Pile of boys!

Boy pile!!  Cutest faces ever!!

Patio

We almost have a new patio!!  Yay!!  We'll be able to enjoy our entire backyard after this project is complete!!

Tractor fun!

Moving dirt is way easier, and more fun, with a tractor than a wheelbarrow and shovel!!  

First day of Preschool

This cute kid loves school and his wonderful teachers!!  It will be a great school year for him! 

First day of 1st grade

Love this kid!!  He was very excited to be a big first grader!

Living room fort

What better way to spend the day then in a fort in the living room!!

Boating fun

We had so much fun on the river today!  The boys get braver and braver each time.  They were excited to go tubing, but very hesitant to surf with Dad and Cody!  But once they got up and surfed they liked it but don't want to do it again!!

Thanks again Atacks for a fun filled afternoon!!

Swimming

We are getting our fill in at the pool before these sunny days end!!  Please let summer never end!!

Idaho Coopers part #2

Once everyone woke up and we got moving someone mentioned pancakes and I think all of us started salivating.  So off to IHOP we went!  We filled our tummies and then hit up some garage sales on the way back to the homestead.  A couple tennis rackets and lego set later, we were back at the Hotel de Coopers to get ready for the rest of our day.
Eagle Island was next on the list.  It is a man made lake and beach.  The perfect place for families!  Our boys loved swimming in the water especially with Will and Kayla!  We swam for a while then decided to have the boys try out the water slide which they have never been on.  Bridger wasn't tall enough to go on it even though he really really wanted to.  Poor kid and to sit there and watch his brothers have all the fun!  We were a little nervous that once Everson and Canon got to the top that they would change their minds and march back down the hill.  Much to our surprised the excitement was still there and they sat right down when it was their turn and down they came.  Saying they loved it would be an understatement!  The boys went on the water slide three times!  After all the fun on the water slide we hit up the shaved ice stand.  That stuff was so yummy!  We swam for a little bit longer then our tummies told us it was time for dinner!
Uncle Bill and Aunt Kendra took the boys in their convertible, which they were very excited to ride in!  Ate a good dinner, went back to Hotel de Cooper, heads hit the pillows and the boys were out!

Our last morning with the Idaho Coopers was nice a slow and relaxing.  We packed everything up and then Kendra made the yummiest breakfast burrito!  Todd cannot stop talking about how much he liked it. I guess I'm going to have to make them for him someday, even though I know it won't be as good as Kendra's!!

We had such a fun time and we plan to make our road trip to Idaho and annual tradition!!

Thanks, Bill, Kendra, Will and Kayla for a great weekend!!

Idaho Coopers part 1

We decided on Tuesday that the coming weekend would be a good time to visit Todd's brother's family in Idaho.  So we packed things up and off we went on Thursday!  The road trip didn't start off too well.  It took us an hour and ten minutes to reach downtown, which usually it would take ten minutes.  Todd was fed up with the traffic and was ready to turn the car around if I agreed that is what we should do.  We decided to stick it out.  So, an hour and forty-five minutes into our trip we had only traveled about thirty miles.  That put a damper on our arrival time.  The boys did great in the car.  They got a little cranky near the end, but who wouldn't being strapped into a car seat for eight hours.  We finally arrived at Hotel de Cooper at 1am!

The next day we headed to Settlers park where we played at the playground and splash pad.  It was a really cute park.  The boys had fun!

Next we decided to take a little swim at their neighborhood pool!

We went home ate some yummy tacos (thanks Kendra) then head over to the pond that they stock full of fish for the boys' first time fishing!  They were really excited, but after a couple minutes of standing there holding a fishing pole, Everson declared, "fishing is boring!"  Sadly nobody caught a fish or even got a bite on their line.

From the pond we walked back over to the park where it was movie night!  We enjoyed the cute movie, Wreck It Ralph.

 The boys were definitely ready for bed and they slept very well!

Pool time #100000

Like I have said before, the days have been a little hot these days which makes our none air conditioned house hot, so we go to the pool pretty much every day!  The boys are getting so comfortable and good in the water!  Their swimming lessons must be paying off!  Michelle and Oliver were still in town so they joined us!