The Copples

Whats Up With Us?

2011-11-28T08:16:00.000-08:00

So, to me a little less talk & a lot more pictures is better right? Here we have little miss priss walking to the bus stop with her backpack all ready to go:Snow White & the crazy afro:

Sundays are not my best days. Especially before church. The following few pictures are documentation of what my children do to my house while I am trying to get ready for church & maintain a calm demeanor:

Needless to say, this is why my demeanor is not so calm by the time we get out the door...

Pumpkins from our garden!

Waiting for Grandma, Grandpa, & Dustin to arrive!!

Enjoying some time with Dustin, so fun!

Goofballs.

We had a good time

We got to spend a few days in Brekenridge with Nana & Grandpa Copple. We spent time eating, swimming, hiking, just having a grand old time.

crazy afro babyPlease notice Craig's ensemble. Yes, that is a clip on tie; and yes, that is a polo.

1st day of preshcool!

Chance's first soccer tourney. It was about 7 hours too long & 50 degrees too warm. Apparently I am not the greatest of soccer moms :)

Grandma & Daddy got to go on a field trip with Kenedi to the pumpkin patch!

Is she happy to be a monkey?

Some groovy family pics:

And thats all folks!

Spring & Summer 2011

2011-08-26T12:32:00.000-07:00

Here goes. Why is this underlined??

Easter, gotta color some eggs.

Because I am so on top of things, these are the ONLY pictures I got of my kids in their Easter clothes...although Chance's are the same clothes he wears every other Sunday. Boys kinda get the shaft in the clothes department.

Hunting for eggs at the Naylor's house.

I turned 30. Please continue scrolling down.

Chance (in the gray) played T-Ball this summer. He had a great time. Kind of. When we could get him to go.

Kate Olivia Young was born (in May)! Look at that grunty face! I think she is way too cute...

In June the Barney family came to visit, so we went to Estes Park for some hiking.

The ladies.

Didn't I just say in JUNE? Actually the MIDDLE of JUNE, and yes that is snow behind them, and yes it did blizzard on us while we were "hiking."

The town of Mead had a fun little fishing derby. Kenedi's first fish!

Like I said not particular order. In July while in AZ BJ & Katherine blessed their cute little lady Kate. Here are the older cousins ooohing & ahhing over her & of course wanting to hold her :)

And we're back to the fishing derby. Chance's first fish!

And now back to the Barney visit. Kenedi & Saige had a great time making themselves "beautifuller" as Kenedi likes to say.

Back to the blessing (why does this dumb thing upload my pictures like this??? grrr) The happy little family.

Chance & Craig went camping for his birthday outing. They had a lovely time doing manly things.

Mom & Elder Young (at the baby blessing in July)

Chance's 7th Birthday!! (June)

Mom's Birthday (July)

Chance's Birthday

We cannot seem to get a decent picture but here's what we got. These were taken in Newport the end of July.

Birthday Cake, Yum.

While driving to AZ (July) the kids didn't like our choice of music so they all had to listen to their ipods.

Addy of course had to be in on the action.

Chance enjoying some time with the ladies. Addyson & Lexi (Brad & Alyssa's baby)

Nana & all the grandkids in Newport

While in AZ we had a killer party for Chance's birthday. Here is the couple where half of them can NOT make a normal face in a picture. Aren't they cute?

More birthday cake...no wonder her cheeks & thighs look like that.

We couldn't get Optimus to bust...

Daddy had to take matters into his own hands...

Candy mayhem!!

We spent a few days at the beach in Cali, Addy LOVED the sand.

Buddies

Legoland (don't waste you're $$)

Chance was a major wave jumper. He wants to live somewhere near the beach.

Kenedi preferred the sand & shells

Ferris wheel at Balboa Island

Balboa Island candy shop we go to every year. I have this exact same pic taken last year too.

Aren't they pretty with their matching pigtails?

Uncle Nick aka Elder Young came for a visit before he entered the MTC. We were SO GLAD to see him!!

SUPERMAN!! Swee snuggie huh?

It was really hard to let him leave.

Holy hair, what happened?

Kris & Brenna came too, we had a BLAST!

Next time she'll be a lot taller

Sniff sniff. I hate goodbyes.

So we attempted a garden this year, not much grew but the squash. If I could photo shop these 2 pics together that would be great. Apparently we can't all smile in the same picture. And we did find out that my children HATE squash. It's a good thing we've got it coming out our ears...anybody need some?

The first day of 2nd grade! Chance planted these sunflowers from seeds back at the end of May. They are nearly as tall as our house with no flowers! My kids think they are beanstalks...

Craig & some of his buddies did a Warrior Dash up at Copper mountain in August.

Craig jumping into the mud.

And jumping over fire...

Finished!!

Back to Newport (July) Every summer Grandpa Copple (Ken) has a different theme he dresses up as and hides from the kids every night somewhere around our hotel. They all go out looking for him & his goodies. This year he was MexiKen, hence the sumbreros. The first night they all got the headlights so that they would be able to find him easier the other nights. The LOVE this tradition. Grandpa is a good sport. He has been ChiKen (dressed as a chicken) AmeriKen (dressed all patriotic) and PumpKen (dressed as a pumpkin). So cute.

My Dad (Grandpa Young) came to visit for a few days & we went hiking around Estes Park. Here we are!!

Me & my honey.

More beach fun.

YUM.

And that's the end of my spiel.

Has it been 6 months yet??

2011-04-04T18:38:00.000-07:00

Well if I knew how to work this darn blogger, these words would be at the top. Instead you get a picture of Chance missing a few teeth. He has actually lost a few more too but since I am a LAME-O mom, I don't have a pic of what we call Toothless...So here I go again, no particular order:

Chance made each member of the family Valentine's envelopes so that we could put pictures & letters for eachother in them. They stayed up for weeks, it was too cute.

This is a long story, so I probably won't write the whole thing. But it is really funny. You'll have to call me if you want the story. However, it is a MIRACLE how much better he could see when he put on his DADs classes & wore them to school.

Little Miss Priss can't walk yet, and shen she pulls herself up she gets stuck in the most akward positions because she hasn't figured out how to move her feet yet :)

On April 2nd Kenedi turned 4 years old!! So naturally we high class people that we are headed to Chuck-e-Cheese for some serious entertainment!

Dressing ourselves these days...

Why did I buy this? Because apparently I like having to clean paint off of EVERYTHING.

Daddy Craig celebrated another birthday back in January. We were lucky to have his parents & brother here to join us. However, being the great hostess & photographer that I am, I did not get a single picture of them. Sorry guys!! I'm lame.

For Kenedi's birthday she & Craig went on a birthday date to see Disney's Princesses on Ice. She was SO excited. It was the cutest thing ever.

Getting ready to go!

This past week was spring break. We took advantage of one of the sunny days & had a picnic at the park. It was a blast.

They have these giant fingers for some reason, so Chance wanted a picture of him getting his nose picked.

More chuck-e-cheese

Kenedi eating pancakes on the You Are Special birthday plate. Why does Chance look so happy?

