the cowan family

Corbin's Birthday

This year Corbin turned 33 y/0. Every year we have a big birthday party for him and this year was no exception. We got his favorite Baskin Robbin ice scream cake, mint chocolate chip ice scream with chocolate cake. Corbin is the best cook so he made homemade salsa and grilled burgers and hot dogs.

Corbin and Cullen

Hansen crew with Corbin

Tori, Joe, Corbin, myself, Becky and Pat

Grandma Carol, Corbin and Grandpa JR

Zak and Grandma Carol

JR, Carol, Carson, and Zak

My mom and dad

Carson and Corbin

Corbin got a coat caddy from his good friend, Pat Coons, who thinks Corbin already has everything. Corbin was so excited about this coat caddy.

The girls and I took a gamble and got Corbin and badminton/volleyball set and surprisingly he was very excited to get them.

Mary Frances & Ellen

Mary France, Gary and Carson

The famous birthday cake!!!

Cowan Family Visit

This June at the Cowan house has definately been eventful. Corbin invited his dad to play in a golf tournament at Gallardia with him so Gary and Mary Frances decided they would come spend a week here in OK. The next thing we know Cullen is flying in and Carson decided to make the long trek with her 3 boys from Colorado. Everyone was here for about a week and we had events everyday. All the cousins got to play and have a ball with each other.

The girls decided to make their own water slide!!!

I think one of the best days was taking all the kids to the pool and watching Cullen, Carson and Corbin compete on the diving board. They were practically daring each other to do front and back flips, 1 1/2, and as you can see Cullen below, cannonballs!!!

Cullen was trying to splash the lifeguard.

Corbin doing one of his flips.

Carson and her beautiful dive.

Mary France, Robyn and all the grandkids.

Cullen catching Sydney, our little daredevil, off the diving board.

Me trying to stay afloat while catching Mary Frances.

Cullen and Mary Frances

Cullen and Jake

Derek, Zak, Mary Frances and Jake watching the adults show off.

Sydney trying to catch a kiss from Derek.

Derek and his goggles

LaVerda wanted all the cousins and family to be able to spend time together so she had a party out at her house and all the kids got to take pics and ride on Motocycles all day.

Cade, Cullen, Carson, Corbin, & Carter

Ross and LaVerda

All the grandkids-Brooklyn, Nicole, Zak, Gwynie, Christiana, Maddie, Jake, Grant, Sydney, Mary Frances, Elliott, and Derek

Carter, Robyn, Gwynie, Maddie, and Elliott

Carson and her boys

Grandma Carol and Grandpa JR

Me, Corbin, Sydney and Mary Frances

We took all the kids to the omniplex one day and no one wanted to leave. They all had a wonderful time watching the stars, painting there faces, talking on telephones, and playing with science stuff.

Father's Day 2008

This year Fathers Day was kind of low key. We had conference at church and then had dinner at our house with my parents and Corbin's mom, LaVerda, my grandpa, and Aunt Sandy.

Corbin and our beautiful girls

Yeah, we got a family pic that is actually pretty cute!

Corbin has gotten back into golfing so he got golf balls and several nice golf shirts.

My dad and I

Great Wolf Lodge May 2008

This year for Memorial Day we made the drive up to Kansas City to meet Corbin's brother Carter and his family at the Great Wolf Lodge. The girls had a blast swimming, going to water slides, eating at T-Rex restaurant, jumping on the bunk beds in the hotel room, and playing with their cousins; Elliott, Gwynie, and Maddie.