"Snack Time"

My dear sweet husband bought the kids some candy today... Well later on in the day I hear Dave asked the girls to go get him a sucker.... I am thinking "what suckers" So I go check out what he was talking about..... OH MY... they found the bag of suckers Kevin bought them, each opened and were eating 2 at a time! I said "Ohhhh Thanks Kevin" Aspen was like "yeah Thanks Daddy!
Too bad she has no idea how sarcastic I meant that! :)

"YUMMY"




"Thanks Daddy!"

Team Coopers New Toy!

 

So this is part of the reason we have not gotten as far in the house as we would have liked. Kevin and Dave took a day to get this up for all 6 of them! We had one 4 years ago, but sold it when we moved to Germany, so they are quite excited to have one again! The girls were scared to death the first couple of days, but now when its' just the 3 of them they love it! I think the boys bounce them too high, so that is why they prefer to jump alone!

A Touch Of Pink... Girls Room Is Done!

"The Girls Wall" I have a wall that is all thier images together that leads into their room, I have one for the boys as well... It's not done yet!


Entering their room


Vanity/Dresser


Our Beds!! They loved that I moved their little A P T signs right over where they each sleep...


4th Wall with our New Dora Bookshelf! We just need to find the books that go on it!

My newest Decor I got them from Shelia! :) They love it! I wanted to hang it above a baby photo of them, they picked the bubbles!

"Wrong Bed"

Kevin works mids, so he does not put the girls to bed at night, I do. Well last night he was here so he did it for me!
So this morning, when I woke up Kevin was already gone. Aspen came to get me up with her, we did our morning routine so on and so forth. Then we walked past the girls room, when I glanced in on the other 2 sleeping, I noticed that "Aspen" was still asleep.... I looked at her again and even said "Who are you?" She said "Aspen, Mama Daddy put me in the Wrong Bed!" Sure enough he put Aspen in Payton's bed, and Payton in Aspens... So I called him and here is the conversation....
"Hon, who sleeps by the window?" me
"Aspen, Why?" him
"Because that is where you put Payton" me
"Well is Trinity in the right bed?" Kevin
Thinking WHAT? to myself I said "Yes, Why"
"Well one of three's not bad, besides they didn't say anything to me!" Kevin
Ohhhh how I love this man! :)

"Feeding the Birds with Brocy"

From the moment we viewed this house, the girls have been waiting ever so patiently to re-fil the bird feeder! Well today was finally that day. They got to go out with Broc to fill the water and food. They were so excited... Now they are waiting ever so patiently to watch the birds come and eat!

 

Color Coordinated!

When you get pregnant with multiples, they give them a letter Baby A and Baby B... Well of course we had to do Baby C! So I find some of the cutest things to decorate their room in... In fact we have a pink ABC on the wall... I figure how appropriate! Anyhow... what no one told me was how I would be able to tell them apart!

So I gave them colors! Aspen is White, Payton is Pink and Trinity is Purple! Any of their own personal items are these colors as well! Then we know who's is who's so on and so forth. This cuts down on fighting quite a bit! The other day someone actually said to Payton what is her color... Do you know she was like "I am pink, T is Purple, and Aspen is White" I thought oh.... ok... I was kinda shocked that she knew... I am not sure why, but I was.

I even commented to Kevin, Our poor girls

they answer things so unlike other kids get

to... Kevin was like They don't care, they

are special! For some reason this does not apply with

thier clothes! They like those being the same, but for toys,

or other things, they like it to be in their color....

One of the most asked questions we get is "How do you tell them apart" Today was no exception.. while we were at chilis eating lunch, the waitress asked the famous question and before any of us could answer her Trinity said "We have different colors of earrings!" We all stopped and looked at her, because A) She was right! that is exactly how we tell them apart and B) She was very proud of her answer!

I find it completely amazing to raise them!
And they never cease to amaze me... They are
such a gift from god... and make my heart swell
to watch them everyday! They love their older brothers... and that leaves me feeling so blessed!

On a side note, because Kevin thinks we should share this part... They like to wear the same hair bows, and I enjoy them wearing everything the same... I know, I know but I figure while I can they may as well... Well Kevin said it makes him feel like an idiot when they wear the same because then he's not sure who he is talking to! He said "Jody, people stare at me like you don't even know who your own kid is" So we go about 50/50 on what "hair pretties" we are wearing that day! :)
Just FYI for Aunt Cori, who asked me the other day what
they wear in their hair..
*Signs were bought, yes again, at my favorite store right now.. Simple Impressions!