Getting ready to blow out the candles!

present time!

We all love french fries in this house. Don't be jealous.

We went to AZ for Thanksgiving. Again, I am lame, I took hardly any pictures. This is Addy & her cousin Anna. Isnt's she beautiful? My kids look like they belong in a different family. They are all dark haired & dark eyed, all of their cousins on both sides are much lighter!

Chance at his very first college football game.

Addy's 1st Birthday!!

Not sure yet. She picked it up & threw it on the floor without trying it first.

But then she found out what she was missing.

Presents! (yes, that's Christmas paper, her b-day's in November, I know its rude)

Loving her Uncle Nicky

Thank you to whoever grabbed my camera while we were in AZ, they took a few pics for me :)

Doesn't that just look so fun?

Sisters

Helping me bake for the Holidays!

And of course sampling the goods...

Their Christmas programs were on the same night. Chance was a panda bear & Kenedi was an angel. I know I know, I can't help it that I am so talented in the costume making department. I would be happy to give any of you suggestions or pointers. It's tough being me.

Good times

Again with the lame theme. We went to Utah for my brother Kris & his new wife Brenna's wedding. Did I get any pictures? NOPE. Lame. But here we are in front of the SLC temple freezing to death.

I know, YIKES. We are all HOT. Seriously, this was my favorite Christmas yet. There was No sleep and people EVERYWHERE and TONS of kid crying, but it was seriously the BEST. I'm ready to do it again, although I have a feeling none of my sibs will be back for the next 10 years....(ps most of these pics you have probably already seen on my sisters' blogs because they are blogging overachievers & post within 2 or 3 months of taking the pictures, I tried to put very random pics up)

We had to cook about 100 eggs & pancakes every morning. Here are the happy cooks on Christmas morning.

grandpa & addy

don't ask

we like making ourselves & our kids sick...

apparently...

After half of the fam went home we took a little sledding trip

Dust

awww, the lovebirds

Kenedi always gets cold within 5 minutes of being in the snow. She is SO much like me.

Zach

The boys totally ganged up on Amber

hmmm, don't know how this got in here twice...lucky you.

this is me happy, happy happy happy happy happy!!!!

freaks.

Love them.

Yes, that is the amount of food prepared DAILY.

We love Trav.

The Newlyweds!

This is how cute they'll be in 9 years & 3 kids :) I know, I am totally embarassing myself here.

Anybody want a stocking?

Freezing to death in estes park.

At Kris & Brenna's reception. I stole this pic from somebody because like I said. When it comes to taking pictures. I.Am.Lame.

Good night.

The Longest Post in History

2010-11-11T13:13:00.000-08:00

so obviously its been awhile since my last post. I figured I better catch up since its winter again & I think my last post had snow pics :) So get some popcorn, kick off your shoes, & get comfortable because I uploaded about 100 pictures in no particular order...In June we went to Texas for work/pleasure. Here are some pics of that trip:

We hauled hay, it was actually fun...surprising, I know. Chance had the best time I think.

Dustin got to drive the truck down the rows of hay, he only hit a couple bales :) Love you dust.

Me & my sweet man hangin in the hay. We were in charge of counting & stacking.

Of course we were too tired to unload it when we got home & then of course it came in & rained. Soooo, me & the boys had to run out in the rain & save it with tarps. Not as easy as it looks.

Grandpa helping lighten my load...literally!

Best buddies

Grandpa & the kiddos decided to play in the rain. Sorry for the crappy pic, I didn't want to go outside & get more wet. They stomped, jumped, rolled, & danced in the rain!

Chance made his own costume of his idol "Iron Man!" You can guess what he wanted for his birthday ;)

Back in Colorado, playing dress up in the front yard. Yep, our neighbors think we're freaks. Whatever.

You will notice how she grows throughout this post. Isn't she beautiful?

Chance had a VERY low key birthday this year. We had just gotten back from Texas & were too tired to plan anything. He totally got the shaft, I am lame. But he did get his...

IRON MAN TOYS!!

We decided to be spontaneous & make a last minute, non-planned tip to Winterpark over the 4th of July. We ended up staying less than 24 hours, took 2 kids to the ER, got rained on, & stayed in a "suite" where the biggest bed folded out of the wall. Note to self: spontenaiety is NOT for parents of little kids & hotels.com does NOT have good last minute deals at "nice" places.

Miss Priss taking her baby "Allah" on a walk. She has 100 babies, all named Allah.

Child labor at its best:

In September we took a girls trip to NYC:

My favorite ladies of all time.

Their rootbeer stand with watered down rootbeer. No customers. They were bummed.

Chance's very first spelling test with a perfect score!! This was a big day for us:

Practicing writing our words/letters in chocolate pudding:

Halloween:

Great Grandma Young came to visit for a few hours.

Kenedi's preschhool field trip to the pumpkin patch!!

OK, here are the pics from our FABULOUS girls trip!

so tired from walking 1,000 miles a day.

I know, I'm a faker.

Yep, best candy store ever.

Times Square BABY!!

We scored front row seats to the Broadway show "In the Heights," it was AWESOME. Jordin Sparks was the lead, she was amazing.

Gettin our subway tickets. Yep, we're new yorkers.

HOT

The "Big" piano with my faves.

Hint Hint Fellas...specially Clint (love you clint :) )

Giving professional lessons outside of Julliard.

The stash

Don't hate us cause you ain't us.

Yep, we're cool.

We walked across the Brooklyn Bridge. It was cool....long, but cool.

The Temple.

Relaxin on the Subway.

Ahhhh, fooood.

The week before the girls trip, Craig & I went on a cruise with some of our good friends. This sign was all over the plase in the Bahamas:

Seriously?

We found this sweet beach called "Jaws Beach" because its where they filmed on of the Jaws movies. Turns out a fisher went missing from that same beach a few days after we were there. They found his body in the belley of a tiger shark. Maybe thats why we had the beach completely to ourselves...

Our Group!

Our waiters dancing for us at dinner. It was so funny!

Yep, those are my toes & that is our ship. Can it get any better?

Me & my man.

The view from our room.

Enjoyin a little swim in Margaritaville

Cruisin on our sweet rides.

Copple California Trip:

More cruise:

Dinner in Southbeach. That town is NASTY.

Jumpin' with Addy.

Chance's First Day of 1st Grade!

AZ Trip:

Sorry ladies, he's bout to leave on a mission.

How can they be cousins when the look so totally opposite??

More California Trip:

Ferry ride in Cali, nice hair Chance:

Apparently we are teaching Kenedi great things...Young Family Pics:

How did I get so lucky??

Pretty much the busiest/funnest/best/craziest summer ever.

Good night.

Sweet & Spicy

2010-08-29T17:08:00.000-07:00

So this won't be one of my normal marathon posts. I just had a couple of stories that really show how different two kids can be even though they have the same parents :)

The Sweet:

Me and the girls have been pretty sick the past little bit. Last Thursday night I slept on the couch becasue sleeping sitting up made it a little easier to breathe. So about 6:30 am I start hearing some movement in the kitchen. The dialogue goes a little something like this:

Me: "Who's there?"

