Shout out!

I have to give a shout out to my incredible husband. It was so much fun to honor him on fathers day. He deserves it so much. He is such a great dad. He and Cooper are already best friends. It is like Matt was born to be a husband and a father. Cooper and I are so lucky to have him in our lives for eternity. He works so hard for us and has us in mind in everything he does. My life is PERFECT because of him and my Cooper.



Matt and Cooper playing on fathers day.



Although Fathers Day is wonderful, it is also very sad. I miss my dad so much! He is the greatest dad anyone could ask for. His example is still affecting my life today. One thing he instilled in my life was a strong testimony of the plan of salvation. I am so grateful for that because that is the only way I can find comfort without having him to talk to anymore. He is my guardian angle. Happy Fathers day dad. I love you!!!



Cooper spent the whole time blowing kisses to my dads picture and saying, "gampa?"



How precious! I know that Cooper knows who he is. Cooper loves looking at his pictures and saying "hi."

Fun with Friends!

We went with Elise, Bronson and Tracen to Thanksgiving Point this week. I had no idea there were such cute things there for kids. Cooper was in Heaven. They have a Noah's Ark at the entrance where the kids can play in the water. Cooper and Tracen thought it was the coolest thing ever.



Here are the two kiddos. These two are so funny together. They are already getting into trouble together. Little Stinkers!



Here we are with our little ones. It is so weird that we have kids. We have been hanging out together since 7th grade. Time flies!



Matt and Cooper playing in the water.



They also had a sand box there. Cooper LOVED that. They dug in the sand forever.



After leaving Thanksgiving Point we went bowling. We haven't been in years so our skills are a little rusty. I bowled a big 48!!! My only strike (and really the only time I hit more than two pins) was done by Cooper. He is already a champ!



Cooper and Tracen were on ball duty. :)



After bowling we gave the kids a bath. Poor Cooper has our skin and had a thick coat of sunscreen on him that needed to come off.



Earlier in the week I was able to have two of my other friends that I have been hanging out with since 7th grade over to my house. Here are their kids. Cooper than Max (Sarahs), and Blake (Mandas). We are so big now. Weird!!!

Family Fun!!!

Cooper and his Daddy! He can't get enough of his dad.



Playing in Daddies shoes.



Cooper's cousin Taiten was pushing him around in a car. Cooper thought it was the best thing ever. He thought for sure he was really driving a car.



Matt and I playing with our angle!



We tried to get a family picture but Cooper refused to smile so Matt put him upside down and sure enough, we found his smile.



We pulled out the bumbo again and although Cooper is way to big for it, it has become one of his favorite toys for the week.



Matt's family came over a BBQ and to go to the carnival with us. It was so much fun to have us all together. Uncle Bryan took Brooklyn and Cooper for a ride on the blanket.



Matt took Cooper down the slide at the carnival. They raced Jamie and Brooklyn. It looks Matt was trying to cheat :)



Coopers first "roller coaster." There is something with carnival rides that makes them seem like they go on forever. We went for about 3 minutes forward than 3 minutes backwards. TOO LONG!!! Bryan and Brooklyn went with us.



Matt also took Cooper on the merry go round. Also, went on forever. It is good to get your moneys worth but they take it to a whole new level.



Jaycee and I finished the night going on the Tilt a World. It was such a blast!!!

HOGLE ZOO

Cooper and I went to Hogle Zoo yesterday with Matt's sister Jamie and her two cute little girls. We had so much fun!!!



We got there a little early so I put Cooper up front with me. He thought it was the greatest thing ever. He was pretending to drive the car and kept taking the keys in and out of the ignition. This might have been his favorite part of the whole day.



Cooper and Brooklyn had so much fun playing in the water.



Here are the kiddos. It was so much fun to see their reaction to all of the animals.



This is in the reptile part of the zoo. It was cool in there but it stunk really bad!



Cooper had his first ride on a carousel. He thought it was a lot of fun.



This is all of us at a bird show. It was pretty cool. I thought a couple of times the birds were going to take our heads out. They were flying so close to us. It was such a fun day and I am so glad we were able to share it with Jamie and her girls!

My little chipmunk!

Is this normal? Cooper has been filling his mouth as full as it can possibly get lately. After his mouth gets this full, it takes him 15 minutes to swallow what he just managed to fit in there. Silly boy!









Every day with Cooper is amazing! I love being a mom!!!

I am SO blessed

I was reading a friends blog who had posted this video and was so extremely touched by it that I wanted to pass it on. It is such a great reminder of the important things in life and reminded me how truly blessed I am. My incredible husband who works harder than I can imagine and goes through so much hardship to provide for our family and my little angle, Cooper, are my greatest blessings and with them, I will forever be happy. We are here as spirits blessed with a body. Our bodies, homes, cloths and cars DO NOT determine who we are. How grateful I am eternally that I was born and raised a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and through the power of God, I will be with my family forever! I have everything I need!!!!

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GO JAZZ!!!!

Matt and I were so lucky to go to game six of the first round of the playoffs, where of course... the JAZZ WON!!!! Now they face off today against the Lakers, BOOOOO! We had the time of our lives at the game. It was the most fun we have had in a long time. We went with our friends Jeff and Audrey. It was awesome to have so much fun with great friends.



Pregame sitting in a parking lot waiting for Jeff and Audrey and if anyone knows them, you know we waited a long time :)



During the game being the true Jazz fans we are.



During the end of the game we were having fun listening and watching all of the drunk people. The guy next to Audrey had been drinking the entire game and towards the beginning of the 4th quarter started yelling, "Beat LA." I think he was a little confused who we were playing. We were still far from being able to say we had won the game. And then there was a man behind us who was doing this drunkin man dance gone way wrong. Audrey and I thought it was quite entertaining.



Here we all are. When we left the game not one of us still had a voice. We screamed the whole time.



This is the view from our seats. They were pretty good.

Now is an appropriate time to yell "BEAT LA."