Fun day with Abby :)

My little sister Abigail and I played outside today and I took pictures! :)

She's so cute!! :) I love her. She's going to be 6 in January...that's crazy!! haha :)

"Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth..." Ecclesiastes 12:1

so the painting...

I don't know when it will be now when I paint it, but it will be soon! It won't be for her birthday, but hopefully it will still be a blessing even though it's later. I don't have a picture yet either.

Keep praying for Cheri and kids, they are such a blessing!

so yeah

:)

July 4th....

is Cheri Arthur's birthday. I'm going to try to paint a picture of her and Ralph together with Ralph's favorite verse on it. She told me she wanted a painting of her and Ralph on the way to church today,but she doesn't know that I'm going to give it to her on her birthday. Her daughter Andrea's going to find a picture for me to paint. So... I need you guys to pray that the Lord blesses this one...I want it to turn out great for her. Her and Ralph are very important to me and I want this to be something she cherishes for a long time as a nice memory of Ralph...

So pray that the picture she picks is a great one that's not too hard for me to draw on canvas. :)

Pray that the Lord paints through me :) because I can't do anything without him...

so PLEASE remember me in prayer because I want her to be really blessed by this

thanks guys :)

South Dakota!

was amazing!

God is good. God is so good!!

48 people gave their lives to Christ and thousands of other at the crusade...

Praise Him!

My Saturdays

So my saturdays are going to consist of me watching Abby and making her mickey and minnie pancakes haha (that's not a third ear, that's minnie's bow ;D ) because my dad got a job at Harvest on Fridays and Saturdays!!!!!


Praise God!! I'm so thankful for my church, my family and I have been so blessed by it in so many ways!! God is so faithful!






This is my Daddy! He's what one might call "the man". hahahaha

He's very thankful too :)


Praise Him!

Sibling Bands?!!

hmmmm......the Jonas brothers?..........



BarlowGirl?..........................



The Cobb Sisters!?......or CobbGirl...........:D

So I've decided April, Abby,and I need to
start a band, because that sibling band thing obviously works well. lol

Think about it! we're musical siblings with a vow to purity....just like the Jonas Brothers and BarlowGirl hahahaha. April can play the guitar and sing, I can play the drums and do bgv's, and Abby can play the triangle or something......ha!

yeah that's my idea...... :)

He is Risen!

Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door and sat on it. His countenance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow. And the guards shook for fear of him, and became like dead men. But the angel answered and said to the women,"Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. "He is not here; for He is risen, as he said. Come see the place where the Lord lay. "And go quickly and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead, and indeed He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him. Behold, I have told you." So they went out quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to bring His disciples word. And as they went to tell His disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, "Rejoice!" So they came and held Him by the feet and worshiped Him.

Matthew 28:1-9

Good Friday

And when they had come to the place called Calvary, there they crucified Him, and the criminals, one on the right hand and the other on the left. Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do."... Luke 23:33-34

So when Jesus had recieved the sour wine, He said,"It is finished!" And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit. John 19:30

But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed. Isaiah 53:5

Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief. When You make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand. He shall see the labor of His soul and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, For He shall bear their iniquitites. Isaiah 53:10

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8

but the story doesn't end there....... :)

From now until the 12th....

Spring Break!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Ahhhhhhhhyaeayayyay :D a whole week

finally, Praise God 

I'm excited simply with the fact I have no school haha but I'm not really doing anything....except regular church stuff :)

hopefully I'll go to Disneyland someway,somehow 

but yeah.....On Monday I'm having a meeting with the Art guy at CBU to learn about the art program there....pray that there is someway I can get a scholarship to go there.....or anywhere for that matter lol

have a nice day :)   do you have any prayer requests?

Happy Birthday April Lauren Cobb!!