Chance: no response.

Me: (I kind of sit up so that I can look into the kitchen and I can't see anybody although I can see a little kid chair that was drug to the counter to help reach things) "Chance is that you?"

Chance: still nothing.

Me: "Chance, I know you're down here...".

He then starts to run back to his room crying.

Me: (calling out to him from the couch) "Chance what's the matter buddy?"

Chance: (walking back to the couch with his head low, still crying) "I wanted to make you breakfast since you are so sick, I didn't mean to wake you up."

Talk about melt your heart sweet. I told him I'd go back to sleep and when he was ready he could come wake me up with my breakfast. He proceeded to finish making me breakfast, which included a glass of water & a couple of slices of homemade bread (which he sliced himself with a dull knife) covered in jam. The best breakfast ever, made me feel so much better! I tell you what, I don't know what I would do without my sensitive little guy...

Then there is Miss Kenedi, who upon entering the car after church today shouts:

"It's too DAMN hot in here!!" (mind you we live in Colorado, so its never THAT hot :) )

You gotta love the girl that adds a little spice to our lives

It's these sweet & spicy little moments that make being a mom so worth it.

My Semi-Annual Post....

2010-06-02T16:05:00.000-07:00

OK, so here is what we've been up to the past six months or so, in no particular order:Kenedi getting ready to get her ears pierced...

Putting the marks where we want em...

Hmmmm...not sure about this...

Nope, not too fun! Although she only cried for about two seconds until she saw the suckers, candy ALWAYS makes this lady happy :)

Don't be jealous because we are so HOT....or not. This was taken at our surprisingly fun stake Valentines dance, yeah baby!!

Happy girl Addy, sorry, I don't know how old she is here, maybe 4 or 5 months?? I know, I am a horrible mother.

Kenedi turned 3 on April 2nd, of course she had to help make the cake, and then she had to destroy it while I was out of the room...not like it was all that great to begin with. I am super talented with the frosting & writing stuff on cakes, ask Kris or Katherine, they can attest to my awesomeness.

We went sledding in Breckenridge over Presidents Day while Bradley & Alyssa were in town. Good times!

We drove out to Texas in February for my annual audit. This is Princess Kenedi & Daddy enjoying a good 'ole horseback ride.

And Daddy & Chance as well (somebody had to take care of Addyson right??)

Uncle Zac & Miss Addy (I think she is around 3 1/2 months here)

Best Buds Chance & Grandpa working together on the fridge :)

So Chance picked out some sweet BLUE paint for his room, we only did one wall but it is still pretty blue.

My 3 babies.

Playing in the snow

Napping in the snow, I swear it wasn't that cold...not really.

BJ, Katherine, & Kris came for a visit in March, SO MUCH FUN!! We went up to the mountains & went sledding. There are some sweet videos at the bottom of this post (I think) of everyone going down the hill.

Beejer & Kat, LOVE THEM...come back!

Katherine was kind enough to have her birthday while they were in town, so we all went to Benihanas...delish. Although, I think Craig is the one that wanted to go there...Katherine not so much...sorry!

Shortly thereafter Kenedi turned 3!! (I know there was a cake shot way before this but I don't know how to move the dang pics around on this program) She had a great birthday, she even woke up and decided since she was now 3 she needed to be potty trained and hasn't worn a diaper since! Yeah Kenedi!

Ready for cake.

Eating cake on her new PRINCESS plate with the PRINCESS sippy & PRINCESS utencils. Thanks Ethan & Griffin!!

K & her pal Griffin at Chuck-e-Cheese partying it up!

Chance & his buddy Ethan playin a little air hockey at Kenedi's party.

Sibs

Daddy & Addy (4.5 months for anybody that cares) at Chuck-e-Cheese

So there will be A LOT of pics of Addyson the rest of this post since I have not documented hardly ANY of her life so far...

Ready for church!

Does anybody else have this problem?? For some reason we CANNOT get her crack to stay hidden!

Loungin in bed watchin cartoons...ahh the life :)

Addyson's first taste of rice cereal, she LOVED it. She actually still prefers it over baby food.

So I don't know how to rotate pictures on this blog whatever it is but just turn your head.

Getting ready for Addy's first time in the pool, she loved it! But of course she did what the other two did & screamed when she had to get out. It was lovely.

Kenedi & I went to get our nails done a few weeks back. This is her waiting with her color all picked out...

Not too thrilled about the drying process.

Are you lookin at me?

The kids and I spent a day at a sweet park last week. This is the scooter race across the bridge.

Chance on his last day of KINDERGARTEN! I can't believe I now have a 1ST GRADER, I feel so old.

My sweet little thumb sucker...

Say cheeeeeks!! I mean cheese :)

The spittin image of Chance as a baby, its CRAZY. I'd post a pic but wait, I don't have one because my dang computer crashed & I lost all of Chance & Kenedi's baby pictues!! Note to self, external hard drive.

More of Kenedi's mani-pedi day

What the??

Chance's kindergarten field day. The egg walk, not his greatest event. Which is evidenced by his good sportsmanship-like conduct in the following picture:

Yep, I had to threaten him with his life in order to get him to return to field day...oh boy.

Having fun, although he won't admit it since he's still ticked that he dropped his egg of the spoon.

I know, I'm obsessed.

She was MAAAD at me.

Lovin some Uncle Kris

Katherine & her SWEET birthday cake courtesy of me & my awesome cake decorating skills...don't be jealous. No, she is NOT wearing my snuggie...sorry Katherine...do you want me to delete this?

Yep, another one.

A little of our trip to Breckenridge with Bradley & Alyssa

Child labor

BJ & his sledding skills

Kris showing him how its done

Kenedi & Addy having some fun

Happy Birthday to ME!!

And the award goes to....

Love you all!!!! Hopefully I'll update this again before Christmas, but don't hold your breath :)

Overload.

2010-01-20T18:47:00.000-08:00

Its been a while since I made a post, so this one is going to have TONS of pics. It will also be totally out of order since I don't know how to upload right. As most of you know, my sweet little Addy was born 5 weeks early with several complications. This first pic is of our first meeting. After the c-section they took her to a different hospital immediately, so I didn't get to meet her until a couple of days later. I have to say sitting in the hospital, not pregnant, with no baby, no husband, and no family is a really strange feeling. The first time I saw her was pretty difficult for me, as you can see she had tubes and wires coming out everywhere, she was totally unconscious. Notice the little blanket under her head, the doctors had me sleep with it under my pj's and send it to her hospital so it would have my scent on it so she would remember me...the little giraffe was a present from her sibs Chance & Kenedi who weren't allowed to see her at all until she came home.

These are the doctors who were taking care of her. Every morning they had rounds and discussed Addysons progress. It was comforting to know so many people were looking out for her.

Like I said, this is totally out of order :) This is a pic on her first Sunday to go to church. She was 8 weeks old & had just been given the OK to take her off of the oxygen the Friday before. It was a special day for me because I had such mixed emotions about not being able to go to church & worship my Heavenly Father for so long when He helped me get through such a traumatizing time. Doesn't she look cute?

