Cooper's newest do!

I decided to go shorter this time. :)

For Grandpa and Grandma Long

Mason spoke to his Great Grandma Long tonight on the phone, after getting off the phone, he wanted to make a movie for Grandpa and Grandma Long.

Cooper also had a small part in the video. If you watch when he lets go of the couch, he was actually standing all by himself, which is something he still (at 14 months old) has not done very much.

Up to no good...

I guess I'm going to need to start pushing the computer chair every time I am done on the computer.

Zachary and Ethan's Birthday Party

Saturday night we had my nephews Zachary and Ethan's combined birthday party at our house. Zachary turned 3 on the Sunday and Ethan turned 2 on Saturday. Michelle did a Lightening McQueen theme, all the decorations and games were really cute.

These traffic cones were really creative party hats.

Ethan and Zachary playing "pin the lightning bolt on McQueen"

Mason fishing with Mater's hook

Me, Cooper, Alura, and Rachel

Check out the huge mound of shoes from all our guests! Yeah, we had a ton of people at our house.

Alura, Rachel, Bill, Jeff, Britany, and Abby

Pumpkin Patch 2008

Saturday morning we went up to the Harvest House in Green bluff with Jared, Michelle, and Ethan. It was really windy when we got there, so we decided to start off with our favorite tradition, eating fresh pumpkin donuts. Yummy!

Once we were done with our donuts, the wind died down, so we headed over to "pumpkin land" and let Mason pick out the pumpkin he wanted to take home to carve.

Just the right size for Cooper

Too cute!

Cooper approved of the pumpkin Mason picked out!

Being silly!

Mason and Ethan in front of a sign that says, "How tall are you this fall?"

I need to get out more...

Friday night Jeff and I went to Old Navy to try to find him some Khaki pants and jeans. After looking there and not finding any Khaki pants, we decided to head across the parking lot to the mall. We looked around a bit at shoes and I found a really cute pair of boots that were on clearance for $20. While I was paying for my boots, Jeff took Mason and walked the halls. When I met up with them, Jeff told me he had a surprise for me. We walked for a bit and then Jeff stopped at a store, I looked up at the sign and this is what I saw:

Now for anyone who doesn't know what this store is, it is a store owned by someone who is LDS. Everything in the store is modest. **The store does carry a line of spaghetti strap tank tops but they are longer in length, they are meant to be worn under other shirts to either a) give you the "layered look" or b) be tucked in so that when you bend over your back and butt are not exposed to the entire world. So, basically their tees and tanks are meant to expand you existing wardrobe and help women be modest even when the currents styles are not modest.

OK, so back to my story. I was so EXCITED to see this store. See at the North Town Mall all they have is a little kiosk, which only carries their plain tees and tanks (with and without lace on the bottom) I was just telling Jeff when we were walking into the Valley Mall that I needed some new clothes, and that I really wanted some items from Down East basics, but I didn't want to have to pay shipping just to get the clothes here.

I walked into the store and asked the manager working how long had they been in this location. She replied, "Since June". And to that I said, "I need to get out more". Anyways I was able to find a few really cute things for a decent price.

So, for anyone who has not heard of, or has not seen Down East basics full line of apparel, go out to the Valley Mall and check them out! (the store is on the main level)

Crash and Burn

I thought it would be a good idea to let Mason and Alex (a boy I am watching from our ward) ride bikes this morning while Cooper was taking his morning nap. Mason got his helmet on and hopped right on his new bike. While I was getting Alex's helmet on him, Mason fell off his bike and began SCREAMING! Once I got to him and got him up, I realized his lip was bleeding pretty bad. I got him inside and cleaned him up. The top layer of skin on his lip had pealed off and his lip was swollen.

I am really glad this happened to Mason and not Alex, I would have hated to try to explain that one to his mom, whom I just met.

New Do

I was getting REALLY sick of my hair style. So on Tuesday I got it all chopped off. Do you like it?

Imagination Part 2

For those of you who have been reading my blog for some time now, you may remember me talking about Mason's wild imagination (his bee and "the guys"). Well, the bee and "the guys" have all seemed to have disappeared. Now Mason has an imaginary friend named Andy. Andy is every where we are. At the house, the grocery store, Grandpa and Grandma's house, you name it, Andy is there. If you ask Mason where Andy is, he will point to where Andy is and say,"there he is!". This whole imaginary friend thing creeps me out.

Does any one know what (if anything) we should do about this imaginary friend thing?

Who's gene pool did I come from?

Jeff's Parents came across a picture of Jeff when he was nine months old. The similarities between Jeff and Cooper are amazing!

I scanned the little picture into the computer and enlarged it. Of course the picture in over 25 years old, so the quality is not that great, but you can still see how similar Jeff and Cooper look to each other.

*When Mason saw this picture, he said, "Hey there's me and Cooper!"

Cooper at nine months.

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Will it ever grow?

For those of you who have been to our new house, you know that with in the first few days I ran over our freshly hydro-seeded lawn, leaving a nice big tire mark in the lawn. And yes, I did get a lot of comments (with some of those comments people did make fun of me) from various people including family, friends, qwest personnel, comcast personnel, and the Spokane City water dept. personnel. Last week, I bought some grass seed so we could fill in my big tire mark with dirt and then plant more grass. Well, Jeff (with the help of Mason) filled in the tire mark with dirt and planted grass.

Monday we had two deer prints in this spot. Now, every morning when we wake we have more and more deer prints.

It's not just the spot where I ran over the lawn that the deer like to walk, we have deer prints ALL over the lawn.

This is the life...

Cheap entertainment

A few days ago Mason and Cooper were sitting in our computer chair. I began spinning them, both of them seemed to be enjoying themselves. After a few minutes of spinning, Cooper looked dizzy, his dizzy looking face was priceless, so I took a little video of his face. And of course, Mason's laugh is the best!

Happy Birthday Debbie!

Today is my step-mom, Debbie's birthday! I am not sure how often she reads my blog, but I still wanted to wish her a happy birthday. I also wanted her to know how grateful I am to have her in my life. She has always been there for me throughout my life, and she continues to be there for me. Debbie is a wonderful grandmother to Mason and Cooper (all of her grandchildren), it is obvious she loves each one of her grandchildren and has a very special place in her heart for each one. Happy Birthday Debbie, I love you!