April's turning 22 tomorrow!!! awww I love my sissy!

this is us when we were little, we look exactly the same, lol

We celebrated her birthday today because she's going to Disneyland tomorrow with Brian. :)  We also went to Disneyland yesterday which was really fun!! :)

Gosh April, save some for us haha

She's excited :)

I decided to eat her hair.....ha

AWWW! I love her, we went crazy with the pictures today I don't know why, lol

It's also my half birthday because April 1st and October 1st(my birthday) are exactly six months apart haha yeah

tell her happy birthday if you see her!!  haha thanks for reading, have a nice night :D

So tomorrow....

is the art show reception at the Riverside Art museum from 6pm-9pm.  I didn't win an award or anything, but its still amazing to even be a part of an art show. haha

but yeah I don't know how it works or anything but it should be interesting :)

my family is going and my grandparents and the Rosa family because Daniel also has a piece in the art show....who knew?....lol oh and Cheri is coming also they're so nice to come :)

anyways goodnight! 

Abby's Knock Knock Jokes

I'm assuming her preschool teacher taught them to her because none of us did hahaha

she's so cute! enjoy! :)

hahahahaha :) and that was me as well in the videos. Abigail decided to sit on me and tell me jokes lol :)

Being Poor in Spirit

"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 5:3

This is something I've read many times, but never really thought about or completely understood what it meant, to be poor in spirit.  But I now know because of the chapter called "A desperate and pursuing heart" from the book "Do You Think I'm Beautiful?" by Angela Thomas (girl book, very good!)

here's the passage that explains being poor in spirit:

"The kingdom of heaven.  That's where God the Father keeps His wealth and treasure.  The kingdom of heaven is where we find grace and mercy.  The kingdom of heaven is where hearts get mended and bodies get healed.  The kingdom of heaven is where we dance in the arms of our Beloved.  My heart longs for that peace and stillness of heaven being near.....Jesus says that that place-- the arms of God, the presence of God, His nearness to us, the kingdom-- is a blessing that comes to the poor in spirit.  Blessed means that you and I have been approved by God.  He is pleased.  We are acting in a way that gives Him honor.  We have truely found His heart in a matter.  I deeply desire God's blessing.  Sometimes in the Bible poor means "without funds" or "without the ability to aquire goods."...In this case, when Jesus said poor, He meant utterly destitute, poverty stricken, helpless.  And so Jesus is saying, God approves of those who know poverty of spirit, and He gives them the fullness of His presence.  But what is this "poverty of spirit"?  What does it mean to be utterly destitute?  It means that we are wholly needy, flat-broke beggars with no resources available.  It means that you and I have been honest with God and come to realize that we are without an ounce of hope if left to our own designs.  This is deperate poverty.....When we have looked inside our souls and truly seen that there is nothing good there.......Real poverty is not polite.  It is determined to get the object of it's need by whatever means necessary.  When there is real poverty, there is desperation, and we cry out to be fed or we will surely die.  God says that's what it means to be poor in spirit....So hungry for Him that we'll do anything to get to Him.  God says that He approves of those with that kind of desperation.  He gives to them the kingdom of heaven, the fullness of His riches, the peace of His presence, and a hope for the future."

that totally explains it for me haha.  He wants us to be desperate and pursue Him because it shows that we know that He is the one and only that can satisfy.  He gives us the fullness of His presence and His kingdom when we seek Him in our poorness of spirit. :)

Thank You Lord! :D

anyways I hope that blessed you in some way! have a nice day :)  

I have really awesome news! :)

So...The Press Enterprise has an art show every year in the Riverside Art Museum in Downtown Riverside and they feature not only the art of adult professional artists, but they also feature art from high school students.......

anyways my art teacher chose one of my pieces!!! and its in the Riverside Art Museum!!!! right now!!! as I type!!!!!! hahaaha

Its the one pictured right there and I'm so excited because my art's never been featured anywhere other than my school library.  I can't wait to see what the Lord's going to do with my art in the future, I'm thinking this is just the beginning! 

 I think it would be cool if I went to the museum and looked around and if I caught someone looking at mine, I could ask them what they think and not say who I was haha I've always wanted to do that.....lol  

but yeah if you're ever downtown sometime and you have a chance you totally should go see!! if you want.