We blessed Addy over the holidays while family was in town. This is the Copple Clan:

This is the representation from the Young fam. Sadly mom had to leave the night before, but I was so happy to have 4 out of 5 bros there! Chance hid in a closet the whole time, he wouldn't come out so he missed the blessing, the little terd.

The men who were in the circle.

Addyson Malia Copple

Princess Kenedi on Christmas morning modeling one of her gowns...please don't look at me in the background...ugh.

The boys opening their stockings:

Excited!

This is during our Christmas Eve program, Chance & Kenedi were leading the music.

Nick reading a cool Christmas story.

Kris reading a Mexican Christmas story with his great Spanish accent.

The boys going running in negative degree weather, this is AFTER I made them change. Originally they were in short sleeves, shorts, no hats or gloves...

We went to a little park by our house to go sledding, it was fun!

Dustin, we were racing :)

Chance going down on the tube

Our early Christmas present

Our Christmas pic

The audience in their Christmas jammies while little Addy was getting a bath

She loves the bath, she especially loved when we would take the dang oxygen off for it :) Isn't she beautiful??

I know, overkill on the pictures...

Just hangin out

He LOVES her, it is so cute.

My sis Marianne & her 2 kiddos came to help out after Addy came home, this is a pic of the kids having serious FUN, how cute are they? Thank you Marianne!! I am so glad you came, even though we got negative amounts of sleep :)

Marianne & Addy.

The proud (tired, so don't look at the lack of make up) mama!

Sage got to play in the snow, she loved it, it was so cute. She was not afraid of the cold at all, my kids were the babies even though they are used to it, go figure.

Chance, Charlie, Sage, and Addyson. Can you believe all of these little ones?

Addy & Charlotte, can you believe there are 3 months between them? I can't believe how fast they grow...Marianne is the Queen of cute flower head bands, thank you Bop!!

A few days after coming home.

You wanna know what I was doing while sitting in the NICU for three weeks? Anybody have any hungry babies?

The day we brought Addyson home, they were so excited. They weren't sure what was going on, except that they hardly saw Mama for 3 weeks and she wasn't as fat anymore.

Her first time holding little sister.

Right before getting discharged, the BEST day of my life. I can't even think about it without bawling.

Getting ready for her first time outside of the hospital!

Hangin out in the hospital. Working on getting off of the darn feeding tube.

Chance drew Addy a picture book of toys, he wanted her to pick one out that she wanted for Christmas. We had to bring it back home & tell him what she wanted. It was so cute.

Nana's first time meeting Addyson. Thank you so much Jeannie for taking care of us for 2 weeks, we know it was a sacrifice to put all of your obligations on hold, but we wouldn't have survived without you!

This is after her first hair washing. They couldn't wash her hair after she was born until she had all of the tubes out of her head & she was off of the vent (which she pulled out on her own). She was a little fuzzy head.

Thankfully my parents were able to come out the day of her delievery, I would have been an even bigger wreck (if that is possible) without them. This is the first time my mom got to hold her. We were so lucky to have so much support, love you mom & dad!

Grandpa, isn't he cute?

Nana stayed until we brought Addyson home, this is the day we brought her home.

Big brothers first time holding the baby

Getting adjusted to life in the real world, SO much better!!

OK, so this is a TOTAL change in subject, but this is Chance & his best buddy Ethan waiting for the bus, can you believe he is so big?

While I was at the hospital, Nana & Craig took the kids to the jump house & to watch at the outdoor ice skating rink. How cool is this? It was at one of the outdoor malls. Don't look at the mismatched outfits, the kids got to pick out their own clothes for a little while :)

They made gingerbread cookies for a treasure hunt.

And Christmas trees

Chance, Daddy, and Grandpa playing baseball, check out his shades, what a stud.

OK, another major shift in topics. Back in September we went on the Copple trip to Newport Beach. This is what Kenedi did to herself while "napping" Of course it was my good makeup too...

The Princess Witch & her loot for Halloween...I told you its been a LONG time since I posted anything!

Getting ready for trick or treating, Bumblebee & the Princess Witch, what a pair! And the pumpking eating pumpkin of course.

Stud-muffin with his two babies

Showing off their carving skills

Carving the pumpkin, this is serious business

Craigs favorite thing to do is get up and shovel snow...I don't get it but I know he loves it ;)

The first sledding of the year, it was pretty cold so Kenedi didn't really enjoy it.

Such a girl, I love it! On the ferris wheel in Newport Beach

She loved the beach, I loved that the humidity made her hair super curly!

Enjoying a walk on the beach, it was Sunday & Chance was dying to get in the water, of course by the time we left he was soaking wet

Us girls chillin by the pool

Fun in the pool

We took family pics while we were there, so why not play in the sand when you are all ready for pictures right? Ugh.

Fishin at a little lake around the corner from our house.

So I know this was all over the place and totally random, but you get the gist right?? I can't express how grateful I am for all of the prayers on our behalf these past few months, we have felt the strength and power of prayer & will forever be grateful.

WE'RE BACK!!

2009-09-16T07:59:00.000-07:00

OK, so its been a while and I don't even know where to start...here are some random pics from this summer in no particular order since I don't know how to upload them right.

Chance's first day of Kindergarten! He was so excited to go!

Still kinda excited.....

Annnnddd not so excited anymore...

We went to TX for my little brother's high school graduation, here he is with mom & dad

And some of the rest or our brothers, missing Beej, Clint, and Kris

Nick came out to Colorado for a few days & we spent a day up in Rocky Mtn. National Park. Chance LOVES when family comes to visit!

So does Kenedi :)

We were able to drive higher than we ever have before because enough of the snow was melted. It was AWESOME!!

Chance turned 5 in June, he had a sweet Cars party, notice his matching shirt...

He had a lot of friends come, it was so fun! They had a pinata, pizza, bubble games, just lots of kid fun!!

Of course opening presents is the favorite part!

We went to Utah for the 4th of July, this is at the parade in Provo. We also went to the Jonas Brothers concert...they were surprisingly really good. Much better than Miley Cyrus last year :)

In August we went to Yellowstone with some friends, this pic is us trying to get through Wyoming, but had to wait for the cattle drive first. Wow, I didn't know they really did that anymore. Craig was dying to get out there.

Here we are at Old Faithful in Yellowstone...honestly I don't get it. It was cool, but I still don't really know what I was looking at.

The geysers (sp?) smelled like sulfur, pretty cool though.

Uncle Zac came with us on this trip, he was such a good sport, I think he had fun too!!

Chance's first day of Kindergarten! Kenedi really wanted to go too...

Craig's annual horse ride was turned into a motorcycle ride, they had a great time.

Alpine slides in Utah

Chance wanted to go superfast!

Riding the lift up to the alpine slides

Well, sorry this is short and not too witty, it's all the time I've got today. Hopefully when I get back from our upcoming trip I'll have a bit more time to put into this.

