Cooper getting his 1st shave!!!

When we were at This is the place, Cooper went to the Barbershop. He decided to get a shave. The Barber lathered him up, sharpened his blade and away he went!! Cooper was a little nervous (especially after the barber said he had only cut off a few ears in his career). but he was a trooper and let mom take a bunch of pictures.

Cooper is a really busy 10 year old. He helps on the farm almost everyday. His favorite thing to do is to drive. (Yes he can use a clutch!) He helps change water, feeds the dogs, pigs, horse, rabbits and ewes/lambs we have at home. He plays football and practices every night from 5:30 to 7:00. His first game is tomorrow in Layton. He shows his pig Daffnee next week at our County Fair. Then starts the 5th grade on August 31st!! This summer has gone by really fast!! He is a really good helper and loves to watch the girls by himself. He is getting tall and is very skinny!!!! I can't keep him in pants or shoes!! He is a really good kid. I ran into his 4th grade teacher one day this summer and she told me how much she loved Cooper, how smart he is (he reads at a 9th grade level) and what a good friend he is to everyone! It made me really proud to be his mom!!

SOPHIE IS ONE!!!

Sophie turned one on 8-7-08!! The girls' birthday's are only about 10 days apart. She had 2 little pink cakes (one from me and one from Grandma Sue). We let her go at it and she was very dainty. I finally gave her a spoon to eat the cake, but she just kept using one finger to get tiny tastes of pink frosting. She is very spoiled and is always full of smiles and laughs! ( She has killer dimples, Lane is already worried about the whole dating thing!) She started crawling about 2 days before her birthday and is now brave enoughto kneel or stand up to things, she even tried to stand up in the middle of the floor the other day. I ALWAYS have to vacuum since she puts everything in her mouth! Lainey never crawled so we didn't have that problem!! She is so much fun and loves to play with her big sister and brother. She loves to talk on the phone to daddy and watch Dora. She likes to scribble on any of my papers that she shouldn't and loves all our dogs. I always have her in pink and try to put headbands on, but she rips them off. She has super long black eyelashes and perfect eyebrows (it really makes aunt Krista jealous!!) We love her and are so excited to watch her grow!! She is always a very happy little girl!! :)

Lainey Turned 3!!

She decided that she HAD to have a Cars Birthday. We went to This is the Place State State Park. She rode the pony twice ( all by herself, she is my litle cowgirl through and through!!) and we rode the trains. She was in heaven!! It's so hard to believe that she is growing up sp fast. She wears a 4 or 5 T because she is so tall!! ( She get's that from my side of the family.) She loves to drive the hiccup truck (no I didn't misspell that) with daddy, go on th 40wheeler, ride any horse that is here at home, go check on the sheepherders and ride/drive the tractors. She loves all animals and her Fifi (she couldn't say S's when Sophie was born). She loves to clean with me and is always mopping or sweeping the kitchen floor. I think we should own stock in Huggies wetwipes because she cleans everything with them!!! I find little shreds of them all over the house, or in Sophie's mouth! She has Daddy wrapped around her little finger, and is mommy's princess!! We love her so mucha nd are truly blessed to have her in our family.