Cooper this morning before school.
Daddy & Cooper. Campbell was the photographer.
Cooper and Campbell. What a pair.
2,000 Miles
6 hours ago
Monday, November 2, 2009
Birthday Girl
Our Cooper Maya is 7 years old today! Wow, how time flies. She has waited so long to be 7. We took chocolate cupcakes (no frosting) up to her school today before lunch, stayed for lunch with her, and then some indoor recess play time (it was raining). Tonight is her choice for dinner out. HuHot it is and then off to a movie, Where the Wild Things Are. Family lunch and party on Saturday. Hope she can wait that long. Hope it's a great day Cooper. Love you lots my little button nose.
Cooper this morning before school.
Daddy & Cooper. Campbell was the photographer.
Cooper and Campbell. What a pair.
Cooper this morning before school.
Daddy & Cooper. Campbell was the photographer.
Cooper and Campbell. What a pair.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Hiawatha Fun
Another installment of our "Crazy Kansas Adventures." We traveled to Hiawatha, KS on Saturday with The S's & The E's to visit our friend, Mark's, childhood home and to witness the oldest Halloween parade in the nation. The town comes together for an afternoon kiddie parade filled with costumes and candy, and then an evening parade filled with costumes, lights, and more candy. We ate tons of great food, the kids played with all the other kids, we visited with friends and really just relaxed and enjoyed ourselves. It was a great day! Thanks Mark.
Harry Potter and a Spartan
Cooper, Mommy, & Campbell
The kids ready for the parade.
Campbell getting in some piano playing time.
Our friend Tigger.
Harry Potter and a Spartan
Cooper, Mommy, & Campbell
The kids ready for the parade.
Campbell getting in some piano playing time.
Our friend Tigger.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Happy Halloween
Happy Halloween! Our friends, Brad & Michelle, are hosting their annual Halloween party tonight. So we made some yummy Nutter Butter ghost cookies to share with everyone. We put on our costumes and had a great time.
Nutter Butter Ghost Cookies.
Dionysus (The God of Wine) & Venus (The Goddess of Love).
Campbell being too cute! I love it!
Annie with her puppy.
Pink Rock Girl!
Nutter Butter Ghost Cookies.
Dionysus (The God of Wine) & Venus (The Goddess of Love).
Campbell being too cute! I love it!
Annie with her puppy.
Pink Rock Girl!
Thursday, October 29, 2009
So Proud of Cooper
So we took Cooper in for her yearly checkup at the doctor. She is now offically 48" tall! She is healthy, strong, and within all the normal range on things.
We also had her first Parent/Teacher conference for First Grade. She is doing spectacular. She is excelling in Reading and Math. Her penmanship is really neat. And she is doing great at her new Spelling tests. We are so very proud of her. She loves school and the only issue the teacher is having with Cooper is that she calls out the answers before others have a chance to figure it out. Go figure! Just like her dad.
Love ya Coop!
We also had her first Parent/Teacher conference for First Grade. She is doing spectacular. She is excelling in Reading and Math. Her penmanship is really neat. And she is doing great at her new Spelling tests. We are so very proud of her. She loves school and the only issue the teacher is having with Cooper is that she calls out the answers before others have a chance to figure it out. Go figure! Just like her dad.
Love ya Coop!
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Sesame Street Live
In November 2005, Chad, his brother Jeremy, and I took Cooper to see Sesame Street Live. (Pictures below) Since we did that, I of course like to be fair, and wanted to do the same for Campbell.
Chad, Cooper, and Jeremy
Mommy & Cooper (with a cheese face).
So on October 28th, Chad and I took Campbell to see Sesame Street Live. It was a great show with lots of singing, dancing, lights, and of course all the characters. My favorite is, The Count. Campbell likes Elmo of course. It was a blast watching her face as she watched so intently to everything going on. It was all about what you want to be when you grow up. It was a great treat for Campbell and a fun morning out for Chad and I.
Chad and Campbell.
The cast singing about being a Meteorologist.
The cast singing about being a train conductor.
Mommy & Campbell.
Chad, Cooper, and Jeremy
Mommy & Cooper (with a cheese face).
So on October 28th, Chad and I took Campbell to see Sesame Street Live. It was a great show with lots of singing, dancing, lights, and of course all the characters. My favorite is, The Count. Campbell likes Elmo of course. It was a blast watching her face as she watched so intently to everything going on. It was all about what you want to be when you grow up. It was a great treat for Campbell and a fun morning out for Chad and I.
Chad and Campbell.
The cast singing about being a Meteorologist.
The cast singing about being a train conductor.