I don't know when the actual reception is but I'll find out :) but you can still come at anytime I think

It's been such an encouragement to have Mrs. Anthony as my art teacher, not only does she teach me all about what I love to do, but she loves the Lord and uses her art to glorify Him. She's awesome....she designed the Jesus fish bumper thing!!!!! that's crazy!!!!!! 

but yeah, thank you for reading, I'm so excited!! maybe I'll be able to explain the painting to someone and they could come to know the Lord...you never know! haha

so how are you today? :) 

Awesome Idea :)

well my prom for my school is Saturday, April 18th and its at the Disneyland Resort Hotel and I was thinking, well....I don't want to spend all that money to stand around inside a hotel ballroom and do nothing, around people I barely know and witness their "shananagans".... by myself...

....it would be cool to stay in the hotel someday though, that sounds like fun....

so I'm thinking I'll just go to Disneyland for that day with friends or my sister or whatever and not pay anything because I have a pass :D

yay! way better!! So I'll see if it works out! If you have a pass you should come!!!!!!!!! let's make a day of it!!!

sounds like fun....yes....maybe?.....hahaha

well Disneyland is always fun for me and I'm excited

thank you for reading my random blog, How are you today? :)

Pastor Ralph

I just thought I would share some happy memories I had in knowing Ralph and how he affected my life.

Ralph was always a huge blessing in the lives of everyone in my family.  He always displayed the joy of the Lord through his actions, even in the simplest of things. When I was little, I loved it when he played worship at the home bible study we hosted years ago and that was one of my favorite things about those bible studies, singing along to those fun songs :)

Him and his family always made sure I was able to go to the crusade and it was always a blessing to go with them.

I remember once Ralph was dropping Andrea (his step-daughter) and I off at church and as we were walking away from the car he jokingly said "bye girls! and remember, all boys are ugly!" hahahahahahaha  Ralph was very funny. :)

Also, he always made sure I had a ride home from Day7.  On our way to my house he would always ask me how my whole family was doing and everything.  

Once Ralph was talking to me about Brian and April when they got together and he told me "at first I wasn't sure about Brian because of his piercings and such, but after I met him, I wanted some!!"  hahahahaha :)

He dedicated Abby, He came to every birthday he could like Aprils 18th and my 16th and many others, he took the time to write a letter of recommendation for me

he did my parents vow renewal last month!! such a blessing and honor 

    

I can't express how thankful I am for Ralph, he's done so much for my family and I and gave so much of his time for us and countless others he has affected.  He was an amazing reflection of the Lord Jesus  and I'm going to miss him very very much 

Please be praying continually for Cheri, Andrea, Caleb, Tommy, and David.

He's in heaven with Jesus...there's no better place to be! :)

I love art :)

If you didn't know, I love to make art! It's been something I've been doing for a while and the Lord has been blessing it. :)  I had to come up with a theme for my AP portfolio this year for 12 of the pieces and I thought...what could be better than making my theme God's word!? :)

So what I did was I would do a painting and put a verse on it that related to it, thankfully the Lord gave me ideas and help from my family so I have completed the 12 pieces! :).....now...... for the other 12.....hahaha :)

 It's been such a blessing using my "ability" for God's glory, because if you think about it, art has no practical purpose, really, at all, it really only sits there to be aesthetically pleasing and to get dusty...haha, so using it to share the message of Christ to others through it gives it such great purpose because it's for him! that's awesome.....

Also, its not me creating anything because the Lord has created everything already, its just me visually representing what he does for me and for everyone.  Jesus is the ultimate artist!!! :D

well.....here are some of them I hope you enjoy them...yeah :)

(Matthew 25:40)This is part of a painting I did of my sister Abby when she was a baby.

