Max's Baptims

Feb. 5, 2011- Today was Max's baptism day. I am so proud of his choice to be baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I am glad that he has been taught the principles of the gospel and now feels like he can accept it as his own. I love him and am excited about the wonderful young man that he is growing up to be. Thanks to all that came to support him today and I look foreard to his confirmation in Sacrament meeting tomorrow.The picture with all the kids are most of the cousins on both sides. They are from R to L: back- Janae Both, Drew Both, Brayden Warner, Cooper Hutchinson, Landon Carlson, Madisen Hutchinson, Austin Warner, Chelsea Warner, Leo Cooper(and me so Leo would be in the picture). Front R to L: Zach Both, Adam Horsley, Noah Horsley, Seth Horsley,Max Cooper, Rylee Hutchinson, Paisley Cooper, Regan Cooper, Carly Cooper, & Wilson Harding. Those cousins missing are Avery Warner, Kayla, Cameron, Tyler, Mason, & Ellie McDonough, Eric Cooper, Gus Cooper, Traveller Cooper, Claire Carlson, Josh Horsley, Bennett & Harding. Wow! That's a lot of kids! Thanks guys for coming.

KUED Reading Marathon Party

Jan. 22, 2011- Back in November the kids participated in a reading marathon that was sponcered by KUED. They held it at the State Fairgrounds and it was a lot of fun. There were all kinds of crafts, games, live shows, snacks, prizes, and characters to see. Max's favorite was the drum show. There was a group there that played those massive drums with the huge sticks. They dress up in grass skirts and such. Carly's favorite was all the painting and crafts. Gus's favorite was the dinosaur dig and the rocket toss where you made a little foam NASA rocket and they had a wall set up to throw them through holes to get points. Leo just liked all the candy and stickers at the tables.They gave each kid a Harmon's paper sack when we went in to carry all your loot in and they definalty filled them up! They also got to pick out a new book as a prize for completing the reading marathon. They had a bunch of old ladies manning the table and they would say, "oh, if she can't decide, just take both." And,"Here, take this one for your little brother." So, each one came home with at least two new books too! We will definatly do that one again!

Let me get this straight, Max is 8?

Jan. 19, 2011- Wait a minute! It seems like just yesterday Max was my cute little guy who refused to go down slides at the park, and loved to throw balls in the laundry baskets. Who took three hour naps and still went to be at 7:30. Who learned early to say dad and then refused to say mom. Sigh! Now he is eight years old. He is smart and creative and the big boss around the house! For his birthday cake he wanted The Last Airbender. We did cake and ice cream with all the family on Monday the 17th. He also wanted to have a party with a few friends. I decided to make it easy and took them to McDonalds on his birthday to play on the playland and we had Happy Meals, opened presents, and ate cake. In the picture with his friends are L to R: Colton Meldrum, Cooper Hutchinson, Max, Luc Sorensen, and Calvin Christofferson. Of course, Joey and I, Carly, Gus, and Leo were also there. The bottom pic is of the paper that Cooper wrapped his gift in. He wrote Max a little poem that says: "Batman's in the kitchen, Robin's in the hall, Joker's in the bathroom peeing on the wall." That's awesome dude! Not a bad way to spend your birthday.

My Little Martin Luther King

Jan. 13, 2011- Max's class has been working on a little play about Rosa Parks, the black woman who was put in jail for refusing to move to the back of the bus. They preformed it about 8 times and it was only about 10 minutes long. He was the judge in his first go around and got to bang the gavel and pronounce that Rosa could go free. Then on the second go around, which I took the pictures at, he was Martin Luther King. He made a fake moustache for the part. He answered the phone from his office when Rosa called him from jail, then hurries over to get her out. He talks to the judge and pays the bail to get Rosa Parks out of jail. I love how he gets so excited about things like this. He smiled at me the whole time and did a great job with his lines.At the end of the play the whole class shouts out together, "I have a dream!" How great it is to be young and to have dreams! Gotta love MLK!

Baby Joshua- Our newest cousin

Jan. 11, 2011- My sister Heidi had her fourth baby boy on Jan. 10th and we went to the hospital to meet him. His name is Joshua Levi Horsley. He is a sweet little guy and I know that he will bring a lot of joy, love, and fun into their family(and ours!). Welcome to the newest little cousin!

Drink it up kid!

Jan. 7, 2011- Leo still hasn't figured out how to eat yogurt yet. He still uses his hands to dig it out of the cup and then when he can't reach anymore he tries to drink it. I just love the ring of yogurt that gets around his whole face. Just use the spoon, I promise it's a lot easier. Once again, no one listens to me.

Merry Christmas!

Dec. 25, 2010- This was the first year that we had to even think about our kids getting up early on Christmas morning. In fact I think last year I was up and getting them out of bed to see what Santa brought. I think it was a little before 6am when I heard the first stirrings. Max had snuck into the front room to check it out. Then I dozed again. At around 7am I hear this little,"rip..." Then a little louder and longer, "RIpppp..." Then an all out, "RRRIIIPPPP!!!!!" I smacked Joey and said Max is opening presents! Go tell him to wait! Needless to say, he was done waiting. By then Carly got up and shortly after, Leo. We had to still coax Gus out of bed so that we could open presents. We spent the day at grandma Cooper's this year. We went over after hanging out for a while and trying out all the new toys. We all had a great time at grandma's too exchanging gifts, eating good food, and spending time with our family. After all, isn't that what Christmas is all about!?!

Christmas Eve 2010

Dec. 24, 2010- We were able to go to the Festival of Foods this year and because Mom has been dealing with the chemo Heidi volunteered to have it at her house this year. I didn't get any pictures of the food but these are of the kids in there new pj's. They also got to open gifts from their cousins and from grandma and grandpa Wilson since we wont see them tomorrow, on Christmas day. It was a great day filled with family, food, friends, games and fun!

Christmas Concert

Dec. 22, 2010- Max and Carly were in the school Holiday concert and I took Gus and Leo over to see them sing. As always I underestimated the amount of people that were there and we couldn't find a place to sit. Luckily we ran into Jackie Perry who was sitting on the last table before the back wall and she let us squeeze in next to her. Then I just had to make my way to the front to get pictures after the songs. The both did great and had a fun time learning the songs for the concert. The last pic shows how far back we were. This is even magnifies a bit and the kids are still really small!