mountain of sand vs. the sanddevil

Lets get this party started right. Sunglasses √


Cousins with sunglasses √


We made our way up Sand Mountain once again with Cooper in tow. He thought this place was pretty cool.


Resting after the stairMaster


Checking the scenery out with Grandpa, I love these shots.


The grandkids, the girls, and the guys.


Running down, the highlight after the stairclimb.


Back down for a swim, the youngest two of the crew.


Miss Kenedee rockin the goggles.


A little nude sun-bathing


And the unveiling of this beauty.


Steve worked hard on this image and he celebrated the moment in full "Page SandDevil" glory. He put Kristopher to shame with his head-to-toe look right?


Watching the Carp swarm with Grandma


Party of 15 anyone?


The boys playing in the boat.


This lovely trip was sponsored by this adorable couple ;)


A short swim up Cathedral Canyon, quite the view.


All the little kids thought they were pretty big on this first/short hike.


Looks like the end of walk here.


A nice late afternoon swim before heading in.


Cooper 'surviving' his jacket, he hated it.

baby in, baby out

We made it to LP and started the week off with the exciting change from last year, being 32 weeks pregnant in '09 to having an almost 1 year old in '10. Let the good times begin!

stache-off

Steve tried to implement a mustache contest into the trip and the only other contestant was my brother Kristopher. Who do you think wins?

the convoy of six

We all made our trek west by plane and car and some long hours but finally arrived at LP Sunday evening for a big reunion of the family. And these little kids were taking over the party.


Little Scouty had a mini-birthday party that not and sure enjoyed her cupcakes.


My 94-year old grandpa was not going to miss the trip either. 94? I mean seriously, how cool is he!


And to start the week off right, jammies from grammy, hehe. Coops had already gone to bed so he missed the photo op. Let the week begin!

pitstop in the falls

We made it out to the falls for our annual LP extravaganza and had a few days to spare and adjust to the time difference before the big trip. Cooper was excited to be there.

And what do you do on Fridays in Idaho Falls in the summer? Go to Blacktail Lake of course.

Cooper's first time on the boat went pretty well although the life jacket was a bit of a battle occasionally.

Once this kid sacked out we all started playing.

My dad is the master slalomer.

It was a good day on the lake.

Do we look alike?

On the way home a storm was rolling into the valley and it looked pretty awesome up on the hills with these new windmills.

I think they are pretty cool looking. My mom isn't sure about them ;)

i long to see you

...I am coming
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my pool boys

I took my boys to the pool at the Kelley's and it was a swimming extravaganza, lol. Cooper loved eating the goggles.


There were pool length races with the dads, playing with boats, squirt guns, and kiddie pools. What's not to love?

This boy is almost always all smiles.

And the other exciting part was leaving Cooper to play with his cousins for the afternoon while Steve and me caught a flick, and it's my new favorite - Inception.

the many faces of Coop

Kisses for Dad.


This little boy is quite hilarious these days pulling all sorts of new faces. It makes us laugh all the time. The following is just a glimpse of his new expressions.

tubes and cabbage

We headed up to Helen, GA to float the river with the Kelley's. Coop had a nice nap as we floated most of the way. I don't think it was Steve's favorite afternoon (since he was the one having to pull us off rocks after getting stuck) but overall it was enjoyed.


BUT just like we thought it was a good idea, so did everyone else in Atlanta. There were soooooo many people up there, practically ridiculous but made for some good people watching.

The Kelley's wanted to make a pit-stop at the Babyland Hospital on the way home (where Cabbage Patch kids are born ;)


And it was the funniest thing. The place was decked out, they have deliveries all day, they do ultrasounds on the cabbage, you can name the babies, it was quite cute for little girls to check out.


And if I had one wish I would put the cabbage patch smell into candle form so I could smell it all day. I miss that smell, oh the childhood memories. The blonde canvas on the bottom right looks exactly like one I had back in the day.

or"man"do

Steve met up with his high school friends for a golf trip in Orlando mid July. Lots of manly activities included eating steak, playing basketball, video games, swimming, and of course 2 full days of golf - Steve's favorite activity of all. Glad he could expend his manliness in style.

red white blue

The Fourth of July was fun even though it was no match for an Idaho Falls Fourth of July ;) but the south still tries to do it up right. We went to the local parade and festivities with Steve's fam. Nothing like watching a million politicians campaigning and pageant girls waving for half the parade entries. But we did get to enjoy carnival food, namely a delicious corndog, my fave.

Cooper loves to attack my chin like it's a teething toy. We both end up laughing everytime.

Cooper loved his amazing flag shirt courtesy Grandma Kris, classic.

Our familia ready to go home for naps.

We showed Cooper a few fireworks and sparklers at home that evening. He just stared at them (I think cause he likes lights) but didn't show too much excitement. Steve and me had fun though. I tried to give Cooper a good show, lol.

thirty-one, really

It's our year to both turn 31 and Steve's birthday comes 3 months and 3 days before mine. We celebrated with the usual Outback affair and spent time with Mr. Coop. A great birthday indeed. He, of course, is buying his own birthday present this year, something along the lines of golf probably.



I surprised Steve with a giant quart of TCBY cotton candy frozen yogurt instead of a cake (oh yeah, don't even think you're too old for cotton candy flavor). I made a rainbow chip cake at his family dinner the previous Sunday so I had to do something else I knew he'd love. And he did.


Cooper loves hanging out with his Dad

My cute boys ;)

brave new fan?

Possibly. I found Cooper this new hat and we had fun playing with it and taking pics. But all the times since he takes it off immediately. Hopefully he'll get over this at some point and just wear it because we need our new little one to represent ;)

You can see Coop's one and only tooth so far in this upper right shot. (This teething business is not cool, btw)

dear dad

God must really love me a lot to give me the wonderful dad I've got, you are the best dad I could have hoped for. You play with me, make me giggle, show me cool things, and make me feel loved. I can't wait to grow up with you in my life.

I know you had to work today but I hope you loved your delicious blueberry waffles for your first Father's Day breakfast. I had a fun day hanging out with Grandpa though, he must've been just as good of dad as you. love, cooper