Grace Outreach Picnic...

The kids and I were able to go to our church picnic last night (Kevin was at work) at a local park... I never realized how secure I feel on base until I go somewhere else. Of all the places I take them alone (unfortunately kevins schedule stinks right now) I normally feel fine, but there were too many people, in a very open area.... and I guess that is the part of me that is from somewhere like Cheyenne.... This whole bigger city thing is something for us to get used to. Even Dave was like "Mom, we need to keep a close eye on them huh?" I told him and Broc they could go do what they needed to do, but deep down was thankful they stayed with me! I try my hardest not to make the boys "do the girls" but sometimes, I am so grateful when they realize the situations and how they may be enough to stay near me. The girls get lots of attention, usually positive, but let's just say that is not always the case, and that scares me, not just for the girls, but all 6 of my kids! What a different world we live in now a days huh! :)
Regardless, We had a good time. The slide with 3 slots all together was a huge hit! Can you tell? and the swings? Oh man... How long can we swing? They loved them! Dave and Broc liked these as well, there were teenage girls watching them push the girls! Ice Cream is always a plus, and then it was time to go pick up dad from work...

"Ms. Stephanie!"

Meet "Ms. Stephanie!" she is the girls Sunday School/Nursery teacher at church... Whom they adore! The girls are kind-of reluctant when meeting new people. Honestly I think this is because of the approach people have on the them... They walk right up to the girls and get in their face. You and I as adults, realize they do this just because they think the girls are "neat" or whatever, but this tends to scare the girls off. So when they like someone, they really like them! Ms. Stephanie tops that list!
Everyday they want to know if it is church day, because then we get to see her! Every Saturday night we repaint our toes (this takes me about 30 min. to do all 3) to show Ms. Stephanie in our pretty shoes! We like to wear our pretty dresses to show her! Wellll when we got to see Ms. Stephanie TWICE yesterday, once at church and then at the picnic.... OH MY..... they could not believe that Ms. Stephanie leaves church! They were so excited to see her! I enclosed so many photos so you could see their faces, their was a huge dog next to Ms. Stephanie, and they are petrified of dogs.... Anyhow, the girls do not have many things in this world they care about for me to share with you, but this is a great one! We love you Ms. Stephanie! Aspen, Payton and Trinity!

Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July! With Love,
Kevin, Jody, Dave, Broc, Heath, Aspen, Payton and Trinity
Otherwise known as Team Cooper! We love you all, and hope that you are with your loved ones right now! We think of and pray for you all often!
*click on grid to enlarge


These are some shots taken while we were waiting for the parade to begin. It was pretty exciting, but man did it make me homesick as ever! Kevin and I both agree, it is so nice to be here for this holiday... for the last four years the only place that celebrates the 4th is on base (obviously) but it's nice to see everyone, everywhere doing something patriotic! We are so thankful and proud to be American!

This second Collage is upon waiting for Fireworks to begin! We got there about 2 hours early to get a good spot... but after awhile, all 6 of them begin to "be done" but they did ok, and we got home about 11:10. We hope everyone had a great day! Love to you all Team Cooper

Flight BBQ

Click on grid to enlarge.

We went with Kevin to a Flight NCO BBQ on base the other day, and there was a near by park. The kids had a good time, especially considering how hot it is here! Man, I wonder if we will ever get used to the heat! :) Notice the girls for the first time ever actually getting to not only drink Coke (they always only get sprite) but getting a can.... they were very excited to do things like the boys! They did not drink the whole can, I had Kevin take huge drinks of them. And I know this is awful, but they are still little so why give them soda all the time, I let them believe they can only have cans of pop at picnics/bbq's!

A Day Out!

Yesterday, Heath was invited to a birthday party at Peter Pipers Pizza. While he was getting ready to go, the other 5 overheard Kevin tell them where they were going "It's like Chuck E. Cheese" Well of course from there it was all over, they all wanted to go. *Side Note: No, I did not allow them to be "at" the birthday party :) Anyhow I had 2 Wedding Clients and 1 Family Session to prepare for this week so I was not able to go. So I handed Kevin "My Baby" (my Nikon) with a threat to his life, and they all left. This is the part of having to do a self operated business that is not so fun! They had lots of fun, but apparently still prefer The Big Mouse over the other guys!

Heath with Micheal, his friend from school

I actually kind of like this of them!

