together forever

This is on Cooper's baptism day!  He had 9 grandparents there that love and support him.  Grandma Brewer is the sweet lady sitting on the chair next to Cooper. She passed away on Saturday morning.  She was 96 and full of life.  I  know she is happy being with her sweetheart and her two daughters.  One of her daughter passed away 2 weeks ago because of cancer.  Aunt Debbie, who was only 60 at the time, is very dear to my husbands heart.  She had josh live with her and her family after he graduated from high school.  Aunt Debbie helped him prepare for his mission.  So, this month has been a emotional one.  Saying goodbye to these two lovely ladies isn't easy but I'm so grateful and feel so much comfort in knowing that families will be together forever.  I better stop there. I don't think I can write much more without crying. 

Big lake

Big lake with my boys!  I love going up there with my boys.  Big lake is so beautiful and peaceful. 

We had the best time trying to fish, eating a picnic, and hanging out with family. 

I love making memories like these with my boys.   

 

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! 

 



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.



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.

 

 

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.  

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.