first day of school 2013

first day of junior year (he was sick and came home from school)

 

 

first day of 8th grade

 

first day of 3rd grade

Trips Kinder Field Trip to Zoo!

The girls went on their field trip to the Zoo this week! The girls and I love the zoo, so we were excited, and this was the first field trip daddy was finally home to go on! :)

New Year... Thought I would post... Finally!

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!

Cooking with Mama

Uncle Ciss' (Chris) Mom Colleen got the triplets these Adorable aprons! They loooovvvvee to help both daddy and I in the kitchen, so these were a great addition to our kitchen. As soon as I get the information about the store who made them I will pass it on :)

Heathy and Trips!

My Favorite Ornament Tradition...

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 :)

Trinity looses her first tooth!

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!

Team Cooper Elves

Countdown in On...

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!

Sickness has hit our house..

Heath came home with the flu from school, and lord have mercy it has gone from there... Aspen got it first then passed it to the other... it has been along week, and i am hoping we can get it out of our house in time to feel better for Trick or Treating!

Payton
Trinity

Corpus Christi

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!

Mama and the Ladies...

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!

Random Boy Stuff..

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....

"Oldest, Youngest, Bottom"

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!

Praying Payton...

Today at lunch Payton right away bowed her head to pray.... I think all children are so precious, but especially when they pray....

Dave and Payton....

My babies..... they are so cute! The girls love my boys, and when the boys are actually here, they do give them a minute or two of their time :)

"Splish Splash"

The ladies and I did a session last night to update their headshots....visit http://jodysportraitdesign.blogspot.com/ to view our session!

Happy Mother's Day

This was taken right before we left for church this morning! :) I was asked to mention that I was wearing 3 inch heels, which is dave is only alittle taller, and broc the same size as me :) for real, they are worried about being taller than me!

Happy Mothers Day Presents....

As typical with most schools, the boys made Mothers Day Gifts for me at school and brought them home to me on Friday! My kids couldn't wait to show them to me, so they let me have them already! :)
Dave made me this ceramic tile in Art that now sits right on my desk! I really like it :)
Broc told me and I quote "I AM your present!" :) I took this of him because this is what he does while he is awake.... but apparently in his sleep as well!

Heath made me this awesome story book! He drew the Two of us as the front cover, again one of my favorite items he has made me!

The ladies haven't made me anything, but when they realized the boys were giving me gifts they told me I was the Best Mom Ever!

Trinity, Aspen, Payton

"There's no place like Home"

The ladies telling Nana and Papa bye at the airport, as we arrived... the boys were at school :(

*story about the monkeys: the girls favorite show right now is Zomabafoo, that is what they asked for when we came back....

One of the times I called home, this is what my mom said to us... and she was right! We are blessed and thankful for the alone time and to be "us" but we began missing team cooper so bad... we even laughed at ourselves! We have become "those" parents and decided we are so ok with that :) we are also soooo very grateful to my parents aka Nana and Papa, for caring for our kids... to know they are ok while we are away is so peaceful! Thanks guys!