The Real Reason for Babies

27 Mar 2010

There are lots of reasons to have kids. I didn't know it before-hand, but the real reason for babies is so that you can attack your lazy husband. If Jared is napping when he should be unpacking, all you have to do is plop the baby on him.

At first she is cuddly and cute. Dad is glad that he has a cute baby to love him. Little does he know what she has in mind.She begins by checking out her surroundings to make sure that the coast is clear.

She assumes her attack stance.
The attack begins. Dad is especially bugged by the famous "wet diaper in the face" maneuver. Mom and baby are happy. Dad is mad, and still sleepy.

All is right with the world.

Do you like...stuff?

20 Mar 2010

Here are some pictures that I took this last week. This is Tyler and Derek in a field of wild flowers by the Freddy's Frozen Custard. The flowers are starting to come out all over the place. The Texas Blue Bells are especially pretty.

This is how we spend the third hour of church each week. Notice the tear in Holly's eye and the glazed over, sleepy look in Jared's.

This is what my girls made at our Faith in God activity this week. We learned about the Word of Wisdom and the food pyramid. The girls drew all the food except the carrot and the the broccoli. One of the 9-year olds is a really good artist. She did the apple and the peas with shading and everything.

Still Moving In

18 March 2010

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Some of you may be wondering how our move is coming along. Well........the old house is mostly cleaned out. We have two or three more things over there that we need to pick up and we still have lots of cleaning to do. Problem is that the old house has a broken pipe somewhere so the water is shut off and we can't clean. There wasn't a flood or anything (as far as we know) but there is something really wrong with the water. For the last couple of weeks the whole house sounds like it's going to shake apart whenever you flush a toilet or turn on a faucet. It's really bad and pretty scary. Good thing we were only renting.

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The new house is coming along...kind of. I just walked around the house 5 minutes ago and took these photos.

Clearly there is lots left to do. Here is what Jared's doing right now. I guess you can tell what I'm doing (ahem - blogging). Yeah...well...I sure hope someone puts all this stuff away soon.

Mario Wiiiiiiii!

17 March 2010

Tyler was playing Mario on the Wii and I wanted him to do some chores. Here is how the conversation went.

Me: Tyler, I need you to do some chores. Can you please stop as soon as your guy dies?
Tyler: Sure
Derek: TYLER! IT'S TIME TO STOP! TURN OFF THE WII!
Me: Derek! It's okay. He doesn't have to stop until he dies.
Derek: Tyler, can you please die?

Home Depot Car Carts

11 Mar 2010

So we're almost all moved into our new house. The boxes are here, the furniture is put back together and the computer is set up. Yay! Things are almost normal again :) Tomorrow Tyler is going to take his first ride to school on the bus. He's pretty excited. I will take pictures and keep you updated. In the meantime, here are some Cooper family gems:

Holly thinks moving is stinky. We all think that her diapers are stinky.

I bought this TV box from a lady who was buying a TV at Costco. When the missionaries came over to help us move, one mentioned that the way the woman on the box was looking at him made him feel uncomfortable.

All our food was packed up so we went out for dinner.

I temporarily suspended my "no car cart" policy on one of our many trips to Home Depot this week.