::holy SHEETrock::

This is what Matt and his dad are doing today...

We're getting closer and closer to being done (I know, we've still got a ways to go), and we're SO excited! We really need more space!!

::this is what happens...::

....when I don't do laundry for 3 days.

::trains::

Saturday we met my parents and Billy's family at Thanksgiving Point to go to the train show. It was SO cool! There were tons of trains all set up in all different themes and sizes.

the Lego one (all made out of Legos and it was HUGE!!)





Hogwart's



Portie's fav ('cause of the "trac-tras")



Cars "Lightning the Queen"



Chloe-the "engineer"



Porter-the "engineer" (see his cute hat and scarf??)



watchin' some trains

After that we got together for dinner and a little party for Tristan's 2nd birthday.
excited for cake :)


a little help with the candles

::coopins::

Cooper is 2 months old!

He had a check-up yesterday...


13.9 lbs 24.5" long



...and 3 shots :( (one of his bandaids fell off)

Everything else is going well for him. He's healthy and growing like crazy, and almost sleeping through the night :)

::snowboarding::

First time in 7 (yes 7) years!! It was SO fun! Sarah (Matt's brother, Jared's, wife) and I went early this morning. Matt and J watched Coopie in the lodge and played games while we boarded. I was really worried that I wouldn't remember how to do it, and I'd have to relearn, but it was just like riding a bike.

how the boys passed the time...

the night before...

::our cooper::

Cooper's photo shoot.

Thanks to Amber Rust of Two Color Photography.

Which ones do you like best???

::A.A.A.D.D.::

I came across this story and decided...This is SO me!!! (minus the "age activated" part)

Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. - Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder

This is how is manifests itself...

I decide to wash my car. As I start toward to the garage, I notice that there is mail on the hall table. I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.

I lay my car keys down on the table, put the junk mail in the trash can under the table, and notice that the trash can is full.

So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the trash first, but then I think that since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take out the trash anyway, I may as well pay the bills first.

I take my checkbook off the table and see that there is only one check left. My extra checks are in my desk in the study, so I go to my desk where I find the can of Coke that I had been drinking. I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the Coke aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over.

I see that the Coke is getting warm, and I decide I should put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.

As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke, a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye--they need to be watered.

I set the Coke down on the counter and I discover my reading glasses that I've been searching for all morning.

I decide I'd better put them back on my desk, but first I'm going to water the flowers.

I set the glasses back down on the counter, fill a container with water, and suddenly I spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the kitchen table.

I realize that tonight, when we go to watch TV, we will be looking for the remote, but nobody will remember that it's on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers.

I splash some water on the flowers, but most of it spills on the floor. So, I set the remote back down on the table, get some towels and wipe up the spill.

Then I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.

At the end of the day;
the car isn't washed...
the bills aren't paid...
there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter...
the flowers aren't watered...there is still only one check in my checkbook...
I can't find the remote...
I can't find my glasses...
and I don't remember what I did with the car keys.

Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all day long and I'm really tired.

::cooper's blessing::

Cooper, we bless you with...

::health::

::physical & mental strength::

::open spiritual mind::

::choose friends with same standards::

::be a good example::

::get along with brother and sister::

::remember Heavenly Father in all you do::

::know your family loves you::

::remember your family will always support you::

::know you can come to mom & dad for help, love, support::

Lunch @ our house afterwards...

Thanks to all who came and participated in Cooper's special day :)