Saturday, July 24, 2010

24th of July

We had a blast at the Brooks Family 24th of July waterslide party! We enjoyed some yummy burgers with smash burger sauce..yum! Cooper couldn't get enough of the slide and Kallie loved the water table. What a fun time! Brooke and me were reminiscing of all the times I would have my bf's at our family parties enjoying the fun and now she is there doing the same. Love it!
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Sunday, July 4, 2010

4th of July

For the 4th of July this year we did our traditional family swim party and KFC kitchen. We had a blast! Cooper LOVES swimming so he didn't spend much time out of the water. Kallie on the other hand did NOT enjoy it! She pretty much stayed on the lap of someone the whole time :)
After the delicious food and swimming we went home for a few minutes to rest and then headed over to Walt and Jen's for the firework show. We had quite the show....who snuck in those illegal fireworks?!? This was our attempt at a family shot. Coop...not so happy!
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The last few months

May Happenings
Cooper had his last day of preschool in May. They did a cute little program of songs they had learned and recited their numbers.
Here is his class all ready to go
Mrs. Morris is a great teacher. Cooper thinks she is the BEST!
After the program they had a water party.
Jona, Cooper, Chandler and Michael
MuScLe MeN
Kallie enjoyed the nice weather and watching the kids play


My Birthday

For my birthday Nick took me to Vegas. Cooper has been begging to go to M&M world ever since he heard about it so we went and checked it out. None of us had ever been there so it was fun to go.Cooper loved seeing the race car! As soon as we got to M&M world Cooper was asking where the "real life" M&M was. We went up the 4 floors way fast just to find the M&M...well, we never found him. Coop was so sad. As we were walking out the doors there he was!! Coop couldn't stop talking about him! We stopped at RainForest Cafe for a bite to eat before we headed home. Coop was pretty entertained and enthralled by all the rain forest animals. It's amazing how I can't manage to get one picture of Cooper looking at the camera!!

Summertime Fun

I guess it is pretty HOT outside when you find a dog in the ducks water tub I could hear Toby squawking SO loud so I went outside and found Ossie (Bonnie's dog) in Toby's water tub. It was pretty funny!

Coop has been enjoying sleepovers with cousins We came into the living room that morning and this is how we found the boys. I couldn't find Brenden and then I saw legs by his pillow. :)

Making a GIANT cookie for Grandpa
My dad LOVES oatmeal raisin cookies so for Father's Day we make him a GIANT one!

Bathtime in Mom's tub Cooper loves to take baths in the "big" tub so him and Kallie have been in there a lot. Kallie loves to pull herself up and look over.

9 months old!!

She is so fun!
I love her expressions We took Kallie in for her 9 month appt and she was a champ until she got her shots...darn shots! Dr. Marsden was mesmerized by her big blues! Here are her stats: 16 lbs 15% 28 in. long 75%

  • loves to eat table food
  • hates drinking her bottle unless she is ready for bed
  • has four teeth (both tops and both bottoms)
  • tries to stand on her own but only last barley a second
  • when she talks it sounds like she says "thank you"
  • loves when cooper acts like a bear and scares her. she laughs so hard
  • loves to look a picture books
  • does NOT hold still especially at church
  • loves to go for walks in the stroller
  • has the cutest little wave
  • tries to kiss everyone, stuffed animals and pictures :)
  • did I mention DOES NOT HOLD STILL!!
One night I was feeding her dinner and she would bite the spoon until I let go and would try to feed herself.
Crazy Hair after bath time

I AM A POLICE MAN Cooper found this Police hat in the $1 section at Target. He loves his hat! He claims he now a Police Man :)

Brooks Family Reunion

We had our 2nd Brooks Reunion this year and it was so much fun! We went up to Navajo Lake. It was gorgeous and the weather was awesome except it was freezing at Night. Cooper had so much fun he didn't want to leave. There is something about him and being in the mountains. He listens better, sleeps better, eats better, etc.. We might have to move to the mountains ;)
Cortney & Kay brought up this fun game that they played at Youth Conference called "Corn Hole" it was way fun! The kids also made some crafts that turned out darling!
Here is all the clan who was there! Dad's hair looked awesome ;)
Our favor tie time of course was chow time! We had the most delicious Navajo Tacos, Fried Chicken, Potatoes, Homemade Root beer, salads and desserts. The kids went to the Navajo Lake and were able to go rowing in the boats and went hiking to the spring. The also enjoyed some yummy snow cones. Thanks to all the adults that took them.And of course campfire fun! Jason and Kalynn brought the biggest marshmallows ever! They were so yummy! I think Brooke won the prize for the "most perfectly roasted marshmallow"!!

We had a ton of fun but missed Nick (he had class), Warren's family, and some of the Caplin family! We are already excited for next year!!