coop-a-loop turns four!

Cooper was way excited about his new set of wheels. He had worn the front tire off his big wheel. Now it's bikes and scooters. He is quite the boy.

Holy Scorpions

We are sure loving the nice warm weather, but the bugs sure make you watch your step. We have seen four of these scorpions this week. They sure are ugly. The kids keep asking if we can keep one for a pet....aaah that would be a great big NO. Time to have the bug guys back over.

First Day of School

Brynn and Shayla are off to school. They are now bus riders...I must mention that they don't want to be bus riders. It took them three days to figure out what stop they were supposed to get off on. They love their school and their teachers. They are even finally enjoying the bus ride with all their new friends.

I can't believe she actually gave me doughnuts!

This was Cole's first birthday. We had just dealt with the stress of trying to get into our pee infested home...So instead of a birthday cake we had to settle for birthday doughnuts. Cole was in heaven, and the kids thought is was pretty great as well.

Surprise...It's a fixer upper

 Kristy picked this one out all by herself on the internet...can you tell! We were finally grateful to be heading for our first home. When we got to Texas, there was a sign on the door that read, "Welcome to your new Phouse. Notice there is p in your house. Long story short not only was our yard dead, but the house was full of dog urine. After days of discussion, stress, motel 6, and tears, we got the carpet replaced and began work on our new rented home. We drove around looking for new places, but felt like this was where our family was supposed to be. We are so glad we stayed. We really love the area, our neighbors and the ward.

Chicago trip

Kristy, Cole and I took a surprise visit to chicago just before our move to Texas.  We had such a good time.  Special thanks to Travis and Britt for their help on planning the whole thing.  We had fun shopping, seeing the sites and of course eating the chicago deep dish pizza

Chicago trip