Building Blocks

On Sunday morning, Cooper was looking at a copy of The Friend magazine. He saw the kids building a temple out of blocks on the cover. He recruited the help of Derek and together they made their own version of a temple. He was so proud and wanted me to take his picture.

Finally An Update...

Well, it has been a LONG time since I have updated this blog.

(Well, except to complain about my bad day yesterday. I'm learning the whole idea of "Choosing to not be offended" is MUCH harder to actually do than it sounds).

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But Anyway....

I figured I would try to catch up. I'm accepting the reality that I am a terrible blogger and that it just isn't my favorite thing to do. So I am sorry there are not any exciting or funny stories, but at least you will see a little of what we have been up to the past few months.

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Only 8 more weeks to go until we have our new baby! Time is flying by!! It will be fun to have a new baby in our home. We are a little nervous because it has been so long since we had Cooper. It will be VERY nice to finally feel normal again! This pregnancy has been MUCH harder on my body than Cooper was. Guess I am getting old.

We hope everyone is having a wonderful Fall!

Weekend Getaway

Because we are down to only 6-8 weeks left before we have our baby, we decided to take a little family vacation to Logan. We were only there for 2 days but had a lot of fun together. Derek is a big Utah State fan so we went to their football game. Unfortunately, they lost. It is always fun to be with my boys away from housework, laundry, and dishes. Hopefully we can get away together again soon!

My Cute Cooper!

Preschool

My baby is in preschool!

State Fair 2009

Salem Days 2009

Dinosaur Museum

Here are some pictures from our day (well it was more like our HOUR) at the Thanksgiving Point Dinosaur Museum. We went on $2 Tuesday's and learned that it is probably best to pay full price and go when it isn't insanely busy.

Party Time!

COOPER IS 4!

Cooper with the Nelson Cousins

When I told Cooper that we didn't have any goody-bags for his party, he quickly got out his leftover parade candy and started splitting it up to put in bags. He is such a funny kid!

This was my first attempt at making a birthday cake. (I couldn't justify paying $20 for an ugly and yucky store made one) so at the last minute I made this for him. He seemed to like it and I guess that is all that matters.

Bad Day...

So I need to vent.....

It hasn't been a good day.

I am not really sure where my day took such a bad turn, or what exactly made my day so stinky, but I know I don't like how I am feeling right now. I'm guessing my crazy, out of control hormones have something to do with it, but it has been a very long time since I have felt sad about something that is really really insignificant to the rest of the world.

Everyone has bad days, right?

So here is to today being OVER and hopefully tomorrow will be better!

Ok, now I feel a little better.

Another Youtube Clip

Here is another good youtube video... this one is even educational. It is only 3 minutes long, but it is very informative about the health care debate. Everyone should watch it!

Saturday Night Live

Congressman Chaffetz' Town Hall Clip

If you don't have time to watch the entire clip (it is only a few minutes long) skip to the last minute or so. It was a fantastic town hall meeting and this was my favorite moment of the night.

St. George 2009

Every summer we spend a weekend in St. George with Derek's family. The boys go golfing a couple times and the girls go to Cedar City to the Shakespeare Festival. Although it is always really hot, we always have a great time.

Cooper and Derek on the go-carts at Fiesta Fun. He was barely tall enough to ride with him.
Cooper and Abbey played for hours and hours.

Brrrrrrrrr!

Spanish Fork Carnival

Anyone who looks at this blog knows that Cooper loves to go on rides. We took him to the Fiesta Days carnival this year and he was big enough to ride some of the big kid rides. Derek thought it would be fun to take him on one that spins around really fast.

Here is the BEFORE picture.....

And here is Derek AFTER... (He was one sick dude!)