Well, here's an update of the last 5 months...
Back in August Uncle Dale's family came from Japan for a visit.
I found a REALLY good sale on Kellogg's & Keebler products. So I stocked up our cereal cupboard.
Steve was in heaven. :-)
Steve participated in the Dusk till Dawn volleyball tournament again
Aurora slept the whole time
and Cooper enjoyed watching
We had lots of fun at Trafalga...
He wasn't tall enough to ride :-(
Cooper didn't like this ride so much.
We played several family softball games
The grandkids spent lots of time together
Our roof started leaking. Again.
So we had to re-do the kitchen ceiling. Again.
Then our swamp cooler started leaking and ruined it again. Hm.
I guess we need a new roof this summer.
Back in September 2011...
Cooper enjoyed his first BYU football game
He is searching for "Clawmo" (Cosmo)
And he loved it!
After this game, Cooper became obsessed with Cosmo. Particularly his backflips.
He'll even asks to watch Cosmo on YouTube.
Cooper LOVED jumping in the bounce house at Macey's BYU Tailgate party
We even got to ride a train around the parking lot.
Look at that monkey's face! :-)
Papa Timmy joined in on the fun.
And I enjoyed a BYU blue hot dog. It was delicous!
During our evening at my great aunt's family cabin in Sundance,
Cooper & Emma enjoyed throwing rocks in the Provo river.
Enjoying the slide!
Roastin' Mallows
(which Cooper refused to eat because it was too sticky)
Me and my Rora enjoying the scenery
Cooper playing with Koda, our basement renter's puppy
We enjoyed a family trip to Fresno for Jordan & Edlin's wedding.
Here's Steve & Coop with Cameron & Natalie.
Cooper kept snitching the goodies :-)
The complete set!
Aurora looked as cute as always!
Steve helped decorate the getaway car
This is the HUGE vacant house we all stayed in
One of the many garages full of classic cars that Frank owns
(Frank is a friend in Fresno that Wayne markets for)
Steve's dream!
(Hopefully some day)
Coop having fun
With Steve's friend Daniel
Cooper LOVED swimming everyday, all day, multiple times a day!
He even learned to put his face (hide) under the water & he jumped off the diving board over and over and over again. He's our little fish!
Enjoying some chocolate pudding
Steve's friend Justin
The kids taking a ride in Bro. Stuart's Shelby Mustang Cobra
Which could get from 0-50mph within seconds!
Along the long drive home we enjoyed a stop at a discovery park in Cedar City
Mary & Cooper sailing away
Pepe being Pepe
The kids!
The usual pouting Mary :-)
Then in October...
The kids fell asleep on a bike ride to Abuela's house
Coop help me change the oil in the truck
"I fik it, mom."
For conference girl's night out, we painted pumpkins...
...and made yummy caramel apples.
Then Cooper ended the night watching a movie with my cousins.
We enjoyed an evening at Hee Haw Farms...
The corn box was Cooper's favorite thing.
He probably could've stayed in their ALL night.
Proof that Cooper can be a bully
The hay ride
We also enjoyed an evening at Pumpkinland...
Cooper loved walking deep into the cornstalks.
He called it his tent.
Kissing the witch!
Cooper LOVES bounce houses!
It's Elmo!
For Fall Break, we loaded up a 15 passenger van with my mom, aunt Jenny, her friend Jody, and my cousins Courtney and Brittni and their boyfriends Bryan & Sterling then headed to Disneyland!...
Tarzan's Tree House
The Haunted Mansion
Waiting for the train
Mickey's House
Winnie the Pooh!
T-i-double /g/-er!!!
The whole gang
Aww
He was exhausted at the end of the day
Elephant ride!
Horsies!
Circus Train
It's the chess man from the Pixar short films!
