birth day

Cooper was born at 2:35pm after my water broke 14 hours earlier. He weighed 7lbs even and is 20 inches long. The birth was smooth and easy and he arrived one week early. We are so happy that he is finally here.
First pic with Dad!

I can't believe this new baby is ours!

Me and my little boy.

Sweet, sweet boy.

goodbye belly

At 12:30am my water is breaking. Looks like you are ready to come out little man. It's been nice knowing you inside my belly. We are ready to welcome you to the world.

10 Days and counting

Down to the end, we're ready for you mr. baby.

love it!

do you do PR?

Heck yes it's back on!!!! Project Runway Season 6 started last night. There were a bunch of great designers on there. The challenge was to create a red carpet look - be it for the Emmy's, Academy's, VMA's, Grammys...
Liking 10 out of 16 dresses? I think this is going to be a good season.
Thursday at 10pm on Bravo.

birth parties

Little Kenedee had her 3rd Birthday on August 15th but we had mini-party at my house before they moved mid-July. It was all princesses and she left with some great stuff to keep her entertained in the car.

I bought yummy new Coldstone Cupcakes. You HAVE to try them. I think you get 6 for $10.
And our nephew Mr. Clark had his 5th Birthday on August 13th. He loved all the attention on him that night and scored a brand new bike, watch out everybody!

cathedral, jellykris, cliff

Our last day at Powell was full of fun. Cliff jumping was on the list, not one of my favorites. Being pregnant took me off the 'must do' list.
After the jump.
Kurt and Kate back for one more.
Cruising up Cathedral Canyon
Super tall cliffs.
Green and orange, a pretty good combo.
Gparents and babies
Lunch in the boat routine.
sSwimming up the end of the canyon.
Couldn't get much farther than this.
Coming back to the boat.
While we were gone my mom discovered these jellyfish looking things in the water. She was kind of scared to swim back to the boat.
She showed us where they were and Kate, Kandis and me camped out (for a few minutes) in order to spot them. We captured one in a plastic cup to check it out (image left below). It was about the size of a contact lens. We dubbed it 'the jellykris' after my mom. I googled freshwater jellyfish when we got home and found out they do exist called Craspedacusta sowerbyi. The image to the right is what I found on the web so I knew we had a match. How cool is that!!! An exciting find for the day, go mom!

face, arch, west

Hiking up Face Canyon, day four.
Some small slots.
The newlyweds.
sand curls aka chocolate curls
A new discovery we haven't seen before - Slit Rock.
Hiking up to Slit Rock
Kurt and Adam making the final trek (they had good shoes)
Hiking down, how cool does that look!
Neon moss nearby.
Next stop, West Canyon, a parental favorite.
Finding frogs, also an Olson favorite
Finally, the cool mossy slots.
Nature is pretty amazing.
You wish you were here too?
Le bebe loving Lake Powell from the womb.
Walking back, now this the good life.

beach, board, sun

Day Three was a beach day - all day. This is pretty much what I did all day, either on the beach or on the boat, no water activities for me, :(
Steve was first up wakeboarding
He kept to just jumping the wake instead of flips this year, phew.
Kenedee collected shells with Paige and Lincoln loved the sand.
Kate's turn wakeboarding.
Lunch under the canopy.
Hey mom!
Kenedee's first time kneeboarding (with her mom for safety). This was the coolest thing ever, you go little lady! And the good thing was she loved it, and they never fell.
She was one proud little girl.
Kandis & Kate doing their famous routine on the kneeboards.
Kurt and Miss Kenedee, don't you just love Powell.