HERE WE GO!!

2009-04-17T12:46:00.000-07:00

So its been a while and I have A LOT of catching up to do, I'll try to go in order...these are a few pics of my finger painters, I don't recommend trying this at home unless you want colored walls, clothes, floors, and maybe a little on the paper if you're lucky :)

I got a new pair of shoes a while back & Kenedi thought they were for her, she is such a girl...

My fam came in town over their spring break, we had a great time. They went boarding & we took the kids to the Denver Aquarium. This is Tristan with Chance, he came with BJ & Katherine. It was the first time he had a BOY to play with instead of all his girl cousins, they had so much fun it was adorable!!

While at the aquarium, my dad thought it would be fun to try to pet the fish...I guess now he knows what the "Please do not touch the water" signs are for...

Toot toot & grandma hit it off big time, it was really cute, she didn't want me just "mee-maa"

"Pa-pa" and toot looking through the bottom of an aquarium...

There's this spot at the end where you can pet the stingrays, here is a rear view of our group, I thought it was kinda funny, you can see the little feet dangling too :)

Me & the kiddos drove back to good 'ole TEXAS with my fam so that I could go to work & they could play with some of their favorite people....or toys whatever :)

Chance had so much fun playing with the big boys, he was in boy heaven! Doesn't Dustin look thrilled to be in this picture?

Almost everyday the kids wanted to feed the horses, this is them feeding Ozzy some carrots

Kenedi & Uncle Nick, who she quickly took a liking to, she even went with him to his friends house a few times.

Nick & Hannah....awww so cute...

It seems like every year we are in Texas for at least one of my kiddos' birthdays, Kenedi turned 2 while we were there. She wasn't sure what to make of the candles.

The birthday supporters :)

Once we got the candles off she thoroughly enjoyed herself (notice the hair: the humidity gave her a fro big time)

After the cake we all piled in the van & took her to Walmart to pick out her own presents. It was really fun just to give her free reign & see what she went for, she picked out a bubble machine which she LOVES!!

The town of Mead (where we live) had a little town Easter egg hung, it was really cute (and cold, what the heck its freakin April right? It snowed today, I repeat, what the heck??)

The kiddos with their loot, I was surprised they did so well, especially in the 0-3 year age group, there were some really aggressive PARENTS trying to make sure their kids got the most, I almost had to throw some elbows...

After the hunt we went home and colored eggs, again, not necessarily recommended (notice Kenedi is topless)

On Easter morning we were killing time since church now starts at 1:00 (Ugh!) so me & Chance made this cute little bunny cake, this is definitely the extent of my craftiness (and to be honest, anybody that took home-ec sp? at Midlothian Middle School probably recognizes this)

I am really sorry, I don't know why there are no pics of my handsome hubby, he spent the last month or so flying all over the U.S. and I had the camera, so for all those wondering, he is still part of our family, I just don't seem to have any pics taken lately :)

All ready for Easter Sunday! Aren't they so cute?

Chance carried around his new (my old) scriptures all morning, but when we actually got to church he forgot them...it was devastating.

Apparently I am not the only one who liked these cute, cheap, matching outfits since half of the kids in my ward had on the same outfits! It was actually quite funny :)

So the Easter pics were taken on Sunday, it is Friday, and look how Chance how to go to school...there is something wrong when it is raining & snowing in April.

The latest...

2009-02-07T17:06:00.000-08:00

This post will be a bit out of chronological order since I can never seem to upload my pics right, so sorry in advance. Today we went to the park, here are my 3 children climbin around...Toot Toot as we call her loved the tire swing

See how happy she is at the top of the slide??

Then when her very helpful big brother snuck up behind her and gave her a little push without warning, the smile was quickly replaced with terror

The little goof thought it was funny, he then went down right behind her & landed on top of her at the bottom, we could feel the love.

So we got this new couch made of microfiber, apparently it causes a little static (which is so annoying!) but it is quite funny when you hold the pillows above toots head!

Kenedi got her first haircut this past week. It only looks halfway decent when it is fixed, I think I made it worse but I had to get rid of the mullet & the bangs always in her eyes. Instead of having them in her eyes, apparently I went for the dumb & dumber look...sorry honey!

Craig turned the big 30 a week ago, here are he & Chance blowing out the candle on his banana cream pie (I know, weird for a bday cake, but what the birthday boy wants the birthday boy gets ;)) I am so lucky to have Craig in my life, he is better to me than I deserve (except he was actually kind of rude to me today) & he is the best daddy I could ever want for my kids.

OK so this is the cutest story about my sweet Chance that I have to share:

About a week ago I was moving some decorations around & noticed that a picture was missing from my picture board, I couldn't remember what pic it was and soon forgot about it. The next morning I went in to make Chance's bed and this is what I saw on his night stand:

I know you probably can't tell but its a pic of his grandpa. When I picked it up to put back on the picture board he started crying and promising me he wouldn't tear or bend it if he could just please keep it in his room. Seriously, doesn't that just make you want to cry? Its times like this especially when I hate living away from family, because I know my kids miss everyone so much. And yes, those are Christmas lights you see hanging off of Chance's bed, he has them strung around his room & plugs them in every night, apparently a night light & a flash light just don't cut it!

This is pre-hair cut but you will notice, she has a total shoe fettish (and she likes to haul around the training potty) she has on different shoes, neither of which would I ever put on her with that outfit! Isn't her cheese face a crackup?

The day before the above picture, she came into the office to show me her stylin outfit...we may have to start working on her fashion sooner rather than later, notice the shoes...she will make me put her tennis shoes on even over her feet pajamas, she is always putting on shoes, which is cute but actually very annoying!!!

Sorry...Can't Think of a Title...

2009-01-17T18:34:00.000-08:00

OK, so I have A LOT to catch up on...this will be totally out of order because I can never figure out how to get the pictures where I want them :) This is our attack cat Figero (aka figgy wiggy). He loves to go after the kids. Notice my new chair sitting in our TV cut out cause I didn't measure before I bought and now have nowhere else to put it....suggestions?

We went ice skating a few days after Christmas with some of mine & Craig's sibs, it was so fun. This is Chance & I trying to get off the ice, he didn't quite get the whole not trying to run on the ice with your skates on idea.
Some of us just holdin the wall up, Craig can't figure out why he looks like a giant next to everyone else in this pic :)
The Larsen family, I have to say, Kinsey did awesome! Aren't they just so cute??

This was one of Chance's fave Christmas presents, the King from the movie Cars. This is us in the car on our way to do the Salvation Army deliveries on Christmas morning. It was a lot of fun, sometimes its hard for me to want to go first thing on Christmas morning, but I always end up glad that I did. It helps put things into perspective you know?

Kenedi opening her presents from Santa, she totally got into the paper ripping. She & Chance both helped us open our presents too :)

If you can't tell, Chance has a Cars thing going on right now. This was a tractor from the movie, he had made me watch probably 100 commercials on this darn toy. Yes, he knows how to pause the tv, come and get me, then unpause it so that I can watch the commercial. Does that mean he watches too much tv? Or is he just really smart? Hmmmm.

