We got to see my brother and sister in law on Sunday. We went swimming and had a cookout with not only Virgil and Yahaira but good friends of theirs as well. John, Jenn, and Danny we fun to be around and the girls kept referring to Ms. Jenn as "Aunt Yahaira's Best Friend" My boys have always loved Uncle Virgil, but this was the first "real" time seeing the girls, they saw them as infants, but i excited to see what they thought of one another now. Dave now towers Uncle Virgil, Broc and Heath still think he is "cool" but the ladies kept telling us "Uncle Bigil is so handsome" then of course after being with Aunt Sara last summer who taught the triplets her name was "Princess Aunt Sara" they refer to both Sara and Yahaira this way. Both ladies are "just like Princess Jasmine" what high regards coming from 4 year olds! We had a great time, and I wish I lived closer to family and friends... Maybe one day?
I just told Kevin and Cori there are going to be tons of Beach/Texas posts, and I am so sorry... i just can't help myself. I am not sure who the two girls are in the middle of this collage. but I love the pic! I think that is Payton waiting for the water, as she was the bravest, and then of course the boys! Ohhhh I wish we could be on vacation for a whole month!
Ohhhh I try to be so nice, and with all my clients, it works so well, but with Team Cooper urggggg they all think they are so funny, and show out for one another! So I handed Chris (Cori's husband) my camera so he would be ready while I set up our entire session. Cori tells me they laughed and laughed in their truck watching us, why? Because they don't listen to me! I have to point and was jumping up and down, mind you this is not only with the kids, but Kevin as well! Thought you all may love the laugh and the outtakes!
I know I would be asking the same question how does such a big family go on vacation in these economic times? (by the way this does not offend me at all, I LOVE a deal) We haven't been on vacation as a family for a couple of years now so we thought it was high time, if at all possible to do so this year! We had a couple of places in mind, but the good ol air force tends to help us make other plans. Then to be honest we used more money from our income taxes then we originally wanted to for bills and necessities so it came down to ok where can we somewhat go on a budget? Right about that time, Cori called me and said come to Texas... um 12 hours away 6 kids, not so appealing. But then we added what the amount of hotels alone would save us... and Cori called and said guess what? They had gotten season passes to BOTH Sea World and Six Flags. Well, there are certain weeks for both places where we could go with them to each place for FREE! I added up these costs as well, it was a savings of almost $900.00 altogether! There were bonus as well to Texas, My brother lives there, so on and so forth. So after Kevin was finally approved to do so, we decided Texas it was for this years Team Cooper Vacation! We had a great time, and would love to do a yearly trip, but can not hold our breathe. *I should also note this is why I choose to work on vacation, I did a family session and a wedding! This way, I was helping us pay for vacation as we went :)
These shots are from Sea World... it was HOT but we had tons of fun!
These are just a bunch of random images i wanted to share... of all 6 or even all 10. The pool, the beach, amusement parks, were some of the great things we got to do!
We were due to leave Texas today, but literally as Kevin was loading the van, the van battery died as well as the air in the tire, it was gone, so back and forth to the car places Kevin and Chris went, and by 2 o'clock it was evident we were not only staying in San Antonio another night but we went swimming with the Pearsons for the afternoon! While we were at the pool however, the newspaper guy on base, asked if he could photograph all of team cooper (sans me, i wasn't in the water) he took a photograph of all 7 and told us they would be in the paper, Aunt Cori has promised to get us quite a few copies!
When we went to Sea World we all went on The Journey to Atlantis, except for Kevin and Elijah... they opted to stay out of the ride and the water (babies) :)
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We are making smores in Corpus Christi. We had a great time!
The ladies looking rough... and helping Uncle Chris make breakfast!
We got here yesterday and these pictures are actually off my cousins camera but of my kids, so I borrowed them. We had a great time and can't wait to go again today!
The ladies and I are not usually in pictures,(together that is) so I asked Cori to take this for us! I really love it!
For the first time in 4 years, I was able to see my brother and my sister in law! We had a great time eating dinner, and then took a tour on the Riverwalk boat.... they have yet to see the kids, but will on Sunday!
Yesterday was a good, long, hot day! We went to Six Flags, we have all been before to a Six Flags, it was the first time as Team Cooper to this one! We had a great day, and had so much fun. The Wiggles World was a hit, as were all the roller coasters! Enjoy!
I think my niece Samantha took this picture at the pool today... Wow~! Dave looks just like his dad, but man on man.... they even stand the same way?
We had stuff we needed to get done today also it is Cori's birthday so we ran some errands and whatnot, but Kevin and Chris took all 10 kids to the pool! They had a great time!
This is Jody's Cousin Cori and I am posting for her at her request!!!
They have arrived at Ft. Stockton, Texas for the night and everyone is doing good! They have only 5 hours to go tomorrow till they reach Aunt Cori's House in San Antonio!!! When she arrives she will update on the blog for you all again! We can't wait to see her and all of Team Cooper! I haven't seen them for 2 years when I visited Germany and the 10 cousins haven't seen each other in almost 4 years! Its going to be a great reunion and one that has been long overdue. We can't wait to see all of them and her kids and mine are just going crazy asking when are we going to get there! This is a picture Jody asked me to copy from Facebook of them in the van on the road. Sooo Cute. Till tomorrow, I am sure she will post many shots of the reunion between the Team Cooper and The Final Four!
So i figured out how to use someones picture as their ring tone on my cell, Dave's is the image on the side bar, this is Broc and Heaths :)
The ladies and Heathy waiting for Nana and Papa at the airport....
At the store yesterday the manager loved the girls! He was so amazed by them, and was asking tons of questions. One of the things I have not emphasised is their birth order... I feel it's not important, they are all the same. So when the manager asked "who is the oldest" I started to say "They don't know"... When Aspen raised her hand and said "I am!" He said "Who is the youngest?" Trinity said "I am, I am number 6" (the military would be so proud) all of the sudden Payton said "I do not want to be in the bottom..." I said "the what?" The bottom, mom i don't like the bottom... we are not sure how come but for some reason the triplets think the middle is the bottom!
"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~
We got to see my brother and sister in law on Sunday. We went swimming and had a cookout with not only Virgil and Yahaira but good friends of theirs as well. John, Jenn, and Danny we fun to be around and the girls kept referring to Ms. Jenn as "Aunt Yahaira's Best Friend" My boys have always loved Uncle Virgil, but this was the first "real" time seeing the girls, they saw them as infants, but i excited to see what they thought of one another now. Dave now towers Uncle Virgil, Broc and Heath still think he is "cool" but the ladies kept telling us "Uncle Bigil is so handsome" then of course after being with Aunt Sara last summer who taught the triplets her name was "Princess Aunt Sara" they refer to both Sara and Yahaira this way. Both ladies are "just like Princess Jasmine" what high regards coming from 4 year olds! We had a great time, and I wish I lived closer to family and friends... Maybe one day?
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