Now that is....

LOVE!!

Lake Days

Love cousin Zach

My silly little man :) LOVE HIM

Yes, I'm aware he is going to KILL me one of these days!!

Today was a good day because....

• My wonderful hubby went to the grocery store for me :) Yes, I know it is the small things in life that make me happy!!
• Cooper is learning to ride his bike without training wheels. He started out on Brylee's bike because it is lower to the ground. He was riding her bike like a champ within a few minutes and has started working on his "big bike" without training wheels. He is riding up and down the driveway and has been riding on the road with the "all clear" from Daddy.

Slumber Party

The kids had their first sleep over!! We were so lucky to have our little buddy Griffin spend the night with us. The kids had an absolute ball. We played, stayed up late, watched movies, and ate way too much popcorn.

MOM

Ahh, how blessed I am to be called Mom.

Summer Fun

Yes, this is what we have done with our summer! Swim, swim, and swim more. We have spent our days enjoying Uncle Howie and Aunt Lisa's pool, and also Aunt Jan Jan's pool. We were lucky enough to do swim lessons with Ms. Lindsay and both of the kids are now water dogs. Cooper is swimming all over the pool completely without his life jacket. He can swim under water across the pool and loves every minute of it. Brylee still needs her arm floaties but she is now dipping her head underwater and kicking away!

These were taken before the swim lessons but I will post "life jacket free" pictures soon.

Conversations with Cooper

Cooper has been in the funniest little mood today.

We were outside working on our backyard project and he was talking to Bryan about our retaining wall.

Cooper: "Dad, how high is it going to be?"
Bryan: "I'm not sure yet."
Cooper: "Is it going to be 1 tall or 60 tall?"
Bryan: "How tall is 60 tall?"
Cooper: "All the way to God."

We are going for a walk later and Cooper was trying to decide if he wanted to ride his scooter or his bike.

Cooper: "I want to ride my scooter, but I hate it when it goes sidewards."
Me: "Sidewards is not a word. What word did I tell you earlier?"
Cooper: "Sideways, but I don't like that word."


Of course, the Language Arts teacher in me LOVES this one:
Cooper: "I don't feel well. Mommy, it is too hot out here."

I know I'm a huge dork but I love that he is using good and well correctly :)