Christmas Eve just wouldn't be complete without our live Nativity. Don't these three men just look so wise? Thats what I thought.

Seriously, I doubt Joseph was quite this cute :)

So Craig borrowed some sweet pants from his grandpa's closet...aren't I a lucky girl? You should see the even sweeter shorts he got for Christmas from my brother Nick. I might get in trouble for explicit material with the blogger authorities if I posted the pics of him in the shorts :) Lets just say they let him breathe plenty....

A couple of days before Christmas all the Copples drove to Flagstaff to ride on the Polar Express train, it was really fun for the kids. You may not be able to tell by this pic of Kenedi & her crazy hair.

When we got to the North Pole Santa boarded the train & handed out bells to all of the kids, this is Chance raising his hand to tell Santa he was a good boy this year...which he was. Especially when we ate dinner earlier that evening and forced him to eat when he said he wasn't hungry, then immediatly after eating (still sitting in the restaurant) he proceeds to barf up everything he ate. He didn't make a peep, just puked in his cup, said he still wasn't hungry, and walked off. I know, we deserve awards for being the best parents ever. Sadly we don't have a pic of that...I know you're disapointed.

During the train ride, the conducter & his elf helpers read the story of the Polar Express, which the kids got to follow along in their own books :) This is Chance, Cailyn, & Talli. These three can cause quite a rukus when they are together.

Me & my buddy waiting for the train to start. Do you think he's excited?

Chance & Talli just chillin...literally, it was colder than Colorado!

Our little fam waiting to board the train....like I said, colder than Colorado. It snowed like 37 feet that night, almost.

Part of the fun of the Polar Express is you get to wear your PJ's on the train, so all of the grandkids got new matching pj's to wear. Chance was so excited he FINALLY has someone he can match!! Woohoo for Chance & Drew :)

All the kiddos in their new duds...don't expect us to get all of them posed & smiling....or even looking at the camera.

Chance had a Christmas program with his preschool. It was held at this church build in the 1800's, it had no electricity or insulation & it was probably around -20 degrees outside. Hense the angel that looks like he's on steroids. We won't mention that he was the only male angel since all of the other males chose to be wise men...This is him telling santa he wants a race car & a gun helicopter whatever that is.

So his preschool is a Christian (but not LDS) school. This is the group singing Chance's very favorite song, "Mary had a baby, YES LORD!!" repeated about 100 times getting louder with every verse.

We made treats for our neighbors & some people in our ward before going out of town for Christmas. This is Kenedi "helping", we can pretend that spoon got washed before reusing :)

My other little helper, his favorite part is rolling the peanut butter cookies in the sugar & putting the hershey kisses on. He is actually becoming quite the little helper. Please disregard all of the mess in this pic.

Kenedi protecting Dixie (the dog) from Figgy (the cat). Yes, my hubby likes to sneak the dogs in the house occasionally....it better only be occasionally :)

Anyone who has talked to Chance in the last couple of months has more than likely heard the name Trudy a time or two. Here she is, they made a gingerbread house together, he says she's his best friend. Yeah!! He's making friends :)

Good Times!!

2008-12-14T06:30:00.000-08:00

WINTER IS HERE!!!

Ooops, I left the car out last night! This is what it looked like after Craig shoveled it off, I thought we were gonna have to miss church...

Doesn't this guy (Cameron) remind you of Dustin? They are about the same age and have very similar personalities too. He is the sweetest kid, loves Kenedi to death! Even though she scowls at him constantly, he never gives up.

We had some families from the ward over to make gingerbread houses. The kids had so much fun, although it was kind of messy!

Yes, this is in our front yard. Its pretty cool unless you need to go somewhere fast.

Kenedi doesn't like the cold too much....or her mittens.

The dogs love the snow, we are thinking about making them sledding dogs...any suggestions?

The kids ready to go play in the snow for the first time this year!! Don't they look happy?

We can't keep Figero out of our Christmas tree! He is obsessed with trying to get the ornaments down, its a good thing we got the shatterproof Costco sweet ornaments huh?

Thanksgiving:

This year we went to Texas for Thanksgiving. It was a lot of fun. My only complaint is that I had to work for 3 solid days!! But it was still a really good trip. There were 33 people over for the dinner so it was loud and crazy which makes it more fun right? We saw more movies in that one week than I have seen the whole past year! I saw Madagascar 2 (which of course was on my must see list), Twilight!! (which I loved & want to see again), and Australia (which was long, but overall pretty good...and Hugh Jackman is pretty hot...huh?). We ate lots of good food thanks to Mom & Aunt Susan and just had an overall great time!!

They had to rake leaves before they could build their bonfire so that they didn't catch the whole yard on fire! Of course even leaf raking is fun with Grandpa running the show.

Chance at one with nature. Too bad he missed the grass.

Grandpa's specialty, homemade rootbeer. The kiddos go nuts over it.

These two were inseparable. It was so cute for Chance to finally have a BOY to play with!! Maybe now he won't play with dolls so much...hmmmm.

Check out these wheels...the guys were driving the girls around. It was so cute, although they didn't quite understand that they weren't bumper cars.

No, your eyes are not deceiving you, I am on Ozzy. Only for a few minutes though. We tried to get a family pic but the animals were not cooperating...the four legged ones that is.

Part of the Thanksgiving gang, the coolest part :)

My little cowboy!

So much fun!

Best buds, hanging out in the tent in grandpa's room. Watching movies, how cute is this?? They even slept in it at night :)

Random:

I thought it was awfully quiet...

Our sweet 5 Star Hotel In Colorado Springs...on Pfizer of course :)

October...

2008-11-09T17:57:00.000-08:00

October has been a busy month! I went on the annual girls trip which was a total blast!! See Marianne's blog for pics (she is the picture taker of us gals). The very next weekend we went back to Cali for the annual Copple California trip which was soooo fun. We hung out at the beach, swam in the pool, & took the kids to DISNEYLAND!! We had a great time. Then was Halloween, which the kids were both sick so we forced them into their costumes & to a couple of houses in our neighborhood just to say they went trick-or-treating :) The next night Craig & I got to go to a BYU vs. CSU football game with a bunch of people from our ward. It was really fun, except this dude sitting right by us was totally obnoxious. I wanted to kill him, he was screaming the entire time, banging on the benches, jumping up & down, swinging things around, just being a total dork! Here are some pics for those of you who have been aking :) I also added a few videos, pretty funny stuff... This dude wat out of control at the football game, he was hoarse by halftime...
Actually a really good game even for non football watchers :)

The kids were sick on Halloween, so this is the only shot of them. Blue Power Ranger & Stinky Monkey!!

Nana & the kiddos minus baby Drew waiting for the parade to start

Where dreams come true :)

Riding the train around, it was really hot!

Chance was scared of Buzz Lightyear, but he loved the ride!

Craig took this pic while the teacups were spinning...

Chance & Cousin Talli, how cute are they??

Chance found some sweet shades

Sandcastles!!

