I QUIT

blogging on blogger that is.

I tried to make it work with photos, and since I couldn't after way too many tries
and I am addicted to blogging

We have moved:
here

http://augiebecketcook.wordpress.com/

Please join us (don't worry, all the previous posts moved over nicely)

thanks buddies
:)

HELP anyone who reads this... my pictures come up but they won't stay up. I don't know what to do... have you had this problem?

booo

Kel

Testing... I am having trouble with pictures... let's see if this works.

Best Augie / Becket quotes of late:

* Augie: "Mommy, can we bake a cake for Jesus' birthday."
Kel "okay"
Becket: "Jesus doesn't want a cake"
Kel: "What does he want?"
Becket: "A bagel!"

*Kelly Augie: "mommy look at the Christmas lights flashing... are they set on 'normal' or 'expert'?

* (Kelly- kicks Jeff in the butt)
Becket: "Mommy! We don't kick our friends! Go sit time out!"

*Augie: "Mommy, is snow hot or cold." Kelly: "Cold." Augie: "That's right mommy, snow is cold, good job!"

*Jeff: "Augie, why can't you sleep? Is the new night light too bright?" Augie: "No daddy, it's too lovely."

*Augie: "Can we go to baby Kate's house? I live there now." Kelly "Oh yeah?" Augie: "Yeah, sorry mommy."

*Becket: "Hey mommy!" Kel: "What Becket" Beck: "You are a (ninja) turtle! Make me some waffles!"

*Augie: "Mommy! Do you see Arco Irrrrrrrrris (rainbow in spanish) Lights? I see Arco Irrrrrrrrrres!"


* Kelly : "Augie, are you having a better day now?"
Augie: "No mommy, I am having a better night, it is night time. You need to pay attention."


*"Robots!!!! mommy robots!"... is the reason Becket won't go downstairs anymore.

So... Jessie and Doyle moved. It was a lot harder than I thought it would be. I miss them already, which is silly, because I probably would not have seen them much since Friday anyway, but it is true. I think the rub is that they were with us from the beginning. Jessie helped raise Augie and Becket, even when things were really tough with Augie. They were there when our boys were born, we were there for theirs. They helped build Atlas out of the roots of Trail head... history and longevity with friends matters. It makes them more like family.

I don't know what is up with some of my pictures... they weren't posting so hopefully they will now. Here is the collage for Jessie

Christine, Rob and baby Kate hosted a going away party for Jessie, Doyle and Tucker. I keep thinking I will write a blog about how much I love them and how sad I am, but I just don't have it in me... maybe I will do it some day. (I love you Jessie)

Anyway, as is the tradition with my obnoxious friends and me, we have theme parties. This time it was Crazy Christmas Sweater. Note my hair in a half pony tail and the turtle neck... that's dedication! (and thanks for the pictures Angie).

Okay, and if you don't know, when you are in Jr. High and one of your girlfriends moves, you make her a collage... mostly filled with the boys you like from Seventeen and Tiger Beat and really deep phrases like "hottie" and "suuuuuper sweet!". Here is my Jr. High collage for Jessie:

Here they are pulling the sled up the hill. They brought it back up by themselves every time. Jeff said they are chattering away, like old buddies.

They had a good time riding together, but ended up buying a second sled anyway --- now they are addicted. They ask me to go about once every 10 min!

The boys made a crafty banner for the Langley thanksgiving and gave it to aunt Kristie.
Now, I am no art critic, but I think these hand-turkeys are about gallery quality.

Josh and Deb, they are like twins.

Augie at his first official "kid's table"

PIE!

The Langley Thanksgiving feast! Mostly you see the family playing together.

We are thankful...

Here is the table for Thanksgiving at our house

The first time since the boys have been born that I was able to set it up martha-style

Dylan and Becket feed the geese

Hanging out with our buddy Dylan Monroe. He is the best jumper around!

This is what our gingerbread house looked like on the box... oh and look at our PERFECT copy below. Hard to tell which is which- right?

Aunt Peggy and Aunt Debbie bought us a "Christmas House" to decorate... we ate most of the candy first, and licked a lot of the frosting off as it went on the house. Oh, and we smugged the camera with our fingers (I didn't notice) giving most of the pictures that beautiful glow. It was a blast!

