I am so glad I get all camera happy.. I am the only one in my family that tends to love to take pictures! I love the pictures of my brother and sister with my kids, my parents with my kids, and of course the 8 grandkids with my grandparents! I am sooo homesick, and miss my family like crazy :) Enjoy!
Pictures of all the kids to and from Cheyenne, Wyoming :)
Just random images of all of us together with our gifts and goodies on Christmas Day! Nana and Papa hooked my kids up... Dave got an Ipod Touch, and a Mac Notebook (these were for both his christmas presents and his 16th bday next month) Broc got the Tony Hawk board for the WII, and he had saved enough of his own money to get an Ipod Touch. Heath got money for a new bike, some kick butt skateboards that you put together yourself. I would say in the end we all had a wonderful christmas!
We ended up not being able to leave NM until Christmas Eve. We began in decent weather but by the end, the weather had taken a turn for the worse. These are some of the pictures I took along the 8 hour car ride :) I LOVE SNOW~~ but man it was cold
I have been wanting to take the girls to build a bear for 5 years, and just have never been able to... finally today, Aunt Dana got them a gift card, so we got to go~ Woo Hoo you could spend hours and money in there! They had a lot of fun, picking thier color of bear, and all the cool stuff that goes along with them~ Thanks Dana, they had a blast~
Most of you know, Wyoming Cowboys is my favorite team, and we all like watching them together even thou the boys prefer Ohio State... Kevin was able to get us 8 free tickets to the New Mexico Bowl, where The Pokes played Fresno State... The game went into overtime, and was a great game... WYO won! Woo hoo, and in 55 degree weather it was perfect! we had a great time!
Broc decided he would rather have the presents at 13, rather than a party. So that's what we did. Broc also does not care for cake, honest he never has... so we usually let him pick what we are putting his candles in, and every year he and kevin are more creative! This year Broc chose his cheeseburgers... the pictures of him opening his presents are Broc pretending to be surprised... The ladies helped me wrap his gifts and when he walked in from school, told him what they were. He asked for a psp game, An AirSoft Gun, with ammo, and the protective eye wear that goes with it (the cool helmet) this is an expensive hobby, and one i am not overly thrilled with.. but he seems to be pretty responsible for now, and knows what will happen if he is not! :) He also got 100.00 in between Godmother, and Grandparents, Nana and Papa got him a nice watch. Then after we ate, open presents, and sang. Broc and I went and spent his money, it must have been buring a hole in his pocket! :)
Two of my favorite things in the world are Christmas and Parades... Yay! we have a christmas parade here, I was so excited, as were the ladies.. the boys could care less :) but they love their mom so they went with me. (they had no choice) they are pretty good sports and have fun once we get someplace, it's getting there that takes a minute. We saw gingerbread houses, the baskets from the hot air balloons that Abq, is known for, so on and so forth. It was 50 degrees, so a tad chilly, but not to bad at all!
As of today we have two teenage sons in the house (lord have mercy) Broc is such a good kid, though blunt and honest, but a good kid none the less. He fulfils our lives so much, and we are so blessed to have him as a son! :) We Love You Brocy!
Way back in 1997 my parents got Kevin, Dave, Broc and I the cute little teddy bear ornament with our names on them.. thus begun a tradition I love! Personalized Ornaments from Santa's Pen! They orginate out of NY and are sold in the malls around this time of year, I get one every year, I can't believe we went from a family of 4 to a family of 8! The denver bronco ornament is Dave's favorite (every year) The blue candy cane is Broc from first grade (awwww) the cool snow man with a tipped hat is this years ornament Heath made me. I LOVE it... The ballerinas are the triplets favorite this year :)
Finally no crying this year when we went to see Santa, nor making our big brothers be in the picture with us! A is yellow, T is blue, and P is pink :) had i have known he was there already we would have dressed up and did our hair nicer... but welllll
Heath is off for 2 days that Dave and Broc are not... which means the Xbox is open for free reign! He and the ladies are so excited to get Rock Band ALLLLL day to themselves!
Seems how most of my family and friends can not be here to see them in person, I wanted to share my decor with you all! I love christmas and even more so the joy around this season! It's very bittersweet for me, as it is mine and my aunt pams favorite holiday, I try to carry on her traditions! This year adding a 3rd tree, the main family room, the kids tree (yay finally) and winter wonderland tree. we are so excited we will be home this year for christmas with all my family!
Kevin and I went round and round... (he wanted my work, i was debating) but once we decided I was so proud that We went with my work for our cards this year :)
Trinity barely 5, said to us the other day that something was wrong with her teeth, wellll sure enough she had a loose tooth! Today it was hanging and we tried so hard to wait for daddy to get here and pull it for her, but she couldn't wait, so Day Day came to the rescue and pulled it for her! She and the other girls were a tad traumatized at first but then she was excited, Dave told her the first tooth gets $5.00 whole bucks! Tooth Fairy will be visting tonight!
Sooo I gave in at the request of my grandmother and took Team Cooper to sears... I love the 6 of them together, the rest I am ok with they are just different than my style, but different is good right :)
The Triplets have been waiting forever to turn 5! Finally we had our party, they were so excited, some of our favorite friends came to share the day! And Daddy did the best job ever getting our cakes! I normally get them the cute little round (cheaper) cakes but ohhhh no this year the triplets were with daddy at the store, so they picked their own princess cakes to go with the castle! :) Thank you for everyone who was able to attend we are blessed to have great company!
They are so excited this year for their birthday! Payton Rayne in Pink, 3 pounds, Trinity Jo in Purple, 3 1/2 pounds, and Aspen Danelle in Yellow, 4 pounds!
"Its so easy to compare ourselves and our families to some fictional expectation. Its much harder to listen to God's urgings and be content with how He wants us to be." Carla~
