December 2013 - Ho! Ho! Ho!

Holy Cow! The year is already over!  I am so excited for 2014.  2013 has been good to us.  Looking back, we accomplished just about all of our goals!  We sat down and had a family home evening this month to set new goals for 2014.  We are going to strive to be healthier, wiser in our money choices, and to read our scriptures better! We had our ward Christmas party this month and Cooper was a social as ever.  We also took a trip into Oakland to the temple and stopped at Bass Pro Shop to have a picture of Cooper taken with Santa.  He didn’t get upset but he was definitely a little unsure of what was going on. 

We stayed home for Christmas this year.  Lynn worked Christmas day, so we celebrated a little early.  Cooper had a humongous Christmas!  We took all his old toys and put them away so he has a chance to play with the new stuff.  He loves everything! We have such an amazing family that spoiled us. We had some old friends from our college days (cause that was like 3 years ago for me) come visit us the week after Christmas.  We made some AMAZING cupcakes and did some shopping. It is so fun to hang out with old friends and watch our kids play together.  We are looking forward to all that the New Year will bring!  Happy New Year to all our friends and family, we love you!

November 2013 - Gobble Gobble

The 1^st week of November was a rough one! Cooper has been slowly getting his one year molar’s, one.at.a.time.  It was killing us as I am sure him as well.  We were wondering if he was just hitting his terrible two’s early!  Luckily he is back to his happy self finally and sleeping well again. He is such a riot to watch during the day.  He refuses to use words or signs, but is really good at either bringing us what he wants or pointing and yelling J He folds his arms to pray and loves to give hugs.  He also loves older kids! He thinks it so fun to play with big kids. Lynn had a Saturday off so we got some yummy Hawaiian food from a place in town and had a picnic at the park.  Coopers not a hug fan of the swing but loved the slide. We also had a friend in the ward make him a sensory table that he loves! 

Lynn got switched to morning shifts, so he is working from 12-8 am.  Probably the worst shift because he is sooo tired and has to try and sleep during the day. But in the 9 months he has been working, he has only had to work this shift maybe 4 or 5 weeks.  He will switch again pretty soon.  He is liking work a lot more and we are starting to apply for other positions within the bureau so he can start using his degree more. 

Thanksgiving was great! My parents came up from Southern Cali and we had a pretty low key holiday.  I baked an awesome turkey and my mom made some fantastic rolls! I drug my dad out on Thursday night to Old Navy for their early “Black Friday” deals.  We shopped for about 10 minutes and then stood in line for about 3 hours!  The lines this year were the worst part.  We did some other shopping on Friday and it wasn’t too bad.  Saturday the 30^th I ran another half marathon.  I didn’t run as fast as I was hoping too but there were a lot more hills than I was expecting!  I added about 3 minutes to my last time, but overall I was pretty happy with it.  I ran this one with my dad again and my friend here in town that has been training with me.  We enjoyed some In n’ Out Saturday night to celebrate. J