Welcome back to Cooperstown, Jared here! I was sifting through my cell phone pictures and found some from the past few months that needed to be shared with everyone. A 1-Gig card just doesn't go as far as it once did!
Here's Holly and Derek playing in our make-shift backyard sprinkler park. Holly had a diaper on, and waddled back in the house after an hour looking like she was wearing a bean-bag around her knees.
Here's Holly and Derek playing in our make-shift backyard sprinkler park. Holly had a diaper on, and waddled back in the house after an hour looking like she was wearing a bean-bag around her knees.
Last Halloween we went to the local Pumpkin Farm/Apple Orchard for some family fall festivities. One of the fun activities we did was stuffing scarecrows using clothes and hay bales they had at the farm. Unfortunately, the hay-bales were also sticker-bales and puncture-weed-bales, and there we were without gloves. I pulled out most of the hay (wincing through the pain), while Sue and the kids stuffed the scarecrow. We're not sure what Pam was stuffing.
Some local not-for-profit organization was at the farm too. They were busy 'Partnering Jesus, Kids, and Horses.' We must have gotten there late because we only saw Kids and Horses. 
Holly and Jared went Christmas shopping at the Ingram Mall in SA, when Holly was stopped by a shiny display. She was completely entranced by the body-piercing stand. She threw a tantrum when Jared told her she couldn't deface her body until she was at least 4.
Derek doesn't share Ralphie's (from A Christmas Story) passion for Turkey Sandwiches.
We passed through Roswell on our trip to Utah for Christmas. Everything on the main drag is Alien-themed, and there's a dozen souveneir shops and an Alien Museum--all of which were closed by the time we rolled through. McDonald's was open though, so Tyler got his picture taken next to an Official Roswell Spooky Poster hanging in the restaurant.
(Does McDonald's qualify as a 'restaurant?')
Cooper boys bonding on Christmas Day the way Cooper boys do.
Tyler and Derek bonding with Grandpa James the way the James boys do.
Cooper boys bonding on Christmas Day the way Cooper boys do. 
Tyler and Derek bonding with Grandpa James the way the James boys do.
This is one of my all-time favorite family pictures.
There, my SD card is MUCH lighter, thank you very much! Nancy's staying with us for a few months to help out with watching the kids until school is out. We feel super-blessed to have her here, and we've been having such fun having her in the house (I don't know she feels about it, I guess we'll have to ask her...sometime...what was I talking about? )
Oh well, Happy January!
