Lovin the weather!

I got this roll recipe from Michelle and it is awesome and so fast to make. You must try these! The are called Lion House Rolls. You can click here for the recipe.
YUMMY, YUMMY, YUMMY!

We planted a small garden this year. It started like this...

and after Flint hauled in over a TON of dirt...with Cooper helping

It started looking like this...(we had to do an elevated garden here, because the soil is so bad!

Planting squash(several kinds), cucumbers, carrots, tomatoes, peppers, and green beans

Now we have to just WAIT until we can have some yummy veggies to eat!

The weather has been so beautiful here, we have gone and done something outside EVERYDAY last week. It was so FUN!

This is Cooper and I at Papago park.

This is Flint and Arlee. Flint was scared of these GEESE, as you can tell he is getting ready to turn and run away. I was LAUGHING so hard!

Cooper found this window to sit in where he thought he was safe from the geese!

We hiked...more like walked up to the HOLE IN THE ROCK in Tempe. It was cool to lookout over the entire valley. It was so awesome. Cooper loved the climb all over the rocks.

Cooper...

SO lately Cooper has decided that he doesn't need help saying his bedtime prayers. He does a GREAT job. However sometimes he goes on big tangents (wonder who he gets that from?) It is hilarious sometimes what gets blessed at our house. Tonight was NO exception. This was my most favorite phrase EVER! "and please bless Grandma Haymore that she will obey and do her chores and please bless her that she will eat her vegetables and be reverent at church and bless her that she can remember to choose the right!" I couldn't help it I laughed right out loud. He just kept going on and on and on blessing Grandma Haymore! We love our Grandma!

Cooper is learning to read and loves it! Arlee loves books, so Cooper reads to Arlee pretty much EVERYDAY. It makes me so happy when he is doing something nice for her instead of TEASING her! Who would have thought...5 years apart and they still fight! He is such a good boy!

Mia Maids and toilet paper!

Did you ever wonder what eight 15 year old could do with a few rolls of toilet paper and some tape...besides "decorate" a house? Well I happen to know a few talented and creative girls. Here is what they came up with. The only instructions that I gave them was that it had to be modest! Thanks Flint for being a great sport and taking some pictures!

Soccer, Birthday, and Ultrasound

Cooper had his 1st soccer game last Saturday. It was pretty funny to watch. I think that it is absolutely hilarious that the name of his team is the TORNADOS! That is EXACTLY what they looked like running down the field. Cooper loves playing and THINKS that he is the greatest player ever! Lets just say that he really needs some practice!

On January 21st was Arlee's 1st birthday! My baby is one! I realized something on her birthday...Why is she the one getting all the presents??? I was the one who delivered her! I now think that MOMS should get a present or two on EVERY child's birthday!

"ITS MY PARTY I"LL CRY IF I WANT TO!"

Arlee and Brittney share the same birthday! We absolutely love our Brittney. She is so fun...and amusing to have around! She has to live near us FOREVER!

My Arlee bug

Right before she tried to grab the burning candle!

She loved the CHOCOLATE cake!

You can't really tell in the picture, but she even had cake in her ear!

I had an ultrasound last week...here is one of the pictures. My FAVORITE part is hearing the heartbeat. It just does something to me...The nurse said "IT" is just less than 3 inches long from head to rump. WOW have we ever got a lot of growing to to do!

Only about 4-5 more weeks until we can find out what "IT" is! This "IT" stuff makes me crazy!

Cooper has an announcement

December...randomness

Christmas morning was fun. It was our 1st Christmas at home with the kids. My parents were here and so was Ron. It was so FUN having them here!

Cooper helped Arlee open EVERY present, because she just was not fast enough for him!

Arlee on her walker from SANTA. She actually HATES it when it is a walker. She has no intentions on walking anytime soon! She LOVES so sit on it as a scooter!

Arlee LOVES to swing outside. She laughs so hard the whole time. I love it!

The week before Christmas Isaac and Jenny came and stayed with us. It was a lot of fun. Cooper was in heaven having his cousins here to play with him. They got bored one afternoon, so Flint and I built them a "city" in the backyard. It worked out PERFECT for ME! They watched a movie in the monkey bar dome and didn't bug for 1 1/2 HOURS!

Arlee is in love with the fireplace. She seems to have a fetish with the ashes. I must not be a very good cook, because she LOVES to eat the ashes!

Ash face Arlee!!!

Cooper is learning to read and Arlee loves to look at books. I LOVE it when he reads to her. BUT It usually turns into nonstop yelling by Cooper "Arlee stop grabbing the book"

I told Cooper to pick up EVERYTHING off the family room floor and this is what he does!

Roasting marshmallows in the fireplace. No wonder my kids love their dad more than ME!!!

Guess who lost his 1st tooth!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

so... I never got around to posting our family pictures and making the oh so cute Christmas card that I had all planned out! Life got a little crazy...
Here are some of the pictures that Kacey (Flint's assistant)took of us! She did a great job, I just wish that Cooper wasn't so naughty while we were doing them and that Arlee wasn't half asleep... another bad timing on my part...I should know better then to wake up a baby for pictures! DUH! And it completely slipped my mind that I wanted to lose about 20 more lbs before we took these! hahaha Oh well I think they turned out cute! Hope you all had a MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Jan, Arlee 11 mo's, Flint, and Cooper 5 1/2