For Spring Break 2011, we decided to take a huge vacation (this was our "reward" to look forward to, the entire time Kevin was deployed) We began vacation in Las Vegas! Kevin and I have been but our kids had not... they loved it! In fact i see us returning soon.
We stayed at Circus, Circus. Went to the wax musuem, did the MM 3d tour, & rode the NY NY roller coaster!
(if you scroll down, you will see I am way behind on this whole blogging thing) :)
After what felt like an eternity Kevin aka Daddy finally came home!! 225 days later...(7 1/2 month) We were all ready!!
Heath and the girls waiting for daddy with their ready signs!
Team Cooper watching for him, as his plane was announced as landed!
DADDY!! Tears were shed not only by us, but everyone around us!
All of Team Cooper is so happy he is finally home!
Well since I last posted in October (oooppppsss) We have been busy! So here is a quick view of the things we have done and did since then. I am going to try my hardest to blog once a week this year, with Kevin being gone I'll be honest it was hard... but here's to hoping i can keep up :)
A few things we did were.....seen Uncle Virgil and Aunt Yahaira (pregnant with our nephew) in Texas for Thanksgiving! I drove the kids 12 hours (one way) to see family and friends, something we needed very bad at the time!
Six Flags with The Pearsons for Thanksgiving!
Meet Santa at Six Flags!
Dave turned 17, went to Homecoming and He is doing great his Junior year, and is already applying for colleges..
Broc turned 14! Loves football and his last year in Middle School!
Heath is 10 1/2 doing well in his last year of Elementary and living it up with friends, all the time!
The Triplets turned 6!! and got glasses! they are doing very well with them, daddy and i are so proud! Kindergarten is a HUGE hit!
We carried on with tradition by going to the Zoo, but I have to admit, all 7 of us missed Daddy...so for trick or treating, we usually go to base, but we decided Heath would go with his friends and the ladies and I would go to our church Trunk or Treat... Everyone had a good time, Dave and Broc stayed home, watching scary movies and handing out Tons of Candy!!
Heath was AROD, The ladies were Tinkerbell and her Fairy Friends!
This month's Hearts Apart was dinner and the movies. The movie, Marmaduke, was in the park on base, this was the first time Heath and The Girls had been to one. It is nice to just being with all my kids, we are all busy and do our own thing, so to be together every once in while is great...We are looking forward to daddy coming home, and doing this next year!
Today we went to the base pool to attend the monthly Hearts Apart Meeting for the families of the deployed. We ended up having a great time, and are very glad we got a chance to go. Thou when we went on base, we did ask were daddy was, and even waved hi to his work as we drove by :)
I have tried my hardest to continue with our normal routines on holidays or not without Daddy here. So today we went to the Parade then later on went to the fireworks. There are to be more fireworks this evening we also intend on going to :)
It has been a rough 24 hours...Kevin had to be at the airport at 3, so we met him there about 10 mins to 7 to tell him bye. We did pretty good, until we actually walked him to the gate, when the girls Kevin and I lost it.....needless to say it's been a very sad day but we are proud of him and know that God will bring him home safe to us :)
The 3 1/2 weeks Daddy was gone, they had a hard time and we took our daddy dolls everywhere... I thought ohhh what a great picture with the American Flag, the boys of course, said No thank you.(if you scroll down the side, there is a patriotic image of the boys from Dec 2009) I loved the outcome, I had my old boss Mona take these for me at Sears. Now they have them in their room, as daddy does in his wallet :)
We Love the Zoo! But rarely get a chance to go, as we have to pay too much to get in and then spend the day there... Due to Kevin deploying, we are apart of Operation Military Kids, or Hearts Apart, So we got to go to the Zoo for Free!! Which was awesome, but also bittersweet it means daddy is leaving :(
Dave and Aspen
Broc and Payton
Heath and Trinity
The ladies have had a very hard time missing daddy :( They have never been this long without either daddy or i, and were not old enough last time daddy left. On Tuesday night, when going to bed, they had a huge sobbing (not a fit) breakdown. They were so upset, and wanted to know when he would be home. So the fix was for mommy to take them to the mall! Worked like a charm
Before Daddy leaves, we wanted to go to a mini vacation. Due to scheduling and money we had to stay closer to home, and what not, but we had a good family time.
This was our favorite part... the White Sands I love these pictures! :) After debating back and forth I dressed the boys to match the girls! I actually did this for a frame reason :) my mom got me a frame that has 3 spots, and therefore the 3 spots will be filled! yay!
Then we took them to a little Space Museum! Again, not huge, but they made the best of it! :)
"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~
Team Cooper watching for him, as his plane was announced as landed!
DADDY!! Tears were shed not only by us, but everyone around us!
All of Team Cooper is so happy he is finally home!
Meet Santa at Six Flags! 
Dave turned 17, went to Homecoming and He is doing great his Junior year, and is already applying for colleges..
Broc turned 14! Loves football and his last year in Middle School! 