We have been so lucky to have baby Kate hang out with us a few times. She is so fun for the boys. She really likes to go get the boys from school with me in the trailer. She is also the only one who knows how to keep her eyes open for photos.

The boys adore her.

The first night we were riding in the trailer and Augie put her arm around her and said

"See that baby Kate, that is the moon... See the moon baby Kate?"

hmmmmmmmmmm

Perhaps I should make a "bragging about Jeff blog" before all the space gets used up on this one... but for now, I am just to excited not to post stuff (plus Jeff will never do it):

Seven Plus Seven
Thursday November 13, 2008

I've never been a fan of studies of the seven deadly sins. I did purchase the New York Public Library series since it had two of my favorite authors, Phyllis Tickle and Joseph Epstein. Recently I got a book in the mail and when I saw the title "Seven" I thought, "Here we go again." No, it is not here we go again. Jeff Cook, in Seven: The Deadly Sins and the Beatitudes , uniquely and eloquently combines the seven deadly sins with the seven beatitudes.
What Seven does is combine something we need to repent from with something we need as a virtue. Instead of leaving a person feeling guilty, as so many of the studies of the seven deadlies do, this book stiff arms us a bit and then points us to the way of Jesus.I recommend this book for church small groups, for college groups interested in exploring Christian morality, and to anyone who needs a good reminder of our moral calling. The prose is gentle and informed and accessible; the quotes very good; the stories exceptional.Notice how he puts them together:
Pride and the poor in spirit
Envy and the mourner
Sloth and those who hunger for a life made right
Greed and the mercy giver
Lust and the pure of heart
Wrath and the meek peacemaker
Gluttony and the persecuted

Scot McKnight is a widely-recognized authority on the New Testament, early Christianity, and the historical Jesus. He is the Karl A. Olsson Professor in Religious Studies at North Park University (Chicago, Illinois). A popular and witty speaker, Dr. McKnight has given interviews on radios across the nation, has appeared on television, and is regularly asked to speak in local churches and educational events. Dr. McKnight obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Nottingham (1986).

Our daddy makes us proud! You have done so much in the last two years ...

He was selected as Professor of the Month for UNC in October (we just found out)

I am sure this had something to do with it:

UNC MIRROR
Book money goes to African village
Tara Spencer
Issue date: 10/22/08 Section: News
PrintEmail Article Tools Page 1 of 1 To purchase a well in Africa that can produce 600 gallons of water per day and radically transform the lives of everyone in the village would cost $5,320.

Jeff Cook, a professor of philosophy, has made it his goal this semester to transform the lives of people in an African village by asking his students to donate $20 instead of spending nearly $100 on a textbook.

Cook said the textbook he was planning to use had readings and articles that could be found online.

Cook had the class take a poll at the beginning of the semester to find out if they wanted to save the money and do the readings online, or if they wanted to dish out the money to buy a hard copy.

"I went to UNC, and I know what it is like to buy an expensive book that I probably won't even read," Cook said.

More than 60 percent of his students have already donated this year, which matches the percentage of who donated last year.

Cook is hoping students will use their spheres of influence to raise more money for this cause.

"I am glad that our professor didn't make us buy a textbook," said Mikal Achtner, a freshman biological medical science major. "It would have cost a lot more, plus the money is going to a good cause."

Cook said if every American gave $20, it would take care of more than half of the water problem on the planet and save thousands of lives.

"I don't want to be part of a culture who is unaware of the desperate and suffering people of the world," Cook said.

Cook outlined in his philosophy class that the amount of money Americans spend during the Christmas holiday is about what it would cost to eliminate world poverty.

"Isn't it interesting that on Christ's birthday, Americans go out and buy expensive and somewhat unnecessary gifts for their loved ones instead of helping others?" Cook said.

What Cook is doing is impacting the lives of his students.

"This is really a big deal," said Korey Askew, a junior recreation and communication major. "We don't understand that we are blessed more than other people. We don't even know their struggles."

Askew said he wants to spread the word to organizations that he is involved in raising more money.

"It's great to think that I helped to save kids from a horrible death at the expense of a book," said Scott Wharton, a senior communication studies major.

Wharton also said that Cook is one of the best professors at the University of Northern Colorado and that many students are inspired by his goal.


and, maybe more importantly, on ratemyprofessor.com he got a pepper for being "hot!"

way to go dad!