(and the guy that fixes Woody's arm)
:-)
Matterhorn
(Cooper didn't like this one so much) :-)
It's a small world
NEMO
I love that the Small World ride now has famous Disney characters in it
Here's Woody & Jessie
We're Giants fans
The boys eating their turkey legs
Enjoying his popcorn
Rattlesnake Rapids
PLUTO!
It's a Bugs Life
What a cute bug!
He insisted on not giving back his "lasses"
(don't worry-we gave them back later)
Muppets 3D
The World of Color
Awesome show!
Tower of Terror
Shopping
MICKEY!!!
Mickey's car
Jessie!
Woody!
Cooper wanted to pull Woody's string
Petting Zoo
This goat scared him shortly after this picture
Coloring away
Tea Cups!
Cooper wanted to go on this ride so we made my cousin take him.
He came off saying "I dizy."
The 2nd ATTEMPT at Matterhorn
The Main Street parade...
Bryan proposed to Courtney!
The ride home
Disneyland seemed really busy this time around. I think next time we'll go when it's less crowded. Maybe January or February. The kids were able to go on a lot of rides. There were only a few times I had to wait with Aurora. So it was nice. It was a little hard to accommodate to 11 different people in our group. But we had fun! We always seem to run into someone we know at Disneyland. This time around we ran into the Perrish's from our old ward and our family doctor, Shelly Savage.
Cooper & Emma enjoying dirt cups
Carving pumpkins!
Throwing his pumpkin pieces into Papa Timmy's pumpkin
Yoshi, Mario, Princess Peach, and Luigi!
With Grace at our ward Halloween party
Donuts on a string!
Trunk or Treat
Our neighbor Aly!
We all won a prize for our costumes!
Aurora is the cutest girl! :-)
Happy Halloween!
Trick-or-treating with Emma
With Tic Tac Mary
Aurora enjoying some candy
November...
Sasha got really sick and had to be put to sleep. We will forever miss her. We told Cooper she was in Heaven with Heavenly Father and he said, "They fly high."
Cooper met Cosmo at the Riverwoods lighting ceremony!
I helped Mary make this castle for school. It's made out of mostly marshmallows.
I made some delicious (& cute) turkeys for our Thanksgiving dinner.
It took me a few hours. :-)
My delicious berry and banana cream pies
Thanksgiving dinner at my sister's house
We made some way cute table settings and decorations!
(The center piece has orange sixlets in it. Yum!)
The Give Thanks banner
Everyone was also assigned a letter and we all went around during dinner saying what we were thankful for that started with that letter.
The food!
My sisters sweet potato casserole was yummy!
Happy Thanksgiving!
The boys enjoying pies
Playing broom hockey in the church after dinner
Emma and Cooper are getting along!
They're watching Dora on Emma's ipod.
It's amazing!
Coop didn't get a nap that day. Now he's exhausted!
We put up our Christmas decorations.
Aurora fell asleep watching us
My aunt took our family pictures...
Steve's brother B.J. came home from his mission!
This was the first time he'd met Aurora. Cooper was her age when he left.
Waiting in the airport for him
And waiting
More Waiting
We had to entertain Cooper by going up and down the escalator
over and over and over and over again.
Their matching "tato" shirts from Disneyland
Welcome home BJ!
We're glad you're back. I missed your caring, kind, gentle, and sweet personality.
The sprinkler head by the shed in our backyard also broke. Again.
There was a huge water fountain and the whole yard was flooded. Again.
Finally, in December...
We joined Rapunzel & Flin to celebrate Emma's 3rd birthday!
We watercolored!
And made Pascal blowers
All the girls had Rapunzel crowns
Enjoying the toys
The decorations...
Ice Cream!
We gave her some PJ's
And Aurora enjoyed the wrapping paper :-)
Happy Birthday Emma Lou! We love you lots!
I'll make a new post for our Holiday happenings!
Wow! That's a lot of pictures. I hoped you enjoyed them.
My goal is to not go another 5 months without posting again.
We'll see how I do. :-)