The 2 Ken's :)

So Chance LOVES to watch Tom & Jerry. The other night I walk in my room & he is doing this crazy boxing dance along with Tom in front of the TV, this video doesn't quite do it justice but it was hilarious!!

This is of Chance's first soccer game, you can't miss him :)

Misc. Update...

2008-10-06T11:26:00.000-07:00

A couple of weeks ago Chance had his first soccer game...he doesn't quite get it & wants to quit after about five minutes...but doesn't he look cute anyways?? This pic looks like he is actually playing but the problem is, he was kicking the ball in the wrong direction :)
And if he wasn't kicking it towards the wrong goal, then he was always kicking it out of bounds...we're working on our soccer skills, we need some of his uncles to come work with him!!

After Chance's first soccer game we went to the train museum in Golden where Thomas was visiting!! We got to ride on him, the kids had a ball! We didn't want to wait in line for the close up pictures with Thomas, so we improvised :)
Me & the kiddos ridin on Thomas
Again the line thing...& Chance was a little scared of Sir Toppom Hat

Don't you think he'd make a pretty girl?

Big man all ready for his first primary program in church...isn't he a stud?? Don't look too close or you'll see some remaining marker on his hairline.

The kids got ahold of Figero again...doesn't he look happy?

Today we went on a field trip with Chance's preschool. We went to a pumpkin patch & took hayrides & got to pick out pumpkins. Chance loved it! (I don't know why this is underlined & half blue & can't figure out how to change it) He wanted a green pumpkin instead of orange like everybody else...go figure :)
On the ride into the pumpkin patch. Kenedi refused to look up.
The view from the patch....ahhhhhhh.

Tagged - Quirks...

2008-09-22T19:54:00.000-07:00

Thank you Amber for tagging me on this lovely subject...however I don't know that I can list 6 quirks as I am so close to perfectly normal...oh wait, I'm a YOUNG :) So here go my quirks:

1. I absolutely, positively cannot stand having my hands get pruny. I can do normal things like wash dishes, etc but when it comes to swimming or taking a bath, or even a lengthy shower it grosses me out. If you are ever swimming with me you'll notice I hold my hands out of the water the majority of the time. For some reason when my hands get pruny and then you have to rub them together for any reason it gives me the major chills & not in a good way.

2. I have serious claustrophobia (sp?). We went to six flags the other day & one of the roller coaster seats was really narrow & I very nearly had to get off before the ride started because I felt trapped...Craig also hates it because since he is a tad heavy I cannot stand to have him lay on me, if I can't move my legs I freak. Same goes with pants, I was at the mall the other day trying on some pants & the sales girl was like "those are really flattering..." & I'm like "yeah, but my legs can't breathe" & had to yank them off really fast! Weird.

3. I cannot work in a mess...I know some of you who know me may be going huh?? But when I am working at my desk, if I have papers all over I get extremely frustrated...which since Craig & I switched desks & I now have the small one happens fairly regularly. Same goes when I am in the kitchen. I cannot stand to cook when my kitchen is a mess, I get so mad & swear a lot :)

4. Dog hair in my basement...need I say more? Since my dogs are barkers at night we have to bring them inside. BUT they shed like crazy so every time I go into my basement it is covered in dog hair!! It frustrates me so much, it sticks to shoes & feet & then gets drug all through my house. Not to mention all of my stuff down there has a nice dog hair coating on it. We have been meaning to make some sort of fence so that they can only destroy a small section of the basement but so far it is only a plan with no action. I get even more mad when I am trying to clean it all up & it just goes everywhere!! Anyone have any dog hair cleaning tips??

5. Another hair issue, my own hair. Right now it is short & I cannot stand to have it in my way. So, since it is too short for a pony tail or anything I have to use like 50 bobby pins to keep it back when I am cleaning or working out or anything remotely active. I don't know why but the littlest things seem to really make me mad!! Not to mention it looks just so lovely this way :)

6. Dishwasher loading...I have a certain way I load my dishwasher that I feel maximizes space so that I don't have to do any hand washing :) So whenever other people load my dishwasher...not naming any names but we know Chance & Kenedi don't do the dishes yet...and they just throw the dishes in there I go back and organize it. I know, psycho, it doesn't really matter & I am thankful when other people load for me but for some reason it bugs me. Go figure.

So, I think we have established that I am weird...I am tagging Katherine & Dad...

A Week of Firsts....and Possibly Lasts...

2008-09-07T15:44:00.000-07:00

The Larsens came for a visit over Labor Day, we had soooo much fun! The kids didn't even fight which in & of itself is a miracle!! We spent all day Saturday in the Rocky Mountain National Park & Estes Park...it was really crowded but fun. The kids fought over which stroller they got to ride in so you'll notice we have 3 kids crammed in a double...we went hiking around, rode a little zip line car that took us up to the top of one of the mountains, ate pizza in a cute little pizza shop, walked along the river, ate homemade ice cream, and just enjoyed the great weather!! We were soo sad to see them go for sure:)

A few days after they left, Chance had his very first day of PRESCHOOL!! Can you hear it?? Thats right....quiet....ahhhhh...lucky for me Ms. Kenedi naps at the same time so I get a couple hours of peace to get things done, doesn't he look sooo cute??

I can't belive how big he is getting...

The sweet Diego backpack complete with wheels (thank you grandma & grandpa!)

Proud day :)

The latest addition to our family that has survived terrible torture...

And inflicted some as well :)

That same day, Chance had his very first soccer practice. He was very excited, so was his Assistant Coach Daddy...however....I get a call from the hubby about halfway through practice telling me that he is about to stick my son in the car & beat him...apparently Chance wasn't into actually practicing, so the asst. coach had to endure the scrutiny of all the onlooking parents as he attempted to coach their children while his own was screaming bloody murder & holding onto the swing set. Needless to say when he got home, he was in big trouble....that means no cartoons for the rest of the day!

Oh the Joys...

2008-08-13T08:04:00.000-07:00

Six Flags!! Chances first roller coaster ride did not go so well...if you notice the before & during shot, they actually had to stop it & let him get off because he was crying so hard. It was sooo funny & a little embarassing, the other parents kept looking at us like, what is wrong with your kid? Its a kiddie roller coaster!

They had some really cool kiddie rides, the kids really enjoyed it. Although they got really tired & cranky after a couple of hours. We had major meltdowns....but I did get a funnel cake out of the deal...yummy!

Crazy Sleeper:
So, this is how Chance sleeps when he is really tired...creepy huh? He looks like he is awake but is completely out. Notice Blue has been replaced by a yellow & white blankie that looks exactly the same just different colors...I really thought we would be past blankies by now!!!!! Thanks to Uncle Zac for giving him the yellow blankie when he was born :)

My Little Helper: So Chance has decided he wants to help with anything & everything I am doing, which is cute but can be a little time consuming & very messy! Notice the apron...he likes to wear it...don't ask.

The Loss of a Best Friend...

