Christmas in the Cooper household is a flurry of activity. However, on one blister December evening, we sat around the fire, read about the birth of Jesus, played games and sang carols. We had a few moments of peace and good tidings before the kids started killing each other again!

"But Dad...I didn't eat any tookies!!!!" Hmmmmm?

I am the Great Cornholio!!!! I need teepee....For those of you that do not know Carson, he is way funny! He always makes us laugh and dinnertime is never boring!

Oooohhhh! You better watch out...You better not cry...You better not pout...I'm tellin you why...Cause where in a recession and if you are the one crying and pouting then you're going to be the one not getting presents!!!!

We had a lot of fun at Cookies and Milk with the Elves and Santa at church Friday night! The requests from Santa were very strange though! Where are we going to keep real reindeer?

It is amazing how fast these kids are growing...It seems like just yesterday Casey was born...or we were in the NICU with Connor. Casey is saying so many words. "Hewo", "Nite Nite", and our favorite "STOOOOOOOOOP!" when her brothers are messing with her.

Thanksgiving was a hoot with all the family at our house. The kids have been great and are ready for Christmas now. We began a new tradition of carving Thanksgiving pumpkins.

Village Creek Nov 2008

The Coopers and Culwells went to Village Creek State on Veterans Day weekend. We hikrd, made smores, rode bikes and climbed trees. Overall we had a great weekend with highs in the 60s and lows in the 30s. Clay was sick and slept in his car, or at least tried. We had great food, fun and made lots of family memories. The boys favorite part was exploring the woods below the camper.

The boys went to Sesame Street Live and got to greet Zoe and Abby. They enjoyed the cookies and milk and were exceptionally good!!!

We had lots of launches at our pool this summer. One of the kid's favorite past times is swimming and they love for daddy to "launch" them. Even Casey is smiling as she rockets out of the pool.

It is very nice to have all 4 swimming so well that we can actually not be scared to get them all in the pool.

Minnie and Mickey greeted us at Walt Disney World on September 13, 2008. We had a great time and really enjoyed getting to take the kids on their first visit there. All of them enjoyed the trip and are already asking when we are going back.