I guess the older 2 boys were like Yeah No Dad! No photos

Heath's new hair.... I am not thrilled with it, so it's not staying

Broc who already had a weak wrist due to an injury earlier this week, did it in for real this time!

Broc and Aspen with their Godmother..

I was so excited that Broc and Aspen both finally got to be with Aunt Sara! Broc has not seen her in 4 years, and I think they were both surprised at how one another looked.
Aspen, who is also named after Aunt Sara Danelle, finally got to meet her! It was really sweet how they interacted with one another. These images of course are not of professional manner, but I intend to get those as soon as I am able to!

The Girls with Papa and Nana

As you can see in a further down post, it took the girls each a couple of days to get used to my parents back in October. But this time.... complete turn around. The girls were all over them! They were so excited that Nana and Papa came for a visit, it was awesome for me to watch all 6 kids with my parents again!
They also got to meet Aunt Sara for the first time! I am not sure who was cuter, Sara or The Girls. I laughed because Sara would ask each one of them "ok, who are you?" Anyhow while she was here the girls really loved being with her and talking to her, and watching her get ready. So when she left we were watching Cinderella, I asked Aspen "Are you a Princess Aspen?" She chuckled and said "No...." Trinity said "Aunt Sara Is!" I asked all 3 of them kind 0f out load "Oh really, Aunt Sara is a Princess?" They said "Yes, Princess Aunt Sara!" It was so cute!

*Aspen telling Nana and Papa she wants to come to thier house! Then giving Nana, Papa and Aunt Sara kisses goodbye :( The kids were really upset, and it broke my heart! Good thing the 4th of July is only 6 weeks away.
















My Poor Dad had been awake for almost 30 hours I think by the time they got here. This was the following afternoon, and he was resting on the coach. You see he got alot of rest with his granddaughters here to "help" Papa!

"Aspen, what are you doing?" Aspen replied "shhhh Papa is making mimi" but mind you she's laying on him, and playing with his face... Yeah she was letting him rest alright!

Payton realized she wanted to help Papa rest as well! I love how she is loving on him~

Of course if the other two are with Papa, Trinity joins in! Wow, good thing they let Papa get so much rest huh!

Cooper Triplets as Cheerleaders :)

I have to tell you this was our first experiance with anything girly, when being awe struck....
Boys love to meet Superman, Batman so on and so forth... Well my girls reacted the same way to meeting Cheerleaders! It was so cute... They just thought the cheerleaders were so neat. When we told them we were going to the football game, they went and got me their outfits. "Mom can we take the pom,poms?" I was alittle leary because they say the broncos on them (2 guesses, who these outfits were from by the way... beings neither Kevin nor I are Bronco Fans...Nana and Papa!) Well the girls ended up fitting in just fine. They were so excited when the cheerleaders came on the field, it was so funny to watch their reactions. I posted so many of them with all the cheerleaders, because I felt kind of sorry for the girls, as you can see they got alittle shy, People were yelling "can you look over here" well after a couple the poor girls were kinda taken back. I told my sister "you would have thought they were the attraction at the zoo" Sara replied "Well Jode, they kinda are" I laughed and thought well I guess so. :) I love that they are so cute, I love that they do get attention because they are so rare, but I also hope they adjust to that, and aren't too shy. The cheerleaders invited them to join Cheer Camp in June, so I will find out the price of that and we'll see. All I thought was... x3! Ouch :)

"Mom, it's a Real Cheerleader" The girls told me! They were so excited!

Aspen cheering with Daddy "Go Wyoming Go"

Payton cheering!

Trinity Cheering

Walking into the stadium to watch the game! They were so cute in their outfits!

Why we are called Team Cooper!

Every saturday Kevin has off he and the boys go to Arena Football ... Well this saturday the teams were New Mexico and .... WYOMING!!! So of course I said "Ok, that is not fair, I really want to go!" Kevin just smiled and handed me 8 tickets! I told him, oh yea see I am not sure that is a good idea... Let's be honest the girls are 3 1/2 how well can we really expect them to be at a Football game? But they were really good, they did get alittle bored at the end, but not too bad at all! We had quite a few people tell us they were well behaved, so maybe they weren't too bad. :) I love this photo of the 6 of them, I wish the back ground were different so I could frame it, but they are so hard to photograph, that I like this. We started off high in the stands, then the two older boys moved for alttle bit (poor Heath, just not quite old enough yet) but then all 8 of us ended up back together, alot closer! We had a great time, and of course Wy won 66-32!!