2008-07-29T06:51:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was a very sad day in the Copple household. The kids & I went visiting teaching in the morning & then ran some errands. In the process, Chance somehow misplaced his lifelong companion.....his blankie. Any of you who have spent any time with us at all understand what a tragedy this is. He keeps telling me that "Blue is so scared because he is lost & misses his family," it breaks my heart. The only way I can get him to go to primary or anywhere by himself is if he has his blankie. So here is a tribute to Blue...

Black Eyes, Fat Lips, & Underwear...

2008-07-27T17:18:00.000-07:00

So its been a while & I am going to play catch up...not that a whole lot has been going on here lately :) A few days ago Chance came downstairs from supposedly taking his nap & this is what I found:

He has always loved makeup :)

Then he got mad at Kenedi & this is what I found:

How sad is this? The picture doesn't do it justice. The sad part is that I was too busy being mad at Chance for pushing her down to realize she was bleeding all over me & the floor!

Then we went to the store to get Chance some cool new shoes that he got to pick out himself & the next morning when I woke up this is what I found:

The new shoes make him run super fast & jump higher, & he says they make him taller too! Bonus!!

And finally to make everybody feel better:

Notice they have to have the same color or else there is some serious drama & maybe more fat lips!

We are enjoying the new scenery & change of pace here in Colorado. Craig's favorite thing to do is ride his bike topless, my favorite thing to do is shop (since the last place I lived only had a 50 year old stinky walmart full of mean snow birds :)), Chances fave thing is going big poo poos & then talking about how they are as big as daddy's, & Kenedi's favorite thing right now is emptying all my cabinets & drawers, I caught her sucking on a Sudafed PM this morning...hmmm....maybe that was why she was so relaxed at church...we may have to let her get into those more often! J/K....kinda.

YOU MAY WANT TO SIT DOWN....THIS MAY COME AS A SHOCK...

2008-07-06T18:39:00.000-07:00

Drum roll please....yes you guessed it right, this is Audrie!! I have been bullied & badgered enough so I decided to make everyone (especially my hubby) happy & add my very creative & sparkling personality to everyones must read list. This post is going to include a lot of random things so sorry about that, maybe if I get the hang of this I'll be able to do it more often. We have been super busy with the recent move & have had lots of visitors already! Please come anyone & everyone we love visitors :) My dad came to visit the first of June we had a ton of fun, the kids love grandpa he is just a big play thing. Here are a couple of photos of grandpa & the kids when we went hiking at rocky mountain national park, this totally awesome place that is about 45 minutes from our house (yes, I hear the shock as you are reading this, I actually have been enjoying a little I repeat little hiking in the great outdoors lately)

Next, my Mom, Grandma Naylor, Aunt Susan, bros Zac & Dustin road tripped it out here to visit us & the Naylors in Castle Rock. We had a ton of fun hanging out with our long lost cousins here in Colorado!! We all really need to get together more...seriously what is wrong with us? Here is a pic of Gma with Brison, Brady, Brandon, & Jessica. Did gma shrink? J/K. And a pic of us out hiking again!! This time with different visitors. So much fun, Susan was freezing her tiny little rear off. And last is Kenedi enjoying her leftover spaghetti from Maggiano's Italian restaurant that was AWESOME!!

So after that me & the kids loaded up & drove home with them. Oh man was that a trip. My favorite part was when we were getting ready to leave the hotel and Chance had to go to the bathroom really bad so he runs in, pulls his pants down, and pees all over Aunt Susan's clothes that are on the floor next to the toilet. Of course, they were her clean clothes she was about to put on & didn't have much else to wear. You gotta love kids! While in TX we went to cousin Dave's wedding which was a total blast (unfortunately I am the worst at taking pics so you'll have to refer to my sister Marianne's blog if you would like to see any from the wedding or the trip to Houston). We also spent Chances 4th Birthday with Grandma & Grandpa, this picture is of his favorite present from gma & gpa(kinda blew my $14.00 styrofoam flying saucer out of the water). It goes really fast, has a truck bed that he loaded & uploaded all the balls he could find into it, has a real working fm radio, shocks, pegs, lucky! Kenedi also loved it, as you can tell by her grin :)

And finally, the last of our tour!! We flew back to Denver and the very next day drove out to Provo to go to the Stadium of Fire with all of the Copple Clan. We had a great time, especially Craig & I when we tried to sleep & the people in the apartment above us really needed to grease the springs on their bed or something, every single night!! Sometimes 3 times a night, it was ridiculous & kept waking us up & making Craig really jealous...j/k. OK, back to the trip, so we got to see this really cool hot air balloon contest, went to a carnival, parade, and the actual Stadium of Fire even which included Glenn Beck, the Blue Man Group, people jumping out of airplanes & parachuting onto the field, 1,350 dancers on the field at one time, and MILEY CYRUS (I know I was just about to wet my pants from excitement, I couldn't keep from jumping up and down!!) She actually was really cute & the young girls in the audience went absolutely bananas! The fireworks were awesome & the traffic was terrible so it all evened out :) First is a picture of Dustin (who came with us) & Kenedi at the balloon race. The second pic is of ms. miley, just for proof. Again, I am the worst picture taker, so maybe when one of my inlaws sends me copies I'll be able to add more of our trip. Hope ya'll had a happy 4th too!!

Move to Denver

2008-06-01T18:38:00.000-07:00

Well, we made the treck up to Denver and moved to a small town 30 minutes north of Denver called Mead. It's right by Longmont. The town has an old gas station, town hall and fire station in the same small building and nothing else. Everything we need is within 15 minutes so were good though. The first two weeks here, Kenedi did nothing but scream all day and all night. Chance wet the bed a couple times but other than that, we've adjusted. The first thing we did when we moved in was put touch up paint on the walls. Luckily it was a glossy paint and the walls were a flat so we had shinny spots EVERYWHERE! It looked lame. Who leaves touch up paint that ain't even the right kind behind? The garage and basement are full of stuff that should be thrown out, but hasn't been and we have rooms with no furniture and and no money to furnish them... The scenery out here is awesome however. There are snow capped mountains in the distance and green pastures all over are little town and that's a huge change from dead Havasu. Our ward has 150 primary kids and 2 sunbeams classes so that is nice. Everyone is super friendly too. Kinda weird. Audrie is also excited because all the granola eating tree huggers from Boulder (10 minutes away) don't shave their pits or legs so she has thrown away her razors to conform. I don't even notice though because I got 3 months free cinemax for hooking up the satellite dish so I just watch movies. Anyways, keep saying your prayers and maybe if were lucky, Audrie will take over and run this blog thing............

Its 'bout time

2007-12-09T18:05:00.000-08:00

Well, I finally gave in and started a blog as well. I didn't really want to, but since everyone really is doing it, so am I. Actaully, to fully disclose our blog, this ain't Audrie writing but Craig. I could be the first ever male blogger. I'm not proud of it and worse, my manhood just got docked about 10 points. In my defense, I don't read blogs, I don't have a myspace, and I'm not sure how this works but I really wanted to have a blog since it's the "in" thing to do and Audrie and I are rarley in. Plus everyone can check out the family and get updates.