Happy Birthday to Jesi!!

SHE'S ONE!!!
I can't believe it! I love this little girl! She is such a light in our lives and a wonderful addition to our family.

(we are out of town and I can't download my pics until I get home. I have some darling pics of her diving into her cake..soon to come)

New pics of the kiddos

My sister in law is AMAZING! I love the way these turned out. I love that she got my kids as they are with all their funny faces and all. If you want her info check out her photo blog at brynsphotos.blogspot.com. Check her out..she does a fantastic job.

Getting my craft on...

Yes, I am turning into a little bit of a crafter girl. I have always wanted to do stuff, but just never could get myself to sit down and do it...but then I moved to Roosevelt and thought what the heck :)
Here are a few of the things I have done. I have also made a bunch of nursing covers and hair bows. It's been fun to create.
If you need a baby gift or something fun for you or your child, let me know...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! (yesterday)

It's official..she's crawling!!

Jesi is totally crawling. She has been moving all over with the army crawl, rolling and walking along furniture, but she decided that she would finally try it out and she is cruising now...

and a pic of Coop with his new goggles on. He's is so darn excited for his cousin Abbie to teach him swim lessons! He's says he is now ready with his goggles. Love these kiddos!

Yes, I am still alive...moved to Roosevelt, but alive! Ha! No, we are doing good out here. Feeling like we are kinda home a little. I haven't had the internet yet so I haven't updated in awhile, but here's a couple pics..horrible pics from my phone, but hey pics nonetheless.

Oh, and Clint got me to go golfing with him the other night. Yeah, never golfed before and there was a couples golf tournament. He told me that not all the wives golf, it was just for fun...yeah right! I felt like a little bit of a loser (granted I had on flip flops and cut off shorts with my rental clubs..and everyone else all dressed in their golf attire and own clubs), but i had fun with the hubby. Who knows, maybe I'll just get some lessons so next time I can work 'em over. (forgot to take a pic)

New pics!

I have 2 sister in laws that do photography. They are both amazing! Go check out their stuff at brynsphotos.blogspot.com and giovannalou.com. They both totally have their own style and I get so dang excited when they take pics cause they are so talented. Here are some new ones of Cooper and Jesi that Steph did..

Jesi's Blessing Day

Our sweet little Jesi Lynn was blessed by her father this last Sunday. What a beautiful blessing he gave her! He is amazing and such a great father and husband. I am so grateful for him and his honoring his priesthood so he can bless our children..and before I know it, he will be baptizing them! Thats a crazy thought! Anyhoo...here are some pictures of our special day..

TRICK or TREAT!!!

How fun is Halloween all over again when you get children. I have to say my little ladybug and Spiderman are adorable! :) I, myself, began to dress up as a sassy witch, but just wasn't into it this year so I stopped and just put on some jeans and a jacket and was much more comfortable. I did tell my hubby that we need to be 'funner parents' and dress up with our children...maybe next year.

Cooper was a crack up trick or treating. We left Jesi home with Clint to stay warm and away from people, and Cooper, I mean SpiderMan (thats what we had to call him when he wears his outfit) and I headed out to trunk or treat and to a few houses in our neighborhood. He was so happy telling people HAPPY HALLOWEEN and would get so excited about other peoples costumes. I wish I would have had a recorder with me cause now I can't remember the funny things he was saying. I loved spending some time with my little man again.


This is Coop and Jesi with a bunch of their cousins. There are quite a few missing, but these guys all looked so great! Do you love that green wig! I told my sister that I am gonna have to use that one year for sure! Love it! She got it with the outift at a yard sale for like 12 bucks!

Jesi Lynn Gardner

Born Sept 17th and weighing in at 6lbs 12oz, we are so happy to have our little lady here! She is absolutely adorable and just a sweet piece of heaven! Cooper loves being 'big brother' to Jesi and is super sweet with her.

5 days and counting...

Well, as circumstances have changed we have decided to get started this Thursday if the little lady doesn't come on her own before then. Kinda crazy to think that I'm gonna have a new little baby in less than 5 days! Now if we could just come up with a name...

GIRL NAMES ANYONE?

Well for whatever reason, Clint and I are having a hard time nailing down a name for a little girl due in less than 7 weeks. I thought I might open it up to some ideas from others...
We have liked Jesi Kenna
Josie Chloe
Samantha Keira
and Clint loves Penelope (nickname Penny)
Any other ideas? I don't know if we should stay with the 'c' and 'K' thing or if we should go away from that...
If you've got some fun names and you don't mind sharing I sure would love it...

Missing hair..

Cooper talking with my father yesterday..

Cooper: You have a nose, and I have a nose Grandpa.

You have eyes and I have eyes...etc...This went on for a minute as Cooper went through different physical attributes that they had in common. Then he looks at my dad and says..

"I have hair grandpa, and you have hair...then with a concerned look he pats the back side of my dads head and says "but you are missing some grandpa! Thats okay, my Daddy is missing hair too!" (Clint shaves his head if you didn't know)

We have all got a kick out of this. To end it off as I was leaving my parents house I called Clint to tell him what Coop had said. As I was telling Clint that Coop said he didn't have hair, Cooper was in the back of the car saying "Mom, I need to talk to my Daddy! Mom, can I talk with Daddy?" ..so I handed Coop the phone. He put it up to his ear and said.."Daddy, You don't have any hair!" like Clint was trying to argue with me or didn't believe me. It was pretty funny. I wish you could hear his voice when saying these things. He seriously cracks m up some times with the things that he says. I love this kid!

Rodeo 09

Ahh..the loved Lehi Round-up that we attend each year for my fathers birthday. It is always a good time and gets funner as the little manchild grows up and has so much fun and is so dang much fun to watch.


