures. The boys had so much fun on the rides, squealing with delight. Their favorite was the swing ride. The girls are getting older and wanted to try out some of the bigger rides, which made their mother a little nervous :) Their favorite was the pirate ship that swings way up!