Ride? Ride?

4 May 2010

I was out in the garage organizing all my junk. I came in for just a second to use the bathroom. When I returned I realized that I'd left the door to the garage open and that Holly had escaped! I found her here. I wish I had taken a picture of the maze of yard tools, building supplies, and garbage that she had to navigate to get here but you'll just have to believe me that it was a real feat. She still can't walk but she's standing on her own more and she knows where her bellybutton is. Whenever she thinks she's in trouble she lifts her shirt up as high as she can and screams in joy (she knows that her belly makes me happy.) I love her so so so much!!!

Transformer House: Part Deux

29 April 2010

Earlier this week I built the kids another box house. This one was much improved with three separate areas in the main box and a separate apartment for Holly. Derek called the first one a"Transformer House" for some reason, so this is "Transformer House: Part 2." Holly loved it.

When It Rains In Texas, It Really Rains!

28 April 2010

I rained 7 inches one day a couple of weeks ago and I took these pictures of the flood. I think we get it worse than most of our neighbors because we live across the street from the drainage ditch and thus, right in the drainage path. Later in the day, the ditch filled up and started coming back into the street. Further down the road a river (with rapids and everything) popped up and washed out a major road in 4 places. Now I know why they have such big drainage ditches all over the place.

Sea World with Grandma Cooper

5 Apr 2010

While Grandma was here we took her to Sea World. I think it's the first time she's ever been. We had a really good time.

Derek cut in line to give Shamu a hug. He just ran up there so I hurried and snapped a picture.

This is Jared taking Tyler for his first roller coaster ride ever. He said it was 3/4 fun and 1/4 not fun.

This is Derek on his first roller coaster ride. It's called Shamu's Oasis. Derek loved it and Tyler says it's for babies.

Rub A Dub Dub

4 April 2010

Here's just a few things that have been going on at the Cooper house lately:

The kids finally took a bath.

Tyler turned 8 on March 21st. He wanted his cake to be strawberry with blue icing. Unfortunately Mom can't see inside his mind and though he was thankful, he said that his cake looked like a cake that would be for a baby shower. Oh man!

Tyler got great gifts for his birthday. He's well on his way to reaching his #1 goal of owning a $100 bill.

The pine wood derby was 2 days after Tyler's birthday. We didn't know ahead of time so we had to work quick. The result was that Tyler showed up with a really good looking car that you can make from a kit you get at the craft store. They come with add ons, paint and stickers. Those rich doctor's kids are always ruining all the fun for everyone else. (Tyler's is the one in the middle).

Tyler won 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th place. We'll never know which - cause everybody's a winner in Cub Scouts!

We went to Walmart and the boys were being naughty so they had to go to time out while we were in the checkout line.

Tyler repented of his naughty behavior and got baptized on Sat, April 3rd. Way to go Tyler! We love you!

During the baptism Derek and Grandma were cute.

After the baptism the whole family was cute.

Mom and Holly were happy that the whole family was cute.

We had an Easter Egg hunt with Joseph and Amanda and their kids and our neigbors (the Smiths) later that day. Tyler is doing his impression of a pirate and Derek is being a mime.

Holly....Holly....show me how the piggies eat. That's right! Oink oink.

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.