Cooper loved his cowboy hat! and he loved Grandpa wearing his too. He kept calling him his 'cowboy grandpa'. So dang cute!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY COOPER!!

Happy Birthday to my little manchild! He turned 3 yesterday. He is all big on me now. I love it and yet it makes me sad that he is growing up so fast!
We had a blast with him all day. We kinda started his birthday Friday night. We went to the new movie 'Up'. It was a cute show we thought and Coop had a ball with his cousins and grandparents who came too. Then on Saturday morning, Cooper helped me to decorate his cake while we ate M&M's for breakfast. After talking with him all week on what he wanted at his birthday party, offering to make him a baseball cake or bug cake or different games and things to do, he informed me that he wanted to have green punch and a cake with green frosting with M&M's on it and ice cream cones. Easy enough right? He also wanted to play Duck Duck Goose. I mean how simple was that for me to prepare for?
My sister, Jackie, was a sweetheart to open up her home and fun back yard for his party. She has a nice big yard with a trampoline, large play set, sand, rabbits, chickens, and tons of room to run. We invited some friends and cousins to come and play. The kids had a ball. I am not sure why on Coopers birthday it is always a chillier summer day. You would think that on June 6 it would be a great day to have a pool party, but each year we try and it doesn't work, but thats okay cause we always have fun anyway.
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Here are 10 things I love about Cooper right now..(there are a whole lot more than 10, but I thought I'd say some that are fun about him at this time of his life)
1. His sense of humor. He loves to laugh and tease. He has the most adorable smile that can be so mischievious sometimes. He makes me laugh all the time.
2.His language. Like aweons (aliens) He runs around shooting the aliens or saying "I'm an aweon, I'm an aweon!" and we are supposed to shoot him. Or how he calls girls or boys 'Hims'. 'Him is my friend' or whatever. I love it.
3. His independence As frustrating as it can be to me sometimes when I am in a hurry and its easier for me to just do it, I love that he likes to do things 'all by myself'. He is such a good kid who likes to help out whenever he can. He likes to put on his own seatbelt, and roll the windows down himself, and cut his own food, and he did tell me a couple weeks ago...
Me: 'Cooper when are you gonna make your own bed?'
Cooper: 'Um, when I'm 3 Momma. Yeah, when I'm 3 I will make my own bed'
I love it! We will see how well this goes.
4. His memory This kid got his fathers memory. He can tell you everyone in his lifes favorite colors or pretty close. He sees something purple and he tells me how that is Grandma's favorite color. He can tell you Clints, mine, his gmas and gpa's, some of his friends and so on. He also can remind you of many things that have happened and the words that were said. It can be real funny, but I really gotta watch what I say and do, ya know?! He remembers people names really well too. He likes to know their names and he remembers them real well. Glad he didn't get my memory cause it isn't so good. Ha :)
5. His questions He is the king of 20 questions right now. It is kinda funny. 'How you do that, Momma?' 'How the cat eat its food?' 'How you make that food?" etc... They pretty don't stop all day and he really is interested in an honest answer too.
6. His prayers I love letting him say prayers on his own to see what all he says. Clint found a toad a couple weeks ago in the road and brought it home to Cooper. We kept it for awhile. Every night, even though it is gone now, he has to thank Heavenly Father for the toad that dad got for him and that daddy could catch it in the road. (He actually called it a tato frog because he kept calling it a frog, so I said it was a toad frog and he got the a little mixed up with a potato bug and combined them all. Kinda funny). He also likes to thank Heavenly Father for everything else he can see when he peaks his eyes open, like his trains and his baseball and any other item he sees. Little children are so simple minded and it is such a good reminder to me.
7. His love of foods based on who he eats them with Here is what I mean. My mom and dad watch a few mornings when I teach and dad loves a good breakfast with sausage and stuff. Coop is a carnivore and loves this ritual. He loves sausage, but when I cook it for him at home I have to tell him that it is 'Grandpas sausage' to get him to eat it. He only like sausage that is grandpas, not ours. Also, he loves to eat crackers at my sister Debi's house. If we are buying any we have to buy some like 'Debi's' or I give him some in a baggie to eat while on a walk or something I have to tell him that they are Debi's crackers cause he only likes those kind. There are some things that he only eats at certain peoples places. He will only eat Mac n Chz at Aunt Debi's. He is a goof and very particular about things. What a goof!
8. how he acts out his stories He is so funny when he is telling you something. If he ran fast somewhere or someone else did and he is telling you about it he runs fast in place or for a few steps and pants like he is out of breath. He likes to act out with facial expressions and movemnets whatever it is that he is talking about. It is quite entertaining!
9. his love of green If it is green, 'his favorite color', he likes it. We have dyed his milk green, bought green shorts, green foods.. If he sees something green he lets me know that he likes it cause it is his favorite color and he likes it. So funny. He like cereal if it is in a green box or has something that he likes on the box. I can get him to eat some healthy stuff cause of the package!
10. that he loves me and tells me all the time He is such a loving little boy. He will just randomly give me a big ol' hug and tell me that he loves me. He will do it to others too, but I love to hear it from him. I also love that every night when we lay down to go to sleep, he goes through the day and thanks me for all that we did. 'Thanks for watching a movie with me' 'Thanks for going swimming with me' 'Thanks for making me cookies' or whatever it is that stuck out to him that we have done. It sure makes a mom feel good when they are thanked!

I love this little guy! He is the light of my life. I am excited to see how he is with the new little sister coming this fall. Thanks Cooper for lighting up our lives with your energy and happiness! I LOVE YOU COOPER! Happy 3rd!