This is another one of Abby :) Ecclesiastes 12:1

and another of Abby- Matthew 19:14

(John 1:14) This one I love because i was able to use tons of bible verses on it haha :)

There's a big canvas and a little canvas.  The little canvas has a baby arm in the hay with old testament verses about Jesus' birth and coming on the arm.  The big canvas has Jesus' arm on the cross with more OT verses about his death.  Get it?......the word became flesh! :)

well thanks for reading this, I thought you guys would like to know maybe :)

have a blessed night friends ohhh! and tell me what you think :)

My dad's Valentines Day present to my mom!

Isn't she adorable!!!!!! Her name is Gwendolyn 

(haha) and we got her for free!

I can't wait to see my mom's reaction, she's gonna flip :D my dad's really good at this whole valentines day thing lol

also Brian delivered April some flowers to our house and they're going out to eat later....so he's good at that whole Valentines day thing too haha

yeah......

I hope you're all having a blessed day, tell me how your day was.  :)

Happy Valentines Day everyone!

I got 3 large chocolate hearts from See's candy from my mom and dad and they are amazingly delicious haha :) yummm

well my plan for today is to just stay home and be with my family

ohh and Jesus is my valentine :) theres no better Valentine in the world ha :) I'm spending time with him all day :))

well I hope your valentines day is filled with love even if your not doing anything today.  Today we should show God's love which is the only love worth having and is the only true love in the world. :)  Let's show our love by serving others

well God bless you guys love you all 

have a nice day

:)

Disneyland yesterday!!! :D

Brian, April, Abby, and I went and it was very fun! :)

Isn't this the cutest picture?!!! awwwww

Aww mickey hahaha

She loves Mickey! haha :) she kept talking about him the whole time haha

haha somehow they always find a way out lol

It was a fun day and was a total blessing. I can't wait to go again, I don't know when that will be haha

well I'm off today and Monday from school so yay! for that .......yeah

have a blessed day! :)

Jon and Kate plus 8!!

If you haven't watched it before you should! they are an amazing family and they love the Lord and are such a blessing to watch.

Jon and Kate had twins, then sextuplets!!! so they have the 2 girls Cara and Mady and then the 3 boys and 3 girls Alexis, Hannah, Aaden, Collin, Leah, and Joel. :)

It's one of mine and April's favorite shows, especially since her kids are going to look like that someday hahahaha yeah :)

you should watch it! also April and Brian were Jon and Kate for Halloween haha :)

my Friend Alyson

is turning 18 on the 20th!!!!!!

so if you see her say happy birthday haha

yeah

:)

Camp was a blessing! :)

There was no lifeguard so I thought I would take on the duty ha

AWW!

My snowball fighting action photo hehe

haha that's Denesha, and then there's me randomly running by hahaha

Camp was, like I said, a big blessing, it always is.  I'm always amazed by the Lord's amazing creation.  The landscape was beautiful and so were the stars, that's one of my favorite parts of camp is being with the Lord while marveling at His creation and thanking Him for it.  I hope you guys had fun there to and were blessed :)

Today is the Day!

The vow renewal!

Aww! I love them.  Im so thankful for them and their marriage

yeah haha :) 

Vow renewal of the century!!! :D

that's right!! my parents are renewing their vows on the 29th!!!

they've been married for 25 years! Hooray for marriage!!!!!

woot woot

Abigail is 5!!!!! :D

January 15th was her Birthday! :D

A is for April, Alyssa, and Abigail! 

That's is amazing!! she was a little baby like 2 seconds ago haha

we went to Disneyland for her birthday yesterday and it was a lot of fun!!

here are some pictures of the fun :)

she dressed up as princess Aurora from Sleeping Beauty (my favorite princess movie) :)

and she wore a Jessie hat, so she was a princess and a cowgirl haha

It was such a wonderful day :)

Luke 9:57-62

Now it happened as they journeyed on the road that someone said to Him,"Lord, I will follow You wherever You go."  And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."  Then He said to another, "Follow Me." But he said, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father."  Jesus said to him, "Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and preach the kingdom of God."  And another also said, "Lord, "I will follow You, but let me first go and bid them farewell who are at my house."  But Jesus said to him, "No one having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God."