Cooper's first birthday!

Yesterday we celebrated Cooper's first birthday which was actually on Thursday. I can't believe a year has past since I held him in my arms for the first time! He has grown so much over the past year! He is almost walking and is saying a few words. We had a great time celebrating him turning one! His monkey cake!

the food table!!
A few of the party guest! His Aunt Amanda and cousins Sarah, Ryan and Seth

Present Time!!

He enjoyed opening his presents but did not like it if the boys got to close to his new toys!!

Cake Time!! Yummy!!!!

Cooper loved the cake as you can tell!!

On our way to the farm

We had a very busy day yesterday! We started our day with Cade's soccer game. We went straight from there to a birthday party and left from there to go to Savannah to visit. My brother Matt was visiting from Michigan so we had a big family gathering with good food and fun. We got home and had to get ready for company last night. Needless to say we were very tired by the time we went to bed! me and my little brother Matt
On our way out to the farm we stopped at the nursing home to visit my grandmother. She really enjoyed the visit.
Cade and granny!

Fun on the farm

The boys always love playing with their cousins. They never lack for attention when their cousins are around!!! keeping an eye (and hand)on Chance at the creek!

Cooper loved this water. It was coming from a natural spring off the hill behind the house. My dad hooked a hose to it so the kids could use it while we were at the farm.
playing in the creek!

exhausted after a long day!

The boys had such a long day and were wiped out by the time we headed home!

Cooper got to enjoy his first lollipop on the way home from the farm. He was SO tired and very unhappy. I had no more snacks and drinks but I dug in the bag and found a lollipop. He was very happy for a little while!
Oh No! It's almost gone.
And it's all gone! We were almost home by this point so that was good!

school time-letter T

This week week with our preschool time we focused on the letter T. Most of our activities and crafts had something to do with the letter T. Here are some of things we did this week. I may not post stuff each week but we had lots of fun this week so I thought I'd share some of the things we did.Chance with his turtle. The kids painted paper plates on Monday and then we finished them up on Thursday (when I had everyone back together)
painting their plates
one day we traced tools
we went to the park and walked on a little trail!
we talked about different tupes of trees!
we made leaf prints from various types of trees.

1st soccer game

Cade played his 1st soccer game today. The boys did a great job and played hard! getting instructions from the coach
Cade's turn to throw the ball in
working hard to get the ball in the goal (I think it got kicked out of bounds but it was a good try!)
snack after the game

He loves books!!

Cade sat in Chad's "big chair" during rest time today and read (looked) at his library books we got yesterday. I was busy in the kitchen and then went into the den to lay on the couch and have my own rest time! I rested on the couch listening to Cade turn the pages in his books. Within a few minutes I could hear no more pages turning. I looked over and found him asleep with his book wide open. He LOVES books and has since he was a little baby. I am so thankful for that. I hope that he will continue his love of reading as he gets older.

Some pictures taken today!

This was Cooper's first wagon ride! I asked Chance to hold on to him so he wouldn't fall. He did a good job!

Cade wanted me to take a picture of him holding Cooper! He tried carrying Cooper and decided he was too heavy!!
Tonight I looked over to find Cooper sitting in the block container looking at books! I thought it was such a sweet picture! I was surprised he managed to climb up there and sit without falling backwards!

Happy Anniversary

Today Chad and I are celebrating our 9th anniversary! I can't believe how fast time goes by. It has been a great 9 years. I am very blessed to have this great Christian man as my husband.

crafts!

This morning the kids made apple prints to go along with our letter "A" for the week. We have been having "preschool time" most days for the past 2 weeks. The kids have enjoyed it. The mom of one of the kids I keep brought me a big box of craft supplies to use. That was nice! The kids LOVE doing crafts so the box of goodies will really come in handy! Cade doing his apple prints
Chance working on his prints
some of the things we've done over the past 2 weeks. The back of our front door is a great place to display the kids work.
Our box of craft supplies
A little of everything

Aonther trip to the farm

Yesterday we took another trip to the farm to see Papa and Clara Ruth. Sarah went with us and we had a good time. We went swimming for just a little bit because it was a little chilly. It was overcast which made a huge difference in the temperature of the water. Sarah took the boys for a ride on the 4-wheeler which they always love. We ate lunch in the gazebo and enjoyed some cantaloupe and watermelon from the garden. The boys and I stopped by school to see Chad and they got to play for a while before coming home. We had a good day!