Wheeler Farm

Today we went to Wheeler Farm with my mom, Megan , and Becca. It was super hot but we still had a lot of fun. We found some picnic tables in the shade and ate some lunch. The kids had such a great time playing in the stream. They loved getting wet I'm putting their feet in the water. My mom brought some goldfish for them and they kept sneaking them off to float down the stream . It was actually really cute. I'm glad we were able to go even though it was hot!

Happy Birthday, Cooper!

♥ Happy Birthday, Cooper!! ♥

Some of Cooper's Favorites:

Color:  Golden and Yellow
Animal:  Kitty
Movie:  Ponyo
Season: Winter
Place:  Splash Park
Toy:  3DS
Food:  Cereal
Treat:  Sour Watermelons
Thing to do:   Play with Daddy! :)

On May 26th Cooper turned 5 years old! He was so excited for his birthday. We invited our cousins and a couple of friends and went to Veteran's Memorial park. It was a super hot day, but everyone had a lot of fun! 

Having lunch with friends!

Earlier today Cooper came down the stairs carrying his bear and sword...I just thought it was so cute!

Cooper is a sweetheart!

Ninja Training

Cooper loves to do "Ninja Training". He always asks me to train with him...it's so cute! We practice handstands, punches, kicks, blocks, and jumps. He is just so much fun. I love my little Buddy!

Cuties

Kendall and Cooper are so cute during the day. They play great together and Cooper is so sweet with her. The other day they wanted to watch a movie together. They snuggled up and eventually fell asleep. They are just too cute!

I love my babies!

Visiting Daddy at Work!

   

Today Casey called and said that the city was having a little BBQ for it's employees and so he asked if we wanted to stop by and say "hi". Cooper and Kendall are always happy to visit Daddy! It was fun seeing him, and Cooper and Kendall had a good time playing at the park.

          

Little Ninja

 So I just found Cooper at our neighbors house after I told him he couldn't play outside in the front yard. My garage was locked and I had the chain on the front door. I couldn't figure out how he had gotten out of our fenced backyard. When I asked him he just said, "I closed my eyes and I got there". Haha! Nice, Coops! I took him back outside and walked him over to the fence and asked him how he got out. He said that he climbed over the fence...I was thinking "yeah right!" (he is seriously only 3 feet tall). So I get close to the fence and I see little hand marks at the top...he really did climb over it! I asked him to show me how he did it and he climbed to the top like a little ninja! Oh, man! I'm in trouble!!

Little Ninja hand prints!

Cuddles!

I love it when Cooper wants me to hold him and cuddle  He can be such a sweetheart! 

Cooper's First Day of Preschool

Cooper was so excited to finally start school. He was mad that Riley and Ryan started school before him :)

It's kinda nice to have some time with just me and Kendall. I think she misses the other kids, though. She is always excited when it's time to go and pick Cooper up from school!

Having Fun with Kitties and Bugs

The kids had fun playing in the front yard this morning. We found some ladybugs, a praying mantis, and had fun playing with Suki. I wanted to get some good pictures of Kendall, but she is so wild and crazy...she didn't want to sit still. I think I was able to get a few good shots...I need to sit down and figure out the setting on my camera. 

Cooper and Ethan's Lord of the Rings Birthday Party!

Cooper and Ethan's Birthday party was pretty awesome!! We had a Hobbit/Lord of the Rings theme. Mom and Mal were so amazing in helping plan this. It turned out great! :) 

Nice day for a party!

 Because we're cool like that (or geeky!)

 Getting ready for an adventure!

 The cute birthday boys!

Izzi is ready to fight some bad guys! 

Listening to Aunt Mal tell them about the adventure they are about to go on! Allie is excited!

Ready to fight some orcs! 

Bean bag toss--Knock over the orcs! 

Capture the orcs 

Kendall liked to help!

Someone is a dirty fighter! 

Fighting the orcs! 

Entering Shelob's Lair!! Scary!!

Down in Shelob's Lair getting ready to fight! 

 The spiders are attacking (with silly string)--the kids were screaming so loud, hehe

R.I.P Shelob

Mal telling the kids about their last task: getting past the Eye of Sauron and throwing the rings into the flames of Mt Doom!! 

hehe, yes we are super nerdy...and we love it!

Climbing Mt Doom and trying to get past the Eye of Sauron!! 

The kids tossed the rings into Mt. Doom and saved the day!

Mom made the eye of Sauron...it lights up and everything! She's awesome!  

The new kings of Gondor getting ready to receive their gifts

Grandma and Grandpa with all the hero's after their fun adventure! 

Party food from Middle Earth: