Thursday, July 31, 2008

4 Years!

Today is our Anniversary! Yeah! We have been married for 4 years. It is so crazy how fast time goes by!
Nick is so amazingly wonderful. I am so glad that he came into my life. It has been so fun to learn and grow with him. I love you Nick! Thanks for everything that you do!
We are going to venture out tonight and go to dinner at Red Lobster! :)

Thank You!

I just want to tell everyone that has been so sweet to call, visit, and bring in dinners, and flowers how thankful we are for you and for all the love and support. We are so blessed to have such wonderful family and friends. I am so grateful for the gospel and knowing that I will have the opportunity to raise this child someday. Also, for having the Priesthood in our home and being able to have Nick give me a Priesthood blessing. I don't think I could have gone through this without it! Dr. Lunt is the best doctor in the world! I still have to go in every week for blood tests until my levels go down but, it is almost there. Thanks again to everyone! We love you!

Saturday, July 26, 2008

Pioneer Day!

On the 24th of July we have a really fun tradition that we do. The annual "Brooks Water Slide Party" is held at Walt and Jen's house.
We had the big water slide, kiddie pool, and the mini water park. It was so fun to watch the kids! Cooper was so scared to go down the slide last year and wouldn't even go if me or Nick took him. He really surprised me this year when he climbed up there all by himself and went down on his tummy the first time! Go Coop! I tried to get him to go down on his tummy again so I could get a picture but he wouldn't! He said, "too scawy!" Check out his face when he is going down the slide.. he looks like he is almost going to cry and then when he gets to the bottom he is smiling and wants to go again! He is so funny!

We had a BBQ and had a lot of fun visiting with the family! The kids had a blast going from one water adventure to another! Cooper didn't even want to take a break to eat but, he did sneak a few finger jello's on his way to the water slide :).
I heard that later that night Walt did some pretty awesome fireworks! :)
We are so grateful for this wonderful day we have to celebrate our pioneer heritage and for the many things the pioneers did for us so that we could live in this beautiful place! (we could almost play in the water year round!)
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Play this fun Game!

Brittney had this on her blog and I think it's pretty cute so play along everyone! Please comment no matter who you are...friend, relative, or acquaintance! Here's how it works: 1. As a comment on my blog, leave a memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember, good or bad but be nice please! ;) 2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog. Come on all my blog followers... I want to post something about you so I want to see this on your blog!!!

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Cooper making himself a snack!

When we got home from the doctor today Cooper decided to get himself a snack! I was talking to my sister and Nick had just gotten home and walked into the kitchen and saw what Coop was doing. He asked Coop if he was hungry! He was and apparently in order to eat a banana you need a cutting board, cake knife, and fork!

He makes me smile at the things he does. He is so cute and fun! I love my little man!

Raelie's Baptism

Raelie in her Baptism Dress

Raelie's Baptism was on Saturday! Another girl in her primary class was baptized also. Nate gave an awesome talk on Baptism and Raelie and Brianna's primary teacher gave a talk on the Holy Ghost.
It was such a neat experience to see Raelie get baptized and receive the Holy Ghost! She couldn't stop smiling.

After the Baptism we went to their house for some delicious food. We had chicken sandwiches, cookies, rice krispies, and a chocolate fountain with everything you could think of to dip! Here is a picture of Raelie and Aunt Toni after eating yummy chocolate!
See all the yummy food! Here is Bryan after getting his plate.
Raelie and Meili getting caught sneaking chocolate after the party!

Friday, July 18, 2008

Raelie's 8th Birthday!

Raelie turned 8 on Wednesday! We went over to her house for dinner and cake and ice cream!The boys had lots of fun eating outside on the wall! For dinner we had Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo and Lasagna. It was delicious! Thanks Kar for the yummy food. Jen (Brooks) made her a way cute Butterfly cake. It was so bright and colorful! Oh, and very scrumptious!

Raelie will be baptized on Sat. so I will have more pictures then!

Popsicle fun in the sun!

The last couple of days I have been watching Kaylee & Jordan (Nick's niece and nephew). Jen had her baby on Wed. so they had a sleep over for a couple of nights. Cooper has had a lot of fun with them here. They LOVE these little popsicles so here are some pictures of the many times they ate these. They went home yesterday and got to bring home their new baby sister Aubree!

Tellling our parents!

The other day I made a couple puzzles to tell our parents that we were expecting. It turned out really fun! We gave one to Nick's mom and my dad and grandma Jo! (Nick already had told his dad when they went to lunch!) Nick's mom was out of town so we left in on her counter in an envelope with instructions from Cooper. Then, we went to my parents and Cooper gave it to them and helped them put it together and then we went for a swim in their pool. It was so nice! We are really excited and it is fun teaching Cooper what is going to happen when the baby comes! :) Thanks for every one's congratulations! We appreciate it!

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Guess What???

Cooper is going to be a Big Brother!