Just For Fun!

The World Through Cooper's Eyes

Cooper has found a new hobby of playing with the camera. These are all pictures he has

taken. Some of them are better than others!

Our Trip to Governor Huntsman's Office

We were invited to meet the Governor this week. It was interesting to see his "formal" office, but I bet he gets tired of taking pictures with everyone. I am not sure which I enjoyed more: meeting the Governor or eating at Five Guys when we were done. I did learn that I probably need to grow up and finally invest in a pant suit. It sortof looks like the Sesame Street song... "One of these things is not like the other..." Guess I'll go shopping for a black pant suit so I can fit in with the rest of the campaign team.

Vice President

I just had to write a quick post to say how excited I am for John McCain's VP pick. I really didn't know much about Sarah Palin before today, but the more I learn about her, the more I like her! She stands for all the things that are important to me. I wasn't thrilled to vote for McCain, but this has totally changed my mind. Make sure you all register to vote this year. Go McCain!

These boys are always having fun together!

Tip of the Day...

AVOID EATING SAUSAGE AT IHOP.
I am pretty sure it made me sick today.

Have a happy day everyone!

We've been busy!

Clearly I am not very good at this blogging thing! I have tried to make it cute like everyones blogs, but I just can not get it to work. I have never been very good with technology!

We have been staying very busy lately. Cooper turned 3 a couple of weeks ago and is now a "big boy" who goes potty in the toilet. The whole potty training thing was an interesting experience. I wish there were directions on how to potty train, because I have no clue what I am doing! I guess we figured it out together.

The campaign has been keeping my very very very busy lately. I have sent out about 3000 emails to people to get them to sign up to volunteer. I have had a lot of positive emails, a few mean emails, and a TON of returned mail emails. It is going to be a very busy week getting everything entered in and organized in the computer. We also went to Manti last night to the Sanpete County Fair. We were in the parade and had a lot of fun exploring Manti. It has got to win the prize for the prettiest temple. It was so beautiful down there!

Derek is adjusting to his 10 hour days at work. He is gone for a very long time, but it does make the weekends a lot more fun. He took Cooper golfing this Friday and will probably continue with that tradition until there is snow on the grass. Cooper keeps telling us that if he keeps eating all of his dinner that he will get big and beat Tiger at golf. It is amazing that someone so little could love golf so much. Every night before he goes to bed, he insists on watching the golf channel. I guess it is a good way to get us all to fall asleep! It is so boring, but for some reason Cooper likes it.

We are excited for our September. It seems like there are a lot of fun things going on. We are looking forward to the State Fair. We have gone the past 3 years and have really enjoyed it. We also are planning on going to Peach Days and maybe a few other little trips before the weather gets bad.

YW is going great. I think I am really going to love being the Personal Progress Leader. I can tell you that I LOVE not having to teach on Sundays. I almost feel guilty that I can just enjoy church without having to prepare something. My first activity is in a couple weeks. It has to be about integrity, so if anyone has any fun ideas, please let me know!

I guess that is all for now. Hopefully I will get better about writing more often!

Campaign Days

"YAY JASON!"

Dad and Gabe Henderson

(Derek is usually the driver in parades, but was at the US Open during this parade)Mom and Julie Chaffetz
Marian

At least half of our weekends this summer were spent traveling around the state to be in parades for the campaign. Cooper loved riding in the truck while Derek drove. I would walk and pass out brochures or candy along the parade. We were able to experience so many community celebrations and had a lot of fun along the way. Some of the cities we visited were; Ephraim, Eagle Mountain, Bluffdale, Spanish Fork, Manti, Pleasant Grove, and Orem. Anytime Cooper hears Jason's name he has to say "YAY Jason!" because it is what he would say during all the parades. Jason and Cooper have become good pals. There are few occasions that I see Jason when he doesn't ask where or how Cooper is. It is pretty cool that my child has become such good friends with a future congressman!

Potty Training

Well Cooper has reached a new milestone. He is in the process of being potty-trained! It has been interesting. I have a new respect for all of you who have potty-trained many children. He is doing as good as can be expected, but if anyone has any tips for me, please let me know!


Life has been busy for us the last week or so. Last week was girls camp so I spent a couple days up there. It was actually a lot more fun than I expected. Cooper turned 3 on Sunday and we had a lot of fun having a birthday party with Maddy and Paige. I completely screwed up the party planning by not calling the bowling alley ahead of time so we found out the hard way that they were closed. We still owe Coop a bowling trip. He was sad to say the least. The party ended up being a lot of fun. It was extremely hot outside, but we all had a good time.

Our Tuesday

Right now Cooper and Derek are having a great time together watching Wipeout. They seems to both really enjoy laughing at the misery of the dumb people who sign up to go on that show. Derek actually just got home from an interview with the bishop. He was released from the Elders Quorum presidency and called to serve in the nursery. Cooper is SO excited! It will be a nice break for him to not have a ton of responsiblity and it will be good for him to spend more time with Coop. Thanks to Gov. Huntsman, he is now gone at 6:30 every morning and gets home around 7:00... just in time to eat dinner and go to bed. This new schedule is going to take a while to get used too. I am sure I will love his schedule when Friday rolls around. Yesterday, Cooper, Aubrey and I went to see Wall-E. For anyone who hasn't seen it, DON'T! I am not sure what they were thinking, but I can comfortably say that it is the worst kids movie I have ever seen. Cooper actually did pretty well at the theater, but Aubrey and I were a little bored... especially during the first half. That about sums up our last couple days!

Golf Days

Father and Son Bonding Time!

I wonder what in the world they will do when there is snow on the ground. They LOVE to go golfing together.

Derek's Vacation

US OPEN

In June, Derek went to San Diego with Brandon, Logan, Jordan and Jamie. They had the opportunity to attend the US Open golf tournament, go golfing, and to a baseball game. It was Derek's dream vacation. He had a great time and I know he would love the opportunity to go to another golf tournament.

Cooper Cooper and More Cooper!

Cooper and Family...

Cooper and Grandpa Choo Choo

(Also known as Great Grandpa Smith)

Grandma and Grandpa Choo Choo

Cooper and his girlfriend!

Cooper and his best friend.

Easter 2008

Salem City Easter Egg Hunt 2008