Mommy & Campbell.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Dream Come True
October 24th, 2009
10:00am Kansas time Garth Brooks tickets went on sale for his concerts in Las Vegas. It was thought by my loving husband that he had the secret hotline phone number to call and get us tickets. Well to both of our disgust, the people on the other end of that number didn't want to help us out. So we were forced to call the same 800 number that everyone else was calling. I was very upset and started really thinking we weren't going to get through. Everytime we called it was busy. We tried for a good hour from 3 cell phones and the house phone and being logged online to their waiting room. (Yes, people I REALLY am that big of a Garth fan!) The main issue at hand was that Chad needed to leave to go to the K-State football game, well really did he NEED to leave or just WANT to??? Anyhow, he left and I text my sister (who also wanted to get tickets to the show with us) the phone number to call. She clicked on that text link number and got through and was put on hold. Now I didn't know that she was on hold until about 20 minutes into her holding pattern. I was frantically calling on my cell phone, house phone, and now logged on with both computers to the waiting room. Doing all of this in despair, when suddenly my sister text me from her work phone and tells me she is on hold. I was ELATED! I asked how she got on hold and told her not to mess anything up, just to hang on for however long it took. She laughed because she thought everyone was on hold. I quickly told her no, we had only been getting a busy signal. So then suddenly within about 2 minutes, she text me and said SHE GOT TICKETS!! I was so excited I was crying. I didn't stop calling just yet, I wanted to make sure she got all 6 tickets she could get and that yes indeed this was true and real. She called me when she was done talking to the ticket agent and told me the story.
Lady-"Hello, how can I help you."
Kelly-"I would like my alloted number of Garth Brooks tickets please."
Lady-"Ok, that would be 6."
Kelly-"Great!"
Lady-"What date do you want tickets for?"
Kelly-"Um, (mind went blank) yes, Feb. 26."
Lady-"Where are you calling from and are you a Garth Brooks fan."
Kelly-"I'm calling from KS and yes I am a Garth Brooks fan, but I'm really calling for my sister who is going to be celebrating her 10th wedding anniversary there in February and she loves Garth Brooks and we are all coming there to celebrate with her."
Lady-"Well in that case, let me check on better seating arrangements."
Kelly-"Thanks."
Lady-"How does the 8th row work for you all?"
Kelly-"(crying)Yes, that would be perfect."
Lady-"Ok, well enjoy your show."
Kelly-"(crying)Thank you very much."
So a HUGE thank you to my sister for making a dream come true. Now I get to spend my 10th wedding anniversary in Las Vegas with Chad and Garth Brooks, and of course all of our peeps who will make the trek out there to celebrate with us. We are so looking forward to it!
10:00am Kansas time Garth Brooks tickets went on sale for his concerts in Las Vegas. It was thought by my loving husband that he had the secret hotline phone number to call and get us tickets. Well to both of our disgust, the people on the other end of that number didn't want to help us out. So we were forced to call the same 800 number that everyone else was calling. I was very upset and started really thinking we weren't going to get through. Everytime we called it was busy. We tried for a good hour from 3 cell phones and the house phone and being logged online to their waiting room. (Yes, people I REALLY am that big of a Garth fan!) The main issue at hand was that Chad needed to leave to go to the K-State football game, well really did he NEED to leave or just WANT to??? Anyhow, he left and I text my sister (who also wanted to get tickets to the show with us) the phone number to call. She clicked on that text link number and got through and was put on hold. Now I didn't know that she was on hold until about 20 minutes into her holding pattern. I was frantically calling on my cell phone, house phone, and now logged on with both computers to the waiting room. Doing all of this in despair, when suddenly my sister text me from her work phone and tells me she is on hold. I was ELATED! I asked how she got on hold and told her not to mess anything up, just to hang on for however long it took. She laughed because she thought everyone was on hold. I quickly told her no, we had only been getting a busy signal. So then suddenly within about 2 minutes, she text me and said SHE GOT TICKETS!! I was so excited I was crying. I didn't stop calling just yet, I wanted to make sure she got all 6 tickets she could get and that yes indeed this was true and real. She called me when she was done talking to the ticket agent and told me the story.
Lady-"Hello, how can I help you."
Kelly-"I would like my alloted number of Garth Brooks tickets please."
Lady-"Ok, that would be 6."
Kelly-"Great!"
Lady-"What date do you want tickets for?"
Kelly-"Um, (mind went blank) yes, Feb. 26."
Lady-"Where are you calling from and are you a Garth Brooks fan."
Kelly-"I'm calling from KS and yes I am a Garth Brooks fan, but I'm really calling for my sister who is going to be celebrating her 10th wedding anniversary there in February and she loves Garth Brooks and we are all coming there to celebrate with her."
Lady-"Well in that case, let me check on better seating arrangements."
Kelly-"Thanks."
Lady-"How does the 8th row work for you all?"
Kelly-"(crying)Yes, that would be perfect."
Lady-"Ok, well enjoy your show."
Kelly-"(crying)Thank you very much."
So a HUGE thank you to my sister for making a dream come true. Now I get to spend my 10th wedding anniversary in Las Vegas with Chad and Garth Brooks, and of course all of our peeps who will make the trek out there to celebrate with us. We are so looking forward to it!
Friday, October 23, 2009
Let Sleeping Girls Sleep
October 17th, 2009
Chad came home from the football game that Saturday night I was away in Arkansas and both girls were asleep in our bed. I told him he should have just left them there to sleep. But instead he carried them to their own beds. How cute are they? Again, not great cell phone camera quality.
Chad came home from the football game that Saturday night I was away in Arkansas and both girls were asleep in our bed. I told him he should have just left them there to sleep. But instead he carried them to their own beds. How cute are they? Again, not great cell phone camera quality.
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