Sunday, August 11, 2013

showing off my boys

I'm so grateful for these two handsome boys!
They're pretty perfect. 

 
Look at how cute my baby Brewer is.  He is turning 4 in a month.  
Look at my pretty boy Cooper.  He just started 3rd grade. 
I love my boys! 
 


Friday, August 9, 2013

fun weekend

 
Pioneer weekend!  All my brothers and sisters were in town.  So we spent the whole weekend at my parents house.  It was a lot of fun and a lot a craziness going on. 

Brewer and Kase, best little buds!
Grandma and Grandpa with all their grand kids.
Domini made chocolate stuff for a snack.
Malli's chocolate face.
Cute Kaisley!
 My big brother Monty's family.
All the cousins. 
 
 
Well that's what pioneer weekend looked like.


Monday, July 29, 2013

Big smiles!


My Cute little family on pioneer day.
This is going to be a busy week.  Trying to get organized before school starts. 
I have lots of pictures to down load and go through to share.
So stay tune for cousin camp and lots of family pictures.
 
 

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

I'm back

I'm back!  I know I haven't been on my blog in a long time.  I even thought about shutting it down and then today I got on it and started reading old post and laughed and cried. Its crazy how fast Cooper has grown up and I love that i have so many pictures of him and all the funny things he would say.  I thought i needed to keep on doing this for my boys. I'm back and will try to post more often. 
This summer is going by so fast.  I have enjoyed every minute of it and I think I'm wearing my boys out, but it sure has been fun.  My sister Misti and her family are home for the summer from school in Chicago and my brother Porter and his family is home for the summer from PT school in Texas.  He is actually doing a rotation at summit hospital.  I have loved having family home.  My sister is kicking my butt and making me run and play softball and volleyball with her.  I love it, but can hardly walk at the end of the day.  I'm getting way to old but what can i say i love to play.  Josh is still busy with work and school.  One day he will be finish with school, we hope. 
Cooper is done with baseball for the summer and he did awesome this year.  He had two home runs in 1 game.  The boy can hit the ball.  I signed him up for his first swimming lessons.  Cooper could kind of swim from what Josh and I would teach him but this year I thought he might like learning from someone who really knows what the swimming moves are called and how to actually do them.  He did great and is a little fish all over the place.  Lately Cooper tries hard to cover up the truth from me.  It might be the age, but its been a long road this summer of teaching him its better to be honest with me from the beginning.  I love my Cooper he is really a great kid.
Brewer is as stubborn as they come.  He knows just what to do to be the boss around our house.  He is a little thinker.  He can sit for a long time looking at something and you can see his little mind thinking and then all out of the blue he will say something with not so many words.  He cracks me up.  I also signed him up for swimming lessons this summer and the silly kid was scared of the swimming pool  So i had to go in with him for the first couple of times.  He kept calling it a pond and asking why there isn't any fish in this pond.  Ha ha!  By the end he was kicking and trying to swim but maybe next year he will actually do some real swimming. 
Here is some summer pictures. Roosevelt and Lyman lake and of course lots of swimming at the pond.  Some days i feel like all i do is wake up. Go running. Come home clean as fast as i can. Make the boys breakfast.  Pack a lunch.  Put on our swim suits and go to the pond for the day.  It sure has been fun and I'm really not looking forward to school starting.  

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Update

Brewer loves driving on dirt roads.  He loves riding his bike.  Loves to watch diary of a wimpy kid.  Loves to play with his big brother.  Loves finding all the the phone chargers and hiding them.  I find tons of special things from Brewer under his bed.  I think his goal is see how much stuff he can put under his bed.  He loves to sing.  Lately he has been speaking with big words and it makes me laugh so hard.  He is a smart little cookie but he would rather learn while playing instead of sitting down and doing school.  I love this little boy. 

Cooper loves school and his teacher.  He is way to smart for me but it makes me so proud of him.  He loves playing with friends and isn't shy at all.  I've been playing lots of basketball with him and he is doing pretty good.  He is pretty excited that baseball is starting.  He is growing up and acts so old.  The other day he asked me if he should donate his dinosaurs and it made me sad because i do miss my little boy that ran around my house screaming at the top of his lungs pretending to be a t-rex.  I told him todonate them to Brewer but then later that night Cooper was sitting on the floor with Brewer and playing dinosaurs.  It made me smile.  I love my Coop Dog!

Josh and I have been so busy.  Josh is always working or doing school work.  He does try hard to find time for family but its not as often as we would like but we do love it when Dad is home.  I'm still going to school and helping out at the Jr high.  Its been fun getting to know the students and I love it when I actually know what I'm doing and can help them.  I'm still running and love cooking healthy meals and snacks.  I love finding new healthy recipe to try and lately I'm crazy about smoothies.  I have lost 82 pounds and hoping for 50 more.  Its been harder lately.  I think my body needs a change so I've been trying different things and workouts to see if that will help, but really,I'm really happy with what I have done even if I'm not a size 4.  I feel so good, and I love it.

Thursday, January 10, 2013

I wanted to start this post with the bottom picture but something was going on with my computer.  So I guess I will start with my Sunbeam.  Yes, Brewer is a Sunbeam and he loves it!  Crazy because he hated nursery.
Cooper is a Valiant 8 and Josh and I are his teachers.  I love it and I love the class even though I have a wild bunch of boys.
Santa found on us on Christmas morning.  I always think Josh and I are more excited for the boys then they are but I guess that's what makes Christmas seem like magic.  Cooper was shocked that he was a good boy and got what he wanted a bow and arrow.  Brewer, was jumping up and down when his eyes found his spider man bike and of course he made sure it had a horn.  We enjoyed Christmas with both our families this year.  We spent Christmas eve with Josh's family and then had Christmas breakfast with mine and then had Christmas dinner with Josh's family.  It was late when we got home so we left our house a mess with Christmas all over it and cuddle up in my bed and watched Coopers new movie Diary of wimpy kid, and all feel asleep. 
I'm excited for the New Year!

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Special Day

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Cooper's baptism was amazing to watch.  I don't think there is anything more special then watching my husband take our son by his hand and walk him into a baptism font full of water and use the power of the Priesthood and baptize Cooper.  Yes, I cried the whole time.  I'm so proud of Cooper and the choice he made to take on our Savior's name, and to join the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints, and to receive the Holy Ghost.  Cooper has asked so many question and has loved learning about baptism.  Our family has been so blessed with such a strong spirit in our home this past month.  Even our kids have mention the love that they felt in our home and I know its because of Cooper and his willingness to do what is right, and to follow in our Saviors footsteps.  I remember the day the doctor put Cooper into my arms. I never thought i could love him more then that moment right there, but I love Cooper more and more with each day I have with him.  He is amazing and I'm so proud to be his Mom.  I hope Cooper will always remember and treasure this special day.