Friday, November 30, 2012

Party Over Here, Party Over There

Cooper got to celebrate his birthday several times today ~ at school and with our Bible Study friends.  I think he's enjoyed turning 5!
napping at school before his party
 Cooper was in charge of the calendar today
 Cooper, Savannah, Miles, Jesse, & Kate 
 Camden, Stefanie, Cate & Griffin
 Cooper requested cupcakes, cheese and grapes
 After his school party, he asked if I would stay and watch him on the playground
 Cooper, Camden & Griffin
 Tonight, Cooper's Bible Study friends celebrated his birthday with him
Tyla, Gavin, Ava, Reagan, Cameron & Cooper


The Birthday Boy!

Cooper turned 5 years old today!!  He has been celebrating his birthday all week, but today we celebrated with him.
we put candles in his cinnamon rolls
 He's FIVE
 my sweet, sweet boy
 this is how he acts most of the time...goofy!!
 
You can read about Cooper's 4th birthday here, here, here, here, and here.
You can read about Cooper's 3rd birthday here, here, here, here, and here.
You can read about Cooper's 2nd birthday here, here.
You can read about Cooper's 1st birthday here, here, here, and here,.
these are his "natural" birthday pictures

And here is our first peek of Cooper!

HAPPY 5TH BIRTHDAY COOPER JAMES!

Monday, November 26, 2012

Swinging

Seems like this is an everyday occurrence after school.
going so fast I can't get a clear picture
 Monkeying around

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Giving Thanks

We went back to Hickory to celebrate Thanksgiving with our friends who became our family during our tenure there!  We ate, talked, laughed, played games, danced, sang along with Pandora, and giggled all day and into the night!
the kids table
Eden, Brandon, Jacob, Cooper, Lexi, Taylor & Reagan
 The adults
Brian, Amy, Linda, Greg, Tara, Jessica, & Duane
 after a delicious lunch, we headed outside for some driveway gating!  We had the tents set up, football on tv, desserts and a fire pit
 the boys played a little football
 Cooper played pirates
 the girls ate dessert
 the adults played corn hole...and I just have to brag that Greg and I are the BAMily grand champions of corn hole!!
 giving daddy a kiss
 mmm, hot chocolate!
 petting Gracie
 Jess, Me, Amy
 silly guys
 they can be somewhat normal too!
 Cooper was feeling left out of the photos
 they all made fun of me for having on 3 shirts, a fleece jacket, and a toboggan...but I was warm!
 Cooper and daddy
 Cooper and mommy (Reagan spent most of her time with the "big girls" away from mom & dad)
 Fun around the fire
 doesn't that face scream "enough with the pictures!"?
 roasting marshmallows
 enjoying the fruits of his labor
 one more girl photo
 I love this man!
 the Boninis joined us for the fire pit fun!
It was so good to see all of our friends again.  Too bad our time was short.  We were able to join up with more friends, but alas there are no pictures.  We visited with Ms Deb before we left and we met up with the Whitfords for a four hour breakfast at the Cracker Barrel!

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

The First Thanksgiving

Today, Reagan's 2nd grade class put on a play for the entire school.  The play was "The First Thanksgiving" and there were 3 performances.  Reagan was lucky enough to have mom, dad, Cooper, Gigi, Mamaw & Papaw all cheering for her in the audience!
 
 the pilgrims before the play
Reagan and Bonnie
 singing the National Anthem
 Showtime
 Reagan and her bestie ~ Kayti
 Reagan was over having her picture made, but here are a few of her supporters ~ Mamaw, Papaw & Gigi